[116] J. Foy Vaill. in Arsacid. Imper. pass.
[117] Hamdalla Ism. Abu'lfed. Mohammed Al Firauzabad. Nassîr Al Tûsi, Ulugh Beik, &c. Golii not. ad Alfragan. p. 200-204.
[118] Upon inquiry, I find, that no such thing was taken notice of in Northumberland; so it probably has not extended any further to the eastward, than the skirts of our own county.
[119] In an adjoining bleach-yard, a piece of cloth, which had been left out all night, was turned yellow; and was not without some difficulty washed out again. Some also, which was spread out the next day, contracted the same colour.
[120] The wind was westerly, and consequently would sweep the Irish sea.
[121] No rain, or however very little, during the hurricane.
[122] Mr. Derham, in his Physico Theology.
[123] Distance about thirty miles.
[124] Viz. About four feet long, and one inch square.
[125] Philosoph. Transact. Vol. xlvii. p. 48. and Essay on the Virtues of Lime water, &c. edit. 2d. p. 197.