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‘* were not gone toed. It had. eg 2 
‘* effect upon fone birds in cages 
-“ fowls : It fo alarmed. both, as to bs 
‘the former flutter prodigioufly, and 
*¢ the latter to croak ina frightful man= — 
“© ner: It fhook the board out of one 
a cage, and fpilr the water in the glafs 
thereof. It was equally felt by thofe 
¢« who lwed i in ground-ftories, as by thofe 
in fecond and third ftories, ‘There 
** were fome fconces in Mrs Colquhoun’s 
_“houfe obferved to vibrate during the 
“* fhock. os se more happened worth 
** noticing.” 
_N. B, This earthquake was felt.at =) 
fame time in Glafgow, Greenock, and o= 
ther places of the neighbouring country 
