.98 Mr Milne on Earthquake-Shocks fell in Great Britain, 



1760, Claphani, Wandsworth (Thames), Fulham, Furnham, Stan- 



more (but not 5 miles farther at Watford), Ilford, Norham, 

 Gubbins (Hertfordshire), and | mile NE. of Hatfield; 1 mile 

 W. of Hertford, but not at Hertford (north limit of shock), 

 Holland House and on Thames. Houses near river were 

 the most shaken. Motion from W. to E. 



Near London, there was a continued and confused lightning 

 till within minute or two of shock ; dogs howled ; fish jumped 

 three feet out of water ; sound in air, preceded concussions ; 

 flashes of lightning and a ball of fire were seen, just before ex- 

 plosion. 



The President of the Royal Society stated, that he did not on 

 this occasion perceive that lifting motion, which he was sen- 

 sible of on 8th February. But he felt very quick shakes or 

 tremors, in a horizontal direction, as it appeared to him. 



A boatman on the Thames felt his boat receive a blow at the 

 bottom, and the whole river seemed agitated. 



The Eev. Mr Pickering stated, that he was lying awake in his 

 bed, which stood N. and S. He first "heard a sound like 

 that of a blast of wind" — " I then perceived myself raised in 

 my bed, and the motion began on my right side, and inclined 

 me towards the left." 



In the Temple Gardens (London), the noise in the air was 

 greater than the loudest report of cannon. At the same instant, 

 the buildings inclined over from the perpendicular several 

 degrees. 



In London the general impression was, that the whole city was 

 violently pushed to SE., and then brought back again. 



The sound preceding the concussions, resembled the discharge 

 of several cannon, or distant thunder in the air, and not a sub- 

 terranean explosion. Flashes of lightning were observed an 

 hour (before ?) and a vast ball of fire. A great deal of thunder 

 and lightning this winter in England, as well as frequent 

 meteors. 



At Kensington, the bailiflT of Mr Fox, at 6^^ 15' a.m., heard 

 (when in the open air) a noise much like thunder at a distance, 

 which, coming from NW., grew louder, and gave a crack 

 over his head, and then gradually died away. The sky was 

 clear, and he saw no fire or appearance of lightning. Imme- 

 diately after the crack, the ground shook, and it moved like a 

 quagmire. The whole lasted a minute. — (Tr. R. S. Lond.) 

 Mar. 14. East Molesy in Surrey at 4 a.m. 

 ... 18. Portsmouth, I before 6 p.m. Isle of Wight (where most violent), 

 7 or 8 miles to east of Havant ; 7 miles west of Titchfield ; 

 Guernsey and Jersey ; Hackney, near London, just after 6 

 P.M. ; East Sheen in Surrey, do. ; Bridport about C. p.m. Felt 

 very slightly at Bath. 



At Portsmouth there was heard a great noise m the air, like the 



