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toWed: rays at equal diftances^ he will find liw muctili^^^^^ 
miftakenj and that Iliave not been extravaganzas he imaigii^^ 
in preferring Reflexions. And as for what he ^^ys of^thejij^ j 
culty of the praxis, I know it is very difficult, and Sy tlio^|t* 
ways whkh he attempted it I believe it unprafticabfe But|f 
there is a way infiouated in the Tran/a&ions pag.:^oBoJbf V^h}i^^^ 
it is net improbable but that as much may be done inllrgeTe-^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
lefcopes, as I have thereby done in fhort ones, but yet not 
without more theoordioaiy diligence and curiofity. 
A Relation frem Dantzick, about an oddeffe& of Thunder and 
Light rji^g Hpon Wheat and Rye in the Granaries of that City j 
communicatedin aLetter ^/"June 24.i673.^j'J/.Chrift.Kirkby, 
SIR, 
YOU doubtlefs know, how much this City is famed 
for its numerous and convenient Granariefj it being 
the Rcpoficory of all forts of grainj the fruitful Kingdom of 
Poland affords^ In thofc Granaries are laid up chiefly Wheat 
and Rye in parcels , of 20, to 30 and 60 Lafts in one cham- 
ber, according to its largenefs, and the dryncfs of the Corn ^ 
whichthey turnover 3, 4, 5, 6 times a week, as need re- 
quires to keep it fweec^and fit for fhipping. Now ic hapned,. 
that about the latter end of March and April laft wc hadi 
much and violent Thunder and Lightning, which had this 
unhappy tffcCt upon all the parcels of Wheat and Rye of the 
laft years growth^ that^ though ovcr-oight they were dry, 
fwetc, and fit for fliippingj the next morning they had loil 
all thefe good qaah'tics , and were become clammy and 
ftinkiog, and confequently unfit to be fhip'c away for the 
prefent; So that the OwnerSj if they would not loofe theit 
grain, were forced to caufe it to be turn'd over two or three 
rimes a day, and yet ic required fix weeks, if aot longer, 
before it v/as recovered. 
Th's is a thing, which often happens to Corn that hath 
not lain in the Granary a whole year^ or not fwu thorou^^h- 
ly io the ftraw before it be thraft'd out. An accident liufe 
ootedj yet in my judgment worth the inquiring into. For, 
though the Alteration?, caufed by Thunder m Liqfiots, be 
taken notice of^ and probable realbns given for ihem s yet I 
Judge this fomevvhat more abftrufejaod therefore more worth 
while IQ be confiderci a 
