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Bur I foon found my miftake, and that this Fire pro- 
ceeded oily from thefe Stones fulphur’d over 5 for the 
Sulphur, with which they were crufted over, being 
confumed, they were all extinguifh’d in half a quarter 
of an Hours time, except fome tew which remained alight 
above half an Hour. One Day, when the Leffer iCi#/- 
meni was all on Fire, after one of thefe furious Claps, 
and <he Air was fo too, thro’ the frequent Flafhes of 
Fire that appeared in the Clouds, we faw, by a furpri- 
zing Accident, three Flafhes come out of the places 
where the Fire was, which one could not diftinguilh 
from real Lightning, but that they we*e formed lower, 
and were at the two Ends of the Ifland. By the vio- 
lence of one of thefe Claps, part of the top of the New 
Illand was carried off into the Sea, and feveral Stones 
were thrown to above two Miles diftance : And, as if 
the Mine had been exhaufted by this great Clap, three 
or four Days paffed without any Noife, and almoft 
without any Fire or Smoak. They thought then, that 
they (hould have fcen an end of it : But the Eire 
kindled again, and the Ifland became more terrible than 
before. I was then at a Village 6 Miles difbnr 3 where 
we heard fo diftin&ly (notwithftandmg it lay under a 
Mountain) the Blaft of the Min«^ that the Inhabitants 
were fo frighted at fuch an extraordinary Clap, that I 
was forced to put ’em in heart, and they run immedi- 
ately to Church to fay their Prayers, and recommend 
themfelves to God. At my return to the Caftle of 
Scaro , I found the People much more alarmed than they 
were in the Village 5 and was informed immediately, 
thit the Caftle had fuffered fo violent a Shake, that 
the Doors of the Houles, and the Windows that were 
(hut, were opened by the force and violence of the 
Cla p. 
February the 10th 1708. at half aa Hour after Eight 
of the Clock in the Morning, there was another Earth- 
quake 
