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of glass in the wind oavs was destroyed — some of the hailstones weighed a 

 pound. Surat, in the East Indies, had several thousand of its inhabitants 

 killed in a violent tornado on the 22d of April in the same year. Dienptole, 

 in Moravia, was totally destroyed by a storm on the 30th of May of the same 

 year. On the ITtli of June, of the same season, immense damage was done 

 all over America, particularly on the New England coast. On the borders- 

 of France and Spain, in 1784, hailstones fell during a series of storms that 

 weighed nearly a pound and a half One hundred and thirty-one villages 

 and farms were laid waste in France on the 5th of August, 1785. A ter- 

 rible tenapest raged in the English channel in July, 1786, and many large 

 and small vessels were lost. Ferrara, in Italy, was visited by a terrible 

 hail storm on the 17th of July, of the same year. This storm apparently 

 extended over a part of England. At Highlickington, in Devonshire, on the 

 same day, thirteen large elm trees were removed nearly three hundred yards- 

 from the original spot and remained standing in a flourishing condition. At 

 the same time and place, a large rock was torn in two and the pieces sepa- 

 rated eight feet. All the poultiy and grain for miles in that region was- 

 totally destroyed by the thunder and lightning. In 1786-7 hail storms were 

 general all over England and in the West Indies, particularly in the Bench 

 Islands, where the destruction of property was terrible. On the 13th of 

 July, 1788, at St. Germain en Laie, in France, hail fell as large as a quart 

 bottle. All the trees from Yalance to Lisle were torn up by the roots. Thi& 

 storm extended over the whole kingdom and did immense damage. On the 

 23d of December, 1790, another terrific storm raged all over France, carry- 

 ing devastation in its path. In September, 1791, a violent hail storm fell in 

 Calatria, near JSTaples, where the hailstones weighed a pound and destroyed 

 all hopes of a vintage. In October, of the same year, during a fearful storm, 

 the Church of Spildhurst, in Kent, was destroyed by lightning, the bells 

 w^ere melted, and other damage to the town sustained. In March, 1793, a 

 terrific storm visited Sussex — the hailstones were four inches in circumfer- 

 enc \ At Whitehaven this storm did great damage, and the tide rose six 

 feet u jOve its usual height. In August, of the same year, hailstones fell at 

 Thornton, in Liecestershire, that measured six inches and a half in circum- 

 ference, doing immense damage, On the 2d of June, same year, a fearful 

 storm visited Jamaica. On the 16th of July, 1794, an almost universal storm 

 in Great Britain caused devastation in its track. In the Barracks, at Bletch- 

 ington, nearly a thousand panes of glass were destroyed, and other damage 

 done. On the 25th of September, 1798, a terrible storm visited Halifax, and 

 half a million dollars worth of proj)erty was destroyed. On the 19th of 

 August, 1800, irregular pieces of ice fell in Oxfordshire the size of hen's eggs 

 The same storm did great damage in Bedfordshire, where hailstones fell 

 eleven inches in circumference, killing all the partridges and hares, and 

 destroying all the grain in the fields. On the 8th of JSTovember, of the same 

 year, great damage was done in London again, and throughout all England, 

 In November, 1801, a terrible storm visited the whole of JNorth of England, 



