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now fo long fince we have heard any, except now and 
then one fo weak as fcarce to be felt, that we have great 
hopes they will foon quite ceafe. 
After the great lhake, thoft People that efcaped (as 
many as could ) got on board the Ships in the Harbour, 
where many continued about two Months after ; the 
(hakes all that time being fo violent,and coming fo thick, 
fometimes two or three in an hour's time, accompanied 
with frightful Noifes, both from under the Earth, and 
from the continual falling and breaking of the Moun- 
tains, that they dared not come a-flioare. Others went ' 
to the place called KingHown (or by others KiScown) 
where, from the firft clearing of the Ground, and from 
bad Accommodations, then Hutts built with Boughs,and 
not fufEcient to keep out Rain, which in great and an 
unufual manner followed the Earthquake, lying wet , 
and wanting Medicines, and all Conveniencies, kSc, they 
dyed miferably in heaps. Indeed there was a general 
Sicknefs (fuppofed to proceed from the hurtful Vapours 
belch'd from the many openings of the Earth ) all over 
the Ifland, fo general, that few efcaped being fick ; and 
'tis thought it fwept away in all Parts of the Ifland 3000 
Souls ; the greateft part from Kingdom only, yet an un- 
healthy Place. Befides, the great quantities of dead Peo- 
ple floating from one fide of the Harbour to the other, 
as the Sea and Land-breezes blew them, fometimes loo 
or xoo in a heap, may be thouglit to add fomething to 
the Unhealthfiilg^s of this Place. 
I have now given you the beft Account I can of the 
Earthquake, which 1 was forced to pick up from feve- 
ral People, wherein, neverthelefs, I have been as cau- 
tious, that I believe I have not wrote any thing but 
what is real and true. 
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