PHYSICAL. AND LITER ART. 42;^ 



" ly before he could fufped that this extra-- 

 " ordinary \phanommo?i WDu\d be the fubjeft 

 •^^ of a ferious; inquiry j iuodt: 2i.Y. f oijuii-.' '' 

 " He went with a boat for wood, from 

 ** Gkn-mcrrifon to the OldGenerah Hut on the 

 '' oppofite fide. j and, about the time above- 

 *' mentioned, his boat being near loaded, as 

 f' he was coniing to it fiom the hill, he 

 ." obferved a fudden and yio-lent ' wave co- 

 *' ming, which drove her feveral yards on 

 "the beach, and returning, drew her'^hack 

 J' into- the Loch j a fecond came with rather 

 *' more violence, and pretty near the" fame 

 •** effed: ; a third came with a much more 

 *' extraordinary rapidity, than either of the 

 ''former, and with more furprifing eftedts ; 

 " it drove the boat further on the beach, 

 ^' took the wood intirely out of her, broke 

 ■*' off the rudder, and left her afhore full of 

 " water. At this time there was a gentle 

 breeze from the weft, and a mild ferene iky. 

 " This account was given by James Fer- 

 '^ gnfon a Miller at Folt-Soy near Glen-Morri- 

 ':'■ fon^ and alfo attefted by his companion 

 *' James Macdonald. *- ^^ - - - ■* 



" They affert, that the water, in their o^ 

 f?^ pinion, upon examining the ground after- 



". wards. 



