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driven, nnd many Div.erfions exercifed above Bridge. 
And fo ftrong was the Ice below Bridge, as to allow 
People to walk. and skate at their Pleafure thereon. 
But yet the Spirits in the Thermometer defcended 
not ail the while' near folow, as on December 30, 
I /03. . 
in Scotland alfo (which in 170J felt but little of that 
Year’s feVcre Froii) the Ice was .ftrong enough to bear 
the Horfe and Foot of the Armies. 
And beyond Sea 'tliey buffered much j particularly 
in Spain , much Mifrhief was done by the wild 
Beaffc, which, were forced by the Froft out .of the 
Woods. • ~ 
Among Birds I find the Goldfinches to have fuf- 
fered much, having fcarce feen one of them : all the 
following Part of the Year j they being kiiled by the 
hard Weather, .or driven to feek Food in other 
Parts. 
On the Day of — , the Wind was fo vio- 
lent, that the Thames was emptied from London- 
Bridge as far as — • — — , fo that only a fmall Ri- 
vulet of Water, no bigger than a Brook of 10 or 12, 
Foot over, remained ; infomuch, that People walked 
on the Bottom, and found Treafure there. 
In November and December Pleuriiies were 
frequent, and mortal in our Parts of Ej'ex. The 
Weather was mild, open, dark, and damp for the moil 
part, with now and then a cold Day or two. 
Farther R E MA RKS from Mr.Kobk’s Papers. 
On February iz, 171J, he notes an Earthquake 
to have been at Salem Pillage ; and on OBob. 21 
N n foi- 
