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lightning fell upon a liable belonging to william 
Lyttelton Efquire, Governor of South Carolina, 
and fplit and threw down two of the raftors ; yet 
the dwelling houfe, at twenty yards diftance, 
being provided with a conductor, terminated by 
a fharp point, efcaped unhurt. I would here alfo 
juft remark, that nothing can be more fharply 
pointed, than the weather-fane which terminates 
the conduftor, * on one of the pinnacles on the 
tower of St. mich ael’s church in cornhill, 
which conlifts of two darts, with a ftar, having 
many pointed radii between them ; yet in the late 
thunder ftorm, the lightning does not appear to 
have ftruck this building ; but fell upon the key, 
at the top of the fpire of St. peter’s church, 
which is confderably lower than the fane of St. 
Michael’s; and the diftance of the two churches 
is not more than two hundred feet ; as I have been 
informed by Mr. edward nairne who meafured 
it. This key is terminated by a thick blunted end: 
the fpire is covered with lead, from the key to the 
brick tower; and fo far the lightning was conduced 
with fafety to the building; nor could I obferve, 
that there had been the leaft fulion upon the 
metal; fome parts of it, however, I could not get 
at to examine; but having quitted the lead work, 
and entered the brick tower, it there did con- 
fiderable damage, till it reached the leaded roof 
on the body of the church ; whence it feems to 
have been conduced, by the pipes, which carry- 
down the rain water, and which reach to the 
bottom of the building, without further damage. 
* Ere&ed by my ingenious friend mr. edward nairne. 
' Almoft 
