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could hardly tell where they were, or 

 what to think $ but every one began to 

 prepare for Death. And indeed the fhock 

 was fo fudden and violent, that we took 

 it for granted the, Ship had ftruck upon 

 a Rock : But when the Amazement vvas 

 a little over, we caftthe Lead, and found- 

 ed, but found no Ground 5 fo that aftej Con- 

 futation, we concluded it muft certainly 

 be fome Earthquake. The fuddennefs of 

 this Shock made the Guns of the Ship 

 leap in their Carriages, and feveral of the 

 Men were (ha ken out of their Hammocks. 

 Captain Davir, who lay with his Head 

 over a Gun, vvas thrown out of his Cab- 

 bin. The Sea, which ordinarily looks 

 Green, feem'd then of a whitifti Colour 5 

 and the Water which we took up in Buck- 

 ets for the Ships ufe, we found to be a 

 little mixed with Sand. This at firft made 

 us think there vvas fome Spit of Sand 5 

 but when we had founded, it confirmed 

 our Opinion of the Earthquake- Some time 

 Earth- a f te r we heard News, That at that very 

 Sr» by time there was an Earthquake at Callaof 

 l pma. which is the Road for Lima $ and that 

 the Sea ebbed fo far from the Shore, that 

 on a fudden there was no Water to be 

 ieen : And that after it had been away a 

 confiderable time, it returned in rowling 

 Mountains of Water , which carried the 

 Ships in the Road of Callao a League up 



