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runs North and South > is above a Mile in Length, 
and near half a Mile in Breadth $ fo that I apprehend 
there will be a continual Current to the South. A 
Man was going over the Mofs when it began to move : 
As he was going Eaftward, he perceiv'd, to his great 
Aftonifhment, that the Ground under his Feet moved 
Southward. He turn'd back fpeedily, and had the 
good Fortune to efcape being fwallowed up. I have 
been at the Mofs to make Obfervations every Day this 
Week : If any thing happens worth your Knowlege, 
you may depend upon hearing further from, 
SIR , 
Tour •very affectionate 
Humble Servant y 
L. Richmond. 
XIII. A brief Inquiry , by John Ward, F.R.S. 
& Rhet. Prof. Grefh. into the Reading of 
two Dates in Arabian Figures , cut upon 
Stones which were found in Ireland ; 
communicated to the Royal Society, on 
November 10. 1743. and December 6. 
1744. 
Read Feb. 28. r “| ^WO Dates in Arabian Figures, tranl- 
# 744 5- mitted from Ireland , were fome 
time fince laid before this Learned Society. But as 
the 
