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a (brt of a demonftration, that either the Land is funk, 
or the Sea rifen, the former of which feerns moft pro- 
bable. Nor are thefe all the EfFeds of the Earthquake^no, 
the Water had in fome meafure its (hare as well as the 
Land.In this Harbour inPort-Royaht the time of the great 
lhake (though Seas very calm)was fuddenly raifed fuch a 
ftrange Emotion in the Water,that immediately it fwelled 
as in a Storm, great large Waves appearing on a fudden 
rolling with fuch force that they drave moft Ships (if not 
all ) in the Harbour from their Anchors breaking their 
CableSjto the great hazard of all of them,and to the lofs of 
fome fmall Ships and Sloops, &c. I heard particularly 
a Matter of a large Ship of about 300 Tun fay, that 
he then rode with two ftrong Cables, both which this 
ftrange Violence of the Water brake in an inftant, and 
that he thought he Ihould have loft his Ship, which 
mounted as in a great Storm, &c. and fo it fared with 
the reft of the Ships ; but this was foon over, and in a 
little time all fmooth again. One Capt. Phips told me. 
That he and another Gentleman happened at the time 
of the Earthquake, to be in Liganee by the Sea- fide; 
and that at the time of the great Shake the Sea retired 
from the Land in fuch fort, that for two or three Hun- 
dred Yi^rds the bottom of the Sea appeared dry,where- 
on they faw lye feveral Fifli, (bme whereof the Gentle- 
man who was with him ran and took up, and in a Mi- 
nute or two's time the Sea returned again and over- 
flowed great part of the Shoar. At Tallhoufe the Sea 
is faid to retire above a Mile, 
'Tis thought there were loft in all Parts of the Ifland 
xooo People, and had the Shake happened in the Night, 
very few would have efcaped alive ; and thoft that had, 
would in all probability have been knock'd in the Head 
by the Negroes^ and the Ifland to all intents and purpo- 
fes quite ruined. 
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