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the ground, and that being a dcnfer medi- 

 um,^ was much hotter than a more rare 



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And perhaps, the great volume of afccnd- 

 ing vapor might make the Sun-beams con- 

 verge a little toward the middle of the ground, 

 that being a denier medium , and thereby 

 incrcaie the heat confidcrably 5 for I obferv- 

 ed, that the courfe of the feorched hops 

 was in a line at right angles, to the Sun- 

 beams about ana clock, at which time 

 the hot gleam was : The hop-ground was 

 in a valley which run from South-weft to 

 North-eaft : And to thebeft of my remem- 

 brance, there was then but little wind , and 

 that in the courfe of the fcorch 5 but had 

 there been fomc other gentle wind, either 

 North or South, 'tis not improbable but 

 that the North wind gently blowing the 

 Volume of rifmg wreak on the South-fide 

 of the ground, that fide might have been 

 moft feorched, and fo vice njerfa. 



As to particular fire-bhfts, which fcorch 

 here and there a few hop-vines , or one or 

 two branches of a tree, without damaging 

 the next adjoining 5 what Aftronomers ob- 

 fervc, may hint to us a no very improbable 



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