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thrown off. This pilafter is much injured, but the 
ftory in general has buffered leffs than the Compofite, 
and that chiefly where the irons are inferted ; the up- 
per Tufcan lefs than that, and the lower Tufcan 
but little, except in the North Eaft pier, which is con- 
fiderably cracked and fihaken ; as if in its paffage 
part of the force of the lightning was fpent in thefe ex- 
plofions, and part abforbed and conduced by the maf- 
fes of ftone. The damage done to the fteeple is, ex- 
cept near the top, confined almoft to the Eaff and 
North Eaft fide, and moft generally where the ends 
of the iron bars have been inferted into the (lone or 
placed under it; and in fome places, by its violence in 
the ftone, its paftage may be traced from one iron bar 
to another. And it is very remarkable, that, toleffen 
the quantity of ftone in this beautiful fteeple, in fe- 
veral parts, cramps of iron have been employed; and 
upon thefe, ftones of no great thicknefs have been 
placed, both by way of ornament and to cover the 
cramped joint. In feveral places, thefe fquare ftones 
have, on account of their covering the iron, been quite 
blown off, and thrown away. A great number of 
ftones, fome of them large ones, were thrown from 
the fteeple, three of which fell upon the roof of the 
church, and did great damage to it; and one of thefe 
broke through the large timbers, which form it, and 
lodged in the gallery. 
In the tower of the fteeple, in the room where 
the bells are placed, the lightning took the South- 
weft window above the bells and clofe to the window* 
not far fiom an iron bar, which goes round, and 
rent out feveral large ftones; fome of which fell into 
the bell, which was very near this part of the fteeple, 
and 
