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HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED IN AN ORCHARD..
December, which continued with such violence, that the
Thames was frozen over in divers places, except a nar-
row channel, over which people passed on planks; then
and that the first time in our age, that such a number of
booths, and all manner of provision, was found upon the
congealed flood; which frost endured till the 15th of
February, and then by its sudden thaw, broke down many
bridges, and raised floods that drowned many sheep, goats,
and other small cattle, and otherwise did great damage.
TO THE EDITOR OR THE WONDERFUL AND SCIENTIFIC
MUSEUM.
Sir,
In my letter to you dated November 13th, 1803, and which you did me the
honour to publish in Vol. I. page 458, of your Museum, wherein I
stated my intention of transmitting you more Remarkable Characters,
if the subjoined wms inserted in it; and which promise I purpose com-
plying with by giving an account of one or more extraordinary persons
at the conclusion of the list of Miscellaneous articles, which I have now,
and in future shall send for the purpose of appearing to the public through
the medium of your valuable and authentic Repository, if you think they
will prove entertaining to your numerous readers, to oblige whom it will
ever be the wish of your correspondent and constant reader.
Nottingham, .AprilH, 1804. D, B._ L.
HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED IN AN ORCHARD.
In the month of April 1760, as some workmen were
digging in an orchard, then belonging to Mr. Basil Har-
rison, near the Cross-Keys, for brick earth, at the depth of
about five feet, they found a leaden coffin much decayed,
containing the skull and bones of a woman, as supposed;
the coffin was six feet long, the head of which was
fifteen inches over, twelve deep, and the feet nine inches
over. It lay upon some small tiles thought to be the bot-
tom of a vault, and had several characters on them so
much defaced as not to be understood. What was re-
■ markable,
December, which continued with such violence, that the
Thames was frozen over in divers places, except a nar-
row channel, over which people passed on planks; then
and that the first time in our age, that such a number of
booths, and all manner of provision, was found upon the
congealed flood; which frost endured till the 15th of
February, and then by its sudden thaw, broke down many
bridges, and raised floods that drowned many sheep, goats,
and other small cattle, and otherwise did great damage.
TO THE EDITOR OR THE WONDERFUL AND SCIENTIFIC
MUSEUM.
Sir,
In my letter to you dated November 13th, 1803, and which you did me the
honour to publish in Vol. I. page 458, of your Museum, wherein I
stated my intention of transmitting you more Remarkable Characters,
if the subjoined wms inserted in it; and which promise I purpose com-
plying with by giving an account of one or more extraordinary persons
at the conclusion of the list of Miscellaneous articles, which I have now,
and in future shall send for the purpose of appearing to the public through
the medium of your valuable and authentic Repository, if you think they
will prove entertaining to your numerous readers, to oblige whom it will
ever be the wish of your correspondent and constant reader.
Nottingham, .AprilH, 1804. D, B._ L.
HUMAN BONES DISCOVERED IN AN ORCHARD.
In the month of April 1760, as some workmen were
digging in an orchard, then belonging to Mr. Basil Har-
rison, near the Cross-Keys, for brick earth, at the depth of
about five feet, they found a leaden coffin much decayed,
containing the skull and bones of a woman, as supposed;
the coffin was six feet long, the head of which was
fifteen inches over, twelve deep, and the feet nine inches
over. It lay upon some small tiles thought to be the bot-
tom of a vault, and had several characters on them so
much defaced as not to be understood. What was re-
■ markable,