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also ; and in the same manner he heard that it \va3 

 sinking'at his end : soon after he perceived it to 

 sink by himself. A pond just below was agitated 

 in a similar manner; but the risings and sinkings 

 of it happened at different times from those at the 

 pond where Lord Parker stood. 



At White Rock, in Glamorganshire, about two 

 hours ebb of the tide, and near three quaneis after 

 six in the evening, a vast quantity of water rushed 

 up with a prodigious noise; floated two large ves- 

 sels, the least of them above 20O tons ; broke their 

 moorings, drove them across the river, and had 

 like to have overset them. The whole rise and fall 

 of this extraordinary body of water, did not last 

 above ten minutes ; nor was it felt in any other 

 part of the river, so that it seemed to have gushed 

 out of the earth at that place. 



Similar instances occurred at Loch Lomond and 

 L K h Ness in Scotland. At Kinsale in Ireland, 

 and all along the coast to the westward, many si- 

 milar phenomena were observed. 



Shocks were also perceived in several parts of 

 France; as at Biyonne, Bourdeaux, and Lyons j 

 and commotions of the wa'ers were observed at 

 Anoou'eme, Bleville, Havre de Grace, 8cc. but 

 not attended with the remarkable circumstances 

 above mentioned. 



These are the most striking phenomena with 

 which the earthquake of November 1, 1755. was 

 attended on the surface of the earth. Those which 

 happened 1x1 .w ground cannot be knoiui but !,y 

 the changes observed in springs, &cc. which were 



