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ſome of them, indeed, were almoſt entirely ſtript ⟨of⟩ their tiles.
"Human ſtrength was mere weakneſs when ⟨expoſed⟩ to this war of elements. A ſtout young ⟨fellow⟩, who had witneſsed the ſcene in the barn-⟨yard⟩ from an apprehenſion that the houſe muſt neceſsarily be tumbled down, run out for ſafety. The ⟨reſiſtleſs⟩ enemy, however, lifted him over a wall ⟨four⟩ feet high, and carried him forwards for thirty ⟨of⟩ forty yards!-Several of the ſervants were ⟨forcibly⟩ driven about, ſome in one direction and ſome in ⟨another⟩, according to the eddy. The horſes ⟨and⟩ cattle upon the farm exhibited the livelieſt ſymptoms of alarm and agitation.
6. The dwelling houſe at Whitelaw, in which ⟨a⟩ family reſided at the time, ſhook with ſuch ⟨violence⟩ as to threaten its deſtruction and theirs. Providentially, however, amidſt all the devaſtation, no perſon was materially hurt; and, what renders this more remarkable is, that the tiles which were ⟨torn⟩ from the ſurrounding offices fell from an ⟨immense⟩ height, in vaſt numbers, among the people ⟨expoſed⟩ to the ſtorm.
"Before the cloud reached the farm houſe it ⟨had⟩ fortunately divided, and the two parts taking ⟨different⟩ directions, only one of them ſtruck the ⟨building.⟩ Had the whole collected force discharged itſelf ⟨at⟩ once, few, it is probable, would have ſurvived relate the particulars.
"There was little rain at Whitelaw either ⟨immediately⟩ before or after the whirlwind; but in ⟨the⟩ adjacent country, to the north and eat, owing, ⟨it is⟩ ſuppoſed, to the violent concuſſion of the ⟨clouds⟩ there was a torrent of rain, and in ſome places b(illegible text) for a few minutes, as had not been obſerved in memory of man.- Edinburgh Weekly Journal, No. (illegible text)
