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which I have feen on Leaves, I have obferved none 
like thefe. When the Leaf is fmallthey are fcarcely 
difcernable, they grow with the Leaf, which is not 
difcolour’d or crumpled by them. I have read 
Rhedis’ s curious Treatife of the Generation of In- 
fers, but found no Account therein of any of their 
Nefls like thefe. 
On ‘fuefday the 5 th of September lad, about Eleven 
in the Morning, an Earthquake was felt in diverfe 
Places in Maryland j the molt particular Account I 
have heard of it was from Mr. Chew, It {hook his 
Houfe for fome time, and flopp’d the Pendulum of his 
Clock ; during its Continuance, a rumbling Noife was 
heard in the Air, and many People who did not feel 
the Shaking, as well as thofe who did, complained of 
a Dizzinefs in their Heads, and Sicknefs at their Sto- 
machs : At the fame time, I have been credibly in- 
formed, it was felt in Penjilvania, and New-Eng - 
land ; but I have not heard whether it extended to 
North or South Carolina. 
Having mentioned the Earthquake above, I {hall 
mention a furprizing Phenomenon that happen’d in 
1 725, fomething of the fame Nature, but with fome 
remarkable Difference, as it was lately fent me by 
Capt. Richard Smith. 
Odtol. 22, 1725-, about Two in the Afternoon, the 
Sky being very ferene and clear, Capt. Smith heard, 
as he then thought, the Noife of a Gun, of a Minion 
Size, about 12 Miles Eaftwardfrom him,whichNoife 
was repeated at leaft 20 times, butat unequal Diftan- 
ces of time, and foon afterwards followed a very loud 
Explofion, as if a Ship had been blown up: Upon En- 
quiry, he was told by feveralPerfons who lived about 
12 Miles 
