Gents Mag 1749 p.390

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1749 p.390 ever spoil'd, being as deep in some places as the tops of trees. It would surpass all credit to give you every particular circumstance of this surprizing cataract, which still continues to discharge a large quantity of water of such a strange nature as to tincture all the river Derwent, quite down to the sea, which must be near twenty miles. The damage done to the hay, corn, and proprietors of the neighbouring fields and houses, is computed at near 4000l.
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