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1726, Nov. 6th, about 6 a.m., at Ilchester (?), a rather violent shock, 

 according to the ' Gazette de France ' of 30th Nov., the same shock 

 being seemingly felt in the north of Iceland, accompanied by an 

 eruption of Krabla. 1727, Oct. 4th, Naples and England. 1731, 

 Oct. 19th, Northamptonshire, accompanied by a noise like distant 

 thunder (Phil. Trans, vol. x. p. 249) ; Oct. 21, at Bloxham, Earford, 

 Banbury, etc., when windows were violently shaken, followed one 

 minute after by brilliant lightning at Aynho ; the day after, the sky 

 appeared the colour of earth. 1734, in Sussex, and in France, at 

 Havre, and as far as the other side of the Seine ; atmosphere quite 

 calm, weather became suddenly cold just before. 1736, Ochil Hills, 

 in Scotland, accompanied by subterranean noises. 1748, July 12th, 

 between 10 and 11 p.m., Somersetshire and English Channel, to the 

 Severn, the shock appearing to come from a distance, accompanied 

 by a noise like that of a waggon in motion. 1750, at Eltham, in 

 Kent, about half an hour after noon ; ten minutes later a violent 

 shock is recorded in London, where there were other shocks on 19th 

 March ; in the ' Philosophical Transactions' chimneys are said to have 

 been thrown down, and that the earth in St. James's Park seemed to 

 swell up ready to open, and that fishes threw themselves out of the 

 M'ater ; other shocks are recorded at various places on March 29th 

 and April 13th, and at Wimbourne, Dorsetshire, on May 15th, and 

 in Lincolnshire and Nottingham on Sept. 3rd, and in those and other 

 counties, including Suffolk, on Oct. 11th. 1751, March 31st, So- 

 mersetshire. 1752, April 16th, Somersetshire. 1753, June 8th, 

 Cheshire; July 18th and Sept. 26th, various parts. 1753, March 

 25th and 27th, at York, on the latter occasion (10 to 11 a.m.) large 

 masses of rock were thrown down, and the surface of the ground 

 disturbed. 1754, April 19th, at York. 1758, April 28th, Middle- 

 sex, and Mediterranean; Aug. 1, Northamptonshire. The 1st of 

 November, 1755, was the day of the great earthquake of Lisbon ; 

 sensible shocks were felt in England only in a few places. 

 . To continue our list— 1755, Nov. 17th, in Cumberland and Here- 

 fordshire ; Nov. 18th, Herefordshire ; Dec. 18th, Herefordshire ; 

 Dec. 31st, Glasgow and other places in Scotland. 1756, at 7|-, p.m., 

 west of Ireland, preceded by an aurora ; Eeb. 13th, Middlesex and 

 Kent, in connection with shocks in the Alps, Germany, and Prance ; 

 Oct. 17th, Argyleshire; Dec. 26th, Cornwall 1757, July 15th, 

 Scilly Islands and Cornwall. 1758, Sussex, Surrey, and Kent; 

 Dec. 20th, London. 1761, June 9th, Sherborne, Shaftesbury, 



