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atmospuekicai. phenomena^ 
AlMUsrnr.i\iv.AA- x aaca-. 
the farmer and his servant ascended the t 
of' 
the tarmer ana ms servant asceuucu me i tl'« LeJ 
mountain, in full expectation that they should ^ ,/iK 
. - A^A fl,ot tlio evuiftness w* 
mountain, m Itm ex^iceumew L»,aL mej . 
jying dead, being persuaded that the swiftness 
he ran must have killed him ; and imagined a ® , 
nirU nn Rome of the shoeS wllich tllCV - 
ilC Idll ilAlxcie xxetTV,- 7 O 
should pick up some of the shoes which uiey 
rbt 
horses must have lost, in gallopjng at 
iJUlOCO lllUOL Xiavv-- O , 
They were, however, disappointed, as not tlie 
of either man or horses appeared, not so muc 
of a horse’s hoof on the turf. _ , 74 -fi ^Jif' 
On the 23d of June of the following )^at, 
Lnl Uie Zotl Ul »>uuc ui j , 
half past seven in the evening, the same ^ 
CVClilli^s 
residing at BlakehUls, at an equal distance 
tain, being in a field in front of 
tain, oemg in a neiu uj Jiuni, tuc x..^- in di 
troop of horsemen riding on Souter-Fell f 
TT . car 
ranks, and at a brisk pace. Having 
raiiKS, aiiu at a uii»i^ ..i... -- fi?' 
some time, he called out his /'^ung mas ’ r 
fore tlie spot was pointed out to him, discov ^gi-ivi'’ *, 
troopers : and this phenomenon was shortly ‘ , fjttdl. ^ 
by the whole of the family. The '’'5‘°”®cLte‘'%iy! 
^ ramiiy. J-ue ''‘=‘'"‘‘ Vnute‘' " mv , 
peared to come from the lowest part ot (jt 
were visible at a place called Knott ; they th®l^^/} 
regular troops along the side of 'the 1 *'®' |j,c i”‘’j ill, 
iC^tUUl tlV/VyjjAJ tlAWAJi^ ».»*w * A 
opposite to Blakehills, when tliey went ove 
They thus described a kind of curvilinear 
boUi'® 
first, as well as their last appearance, was ""’"yf 3 c>f 
foot of the mountain. Their pace was th ^ nv® , 
toot ot me mouiiuiiu. men — 
swift walk; and they were seen for upwaro 
of'"' 
vail^ 3 annme_, ... - - , e ' >‘‘*1' 
„ 11 d.irkness intervened. Several ^oops ^ y^e ) 
succession, and frequently last, or as 
troop, would quit his position, gallop to ^ 
thenobseiwe the same pace with tlie a die 
change was visible to all the spectators , ‘ (y 
this phenomenon was not confined to ‘ 
witnessed by the inhabitants of the cott^ ^^y 
witnessed by the inhabitants ot the cot o ^^y 
It was attested before a magistrate by the q ^ 
individuals in tlie month of July, 17° ' 
_-.!J 1 — * 1 ,-.^ fn fia yi* J 
inaiVlUUcua m Lift, aiawaavaa ..a ’"' j ' ^ ^ 
persons are said in the attestation to ha yj 
march of these aerial travellers- c> 
It should be remarked that these appe yps j/ 
served on the eve of the rebellion, when tli« / 
men might be privately exercising ; a" ^ 
powers of the Spectre of the Broken dem 
