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chimnies, fviftain a ftroke, befides that which carried the 
condu6i:or; and what was the diftance of each of the 
ftricken chimnies from the condndtor ? and was there any 
communication of lead on the ridge or roof of the houfc, 
that might connedl fuch chimney, or part of the houfe 
in which a ftroke was received, with the condudtor? 
I o. What was the damage the houfe fuftained ; and how 
was the eledtricity conveyed to the earth ? 1 1 . Doth 
your houfe hand lingle ? 1 2. Is it htuated on a plain, 
or on an eminence? 13. Had it rained before the 
ftroke; and was that part of the houfe on which the 
lightning fell, conliderably wetted at the time? 14* 
Did the wind blow toward that partof the houfe ? 15, 
When did the accident happen? 
LETTER L 
SIR, 
I RECEIVED yours of the 31ft ult.\ in anfwer to 
which, pleafe to obferve the following fketch of the 
top of the houfe ( vide tab. vii. fig. b*). are four 
chimnies, about thirty-eight feet high, and two feet above 
the ridge of the houfe. / is the condudtor, elevated about 
five feet above the top of the chimney : it is made of iron, 
about half an inch diameter, tapering to a point, gilt* 
After being fixed to the chimney, eight or ten feet, it 
turns under the roof to the leaden pipe (^), which carries 
the water from the gutters e, e, e, and goes down on the 
outfide of the ho ufe, till it reaches within four feet of the 
Z z 2 earth. 
