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where-ever it touched the ground, it emitted every- 
where fparks ; which is not incredible ; for belides, 
there were people, who, walking along between thefe 
rays of vapour, were quite dunned, and fome beat 
to ihe ground, but they fpeedily recovered them- 
fclves. 
A centinel in the Great Perfpedlive not far from 
Mr. Richman’s dwelling, which Rands at the corner of 
the faid Perfpedive, was cad fome paces from his cen- 
try-box, but without receiving any injury. It is not 
therefore to be doubted, but that this very thunder- 
cloud, or its elearical difeharge, mud have druck the 
iron bars, which were upon Mr. Richman’s houfe-top- 
by which a great part of the eleftric force was con- 
duaed, by means of the chains, to his elearical ex- 
pofitor ; and thus it could not fail of having the me- 
lancholy effed, the parallel of which has not been 
known. According to the relation of the engraver 
Sokolow, Mr. Richman inclined his head towards 
the expohtor, to obferve what degree of force it 
would have ; and whild he dood in that bent podure 
a great white and bluidi dre appeared between the 
elearical expofitor and Mr. Richman’s head. At 
the fame time arofe a fort of dream, or vapour 
which intirely numbed the engraver, and made him’ 
fink down upon the ground j fo that he cannot re- 
member to have heard the loud thunder-clap. TJie 
iron ruler belonging to the expofitor, which huncr 
perpendicular, as it received all the force from th? 
bars and chains, cad from it a thread, which was 
nx d to its top, and^ drove it upwards towards the 
expofitor. That this ruler might point out the de- 
* Probably a ftreet fo called. ' 
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grees 
