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refufed to have any one to lit up with her ; and, at 
half pall eleven, one Brooks, who was an occa- 
fional attendant, left her as well as ufual, locked up 
her door, and went home. He had placed two bits 
of coal quite backward upon the fire in the grate, 
and put a fmall rufh-light in a candleftick, which 
was fet in a chair, near the head of the bed; but 
not on the fide where the curtain was. At half after 
five the next morning, a fmoak was obfervcd to come 
out of the window in the fheet ; and, upon break- 
ing open the door, lbme flames were perceived in 
the room, which, with five or fix' buckets of water, 
were eafily extinguifhed. Betwixt the bed and fire- 
place lay the remains of Mrs. clues. The legs 
and one thigh were untouched. Except thefe parts, 
there were not the leaffc remains of aftyfkin, mulcles, 
or vlfcera. The bones of the lkull, thorax , fpine, 
and the upper extremities, were compleatly calcined, 
and covered with a whitilh efflorefcence. The lkull 
lay near the head of the bed, the legs toward the 
bottom, and the fpine in a curved direction, fo that 
fhe appeared to have been burnt on her righrfide, with 
her back next the grate. The right femur was fepa- 
rated from the acetabulum of the ijchium ; the left was 
alfo feparated, and broken off about three inches below 
the great trochanter. The conne&ion of the J'acrum 
with the ojja innominata , and the inferior vertebra of 
the loins were deftroyed. The intervening ligaments 
kept the vertebra of the loins, back, and neck to- 
gether, and the lkull was ftill refting upon the atlas. 
When the flames were extinguifhed, it appeared that 
very little damage had been done to the furniture of 
the room ; and that the- fide of the bed next the fire 
- * had 
