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242 A TOUR THROUGH ,
the thickest part of her hair, which will
prevent the fire from being communicated
to her head; and so down to the ground.
—It is plain this will ad in the same man-
ner as the conductors on the tops of steeples,
which from the metal spires that are com-
monly placed there, analogous to the pins
and wires, were so liable to accidents.
You may laugh at all this; but I allure
you I never was more serious in my life.
A very amiable lady of my acquaintance,
Mrsi Douglas, of Kelso, had almost lost her
life by one of those caps mounted on wire.
She was standing at an open window
during a fhunder-storm: The lightning
was attracted by the wire, and the cap was
burnt to allies; happily her hair was in its
natural state, without powder, pomatum,
or pins; and prevented the fire from being
conducted to her head ; for as she felt no
kind of lhock, it is probable that it went
oss from the wires of the cap to the wall,
close to which she then flood. If it had
found
the thickest part of her hair, which will
prevent the fire from being communicated
to her head; and so down to the ground.
—It is plain this will ad in the same man-
ner as the conductors on the tops of steeples,
which from the metal spires that are com-
monly placed there, analogous to the pins
and wires, were so liable to accidents.
You may laugh at all this; but I allure
you I never was more serious in my life.
A very amiable lady of my acquaintance,
Mrsi Douglas, of Kelso, had almost lost her
life by one of those caps mounted on wire.
She was standing at an open window
during a fhunder-storm: The lightning
was attracted by the wire, and the cap was
burnt to allies; happily her hair was in its
natural state, without powder, pomatum,
or pins; and prevented the fire from being
conducted to her head ; for as she felt no
kind of lhock, it is probable that it went
oss from the wires of the cap to the wall,
close to which she then flood. If it had
found