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When I came home, one of our furgeons, who 
had then juft crofted the ferry at Crefton, a mile to 
the fouth-eaft of plymouth, told me, that the tide had 
made a very extraordinary out (or recefs) almoft im- 
mediately after high water (about 4 p. rn.) left both 
the pafiage-boats, with fome horfes, and feveral per- 
fons, at once quite dry in the mud, though the mi- 
nute or two before, in four or five feet water : in 
lefs than eight minutes the tide returned with the ut- 
moft rapidity, and floated both the boats again, fo 
that they had near fix feet water. The fea funk and 
fwelled, though in a much lefs degree, for near half 
an hour longer. I was told, that at the next morn- 
ing’s tide there were feveral very large furges. 
This boar drove feveral fhips from their moorings, 
and broke fome of the hawfers, and twirled the 
ftfips and velfels round in a very odd manner. At 
Crunill-paffage, over another arm of the fea, about 
two miles weft of Plymouth, the fame phasnomena 
were obferved ; and in Stone-houfe lake, that com- 
municates with that arm of the fea, the boar came 
in with fuch impetuofity, that it drove every thing 
before it, tearing up the mud, fand, and banks, in 
a very ftiocking manner, and broke a large cable, by 
which the foot pafldge-boat is drawn from fide to 
fide of the lake. 
Thefe are the moft remarkable appearances we 
had here, which, I confcfs, did not much furprife 
me, as I had formerly noted phaenomena of this na- 
ture more than once or twice in this port, and even 
more confiderable j an account of one of which you 
will find in my firft Volume of Epidemics. But 
when I heard, that at Portfmouth, Holland, in Ire- 
land, 
