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1726, Nov. 6th, about 6 a.m., at Ilcliester (?), a rather violent shock, 
according to the ' Gazette de France ' of 80th Xov., 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, Barford, 
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 Trance, 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 
water ; 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, 
