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" lake with a pretty high wave, about 2 02* 

 " 3 feet higher than the ordinary furface, 

 " with a pretty quick motion againft the 

 " wind, and a rapid ftream about 200 yards 

 *' up the river j then broke on a fhallow, 

 *' and flowed about 3 or 4 feet upon the 

 " banks on the north-fide of the river, and 

 " returned again gently to the lake : That 

 " it continued ebbing and flowing in that 

 " manner, for about an hour, without any 

 " waves fo remarkable as the firft, till about 

 " eleven o'clock, when a wave higher than 

 " any of the reft came up the river ; and, 

 " to the great furprize of all the fpedtators, 

 " broke with fo much force on the low 

 *' ground on the north fide of the river, as 

 " to run upon the grafs 30 feet from the ri-* 

 «' ver's bank. 



" Lieutenant Smith of the artillery, 

 " Mr. Gwyji fun of Captain Gwy?i of the Loch- 

 " «{/i-gaIley, Mr. Liimjden Barrack-mafter 

 *' at "Bort-Augujius^ Mr. Forbes Barrack-ma- 

 « fter at Berneray Ihomas Robertfoji Brewer 

 " at Forf-AuguftuSy and George Bayne my 

 " Clerk, and feveral others, were the fpefta- 

 *' tors of this extraordinary fhcemmenon ; 



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