rubbed his hands and arms. All these
experiments were continued long enough to
prove their inefficiency to produce any
impression. It is said, on unquestionable
authority, that he remained a considerable
time in an oven heated to 65 degrees or 70
degrees, (178-189 degrees Fahr.) and from
which he was with difficulty induced to retire,
so comfortable did he feel at that high
temperature.

It may be proper to remark, that this
man seems totally uninfluenced by any
motive to mislead, and, it is said, he has
refused flattering offers from some
religious sectaries of turning to emolument
his singular qualities; yet on the whole it
seems to be the opinion of most philosophical
men, that this person must possess
some matter which counteracts the operation
of these agents. To suppose that nature
has organized him differently, would
be unphilosophic: by habit he might have
blunted his sensibilities against those
impressions that create pain under ordinary
circumstances; but how to explain the
power by which he resists the action of
those agents which are known to have the
strongest affinity for animal matter, is a
circumstance difficult to comprehend. It