Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks fell in Great Britain, 101 



1755. Ilumbcr; at Stamford 7 a.m.; at North Berwick (2 miles 

 west from it) at li p.m. Motion from S. to N. Great noise 

 preceded shock, like the report of several cannon. Came 

 from south, along hills. It shook the houses much, and part 

 of a wall fell. On the evening of following day a large ball 

 of fire seen near Stamford, which continued visible 7' or 8'. 

 Aug. 2. Ball of fire in sky seen for 7' or 8.' 



Oct. 20. At Scalloway in Zetland. The sky being very hazy, as is usual 

 before thunder and lightning, there fell a black dust over all 

 the country, though in greater quantities in some places than 

 in others. It was very much like lamp black, but sraelled 

 strongly of sulphur. People in the fields had their faces and 

 hands and linen blackened bj' it. It was followed by rain. 

 The wind was at time SW. 



The same phenomenon was observed in Orkney, where it re- 

 ceived the appellation of " black snow." 

 23. A shower of dust fell on a ship 25 leagues from Shetland. 

 Nov. 1. At Madeira at 9i a.m. There were three shocks (with a few 

 minutes between each) felt at Lisbon at 9^^ 35' or 40' a.m. The 

 sea rose on coast there, from 40 to 50 feet perpendicular in 

 three or successive waves. The sea retired first. 



Felt at Cadiz just before 10 ; at Gibraltar at 10*^ 10' a.m. 



Felt in Barbary at 10 a.m. (three shocks there). 



At the Escurial, shock was felt about 10 a.m. 



At Madrid, _ lo^i 30' a.m. 



At Portsmouth. Ship in dock, at 104 a.m, suddenly pt7t7icd with 

 head deep in water, and immediately recovered. Dock-gates 

 forced open 6 inches. Other ships in a separate basin, felt 

 shock, and rolled violently. 



Loch Lomond rose 2V feet at d\ a.m. and continued moving till 

 10} a.m. ,• two waves with interval of 5" between. A large 

 stone, which was lying in shallow water, was forced ashore. 

 Continued till 10'» 15' a.m. Loch Ness rose at 104 a.m. ; Lochs 

 Oich, Long, and Katrine, also agitated at same moment as 

 Loch Lomond. Shock was felt also at Leadhills (Dumfries- 

 shire). In Derbyshire, at Beelsborough, a loch afiecte^ from 

 S. to N. between 11 and 12 a.m. A number of other canals 

 and ponds in England similarly afiected. 



At one of these places, geese swimming in a pond gave alarm 

 before water observed to be agitated. 



Five shocks felt in Derbyshire lead-mines at 11 a.m. Hocks 

 ground one on another ; chasm opened 150 yards wide paral- 

 lel to range of lead vein. 



Shocks of earthquake were felt at Hague, Lcyden, Brabant, 

 Rotterdam, &e. about 11 a.m. At Amsterdam, the barometer 

 suddenly sunk 2 inches. Hot springs at "Toplitz, betwixt 11 

 and 12, cast up such a body of water, that all the baths ovw* 



