METEORIC RIVERS OR WATERFALLS. 417 



Extract from the Dundee Advertiser of the 6th of August, 1836 ; for Mr. 

 Graham Hutcheson, Glasgow. 



On Monday night (2d of August) we were visited by a 

 storm of almost unprecedented fierceness, at this season of 

 the year. Throughout the whole of the day the rain fell 

 unceasingly, accompanied by a strong wind from the north 

 east, (N. E.) ; but the storm did not commence in its grand- 

 eur till seven o'clock at night, when a thick gloom began to 

 envelop the town. In a few minutes after, the wind blew 

 a perfect hurricane, and the rain fell in torrents. Vivid 

 flashes of lightning, accompanied with loud thunder, fol- 

 lowed one another with a quickness which rendered it al- 

 most impossible to observe the commencement of one peal 

 from the end of the other. The streets were entirely de- 

 serted. About nine o'clock the storm abated a little, but 

 again commenced with tenfold fury about eleven o'clock, 

 and continued till three o'clock on Tuesday morning. Seve- 

 ral trees were blown down at the west end of the town. 

 Many places are represented as being much flooded. 



The accounts from all the surrounding towns are of a 

 similar nature. No further mention of the 3d or 4th of 

 August, 1829. [Extracted by Wm. Mennum, Clerk.] 



Extracted from Leith Commercial List. 



1S29. 



Aug. 2, W. 



3, W. 



4, N. E. 



Glasgow. Extracted from my own. [Mr. Hutchesori s~] Register. 



1829. 



' 3 Raln7 ' Wind not marked at this P ero > 



4' 11 ' i the same as at Greenock. 



Greenock. Extracted from the Greenock letter. Registered in the forenoon. 



f Rain not stated, but 

 Aug. 2, W. N. W. Fresh breezes and clear weather. | probably the same 



3, N. W. Breezes and cloudy weather. ( as at Helensburgh, 



4, N. E. Moderate breezes and cloudy weather. 4 miles to the north 



(^of Greenock. 

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