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The EffeTs of the Frojl, 
Having thus gi^en the Hiftof)’ of the Degree to which'^ 
the f rort arrived in feveral diftanc Parcs of Europe, 1 (hall • 
next (hew what unufual Effects this To unulual a Froft : 
produced j and that on Fluids, Animals, and Vegeta*-' 
- hks. 
The Ejfei^s of the . Frofi on Fluids* \ 
The Waters we may eafily imagine were the firfi: thing .‘c 
that felt the dire Effeds of this Froft. And thefe were in ? 
many Places frozen to an extraordinary depth *, although > 
I hardly believe to that depth, as in the Long-Froft in 
1^83. Of which Froft we have a fufficient inftance in X' 
our Eviver of Thames 5 .whofe Waters were fo frozen, . 
that above Bridge, ’tis well known, many Booths were - 
erefted, Fires made, and Meat drefs’d and on January ^ 
K2). i68|. I my felf faw a Coach and two Horfes drive 
over the River into Southmrk, and back again, a great 
number of People accompanying it. But this laft Win* 
ter the Cafe was greatly different,. according to this Ac- 
count I received from my Learned and Ingenious Friend ^ 
Mr. LotPthorp 5 who faith, . “ He law feveral People crofs ^ 
“ the Thames at Ibme diftance above the Bridge : But > 
that was only towards Low-water, when the great 
Flakes of Ice that came down, ftopp’d one another ' ‘ 
“ at the Bridge, ’till they made-one continued Bed of 
Ice from thence almoft to the Temple, But when the 
Flood came, the Ice broke, and was all carried with 
“ the Current up the River. I was told the like happen* 
ed between yVefiminfter and Lmbetb^ a little above - 
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