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*Tis obferved 3 that after Rain they are generally 
fmarter than at other times, which may be from the 
ftiutting up of the Pores of the Earth, whereby the 
force is more pent in, and hath not fo free a Paflage to 
perfpire and fpend it felf, &c. 
Shakes often happen in the Country, not felt at Port- 
Royal; and fometimes are felt by thofe that live in and 
at the foot of the Mountains, and by no body elfe. 
'Tis obfcrved, that fince the Earthquake, the Land- 
breezes often fail us, and inftead thereof, the Sea-breezes 
often blow ail Night, a thing rarely known before, but 
fince common. 
In Port-Royaly and in many Places all over the Ifland, 
much SulphureouSjCombuftible Matter hath been found, 
fuppofed to have been thrown out, upon the opening of 
the Earth, which upon the firft touch of Fire would 
flame and burn like a Candle. 
What may be the Caufe of- this Earthquake, or how 
deep the Caufe may be in the Earth, &c. from fome 
foregoing Circumftances, a wife Man may give a near 
guefs at s But why the Earth fliould ftiake for a quarter 
of a Minute, and then ftaod ftill for fix^or feven^or ten 
Days, then (bake again, and io continue to ihake now 
and then by firs ; or why fnakes Ihould happen in calm 
ftill Weather, and rarely or never in Windy or Rainy 
Weather, which from a firicl Obfervation is a certain 
truth, leem to be dilEcalt Queftions. " 
StXhrifiophers^ omof the Cariiee Wands, was here- 
tofore much troubled ¥%^ith Earthquakes, which upon an 
Eruption of a great Mountain there of Combuilible 
Matter, which ftill cooticiies^ wholly ccas'd, and have 
never been felt there fioce | wherefore many expe£l: 
(bme filch Eruptioo in fome of the Mountains there, 
though we hope there is no necefTity for it ; the fnakes 
having been obferved to lofe their force, and to become 
weaker and weaker ever fince the firft Fatal one ; and/tis 
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