fO^ 4^6. ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



•* werenotgonetq*bed. It had ^feri^lble 

 " efFedl upon tame birds in cage i '-'and 

 ** fowls : It fo alarmed both, as to make 

 ** the former flutter prodigioufly, and 

 ** the la.tter to croak in a frightful man- 

 ** ner : It fhook the board out of one 

 ** cage, and fpilt the water in the glafs 

 *' thereof. It was equally felt by thofe 

 ** who Uved in ground-ilories, as by thofe 

 ** in fecond and third ftories. There 

 ** were fome fconces in Mrs Golquhoun's 

 *' houfe obferved to vibrate during the 

 ** {hock. Nothing more happened worth 

 •* noticing." 



- iV. B, This earthquake was felt, at the 

 fame time in Glafgow, Greenock, and o- 

 ther places of the neighbouring country. 



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