The Natural Hijiory Part III. 



a frefli ColleQion of this Fire commits 

 the fame Outrages as before. 



That there is fbmetimes in Commo- 

 tion a Portion of the Abyfs of that vafi 

 Extent, as to fhake the Earth incum- 

 bent upon it for fo very large a part of 

 the Globe together, that the Shock is 

 felt the fame Minute precilely in Coun- 

 tries that are many hundreds of Miles 

 diftant from each other, and this even 

 though they happen to be parted by 

 the Sea lying betwixt them : nay, there 

 want not Inftances of fuch an univerfal 

 Concuffion of the whole Globe as muft 

 needs imply an Agitation of the whole 



That though the Abyfs be liable to 

 thefe Commotions in all parts of it, 

 and therefore no Country can be whol- 

 ly exempted from the Effefts of them ; 

 yet thele ESeiEls are no where very 

 remarkable, nor are there ufually any 

 great damages done by Earthquakes, 

 except only in thofe Countries which 

 are momtdnom^ and conlequently Jlo-- 

 mjy and cxvernom unddrneath ; and 

 efpecially where the Difpofition of the 

 Strata is fuch that thofe Caverns open 

 into the Abyfs, and fb freely admit 

 ^ud entertain the Fire, which aiTem- 



