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in a poor Countryman upon fuch an uncommon Oc- 
cafion, might conjure up the Idea of Lightning. If it 
was Thunder and Lightning, the Effe&s of it mu ft be 
very terrible fomewhere ; for it gave the fame Re- 
port, and fhook all the Houfes juft in the fame Man- 
ner, that were above 20 Miles diftant from one 
another North and South ; which I think is an Argu- 
ment, that it was more general than Thunder can pof- 
ftbly be. I fhould be glad to know whether or no it 
was perceived in London. I am, 
Honoured SIR , 
Rofehill, Dec. 12. 174.1. jour niojl dutiful Grandfon , 
J. Fuller. 
XXXIV. A Letter from the Reverend Mr. 
William Goftling, Minor Canon of the Ca- 
thedral Church of Canterbury, to Mr. Peter 
Collinfon, F. R. S. concerning the fame Me- 
teor, in Kent. 
Canterbury , Sunday , 
Hear SIR, Hec. 13.1741* 
O N Friday Iaft the 11th Inftant, about One in 
the Afternoon, I found my Houfe violently 
fhaken for fome Seconds of Time, as if feveral loaded 
Carriages had been driving againft my Walls ; and 
heard a Noife, which at firft my Family took for 
Thunder, but of an uncommon Sound. For my 
own part, (as I thought Thunder which would fhake 
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