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noise. Here the shocks continued for 14 or 15 

 minutes, damaged almost all the buildings, throw- 

 ing down some, and leaving others irreparably 

 shattered. In little mote than half an hour after, 

 the sea and river, with all the canals, overflowed 

 their banks with great violence, laying underwater 

 all ihe coasts of the islands adjacent to the city 

 and its neighbourhood, and flowing 'into the very 

 streets. The water came en in vast black moun- 

 tains, white with foam at the top, and demolished 

 more tha.i one half of a tower at the bar named 

 De Canala. In the adjacent strands, every thing 

 was irrecoverably lost; for all that was overflowed 

 sunk, and the beach became a sea, without the least 

 resemblance of what it was before. Many per- 

 sons perished ; for although they got aboard some 

 vessels, yet part of these foundered ; and others 

 btin<i forced out to sea, the unhappy passengers 

 were so terrified that they threw themselves over- 

 board. The day was serene, and not a breaih of 

 wind slirring. 



At Cadiz, some minutes after nine in the morn- 

 ing, the, earthquake began, and lasted about five 

 minutes. The water of the cisterns under ground 

 washed backwards and forwards, so that a great 

 froth arose. Al ten minutes after eleven, a wave 

 was seen coming from the sea, at eight miles dis- 

 tance, at least 60 feet higher than usual. It dashed 

 against the west part of the town, which is very 

 rocky. Though the^e rocks broke a great deal of 

 its force, it at last came upon the city walls, beat 

 in the breast-work, and carried pieces of the build- 

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