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of November, received from other quare 
ters, I beg permission to add. a few parti- 
culars, which principally fell under my 
own observation. Just. as the, inhabi- 
tants of Surfleet, a village near Spalding 
in Lincolnshire, had retired to bed, they 
were alarmed by the information thet the 
sea-banks were broken, and the sheep 
Immediately 
“the graziers exerted themselves with the 
greatest activity, and bore ‘‘ the pelting 
of the pitiless storm,” to rescue their dis- 
trest flocks, in wagzons andcarts. Several 
Gh mers and graziers have sustained very 
serious losses of cattle ; and ‘the greatest 
damaze has been done to. their winter 
stock of cole and turnips, as well as to 
the new-sown wheat, and fine grazingland,. 
The Reservoir presents a “melancholy 
scene of ruin: the road. gelled in yari- 
ous places; the siuice of the Vernatt’s 
drain separated from the shore, and the 
Salt water rushing in. Amongst nume- 
rous other losses, a barn and corn-stacks 
belonging He Mr. Wheat, near the new 
sea- hank, have been completely swept 
away. A great many sheep, the pro- 
perty ‘oF th same person, were drowned; 
and the cottage of bis shepherd totally 
gutted by the tide, and the poor imhabi- 
tants compelied to wade to the Hons of 
Expeditions From the United States, 
their neighbour, Mr. Beasley, whose loss © 
has 
been very extensive. 
But the most afflicting scene was at 
Fosdyke, from which place to Boston, it 
appeared one sheet of water, and both 
new and old banks were broken on every 
side. Theinn was inthe most imminent 
_aanger of being swept away, and the 
stables were demolished. Owing to the 
ile of the rain from above, and the 
fury of the waves from below, there was 
not a dry room in.the house. 
tion to the accumulated herrors.of this 
most tempestuous night, the poor suf- 
terers. who dwelt near the sea,’ were 
alarmed at intervals ‘by the crash’ of ‘the 
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[Dec. 1, 
was to hear the mournful lowings of the 
bullocks, which, although part of every 
fieid was still flooded, in vain tried to 
quench their thirst, and could obtain no 
relicf from their owners, who are them- 
selves in the greatest want of that neces- 
sary article, fresh water. 
Upon the whole, it is supposed that 
about fifteen thousand valuable sheep, 
besides other cattle, have been lost; and 
upwards of twenty thousand acres of the 
richest land in the kingdom ‘deeply 
flooded, from Wainfleet to the neigh- 
bourhood of Spalding. The. losses also 
at sea have been immense. Not fewer 
than forty wrecks are thrown up along 
the Lincoinshire coast; and-dead hodiesof 
poor sailors are br sught in with every tide, 
i could mention several. other circum- 
stances; but as I have, doubtiess, been 
anticipaied by former accounts, T will 
close my tale of woe with the consola- 
tory reficction, that God has’ been merei- 
ful’ to the old enclosures of  Surfleet, 
which were in the most perilous situation, 
from the apprehended blowing-up of the. 
“Glen sluice. 
This sluice was expected 
to give way every moment, but provie 
dentially weathered the late ‘most tre- 
mendous storm, which the memory of the 
oidest man living cannot parallel. be 
<< The waves of the sea are: iighty, 
d rage horribly: but yet the Lord, who 
welleth'on high, is mightier.” 
SamMUEL ELSDALE. | 
“‘Surflect, 2 Voo. 19, 1810. ei 
“To the Editor of the mek Magazines 
In addi- ~ 
SIR, 
BSERVING. in your publication 
some remarks upon the former €x- 
istence of vineyards in this country, er 
which I was from old authors aware), I 
~ should feel obliged to your. correspondent 
bauks, which blew up with a loud ndise « 
esembling a Om of thunder. It was 
Shocking to see the sheep lying déad ; 
and the cori, hay, and household furni- 
ture, floating in every direction, 
self. counted nearly forty plete sheep 
tna ficld of about five acres. 
sett has been a great sufferer in pre 
both of live and lead stock; and to com- 
1 my-~ 
Mires dors? 
plete the dreadful scene, he had been — 
winnowing. wheat, which stood deep in 
sacks, and near them Jay the’corpses of 
‘two women, oné of them aged, eighty 
years. What much added. to the dis 
tress, (a day or two after the inundation, 
when the dry land began to be seen, 
for any hints which would enable me to 
ascertain what kind of grapes were for- 
trerly raised here: and also whether 
there is any published treatise on the 
nanagement of the vine, agreeably | to 
the plan followed in the wine countries, 
where they grow in the open air, trained 
to stakes, or otherwise. 
A Constant Rraper, 
Yorkshire, Nov. 10,1810. | | 
Sid | ek ees gt 
To the Editor of the Monthly, Mokezine 
SI, eh 
Aer the present communicatio 
tains some important. facts, ¥ 
are so little known in this country, hy 
vou will itor, I think, at present recerve 
them from any other quarter, 1 shall 
make no apology for. transmitting them. 
Serioug 
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