54§  Papers  relative  to  an  Accident 
the  windows  and  doors,  which  were  omitted,  becaufe 
they  were  immaterial  upon  this  particular  occalion. 
In  this  model,  a ftridt  attention  was  paid  to  thofe  parts 
of  the  building  where  metal  had  been  introduced ; fuch 
as  the  hips  and  gutters  of  the  roof,  and  the  feveral  fpouts 
to  carry  off  the  water.  And  as  the  North-eaft  corner  of 
the  houfe  was  the  part  that  fuffered  by  lightning  in  May 
laft,  particular  attention  was  paid  to  the  two  cramps  at 
that  comer,  and  the  two  fpouts  on  the  North  fide.  Thefe 
cramps,  in  the  model,  were  made  of  fmall  wire,  that  bore 
nearly  an  exadt  proportion  to  thofe  in  the  building  itfelf; 
not  only  in  regard  to  length  and  thiclcnefs,  but  alfo  their 
diftance  from  each  other,  and  from  the  turning  up  of 
the  lead  appertaining  to  the  gutter. 
The  two  fpouts  were  reprefented  each  by  a thick  wire, 
the  fhorter  of  which  communicated  (at  the  bottom)  with 
a ciftern.  This  ciftern  retting  upon  two  wooden  pillars, 
or  pofts,  about  one  foot  and  a half  in  length  at  Purfleet, 
the  fame  circumftances  and  proportions  were  attended 
to,  and  made  to  correfpond  exactly  in  the  model. 
The  other  wire,  in  conformity  to,  and  nearly  in  pro- 
portion with,  the  other  fpout  at  the  Board-houfe,  de- 
fending from  the  gutter  for  about  feven  inches,  was 
there  bent  almoft  at  right  angles,  and  then  continued  on 
for  twelve  inches  and  three-quarters,  in  a line  nearly 
i horizontal, 
