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it lay parallel, and touched the mad for the whole 
length of the part carried away. Here the vapour 
mud be very low, being wholly below the top, which 
was unhurt, as was all the rigging and yards of this 
particular mad. And from the upper deck of the 
fhip to the top could not, in this diip, which was but 
fmall, exceed 42 or 44 feet. And in this lad cafe 
the explofion mud have been like gunpowder en- 
deavouring to expand itfelf every way, becaufe the 
top and top-mad, and rigging, which was above it, 
funk perpendicularly down on the body of the fhip, 
as did the top-mad alfo, which pierced the upper 
deck, and dood upright. In this fhip there might be 
at the time of the explofion feventy men upon deck, 
and not one of them hurt ; which I imagine was 
owing to the vapour being didant above the deck 
more than the height of a man, as was apparent from 
a remnant of the mad, which was not touched for 
fix or feven feet immediately above the deck. 
The relater was an eye-witnefs to both thefe acci- 
dents. In this lad there remained a dinking vapour 
for fome time; but in the fird cafe there was not 
the lead fmell of fulphur, or any other thing. 
Robert Veitch. 
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