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of heaven. Hallftones, of uncommon magni- 

 tude, beat down with a force and rapidity, as 

 if contending which {hould firft reach the 

 earth: and fcarcely had they fallen, before 

 the fweeping violence of the . wind forced 

 them into heaps like deep-drifted fnow ; in 

 which ftate they remained for hours after the 

 ftorm ; nothwithftanding the heavy torrents 

 of rain which followed them. 



The houfes were fliaken, to a dangerous 

 degree, by the exceflive force of the tempeft. 

 The loud ocean rolled in tremendous feas, 

 and broke, in ruptured mountains, on the 

 fliore. Many of the fhips were driven from ' 

 their anchors ; fome were difmafted ; others 

 caft away ; and boats, fet loofe by the ftorm, 

 were fwallowed up by the troubled waters, 

 and afterwards vomited, by the expelling 

 throes of the fea, upon dry land. 



The' hollow found of the wind, and the 

 heavy beatings of the hail and rain, through 

 the thick foreft of fliipping lying in the har- 

 bour, together with the tremendous dafhings 

 of the fea, and the troubled motion of the 



