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chiefly to the Eaft and Weft of us, fo that I did not 
think \vc fhould heat of any Mifchief near us. At 
4 we had a fmart Shower of Rain, and about 5 
two loud daps of Thunder over our Heads, but 
pretty high; the Lightning was very pale, and the 
Plafhes large, defeending in a fpiral Form, almoft 
perpendicular to the Horizon to the Eaftward of 
us which is the Situation of Stvcthdiw , and at about 
2 Miles diftant from us. At a little before my Ba- 
rometers flood thus, 29. ~ roo> an ^ 3 0, T° 1 °.° ’ a * lc ^ 
continued fucceftively riling and falling during the 
Storm, but very inconfiderably. 
Upon hearing two Houfes were damaged, fituate at 
the Foot of the Hill on which the mineral Wells are, 
fronting the Eaft, by the Wood-Side, I went next 
Day to view them. The Houfe to the South, which 
is a public Houfe kept by Mr. Ho jyard, feem d to 
have received the greateft Shock. Some of the Fa- 
mily being up, the front Door flood partly open, 
when the Storm began: The upper half was ofGlafs, 
fram’d like a Salh- Window, having two Hiding Shut- 
ters, one on each Side, which had not been taken 
down. The Glafs between them was {batter’d to, Pieces, 
but the Shutters no-ways touch’d, except that a Nail 
in one of them was forc’d in a little way. To the 
Door-Poll, on the left Hand, hung by an iron Pin 
an iron Bar, which ferved to fallen the Door at 
Ni (T ht: This Pin was driven out of the Poll, and the 
Bar 5 confiderably bent, and in divers Places melted 
in fmail Spots, as were the Hinges of the Door, 
chiefly upon the Edges in both, and the Door-Poft 
fplit. A Sheet of Lead on the Pediment, or Shel- 
ter over the faid Door, was raifed, and partly rolled 
