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rV. An Account of theButning of fever al Hay 
Kich^ by a Fiery Exhalation or Damp : And 
of the InfeSiion^ (hiality of the GraJ? of fe* 
^eral Grounds. From the fame Ingeniom Fer-^ 
fon. 
SIR, 
1 Received this laftPoft from my worthily efteemed 
Friend Mr. Maurice Jones^ Reftor of Dol-Gelheu^ 
the following Account of the burning of feveral Ricks 
of Hay and Houfes, and alfb the Poyfoning of the Graft;, 
fb as to render it Mortal to the Cattle that feed upon 
it, by a kindled Exhalation, or Ignis Fatum. Be pleafed 
to take it in his own words : 
* This Letter contains no Anfwer to your Queries a- 
* about the Locufts, for I am wholly intent at prefent 
* upon giving you the beft Account I can of a moft 
*Difmal and Prodigious Accident at Hartech \a this 
* County the beginning of thefe Holy-days» It is of 
* the unaccountable firing of Sixteen Ricks of Hay, and 
* two Barns, whereof one was full of Corn, the other 
* of Hay. I call it unaccountalle, becaufe 'tis evident 
* they were not burnt by common Fir^, but by a kind- 
* led Exhalation, which was often feen to come from 
* the Sea. Of the duration whereof I cannot at pre- 
* fent give you any certain i\ccount, but am fatisfied it 
* laiicd at lea ft a Fortnight or three Weeki» ; and annoy 
* the Country as well by Poyfoning their Grafs as Fi^ng 
* the Hay, for the fpaceof a Mile, or thereabouts. Such 
fas have feen the Fire, fay, 'twas a blew weak EJame, 
* eafily 
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