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 of peftikntial Difeafes. 2 J like, be left expoied in the Night-time to the Northerly Winds, they are frequently found next Morning perfectly ftin° and dead, in the fame Pofture as they are wont to be in at their Stalls and Cribs : And there are divers Accounts of Perfons in thofe Coun- tries, who have been fo fuddenly transfixed, ftirfned, and killed by thofe Blafts, as to have continued on Horfeback in the fame Pofture as when Living, till the Horfe, ac- quainted with the Road, has brought them to their Journey's End: And the above- mentioned Phyfician (a) tells us, that when Jie was at Bruffels, he was informed by a Sfanljh Captain, that of a Party of Horfe that was fent out for Booty in a very cold Seafon, one by Accident loft the reft of the Body ; and Riding about fome time, before he could find his Way, or any Refreshment, he was fo transfixed with the Cold as to be quite killed, but continued on Horfeback in the Pofture of a Live Perfon, until his Horfe at laft happened to find the Way back to his Quarters, whither his Company had before got, and miffing him, feared he had fallen into the Enemies Hands*, but when they B 4 came {a} Loco cir