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•• began to abate a little in their violence, 

 .** though the toffings and currents were 

 *' not quite over at funfet. I had almoft 

 " forgot to tell you, that this phanomenon 

 ." was renewed on Monday morning a lit- 

 " tl'e before nine, and lafted for an hour 

 ** and an half; but the motion of the wa- 

 '* ters, <fyc. were not fo violent as the day 

 5* before. What is very remarkable, there 

 f* was not the leaft gale of wind on Sun- 

 ** day till one o'clock, which helped us 

 ** not a little in our obfervations." 



j($. Letter from Mr Pan ton relating to the 

 Earthquake felt at Dunbarton. 



SIR, Dunbarton, January 17. 1756. 



." T N anfwer to your's relative to the 

 X earthquake here, there happened but 

 f * one fliQck, and that very moderate, be- 

 " fore one of the clock December 31ft 

 " ^ISS > i^t continued for a very fmall 

 " fpace of time. It agitated fome people 

 ** in bed very perceptibly, and was felt 

 ** by Mrs Weir and fome others, who 



i* were 



