1 6 a Mr- cooper’s Account of the EffeSls, &c. 
the time they were ftruck, had no iron work upon 
them^. Upon a careful examination, no vilible track of 
the lightning could be found upon the mails, or any part 
over which it had paffed, nor was any damage done to 
the lhip, malls, or rigging. 
(b) On account of the feafon of the year, in which lightning is fo extremely 
unufual, it had not been thought necefTarv to fix the condu&or* 
