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466 ESSAYS anp OBSERVATIONS 
* from fouth-weft to north-eaft ®, There 
© was no extraordinary muddinefs in the ~ 
‘water, though it did not appear quite fo 
“clear as ufual, The morning was cold 
“and gloomy. and a pretty brifk’ gale 
“ blowed from weit fouth-weft. The ri- 
' “ver Oich Hes on the north fide of the 
* Fort, and on the fouth fide, runs the ri- 
“ver Tarff from weft fouth-weft, and 
“ difcharges itfelf into the head of the 
“ Jake, which was obferved to be quite a- 
** gitated at the fame time and manner a, 
“the other. But there was no fhaking or 
“ tremor felt upon the land.” | 
2. Letter from Lieutenant tshac BARRE'‘Tto 
Davip Ross, E/q; Sheriff-Depute of the 
Shire of Banff, concerning the Motion of 
the Waters of Loch-nefs, November ‘1. 
175S- 
STI R,. FortT-AUGuUSTUS, January 15.1756. 
~ i Have been here eight days, and, by | 
“" the ftricteft inquiries, have at. laft 
** picked 
® Itlies betweenthe s7thand 58th deg. of northern latitude, |f 
