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5 creuzers, or 2^ d. a bottle. It belongs to the Abbot of Constance, and is 

 chiefly consumed in Germany. Sexard is on the Danube, between Buda and 

 Esseh. 3. The Erlaw wine, which i1 reckoned at Vienna almost equal to that 

 of Buda. Erlaw is in Upper Hungary, south-west of Tokay, between 47 and 

 48 degrees of latitude. 4. The Gros IVardein wine, a strong bodied wine and 

 very cheap. It belongs chiefly to the Duke of Modena, whose ancestor got a 

 large estate in this country, in grant from the Emperor Leopold, as a reward 

 for his services in the Hungarian wars. Gros Wardein is an old fortress near 

 the confines of Transylvania, between 46 and 47 degrees of latitude. 



XXXIII. On the. Figure and Composition of the Red Particles of the Blood, 

 commonly called the Red Globules. By Mr. Wm. Heiuson, F.R.S. p. 303. 

 This paper is reprinted in Mr. Hewson's collected works. 



XXXI F. On the Effects of a Thunder-storm, March 15 th, \773, on the House 

 of Lord Tylney at Naples. In a Letter from the Hon. Sir Wm. Hamilton, 

 F.R.S. Dated Naples, March 20, 1773. p. 324. 



This accident was on his lordship's assembly night ; so that most of the nobi- 

 lity of this country, many of the foreign ministers, foreigners of distinction, 

 particularly English, were present at the time of the explosion ; there were not 

 less than 250 in the apartments; and including servants, the whole number 

 under Lord Tyh«iy's roof could not be less than 50O. The lightning passed 

 through 9 rooms, 7 of which were crouded with parties at cards, or conversing; 

 it was visible in every one, notwithstanding the quantity of candles, and has left 

 in all evident marks of its passage. Many of the company were sensible of a 

 mart stroke, like that of electricity, and some complained for several days after of a 

 pain they felt from that stroke, but no one received any essential hurt ; a servant 

 indeed of the French ambassador's house has a black mark on his shoulder and 

 thigh, from a stroke he received on the staircase ; and another servant, who was 

 asleep on the same staircase, his head reclining against the wall, had the hair 

 entirely singed from it on that side. 



The confusion at the moment was very great : the report, which seems to have 

 been equally heard in every room, was certainly as loud as that of a pistol ; and 

 every one flying the room they were in, thinking the danger there, met of course 

 in the door-ways, and stopped all passage. A Polish prince, who was playing 

 at cards, hearing the report, as he thought of a pistol, and feeling himself 

 struck, jumped up, and clapping his hand to his sword, put himself in a posture 

 of defence. Sir Wm. H. was sitting on a card-table, and conversing with M. de 

 Saussure, Professor of Natural History at Geneva; they happened to be looking 

 different ways, and each thought that the bright light and report was immedi- 



