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made up, but not quite close, by a chimney board, on which could not be dis- 

 covered any mark or hole, or other indication of the lightning passing that way. 

 Between that chimney and the west and of the room, stands the bed, in the n. w. 

 corner of the room, close to the west and north walls; the deceased lay next the 

 west wall, with his head near the head bed post, in the n. w. corner abovesaid. 

 There is only one window in the room, full east, consisting of 3 pretty large 

 lights, separated by two stone mullions, e;ich light supjwrted by 6 strong iron 

 bars across it, parallel to the floor, and the intermediate one, rather more than 

 one half of it, made into a casement, the frame of which is of iron, and the 

 surrounding frame of the same. In the southermost light, which had 3 squares 

 of glass in breadth, 2 of the lowest squares were perforated in or near the middle, 

 about an inch square; but as some small parts of the glass were gone, he could 

 only guess at the size of the holes, nor could distinctly estimate the shape of 

 them, nor form the slightest conjecture, whether the lightning had made its 

 ingress or egress through both, or either of them. The intermediate square of 

 glass left perfectly vSound. There was no other iron about the window, except 

 the abovementioned: but the curtain rods of the bed, which stood about 10 

 feet from tlie window, were iron, stronger (larger) somewhat than usual. 



Mrs. Heartly lay on Mr. Heartly's left hand, when the thunder was, and felt 

 not the least stroke from the lightning, or perceived any effects from it, except 

 that her right arm, she found, when she awoke, was stunned and benumbed, and 

 a little painful, which continued for a few days, but is now quite well. Dr. K. 

 took notice of a pump, which stood about lO or 1 1 feet from the house, in nearly a 

 right line from the window abovementioned, the handle of which is all of iron, 

 very thick and long, and a strong iron ball for a head to it. 



XXlf^. On the Increase of Population in Anglesey. By Paul Panton, Esq., 

 oj" Plaswgyn, in Anglesey, p. 180. 

 I wished to have sent you a fuller account of the state of the population in 

 this island; but so little care has been taken to preserve the parish registers, that 

 scarcely any that are ancient are to be met with. There is great reason to make 

 the pleasing conclusion, that we become more healthy, and increase in population. 

 Heretofore the inhabitants of this island lived chiefly on fish, with which, 

 especially herrings, these coasts were abundantly furnished. Salted herrings 

 were their principal food. This rambling fish, the herring, having left us, our 

 islanders have neglected pursuing other branches of the fishery, and have 

 betaken themselves more to agriculture. The potatoe plant was not cultivated 

 in any great quantities here until of late years; but, since the failure of our 

 herring fishery, it has made great part of the food of the inhabitants. Perhaps 

 the want of the one, and the increased consumption of the other, may be among 



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