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Thus I have hid before you a ftiort account as I couUi 
of the preceding difpofition of the Year, particularly as 
to wet and warmth, becaufe I am of opinion that thcfi: 
had a great influence in the late Stormy not only in caut 
ing a Repletion of Vapours in the Atmofpherc, but alfo 
in raifing fuch Nitro-fulphureous or other heterogeneous 
matter, which when mix'd together might make a fort of 
Explofion (like fired Gun powder) in the Atniofpherc» 
And from this Explofion 1 judge thofe Corrulcations or 
Flaflics in the Storm to have proceeded, which moft^peo- 
pie as well as my felf obferved, and which fome took for 
Lightning. But thefe things I leave to better judgments^ 
fuch as and that very ingenious Member of our So- 
ciety, who hath undertaken the Province of the late 
Tempeft, to whom if you pleafc, you may impart thefc 
Papers 3 Mr Halleji you know [ mean. 
From Preliminaries it is time to proceed nearer to the 
Tempeft it felf And the foregoing day, viz.TburJdaf^ 
Nov. 25.1 think deferveth regard. In the Morning of 
that day was a little Rain, the Winds high in the Af- 
ternoon S. b.E. and S. In the Evening there was Light* 
ning , and between 9 and 10 of the Clock at Night t 
violent but fbort Storm of Wind and much Rain at Vp- 
mmfter^ and of Hail in fome other places, which did fomc 
<lamagef There fell in that Storm 1,65 U of Rain. The 
next Morning, which was Friday^ Nov. 26. the Wind was 
S. 8. W, and high all day, and fo continu daill I was in 
JBed and afleep. About 12 that Night the Storm a waken'd 
me, which gradually encreas'd till near 3 that Morning. 
And from thence till near 7 it continued in the greateft 
excefs : and then began flowly to abate, and the Mmury 
to rife fwiftly. The Barometer I found at ix h.^^ P. M.at 
28,^1, where it continued till about 6 the next Morning, 
or 61, and then haftily rofe ^ fo that it gotten to 82 
about 8 of Clock, as in the Table. 
How 
