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“ AzouT eleven, my clerk and the 
“brewer at that place came and ac= 
“ quainted me, that a more extraordi- 
“nary agitation than the former had 
*‘ happened, and they apprehended fome 
** danger to our brewery, which is fitu-|  _ 
* ated where the river Oich difcharges it- ; 
“ felf into the lake. I walked then to | 
“that place; but, before my arrival, the 
“water had returned to its ufual chan- 
*‘ nel. I faw very clearly the marks on 
“‘ the banks, to which it had flowed. The 
“ banks were quite wet, and a ftrip of 
“leaves of trees and twigs, &c. left on 
“them. I inquired then into this affair, 
‘and the account the fpeCtators gave, 
“were: That they obferved the river 
* Oich, which runs from weft into the 
“ head of the lake, fwell very much, and’ 
“ flow up the river from the lake with a 
“ pretty high wave, about 2 or 3 fees 
“ higher than the ordinary furface, with 
‘4 pretty quick motion againft the wind, 
‘and a rapid itream about 200 yards up 
“ the river; then broke on a fhallow, 
and 
