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for (fcelter, her Hat fell off, and a Hail-ftone that hit 
her behind the Ear made her tumble. Thence I went 
^o Wtlliam Halfals of Ltnaker, and found the Storm 
had been as violent there ; William was in his Barn 
when it began, and told me, when he (aw two or three 
of the firft Stones fal!, he thought fome young Wantons 
had been throwing Eggs, i (aw what Breaches of 
Thatch it had made upon his Barn, what Boughs it had 
broke off from his Apple Trees; and what Wounds the 
Haii-ftones had made in the g^een Brow by his Houfe ; 
I meafured feveral of the Holes, and tound them gene- 
rally an Inch deep, and fome an Inch and Half. He 
told me, the great Stones fell fo violently into ihe Marl- 
Pit befides his Houfe, that Spout of Water rofe a Yard 
and Half high. This unn-^kd my Man's Story, that 
the Sea appeared like a Wood. I refted a full Hour at 
William HJ/al'Sy where fome Neigbours came in and 
told doleful Stories of the Effefts of the Hail how 
ftndry Teams of Hories ran Wood, as they term it, up- 
on the Strokes of the Hail ; and had broke Carts and 
Ploughs. I remember the Inftance of James Wiiliamfon^ 
who married EJw. ^«//^r's Daughter. A Iitrle before 
I remounted, a Man calls there from Stfhton^ and a- 
mong his Hiftories gives this Inftance, That a certain 
Perfon was knocked off his Horfe by the Hail, over a- 
gainft the Brick-houfe (Darwin s) which is next to Bri- 
an Fleetwood's^ but that he pre itnrly got up again, and 
purfued his Horfe. When I came home late m the E- 
vening, I heard more News,. Dr. Tarleton brought Ti- 
dings from Ormskirk, that Four Pounds Damage was 
done to the Inn (Mr. Glead of Leverpool owner) where 
he fetup; and that he took up Hail-ftones as big as 
Duck-Eggs upon Aughton Common in his return hither* 
And Mr. Shepherd our SchooKmafter happened then to 
be at Sephton to (hoot young Rooks, and was with 
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