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the whole a large plain of fand. A country fellow, 
who was prefent at fo ftrange a fight, had the curio- 
fity to touch this water, and thereby fcakied the 
end of his fingers. The ftones and fand, w'hich re- 
main where-ever the inundation of the water reached, 
differ in nothing from the (tones and the fand of the 
fea, and have even the fame faltnefs. This account, 
however fabulous it appears, is moft exaftly true. 
After the water had done flowing, there fprung 
from the fame opening a fmall ftream of fire, which 
lafted for twenty-four hours. OnTuefday, about a 
mile below this opening, there arofe another ftream 
of fire, which being in breadth about 400 feet, like 
a river, began to overflow the adjoining fields, and 
adtually continues with the fame courfe, having ex- 
tended itfelf about two miles, and feeming to threaten 
the neighbourhood. We remain therefore in the 
greatefl fear and terror, and in continual prayers. 
XXXIV. Some Account of the Charr-Fifh, as 
found in North^Wales. In a Letter from 
the Rev. Mr. Farrington, of Dinas, ?2ear 
Caernarvon, to Mr. Thomas Collinfon, of 
London. Communicated by Mr. Peter 
Collinfon, F. R. S. 
Re.id May 29 , / | ' H I S fpccies with US is Called tor- 
‘755* goch, a compound of tor, the 
low’er part of the belly, and goch, red ^ in Englifli 
rtd-belly. This rednefs in the female, paler or deeper, 
according 
