an eletirico] Kite im a Thunder-fbower. 250 
of liftlefs feeling : all which might poffibly be only the efre& 
of farprife :—however, it was fufficient to difcourage me from 
any further attempts at that time, I drew in the kite, and re- 
tired into a fhop, which ftood near my houfe, and continued 
there until the fhower (which was eii very fevere) was over, 
and then went into my houfe, where I found my parents and 
family vaftly more furprifed than I had been myfelf ; who, after 
expreffing their aftonifhment, informed me, that I appeared to 
them (during the time I was raifing the kite) to be in the 
midft of a large bright flame of fire, attended with flafhings ; 
and expected, every moment, to fee me fall a facrifice to. the 
flame. ‘The fame was obferved by fome of my neighbours, 
who lived near the place where I ftood. 1 
. I-ffall make no remarks, at this time, upon the caufe ; but 
it for the prefent to the confideration of thelearned. — . 
I am, Sir, &c. 
LOAMMI BALDWIN. 
Ths Rew: Prefdent- Willard, .Corre/ponding- 
Secretary of the American magi fi EE 
vigi enden iir x ey! : zy 3 icd but. 
