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after Eleven it began to dear up in the South, with 
a brisk Air, fo that we expe&ed a fine Afternoon : 
The South-weft cleared up too, and the Sun fhining 
warm drew us out into the Garden. We had 
not been out above io Minutes, before we faw 
the Storm coming from the South-weft : It feemed 
not to be 30 Yards high from the Ground, bringing 
along with it a Mift, which rolled along with fuch 
incredible Swiftnefs, that as near as we could guefs, 
it ran a Mile and an half in half a Minute : It began 
exa&ly at 12 o’Clock, and lafted about 13 Minutes, 
Eight Minutes in full Violence : It prefcntly unhealed 
the Houfe we were in, and fome of the Tiles, falling 
down to Windward, were blown in at the Safhes,' and 
againft the Wainfcot on the other Side of the Room ; 
the broken Glafs was blown all the Room over, the 
Chimneys all efcaped ; but the Statues, which where 
on the Top of the Houfe, and the Baluftradcs from 
one End to the other, were all blown down. The 
Stabling was all blown down, except Two little Stalls, 
where, by the greateft Fortune in the World, flood 
my Horfc and the Dotftor’s. All the Barns in the 
Parifh, except thofe that were full of Corn quite up 
to the Top, were blown flat upon the Ground, to the 
Number of about 60. The Dwelling-houfes efcaped 
to a Miracle; there were not above a Dozen blown 
down out of near 100. The Alchoufe was levelled 
with the Ground, but by good Luck not a Soul in 
it. If the Storm had lafted Five Minutes longer, 
almoft every Houfe in the Town mull have been 
down; for they were ail, in a manner, rocked quite 
off from their Underpinnings. The People all lelt 
their Houfcs, and carried their Children out to the 
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