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" picked up the following account. Per- 

 *' haps the whole may be of little confe- 

 ^' quence ; or, if it is, may come too late to 

 *' be of any ufe to the Gentlemen who de- 

 " tired it. j. - - 



"About half an hour ifter tfett- fei the 



" mornin.g of the ifl of November , Loch- 



*' 7iejs was obferved to rife in a-moft- extra- 



" ordinary manner at Forf-Auguflus; it rufli- 



*' ed with great rapidity above two hundred 



'" ya*ds up the river Oich^ which runs into 



" the Loch near the Fert ; it lafted by the 



*' beft accoujits about three minutes : the 



" people of the country, unaccuftom^d to 



*' fuch an appearance, imagined at firft it 



*' was caufed by a great number of felks 



'^' rufhing up the Loch. There was no 



*' (hock of any fort felt on fhore, and the 



*' air was remarkably clear, and a very mild 



«« day, the wind then being wefterly (and 



*« of courfe againft the ftream.) 



*' I could get no" account of any perfon's 

 «' being in a boat on the Loch at the time 5 

 <' but what follows has an air of truth, be- 

 «' caufe the relater . is reckoned an honeft 

 " man and of great veracity; and befides, 

 5* had told the fame circumftances frequent- 



