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her, and been properly insulated, the shock 

 might have been given to a whole circle of 

 people. 



I forgot to mention before, that, during 

 the two severe days, two men, who were 

 tracing hares in the snow, had their feet 

 frozen ; and two men, who were much 

 better employed, had their fingers so 

 affected by the frost, while they were 

 thrashing in a barn, that a mortification fol- 

 lowed, from w^hich they did not recover 

 for many weeks. 



This frost killed all the furze and most 

 of the ivy, and in many places stripped the 

 hollies of all their leaves. It came at a 

 very early time of the year, before old 

 November ended ; and yet may be allowed 

 from its effects to have exceeded any since 

 1739^40. 



