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He hath fent me clivers Particulars relating to Loug^J^ 
Neagh^ which I give you no Account ot atprefent; be- 
cauie there is nothing but what is in effeci: in Mr. W. Mo-' 
Ijneatix^s^ and Mr. Edu^ard SmitlEs Accounts, already 
pablilhedin t\\QTranjaciions» But there are fome, other 
Matters related by han, that I believe will not be unac- 
ceptable. 
He tells me, That onOEtoher 7. 1706. after a very Rai-. 
nyDay, and Southerly Wind, there happened a prodi- 
gious E'lood (the like not in the Memory ol Man) which 
brake down feverai Bridges, and the Sides of fome ot the 
Mountains in that part o\' Ireland. That it came run- 
ning down in vait Torrents from fome ot the Mountains, 
and drowned abundance of Black>Cattle and Sheep, 
fpoiled a great deal of Corpand Hay in the Stacks, that 
it laid abundance of Houfes two or three Feet, deep in 
Water, and brake down feverai of the Forge and Mill- 
Dams. , t 1 • 7 
Alfoon July 1707. they had another Flood, wliicn 
came fo fuddenly from the Mountains, as if there had 
been fome hidden Eruption of the Waters. And alfo on 
the 26th of the fame Month, in the County ot Antrim-^ 
there was a very fuddain and furprizing Elood^ which 
railed the StX'M.de-Ki'ver f fo call’d) at that rate, that it 
brake down two ilrong Stone-Bridges, and three Hou- 
fes, and carried away 600 Pieces of Linnen-cloath, that 
lay a Bleaching, fill’d many Houfes feverai feet deep 
with Water, tore dovvn fome large Rocks in its Paffage, 
and left feverai Meadovrs covered a Foot or two deep 
with Sand. That they in the Soiith-Eafi part of the 
County of Derry liad that Day but little Rain witRfome 
Thunder : But beyond the Mountains, in the North- 
Well: part of the County, the River Roe had a great 
Flood. 
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