•86o Mr. nairne’s Experiments , ike. 
it was attracted down lower by a ridge of hills that was 
beyond, . and that the cloud being out of the influence of 
the point to prevent its ftriking, the end of the cloud 
might ftrike at an angle in the cramp, and fo to the me- 
tallic part of the conductor, which was only about feven 
inches below. 
I lhall conclude with obferving, that Mr. henly and 
myfelf had the pointed rod of the conductor at Purfleet 
taken down to examine the point; but we found no ap- 
pearance on it that fhewed that it had been ftruck. 
