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Since the nfft of Auguft^ which was a mod Tempe- 
ftuous Day, not only for the exceffive Rains for about 
four hours, but for the Hail and very loud Thunder, 
the fhakesof the Earthquake have been lefs fcnfible and 
feldomer, and for two Months not fo Univerfal, but 
fometimes in one place, fometimes in another. 
It has beeq, obferved, that in kfs fohd Ground, fuch 
as Chalk, Sand, or loofe Earth, the Mifehief was with- 
out comparifon greater than in Rocky places. And in 
Syracufa the difference was vifible in three places ; that 
is, in the middle of the City, in the little Ifland, and 
m ZaracatZj where the Ancient ftood; in all 
which places the Buildings being on a Rocky Foundation, 
remain for the mod part untoucht, or only fliaken, or 
at leaft not quite demoliflit: Whereas on the contrary, 
in the reft of that Territory which is not Rocky, a very 
great Number of Noble Struftures and Towers lye like 
a horrid Defart, and heap of vaft Ruines. 
TheEffeftsit has had on Humane Bodies (although 
[ do not believe they have all immediately been cau(ed 
by the Earthquake ) have (yet) been various; fuch as 
Foolifhnejs, but not to any great degree, Madne^, DuU 
Tiefsi Sottijhnefs^ and Stolidity every where : Hypochon» 
driack, Melancholick^ and CW^ric/f Diftempers. Every 
day Fevers have been common, with many Continual 
and Tertian : Malignant, Mortal, and Dangerous ones 
in a great Number, with D^/ir/ii and X^/^j/^/^i. Where 
there has been any Infeftion caufed by the Natural Ma- 
lignity of the Air, infinite Mortality has followed. The 
Small-Pox has made great Deftruftion amongft Chilr 
dren. And in fhort, there has been no State nor Con- 
dition which has nor had its fliare in fo Univerfal a Ca- 
lam4ty, 
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