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^' almoft forgot 'to- tell- you, that this f/^mto-^ 

 " menm wa,s reijewed on Monday moxn'mg a 

 *' little before nine,: and lafted for an houp 

 *' and an half j but the motion of the waters, 

 *^ &c. Were not fo violent as the day before; 

 *' What is very remarkable, there ,was not 

 " the leaft gale of wind on Sunday till ons 

 ^'o'clock, which helped us not a little in our 

 *' obfervations." 



6. Letter fro?n Mr. Panton relating to the 

 Earthquake felt at Punbarton. 



SIR, "Dvn^ kV.TO'n, January 17. 1756, 



" TN anfwer.to your's relative to the earth- 

 " quake hei-e, there happened but one 

 " fhock, and that very moderate, before one 

 *' of the clock December 31ft 1755 ; it con- 

 *' tinued for a very fmall fpace of time. It 

 " agitated fome people in bed very percepti- 

 *' bly, and wa"s-£elt by MrS. JVeir and fome 

 " others, who were not gone to bed. It 

 " had a fenfible effedl upon tame birds in 

 " cages, and fowls : it fo alarmed both, as 

 *' to make the former flutter prodigioufly, 

 " and the latter to croak in a frightful man- 

 *' ner : it fliook the board out of one cage, 



" and 



