t ^art of a Letter from the ^yerend Mr Abralidm 
de la Pryme K %^ S. to the ^uUijher^ concerning a 
Spout lately ohferVed by him in Hatfield, 
7horn. June the tSth. 
TIs fometime ago that I fent you an account of a Spoor, 
that my felf and niany others faw in Hatfield Pari(h 
in 1685, with forne few conjedtires upon the Caafe of it. 
Since that time I have been fo happy as to fee another in 
the fame place, which very much confirms me in my notio!? 
of the Origin and Nature of them. The Weather here in 
this part of the Country, hath been exceeding wet and ccol^ 
infomuch that it feem*d rather tobeSpring than Midfiirrimer, 
yet for all that Monday the 21ft ditto was pretty warm, oa 
the afternoon of which day, about 2 of the Clock, no 
Wind ftirring below, tho* it was fomewhat great in the 
Air, the Clouds begun to be mightily agitated and drivcu 
together ^ whereupon they became v^ry black and were 
(moftvifibly ) hurried rounds from wlience proceeded a mo(l: 
audible whirling noife, like that commonly heard in a MilK 
After a while a long Tube or Spout came down from* the 
Center of the congregated Clouds, in which was a fwiic 
fpiral motion like that of a Screw,or the G^?c/We.^ Jrdj.^/edJx 
when it is in motion5by 'which Spiral Nature and fwift turn- 
ing, Vv'atcr afc'ends upin to the one as well as into the other* 
It^ravelled iTowly from Weft to North Eali, broke down a 
great Oak-tree or two, friglited the Wecders our of -the 
■Field, and made others lie down flat upon their Bellies, to 
iave being whirFd about and kiUed by it, as they law m:nw 
Iickdaws to be that were flidJcniy carchcd up, carried out 
of 
