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of a violent Earthquake. If this place be nothing but 
Sand (as (bme would have it, that are it*s no Well- 
wifliers) it (eems ftrange that the Force of the Earth- 
quake did not diffipate and diiTolve the very Foundation 
of ir, and that it did not fall to pieces and fcatter under 
Water, as the reft of the place did; for the Shake was 
fo violent, that it threw People down on their Knees, 
and fometimes on their Faces, as they run along the 
Streets to provide for their Safety; and it was a very 
difficult matter to keep ones Legs. The Ground heaved 
and fwelled like a rolling fwellingSea; ('tis a ftrange 
Goniparifon ; but every body here ufing it, I venture to 
do fo likewife) by which means feveral Houfes now 
ftanding were fliufHed and moved fome Yards from 
their places. One whole Street (a great many Houfes 
whereof are now alfo ftanding) is laid to be twice as 
broad now as before the Earthquake ; and in many pla- 
ces the Ground would crackle and open, and (liut quick 
and faft: Of which fmall Openings I have heard Major 
KelJy and others fay, they have feen two or three hun- 
dred at one time, in fome whereof many People were 
fwallowed up; fome the Earth caught by the middle, 
and fqueezed to Death; the Heads of others only appea- 
red above Ground ; fome were fwallowed quite down, 
and caft up again by great Quantities of Water; others 
went down, and were never more feen. Thefe were the 
fmalleft Openings : Others that were more large, Aval- 
lowed up great Houfes ; and out of (bme Gapings would 
ifTue whole Rivers of Water, fpouted up a great height 
into the Air, which feemed to threaten a Ddugc to that 
part of Port'RoyaL which the Earthquake (eemed to fa- 
vour, accompanied with ill Stenches and ofFenfive Smells, 
by means of which Openings, and the Vapours at that 
lime belcht forth from the Earth into the Air ; the Sky, 
which before was clear and blue, was in a Minute s time 
become dull and reddifti, looking (as I have heard it 
compared 
