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** dle to the fouth-eaft, and the other to 
*¢ the north-eaft points of the Joch. ‘Fhere 
“they were ftopped fhort, as the banks 
are pretty high, and obliged to turn; 
‘ which occafioned a prodigious tumb- 
ling and agitation at both ends of this 
“* body of water. ‘There was likeways a 
“© current which rofé fometimes confide- 
rably above the furface, near the weft 
** fide, that I frequently obierved running 
‘with great velocity a hundred yards to 
the fouthward, and returning in aw a 
‘* ment with as great velocity thesother 
$6 way. » What I obferved, in the next 
¥6 place, was the tofling of the waters in 
“* the ponds, which were more or lefs 
** moved as the agitation of the loch came 
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near this fide, or kept at a greater di- 
*‘ftance from it. But, as it is beyond 
my capacity to give a particular des 
{cription of all that happened-on this 
occafion, I fhall conclude with telling 
you, that the agitations and currents 
above-mentioned continued, without 
‘intermiffion, for at leaft three hours 
: and an half, or four hours, when they 
“ began 
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