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though not very deep, through which the brook 
marked B ufed to run. The mofs being quite over- 
charged with the flood, burft at thefe quags, about 
1 1 o’clock at night, and finding a delcent at hand, 
poured its contents through the gully into the plain. 
It furprized the inhabitants of 12 towns in their 
beds*. Nobody was loft, but many of the people 
faved their lives with great difficulty. Next morning, 
thirty-five families were found difpoffeffed, with the 
lofs of mod of their corn and fome cattle -f\ Some of 
the houfes were near totally covered, and others of 
them I faw (landing in the mofs, up to the thatch, 
the fide walls being about 8 feet high. 
In the morning, above 200 acres were entirely 
overwhelmed; and this body of mofs and water, 
which was of fuch a confiftency, as to move freely, 
continued to fpread itfelf on all hands, for feveral 
days. It was come to a flop, when I faw it, and 
had covered 303 acres, as I was informed by a 
gentleman, who had looked over the plans of the 
grounds, with Mr. Graham the proprietor : but 
every fall of rain fets it again in motion, and it has 
now overfpread above 400 acres. At F, it had run 
within a mufket (hot of the poft road leading from 
* Thofe who were neareft the place of burfting were alarmed 
with the unufual noifeitmade; others not till it had entered 
their houfes, or even, as was the cafe with fome, not till they 
found it in their beds. 
f The cafe of a cow feems fingular enough to deferve a par- 
ticular mention. She was the only one of eight in the fame 
cow-houfe, that was faved, after having flood fixty hours up to 
the neck in mud and weter. When fbe was got out, fhedid not 
refufe to eat, but water {he would not tafte, nor could even look 
at, without (hewing manifeft figns of horror. She is now re- 
conciled to it, and likely to recover. 
Moffat 
