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But that which is moft furprizing in thofe 

 Tranfadtions is, the prodigious Hails there 

 mentioned - 0 which happen'd at many Places, 

 on different Days, and all within the compafs 

 of lefs than fix Weeks. I have been told of 

 the like in other Places about the fame time, 

 in Lincolnshire^ Hampjhire , and elfewhere * 

 whether or no on the fame Days which you 

 mention, I cannot tell; nor can I give a par- 

 eicular Account of them. But it would be 

 land in thofe who can, to give you like Ac- 

 counts thereof with thofe you have Publifhed, 

 for a like publick Information. 



I find it is thought very ftrange, what 

 fliould caufe fo fudden a Congelation of Hail- 

 ilones to fo great a bignefs before they fell. 

 And it is indeed very ftrange. But it is not 

 neceffary that the whole bignefs be attained 

 before they begin to fall , but the freezing 

 may continue during the Fall, to increale the 

 Bulk. For I remember that (many Years 

 fince) I obferved here at Oxford a ftrange 

 ihowerof Hail, wherein (befides the formed 

 Stones that fell on the Ground, there did 

 Jiang on the Trees a great deal in the Form 

 of Icicles ( a Foot or more in length} fo 

 many and heavy, as to break off fome Boughs 

 with their weight ; and I was then told, that 

 in fome places great Branches of Trees were 

 fo broken off*, which mud needs be from the 

 continuing to freeze during the fall. > 



And truly the Generation of Hail in ge- 

 neral, is a thing which defer ves to he farther 

 inquired into, than (I think) hath been yet 

 clone. I find Mr. Halley (in his Narration) 



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