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* the other to the north-eaft points of the 

 ~ Loch. . There they were flopped fhort, 

 ' as the banks are pretty high, and ob- 

 ' hged to turn j which occafioned a pro- 



* digious tumbUng and agitation at both 

 'J ends of this body of water. There was 

 ' likeways a current which rofe fome- 

 ' times confiderably above the furface, near 

 ' the weft fide, that I frequently obfer- 

 'ved running with great velocity a hun- 

 ' dred yards to the fputhward, and re- 

 ' turning in a moment with as great ve- 

 ' locity the other way. What I obferved 

 ' in the next place, was the toffing of 

 ' the waters in the ponds, which were 



* more or lefs moved as the agitation of 

 ' the Loch came near this fide, or kept 

 ' at a greater diflance from it. But, as 

 ' it is beyond my capacity to give a particu- 

 ' lar defcription of all that happened on this 

 ' occafion, I fliall conclude with telling you, 



* that the agitations and currents above men- 

 ' tioned continued, without intermiffion, for 

 ' at leaft three hours and an half, ,or four 

 ' hours, when they began to abate a little in 



* their violence, tho' the toflings and cur- 



* rents were not quite over at funfet. I had 



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