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XIII. An Account of an extraordinary Me- 
teor feen in the County of Rutland, which 
refembled a Water-Spout, comjnunicated to 
the Prefid ent, by Tho. Barker, Efq\ 
Read Dec. 14. C< £ T T. if. 1 749. a remarkable Me- 
^ teor was feen in Rutland , which I 
lufpcdt to have been of the fame kind as Spouts at 
Sea ; being much like the Account of two feen at 
Hatfield in Jorkfbire ; Rhil. Tranfi No. 281. p. 1248. 
and No. 2 84. p. 1331. 
It was a calm, warm, and cloudy Day, with fome 
Gleams and Showers ; the Barometer low and fall- 
ing, and the W ind Sourh, and fmall. The Spout 
came between f and 6 in the Evening j at 8 came 
a Thunder Shower, and Storm of Wind, which did 
Mifchief in fome Places 5 and then it cleared , up 
with a brisk N. W. Wind. 
The earlieft Account I have was from Seaton. A 
great Smoke rofe over or near Gretton , in North- 
amjjtonfbire , with the Likenefs of Fire, either one 
fingle Fiafh, as the Miller faid, or feveral bright Ar- 
rows darting down to the Ground, and repeated for 
fome Time, as others fay. Yet fome who faw ir, 
did not think there was really any Fire in it, but 
that the bright Breaks in a black Cloud looked like 
it. However, the Whirling, Breaks, Roar, and 
Smoke, frightened both Man and Bead. Coming 
down the Hill, it took up Water from the River 
Welland, and pading over Seaton Field, carried 
away feveral Shocks of Stubble j and eroding Glaif- 
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