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“ shifted and changed, as not to be known again 
“ by the fishermen; and the smoke so thick, as 
“ to prevent them from going far out to sea, for 
u there was no seeing any object at above the 
“ distance of fifty fathoms. The water of the rain 
“ falling through this smoke and steam, was so 
ce impregnated with salt and brimstone, as to de- 
“ stroy the hair, and even the skin, of the cattle: 
6C and all the grass in the whole island was so 
“ covered with the sooty and pitchy matter before 
“ described, that the most of it was destroyed, 
“ and, what was left, was sure poison for any 
Cf cattle that eat of it ; so that those which 
ce escaped the fire died for want of food, or 
were poisoned by the unwholesome remains of 
the vegetables. Nor were the inhabitants, in 
many respects, more free from dangers than the 
“ cattle. Many lost their lives by the poisonous 
“ quality of the smoke and steam of which the 
cf whole atmosphere consisted; particularly old 
“ people, and such as had any weakness or com- 
“ plaint of the breast and lungs. 
“ During the fall of the sharp rain, which we 
“ have before made mention of, there was ob- 
“ served at Trondheim, and at other places in 
u Norway, and also at Ferroe, an uncommon fall 
“ of sharp and salt rain, which was so penetrating 
“ that it totally destroyed the leaves of the trees, 
