&c., raised by electric power--HUGE HEAVY BLOCKS LIGHTENED BY
ELECTRICITY--Ornamentation of the Tower--Ravine-metal--Episodes of
the Narrator's reign--Ascent and descent--Great difference of
atmosphere above and below--Peculiarity in Electric
Telegraph--Colour of atmosphere at different heights--Animalculae
and ova--Grandeur of the Mountain Supporter---Curious effect when
viewed from a distance


XI--ELECTRICITY IN MONTALLUYAH.

Important facts formerly unknown--One electricity only supposed to
exist--Not then utilised for locomotion, &c.--Paucity of
contrivance for collecting electricities--How the scientific men
supported their theory--Like causes produce like effects--Many
kinds of electricity--Means of drawing out and concentrating
electricities discovered--Man, beasts, birds, &c., possess an
electricity of their own--All differ--Huge fish--Docks for
extracting electricity from--Electric store-house--Non-conducting
pouches--The attracting electricity adapted to each body is well
known--MODE OF CATCHING WILD BIRDS

XII.--THE PAIN-LULLER.

Means formerly employed--Vivisection and surgical operations
painless--Nerves of sensation only, affected by the luller--Energy
of the functions considered essential--Pain-luller, how
discovered--The Nebo bird and the child--The broken limbs and
absence of pain--Discovery