104 Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain. 



1761. reduced to rubbish. Several rents and chasms formed in the 



earth. Whole coast of Spain agitated. 

 Corunna, at noon, a violent shock. Many houses removed some 



feet from where they were before, but none throw^n down. 



" The consul's house has been moved 4 feet forward to the 



sea, and its fronts to the water-side have changed better than 



two points of the compass." 

 At Cork, at 12^^ 15', a shock felt, which made ground undulate 



from E. to W., and vice versa. Shock more violent than on 



1st November 1755. 

 At Lisbon, at 1^^ SO' p.m., the sea rose 6 feet perpendicular every 



six minutes, and continued to ebb and flow thus till night. 

 At Kinsale the sea several times rose in a wave 2 feet high, at 



6 P.M. 



Dublin, at 6 p.m., near dead low water, the tide suddenly rose 

 about 2 feet, and then retired. This was repeated several 

 times. 

 Fort- Augustus, «/ 2 p.m } Loch Ness, betwixt 12 and 1 o'clock, 

 rose suddenly 2 feet, and continued for three-fourths of an hour, 

 alternately rising and falling. The water swelled most in the 

 middle of the loch. Several boats burst from their moorings. 

 At same time, a very uncommon low sound. 

 Amsterdam, shock between 1\ and 2 p.m., which made candela- 

 bras in the churches swing a foot from perpendicular, and 

 agitated the vessels in harbour. 

 At Barbadoes, at 4 p.m., there were fluxes and refluxes of the 

 sea, which about 8 p.m. seemed to abate, but at 10 p.m. consi- 

 derably increased, and continued till 6 next morning. 

 June 9. Shock at Sherborne, Shaftesbury, at ll'^ 45' a.m. 

 1764. 



Nov. 6. At 4^1 15' a.m. slight shock at Oxford, and adjoining towns in 

 Glo'stershire and Berkshire. People tossed upwards in bed. 

 The agitation was greatest nearer the river. It Avas perfectly 

 calm and serene at the time of the shock. The wind soon 

 after became tempestuous. At Wallingford, the shock was 

 preceded for about a minute '' by an hollow rumbling wind.'* 

 —(Gent. Mag. xxx. iv. 643.) 

 17G7. 

 April 20. At Stirling and Alloa, at 9 o'clock, and another in a quarter of 

 an hour after. 

 1768. 

 Jan. 18. Flintshire. NW. to SE. It shook the houses very much, and 



lasted 1|'. 

 Feb. 15. Llangollen, Flintshire. 

 May 15. Newcastle, at 4 p.m., two shocks, and very strong at Kendal, 



Darlington, Middleton. 

 Oct. 24. Ruthven and Inverness, attended with great noise. 

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