MR MILNE ON A REMARKABLE OSCILLATION OF THE SEA. 



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threw the girl into a swoon, in which she lay for about two minutes. When she 

 opened her eyes, she could not see for some minutes. 



At Blairgowrie, the lightning struck several people, some of whom had at the 

 time metal spoons in their hands, which were driven out of them. It also demo- 

 lished a byre. 



At Aberdeen, the lightning killed a man, a girl, and a cow. Several houses 

 were struck and damaged. 



The following data shew that the progress of the storm was in a direction TRACK OF 

 from S. or S. by W. to N. or N. by E. As, however, it moved northwards, it seems STORM - 

 to have enlarged or spread over a wider space than it occupied when it first reached 

 England. 



Penzance. During the occurrence of the oscillation of the sea (which, as 

 already mentioned, continued from noon till 3 P.M.), " the sky was overcast 

 with thunder-clouds towards the SE., and early in the morning of that day (the 

 5th July) a distant thunder-storm was heard in that direction. In the afternoon, 

 before the agitation had entirely subsided, a sudden storm of wind came on from 

 the south, and, almost simultaneously, a heavy sea, so that the large fishing boats 

 which were out at the time had a narrow escape ; and the sudden cessation of the 

 wind and sea was as remarkable as their sudden rise." 



Plymouth. I have been favoured by Mr SNOW HARRIS with the following 

 extract from his Meteorological Register. The force of the wind is indicated by 

 its pressure on a square foot expressed in Ibs. : 



