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{Tones ; but had, as it were, ramified itfelf not only 
between the joints of the hones, but had infmuated 
itlelt in its melted hate into all their fmall clefts and 
interhices, The fpindle terminated in one hone 
which occupied the whole area of the obelifk, and 
was three feet and near two inches in diameter, and 
one foot in thicknefs. . Into this hone the fpindle was 
infer ted hve inches of its depth, andfahened by melted 
lead. Under this hone the obelifk was hollow ; but 
above it was folid, excepting the fpace left for the 
fpindle. 
. Up on examining thefe feveral particulars, no in- 
jui v had been done by the lightening to the vane, its 
crofs, copper ball, or fpindle. Of the fcven courfes 
of hone at the upper part of the obelifk, and which 
were above the whole hone into which the fpindle was 
inferted, the five upper courfcs, though connected to- 
gether at top and bottom with iron collars fodered 
with lead, ’'were not damaged ; but the two hones, 
which formed the hxth courfe, were cracked, Shi- 
vered, and fragments thrown from them. The fe- 
venth courfe confihed likewife of two folid hones. 
Thefe were burhfrom the fpindle, which was, by the 
intervention of the lead, connected with them, broke 
into many parts j each was moved from its place; fome 
pieces were thrown down, and one large one project- 
ed five inches over the hone, immediately under it. 
The whole hone, into which the fpindle was inferted, 
and upon which it rehed, was burh from the center into 
a great many pieces, and every piece removed from its 
place. Some of thefe were thrown from the hceple. 
Several of the larger mafles of this hone, which hill co- 
hered, were very muchfhivered. Thecenterofthehone, 
