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WHEN on a fishing expedition this year, in the mountainous district of Minnigaff, in this country, my attention was drawn to the effects of two waterspouts, which had taken place, one in July last, and the other some six months previously. The effects of both are to be seen in the faces of two mountains a mile apart. One is on a hill-farm called Blac Klaggan, about 100 yards above a mountain-stream, where an excavation, by the force of the spout, had been made to the depth of ten or twelve feet, and about twenty yards wide. Stones—boulder-stones from 10 cwt. to 3 tons, were spread out, in the course of the torrent, down to the “burn,” which runs below—one boulder, lying in the bed, being quite 3 tons weight. The other waterspout had struck on White Laggan, on a steep mountain side, facing the upper part of Loch Dee. It was higher up on the hill, and had cut to the depth of about 15 feet, and was 10 yards wide, scattering the earth and boulders before it, to a distance of 150 yards below, and spreading out the smaller stones and gravel over a flat moor, in varied tracks, more than 100 yards further. I have not heard of anyone who saw either waterspout, and both are supposed to have taken place at night. All the other parts of both mountains are covered with heather and grass, above, on each side, and below, except in the direct course cut by the torrent from each waterspout. No one remembers any previous case of the sort in the district. Perhaps some of your readers can give other instances of this kind, and some information that may prove interesting and useful.
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HOSACK, J. Waterspouts on Land. Nature 27, 79 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027079c0
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