I have just now, since my writing, receiv'd an account from a Clergy-man, an Intelligent Person at _Lewes_ in _Sussex_, not only that the Storm made great desolations thereabouts, but also an odd Phænomenon occasioned by it, _viz._ 'That a Physician travelling soon after the Storm to _Tisehyrst_, about 20 Miles from _Lewes_, and as far from the Sea, as he rode he pluckt some tops of Hedges, and chawing them found them Salt. Some Ladies of _Lewes_ hearing this, tasted some Grapes that were still on the Vines, and they also had the same relish. The Grass on the Downs in his Parish was so salt, that the Sheep in the Morning would not feed till hunger compelled them, and afterwards drank like Fishes, as the Shepherds report. This he attributeth to Saline Particles driven from the Sea.--He heareth also, that People about _Portsmouth_ were much annoyed with sulphurous Fumes, complaining they were most suffocated therewith'. V. _Part of a Letter from Mr._ Anthony van Lauwenhoek, _F.R.S. giving his Observations on the late Storm_. Delft, Jan. 8. 1704. N.S. _SIR_, I affirmed in my Letter of the 3d of _November_ last past, that Water may be so dash'd and beaten against the Banks and Dikes by a strong Wind, and divided into such small Particles, as to be carried far up into the Land. Upon the 8th of _December_, 1703. N.S. We had a dreadful Storm from the South West, insomuch, that the Water mingled with small parts of Chalk and Stone, was so dasht against the Glass-windows, that many of them were darkned therewith, and the lower Windows of my House, which are made of very fine Glass, and always kept well scower'd, and were not open'd till 8-a-Clock that Morning, notwithstanding that they look to the North East, and consequently stood from the Wind; and moreover, were guarded from the Rain by a kind of Shelf or Pent-house over them; were yet so cover'd with the Particles of the Water which the Whirl-wind cast against them, that in less than half an hour they were deprived of most of their transparency, and, forasmuch as these Particles of Water were not quite exhaled, I concluded that it must be Sea-water, which the said Storm had not only dasht against our Windows, but spread also over the whole Country. That I might be satisfied herein, I blow'd two small Glasses, such as I thought most proper to make my Observations with, concerning the Particles of Water that adhered to my Windows. Pressing these Glasses gently against my Windows, that were covered with the suppos'd Particles of Sea-water, my Glasses were tinged with a few of the said Particles.