14 DANGER 



A. It rolls down the outside of a 

 tree; but passes through the inside of a 

 man. 



Q. Why does lightning jmss down the 

 OUTSIDE of a tree ? 



A. Lightning always makes choice 

 of the best conductors; and the outside 

 of a tree, is a better conductor than the 

 inside. 



Q. Why does lightning pass through the 

 INSIDE of a man? 



A. As the fluids of the human body 

 make a better conductor than the skin, 

 therefore lightning passes through a 

 man, and not down the skin. 



Q. Why is it DANGEROUS to be near a deep 

 RIVER, or any other running water, during a 

 thunder-storm ? 



A. Because running water is a good 

 conductor ; and lightning always takes in 

 its course the best conductors. 



Q. Why is it dangerous for a man to be near 

 water, in a thunder-storm ? 



A. Because the height of a man may 

 be sufficient to discharge a cloud : and (if 

 there were no taller object nigh) the 

 lightning might make the man its con- 

 ductor to the water. 



