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thunder flopped the clock, I cannot 
fay how long it lafled ; but fuppofe 
near half an hour j in which time the 
mofl rain fell I ever faw. The wind 
did incredible damage in feveral parts 
of the country. In St. Mary’s county, 
it is faid, 200 houfes were blown 
down, and many people killed. In 
every county in Maryland much dam- 
age was done by this gufl, which was 
the mofl general ever remembered. 
It was all over New York, the Jerfeys, 
Penfylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, 
and did much damage every where. 
How much farther it extended, either 
northward or fouthward, I have not 
heard. 
In thefe two lafl months an epi- 
demical fpotted fever was common in 
the country : I have not heard it was 
mortal any where. Thofe, who had 
it moll fevere, W'ere relieved with what 
Mr. Collinfon calls apocinon. There 
raged at the fame time an epidemical 
difeafe amongfl the dogs, which de~ 
flroyed great numbers in all the north- 
ern plantations. It came from thence 
to the eaftern fhore in Maryland, where 
it killed mofl of the dogs. It now 
rages amongfl our dogs, and fcarce 
any recover. They are firfl feized 
with a fhort cough, and a lloppage in 
the nofe, fo that they are obliged to 
breathe thro’ the mouth. In four, 
L five. 
