a person some distance off. The stocking was much
torn, and the boot had the heel missing, and in one part the sole was
separated from the upper. The laces in the upper holes were broken but
were still present in the lower holes. The explanation offered in this
case is similar to that in analogous cases of lightning-stroke, that
is, that the gas generated by the explosion found its way between the
limb and the stocking and boot and stripped them off.

There is a curious collection of relics, consisting of the clothes of a
man struck by lightning, artistically hung in a glass case in the
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and the history of the
injury, of which these remnants are the result, is given by Professor
Stewart, the curator, as follows: At half past four on June 8, 1878,
James Orman and others were at work near Snave, in Romney Marsh, about
eight miles from Ashford. The men were engaged in lopping willows, when
the violence of the rain compelled them to take refuge under a hedge.
Three of the men entered a shed near by, but Orman remained by the
willow, close to the window of the shed. Scarcely were the three inside
when a lightning-stroke entered the door, crossed the shed, and passed
out the window, which it blew before it into the field. The men noticed
that the tree under which Orman stood was stripped of its bark. Their
companion's boots stood close to the foot of the tree, while the man
himself lay almost perfectly naked a few yards further on, calling for
help. When they left him a few moments previously, he was completely
clad in a cotton shirt, cotton jacket, flannel vest, and cotton
trousers, secured at the waist with leather straps and buckles. Orman
also wore a pair of stout hobnail boots, and had a watch and chain.
After the lightning-stroke, however, all he had on him was the left arm
of his flannel vest. The field was strewn for some distance with
fragments of the unfortunate man's clothing. Orman was thrown down,
his eyebrows burned off, and his whiskers and beard much scorched. His
chest was covered with superficial burns, and he had sustained a
fracture of the leg. His strong boots were torn from his feet, and his
watch had a hole burned right through it, as if a soldering iron had
been used. The watch-chain was almost completely destroyed, only a few
links remaining. Together with some fused coins, these were found close
by, and are deposited in a closed box in the Museum. A