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and oft kindle them into an a&ual Fire. An Obiervanee 
of the Meteors there might perhaps not be impertinent, 
as both what are more rare, and what are more frequent* 
as of Gofimore in great abundance, and of thofe fmall 
Cobwebs in a Morning, which fome have fuppofed to 
be Meteors. Ignes fatuz, tho there be many boggy- 
Swamps and Marflies, are feldom, if any are (een there. 
There be frequent little forts of Whirl- winds, whofe Di- 
ameter may be lometimes not pad two or three Yards, 
fometimes Forty, which whisking round in a Circle, pals 
along the Earth, according to the Motion of the Cloud, 
from whence they iflue ; and as they pals along with 
their gyrous or circular Motion, they carry aloft the drie 
Leaves into the Air, which fall again often in places far 
remote. I have (een them defcend in a calm Sun-(hine 
Day, as if they had come from the Heavens in great 
Showers thereof, fo that all the Elements (eem'd filled 
therewith. And I could perceive them to defcend from 
on high as far as I could poffibly difcern a Leaf. r I re- 
member a roguifti Expreflion of a Seaman, otherwife filly 
enough, who wondering thereat, cry 'd out, Sure now 
'tistnamfeff there is a World above ! and now with them 
'tis the FSltofthe Leaf. But to proceed, I thought this 
made it manifeft, whence many preternatural Showers 
have happen'd. I remember at Sir Richard Athertons 
in Lancajhire, lome few years ago, there fell a great 
number of the Seeds of I vy-berries> at firft we admir'd 
what they were, for they weracover'd with a thin skin 
that was red, and reiembled the Figure of a fmall Wheat 
Corn but afterwards they fully manifefted what they 
were,- for many fprouted and took Root. I fuppole they 
were carry'd aloft by fome fuch Whirl- Wind, and let fall 
there. I have purpo(ely gone into the place where I per- 
ceiv'd this Gull:, which is notorious enough by the 
noife it makes, with ratling the Leaves as it carries 
them aloft , and have found a fine fliarp Breeze of 
Wind. Tours, &c. K k . Mr. 
