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MR MILNE ON A REMARKABLE OSCILLATION OF THE SEA. 



Sir THOMAS BRISBANE'S observer mentions, that at Berwick there was a very 

 thick mist between 1 and 2 P.M., which was generally stationary, and which, 

 when in motion, came from the eastward. 



Edinburgh. The storm commenced about 7 P.M., and, as already mentioned, 

 was most severe about 7 h 20' P.M. 



Strathearn. The weather in this district, in the last week of June, was hard, 

 dry, and cold. On the night of the 3d July there was a decided storm of dry 

 wind, which continued on the 4th July. By the 5th this storm had subsided. 

 Between 5 and 6 P.M. distant peals of thunder were heard. Towards 7 P.M. it 

 commenced a regular thunder-storm, on a scale of great magnificence, which lasted 

 two hours. 



Arbroath. At 7 P.M. a violent thunder-storm came on, and lasted for two 

 hours, during which, the fall of rain amounted to 1^ inches as Mr BROWN in- 

 forms me. The rain and hail were most severe between 7 and 8 P.M. 



There had been previously a long ground swell in the sea from the NE., 

 owing to the long prevalence of easterly winds. 



Aberdeen. The storm began at 8 P.M., and continued till 11 P.M. 



Kinnairds Head, about 70 miles north of Aberdeen. Mr STEVENSON, the 

 engineer of the Northern Lights, has favoured me with the following report from 

 the lighthouse-keeper there : " On the 5th, a severe thunder storm, which began 

 at 9 P.M. At 9 h 45', three close flashes of lightning, followed by three loud re- 

 ports of thunder, so quick that it resembled the close firing of three great guns. 

 It filled the light-room like a blaze ; after this it became more distant, but the 

 rain fell in heavy drops till 11 P.M., and the thunder ceased shortly after." 



having given very inconsistent results. He adds, " I have learnt an useful lesson not to depend on 

 Barometrical determinations when the atmosphere is disturbed by a thunder-storm." 



