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half heated ( for that was their expreffion ; ) which forced them 
very fpeedily to quit the place. 
Notwithftandingthis, they wrought forwards for about three 
weeks, -and carried icon to betwixt thirty and forty yards, until 
one Henry turfjelly met with the fame accident, which had for- 
merly befaln Michelle and ^icheU had alfo the misfortune to have 
hisfhare in this: For,beingby chance underground, at the mouth 
of the Bink,he was lliot forth for about two or three yards,and had 
his head broi^en, and his body bruifed againft the further fide. 
About a week after, E^iw^r^M/VM, another of my informers, 
adventuring in again, met with the fame misfortune, and was worfe 
fcorched thananyof thereft» 
The things I chiefly took notice of, were thcfe 
1. That thofe who were in the Bink whilft it was fired , never 
heard any more noife than that which is ufually made by afiafli of 
Gun- powder in the open air, although thofe in the other Binks,and. 
out, heard a very great one. 
2. Ic fiiot off the Turne at the mouth of the Pit, and fmall 
Coals with other rubbifli from the bottom, into the air to a con- 
fiderable height. 
3; They could perceive no fmell before the fire,but afcerw2irds a 
very ftrong fmell of brimftone. j 
4. They ufed to go with their candles low, as neer as could be 
to the bottom, becaufethey perceived the vapour to lye towards 
the roof; which, if they held their candles higher than ordinary, 
they could fee defcend like a black mift, and catch hold of the 
flame, lengthningit to twoor three handfulls ; which would ne- 
verthelefs burn after the ufual manner without any further mifchief, 
if they fuddainly held down their hands clofe to the ground. 
5. The flame would continue in the Vault for two or three mi- 
nutes after the crack ; The laft time, which was the moft violent , 
they thought ic continued for about half a quarter of an hour, 
6. The colour of the flame was blew, and very bright, fome- 
thing inclining towards green. 
7. Although they told tre, they were fenfible of no fmell before 
the kindling of the Vapour ; yet the Colliers cloaths, that worked 
in the adjoyningPits/melt very ftrong of brimftone 5 which makes 
me fufpefl all the Pits to be infected, although the air fecures them 
froiu mifchief. Their infenfibility I afcribe tocuflomc. 
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