and e&pecially in Scotland, 



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Times at which the Shock of the Earthquake of 31*^ March 

 1761, reached different places^ with an Abstract of the prin- 

 cipal Phenomena there. 



Names of Places. 



Lat. 43° I>ong, 

 11 W 



Ut. 43°. Not 

 many leagues 

 from coast, 



Ship in Lat. 44 

 and about 80 

 leagues from 

 shore 



ShipinLat.44°.8 

 about 80 leagues 

 W.NW, from 

 CapeFinisterre, 



Lisbon, 



Madeira, 



Cork, 



Loch Ness, 



Amsterdam, &c. 



Time of 

 Shock A.M. 



11 51 



1" 



52 



54 



11 :^i 



11 58 



Noon. 



12 6 



12 11 



Between 



1 1'' 40* & 



12'»40' 



Between 

 li&l| 



P.M. 



E.Sc . 



If 



3* 



10 



11 

 15i 



gg.w 

 •- =■*- 



15 



20 



Between 



20 & 



49' 



Between 

 84' & 

 114' 



Phenomena. 



Supposed point of greatest violence 



Most violent shock on board a ship, 

 which knocked needle off spindle of 

 compass. Immediately after, there 

 was a very severe storm of wind 

 and rain. 



Two violent shocks, felt on board a 

 ship : — the first lasted 1^' — the se 

 cond not quite so long. They were 

 accompanied by a noise, as if of 

 empty casks tossing about in the 

 hold. Ship immediately made wa- 

 ter, from its seams opening. The 

 crew, thinking the ship sinking, 

 got out the long boat. 



A violent shock. Sea register un- 

 der this date. 



Two violent shocks felt. 



Earthquake lasted about 5'. Not so 

 severeasin 1755, and more equable. 

 Only a few old houses thrown down. 

 At Oporto, the concussion was very 

 strong. At Madrid, shock lasted 

 2^' andthrew down some furniture. 

 In 1^ hour afterwards, sea began 

 to flow and ebb, every 6' till 6 p.m. 



Shock very violent. A church de- 

 stroyed and some rocks split. Con- 

 cussion came from eastward, — at 

 which side of island, fluctuations 

 of the sea were greatest. 



Undulations said to be from E. to "W. 

 Shock moi*e violent than on 1st 

 Nov. 1755. It lasted only one 

 minute. 



The water in Loch suddenly rose near- 

 ly 30 inches, and continued to rise 

 and fall for half an hour. By an- 

 other account, the time given is 

 l** 40^. An uncommon hollow sound 

 accompanied the phenomena. It 

 was calm at the time, and for hours 

 before and after. 



The candelabras in churches made to 

 swing; one observed to have moved 

 a foot from the perpendicular. 

 Vessels in harbour agitate<l. 



