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“ theſe motions, in his Letter to me, ſent me the following account of them.

«'Phere are Lakies in the river of Forth, which are in no s“« other river in Scotland. This Lakie, at low water, in 2 « niepe-tide, beginneth at Queensferry, and goeth up in a « ſtream-tide as far as the ſea filleth, which is to the Croves “« of Craigforth; and at niepe-tides, it goeth no further than “« the Houſe of Maner, at low water. At niepe-tide, at high «“ water, it goeth as far as the ſea goeth; and at the niepeſt « tide, at the high water, it will be two foot higher than the tide at full water.

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« At the beginning of the ſtream, the Lakie riſeth not ſo « high as the main tide by a foot. At the dying of the « ſtream, when it is full water, it will be two foot higher « than the main tide. At the niep-tide, and low water, it « ſhall ebb two hours, and fill two hours; and at full water, « ebb an hour, and fill an hour. It is obſervable, that at the << full moon there are no Lakies, neither at full ſeca nor low «water, in the ſtream which is at that time z but at the « niep-tides which follow this itream, there are Lakies, ac- “« cording as it is ſet down before: but at the ſtream which “« is at the change of the moon, which is here called the <« Qverloup, there are Lakies, both at low water and at high « water, as 15 ſaid before 3; and alſo at the niep-tides which «« follow it, both at high and low water. «« It is very remarkable, at the change of the moon; when « it is low water, the Lakie will be two hours; which is the « beginning of the tide for that ſpace, and then the tide « ſtands, and will not ebb. till the flood come z; and at full « water, it will ebb and flow a large hour. All this is to « be underſtood, when the weather is ſecaſonable z; for in a « ſtorm, there can be no particular account given, as to the « Lakies. At Queensferry, at niep-tide and ſtream-tides « ar high water, there are no Lakies, nor in a ſtream at « low water: neither can I learn, either from ſeamem: or s filhermen, where they begin: but it is probable, that they « begin