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rain, to the diftance of two or three 

 yards from the foot of the conducftor : 

 And that another perfon of very good 

 credit told him, that he, being a very 

 few doors off, on the other fide of the 

 ftrcet, faw the 4ightning above, dartirlg 

 in fuch diredion, that it appeared to 

 him to be diredly over that pointed 

 rod. 

 * Upon receiving this information, and 

 being defirous of farther fatisfaclion, 

 there being no traces of the lightning 

 to be difcovered in the conductor, as far 

 as we could examine it below, I propofed 

 to Mr Weft our going to the top of the 

 houfe to examine the painted rod ; af- 

 furing him, that if the lightning had 

 pafTed through it, the point muft have 

 been melted : And, to our great fatif- 

 fa<5lion, found it fo. This iron rod ex- 

 tended in height about 9 feet and an 

 half above a Hack of chimneys tov/hich 

 it was fixed; it was fomewhat more than 

 half an inch diameter in the thickeft 

 part, and tapering to the upper end. 

 The condu(5lor, from the lower end of it 

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