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“ down. But I am apt to think, the Froft might havs 
a great Concern herein. 
The other Accident befel at Pifa, where he faith, 
That upon the melting of the Snows, and the great 
“ Rains which fell after the Froft, although the JrKo did 
“ not Twell over the Banks at Pifi, yet the Water at 
“ forac diftance from the River, in a middle Row of 
Houfes, betwixt the River and the Great Street oa 
the North- fide, with great Violence broke out, and 
‘‘ if it bad not been immediately perceived, and the 
“ Breach ftopp’d by the throwing in of a great quanti- 
ty of Bricks and Timber, that part of the Town might 
have been in danger of being drowned, where the 
“ Palace, and the PublickSchooU^ or, as they call it, the 
^ SapietJTia ft and. , T^ c rt' 
Dr. Mich, Angelo TilU, the Learned Botanick Profeflor 
at Pih hath only told me in a Letter he favoured me 
with from thence, That the Froft hath deftroyed a 
world of Trees both in City and Country about them. 
But I wilh he had been as particular in his Aocount 
thereof, as our Eminent-Botanift before mentioned. 
In Sivitzerland^ among the high Alpine Ridges, they 
felt dire Effefts of the Froft, but yet fome Places were fo 
happy as to efcape. Of which Dr. Woodward, before 
commended, imparted to me the following Account he 
received from Mr. John Schenchzer, Brother to our In- 
duftrious and Ingenious Member, John James Scheuch- 
zer of Zurich. His Words are, Effedus tnftiffimos, 
“ quos Hyeme prseterita fenfere Arbores noftras, etiam 
craftiftimae, praefertim Juglandes, Vites, non prorfus 
“ fenfere loca^qusedam praealtis verfus Septentrionem Ju- 
« gis munita. Vefens ad Rivarium-Lacum falv^e man- 
fere arbores Vites, ut Vindemia Tapud nos nulla) 
ibi fit copiofa ^ Juglandes fruaibus onerat^, uti quo. 
que arbores reliqu^, ac fi in diverfo fuccreviiient a 
« vicinis locis Climate. G*Undx, mentis altiftimi incon- 
“ Rhdtorum Sarunetum, radidbus aajacet pagus 
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