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ton , and Morcot Lordfhips, at Pilton Town’s End, 
tore off two Branches, and carried one of them a 
good way. In a Hedge-row in the Meadow, at 
Right Angles to the Spout’s Courfe, flood an Oak 
and anAfh iy Yards afunder ; the Oak a young found 
one, 1 6 Inches thick, it fplit two Yards down, and 
one Half fell to the Ground, but was not quite 
parted from the other j the Afh, about 8 Inches thick, 
was tom off in the Middle, and carried io or 12 
Yards. Between and on each Side of thefe Trees 
were other fmaller ones, which were not hurt: I 
heard of no Harm it did after,' but breaking and 
fcattering a few Boughs. I faw it pafs from Pilton 
over Lyndon Lordfhip, like a black fmoky Cloud, 
with bright Breaks j an odd whirling Motion, and a 
roaring Noife, like a diftant Wind, or a great Flock 
of Sheep galloping along on hard Ground ; it was 
divided into two Parts all the Way it went, and tho' 
there -was no Wind, moved apace from S. by W. to 
N. by E. As it went by a Quarter of a Mile Eaft 
from me, 1 faw fome Straws fall from it, and a Part, 
like an inverted Cone of Rain, reached down to 
the Ground. Some who were tnilking, faid it came 
all round them like a thick Mill, whirling and part- 
ing, and, when that was pad, a flrong Wind for a 
a very little while, though it was calm both before 
and after. It then palfed off between Edithwejlon 
and Hambleton , but how much further I do not 
know. 
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