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collyriums, cured her : but three 
cauftics were put behind the left ear, 
before that eye was well. 
Very wet. Many horfes died this month 
of" a peftilential fever. They had the 
fymptoms Markham defcribes in his 
chapter of Peftilential. Hen-dung 
infufed in ftale urine (which Mark- 
ham recommends) was found fer vice- 
able. Many people were ruined by the 
lofs of all their horfes : but none died 
that had plenty of the juice of rue. 
It is remarkable that no horfes had 
this diftemper, but thofe on the falts 
of the different rivers. Mr. Pollard 
Edmunfon, a gentleman on the eaft- 
ern fhore of Cheftapeak, told me, he 
loft almoft every horfe by this diforder 
at his home plantation (the water there 
is fait), and not one in a foreft pafture 
about a mile off. 
The difeafe among horfes is over. On 
the 10th day of this month there was 
as fevere a guft of thunder and light- 
ning, as is common in July or Auguft. 
Several horfes, cattle, &c. were killed 
in different parts. There were the 
moll luminous corufcations I ever 
faw ; the whole hemifphere as it were 
in a blaze. 
Very variable weather : many high winds, 
and much rain. 
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