

250 EARTHQUAKES. [LeSSOH XXXV. 



In Africa, the earthquake was felt almost as 

 severely as it had been in Europe. Great part of 

 the town of Algiers was destroyed. At Arzilla (a 

 town in the kingdom of Fez), about ten in the 

 morning, the sea suddenly rose with such impetuo- 

 sity, that it lifted up a vessel in the bay, and drop- 

 ped it with such force on the land, that it was 

 broken to pieces ; and a boat was found two musket- 

 shots wiihin land from the sea. At Fez and Me- 

 quinez, great numbers of houses fell down, and 

 a multitude of people were buried in the rums. 

 At Morocco, by the falling down of a great num- 

 ber of houses, many people lost their lives : and at 

 Salle, a great deal of damage also was done. At 

 Tangier, the earthquake began at ten in the morn- 

 ing, and lasted ten or twelve minutes. At Tetuan, 

 the earthquake began at the same time, but lasted 

 only seven or eight minutes. There were three 

 shocks so extremely violent, that it was feared the 

 whole city would be destroyed. 



In the city of Funchal, in the island of Madeira, 

 a shock of this earthquake was first perceived at 

 thirty- eight minutes past nine in the morning. It 

 -was preceded by a rumbling noise in the air, like 

 that of empty carriages passing hastily over a stone 

 pavement. The observer felt the floor immediately 

 to move with a tremulous motion, vibrating very 

 quickly. The shock continued more than a mi- 

 nute ; during which interval, the vibrations, though 

 continual, were weakened and increased in force 

 twice very sensibly. The increase after the first 

 remission of the shock was the most intense. The 

 noise in the air accompanied the shock during the 



whole 



