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from the fouth-weft to the north-eaft. It firft ftruck 
the bevilled 2 oof of the fouth-weft corner, near the 
eaves of the houfe ; made a large breach, and tore up 
the floor cf the garret, near the place where it en- 
tered, and dcfcended by the weft wall, in oblique 
lines, into the chamber over the parlour ; bat not 
having fufiicient vent that way, it darted in a line 
from S. W. to N. E. againft the north wall of the 
garret, where meeting with reflftance, it broke down 
the floor near the north wall many feet wide, and car- 
rying the cieling of the parlour-chamber before it, ran 
down by the wail of that room in diredt lines. Where 
it dcfcended on the weft and north walls it made large 
and deep furrows in the plaifter, and even tore out 
the ftones and mortar. A large fplinter was ftruck 
off from the bed-poft contiguous to the north wall, 
and the bed was fet on fire. The chimney-piece 
was broken into many parts ; the window-frame was 
moved out of the wall, every pane of glafs was 
broken, the under fafh was torn in pieces, and a 
large piece of the chimney-board was thrown out of 
the window againft an oppofite garden wall, about 
20 feet from the houfe. As the lightning; fhot thro’ 
the window, it found a fmall cavity between the 
wall and the dating with which the wall is covered, 
where it burft off the dates as far as it continued in 
a diredt line downward, and threw them at a great 
diftance from the houfe. Notwithftanding this 
dreadful havock, the force of the lightning was not 
fpent ; the window gave it not a fufiicient difcharge. 
From the chamber over the parlour, it dcfcended by 
the north wall to the room under it, which is wain- 
fcotted, tore off the cornice the whole breadth of 
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