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*¢ half an hour paft nine forenoon till fif- 
* teen minutes paft ten, taking five mi- 
* nutes to rife and as many to fubfides 
“* and, from fifteen minutes after ten, till 
“ eleven, every rife came fomewhat fhort 
“in height of the immediately preceed- 
“ing rife, taking five minutes to flow, 
“ and five to ebb, until the water fettled 
“6 as it was before the agitation. After 
“ the agitation was over, the height to 
“ which the water had rofe was meafured, 
** and found to be 2’ feet 4 imches perpen- 
“S-dieular..| Loch+long: and Loch-keatrin 
bt-were agitated on the fame day, and a- 
-* bout thedame time ; but the phenomenon 
“was not fo minutely obferved: asuthat 
any exa& account can ‘be got of its 
“2186 "Pea sirelation of Mr Macfarlane’s of 
the phenomenon, contains mit every 
°® thing remarkable I have as yet heard 
ie concerning ce 
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