071 some . tersons sitting behind a Carriage^ Sfc. 1 93 



whatever on thci steel, nor was the paper that covered it dis- 

 coloured or altered in the slightest degree ; its exit at the bot- 

 tom, however, was as clearly indicated as its entrance at the 

 top ; the steel was fused in the same manner, and the paper 

 was perforated in the same way, but on the opposite side. 



The magnetic properties acquired by the busk are curious. 

 B_oth ends attract strongly the south pole of the needle, the 

 upper part for some considerable way down ; it then begins 

 to lose power over the south pole, and the point of northern 

 attraction is at about one third of the length of the busk from 

 the bottom ; so that by far the greatest portion of the whole 

 has acquired southern attraction. Perhaps it will be best ex- 

 plained by the following sketch of the inside face of the steel, 

 which is fourteen inches and a half long, by one inch and 

 three-eighths wide. 



Mark from the lightning. 



2ls 



Mark from the Equal 



lightning on this on both 



side only, and poles, 

 not deep. 



Point of 

 northern 

 attraction. 



Equal on 

 both poles. 



Southern attrac- 

 tion begins to be 

 strong, and con- 

 tinues so to tlie 

 top. 



Mark from 

 the lightning, 

 rmich more 

 on the other 



side. 



There were marks of burning on the gown and petticoat 

 above the steel ; and the inside of the stays, and all the gar- 

 ments under the stays, were pierced by the passage of the fluid 

 to her thighs, where it made wounds on both ; but that on the 

 left so deep, and so near the femoral artery, that the astonish- 

 ment is, that she escaped with life ; — even as it was, the he- 

 morrhage was very great. Evei'y article on which she sat was 

 perforated to the cushion of the seat, the cloth of which was 

 torn in a much more extensive way than the clothes : in most 

 cases they were pierced by a hole not exceeding the size of 

 half an inch in diameter, and even where the rgnts were larger 

 they did not extend beyond an inch or two in any direction : 

 but it is worthy of observation, that every article the electric 

 fluid passed through had a singed appearance at the edges 

 (and had a sulphureous smell, as I was informed by those who 

 inspected them immediately after the accident; by the time 

 I reached Tenbury, all trace of this smell had vanished). No 

 ignition, however, took place beyond what occurred at the mo- 

 ment of its passage, notwithstanding the inflammable nature of 

 most of the articles; nor did any of Mrs.Boddington's wounds 

 present the a|)})earance of burns. The cushion of the barouche 

 seat was stufled with curled horse-hair, through which the 

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