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amazed and terrified the Inhabitants from one End 
of the Country to the other. The firfl Thing I ihall 
begin with is to give a fliort Account of the Weather 
or Seafon preceding the Earthquake : Our Winter 
in January and February was very moderate, and 
excepting a few cold Days, the Weather was plea- 
fant, and no great Froft in the Ground. In the be- 
ginning of March we had a great deal of Snow, and 
lome cold Weather, which foon went over ; and 
on the nth Day, 15* Minutes after Four o’Clock, 
the Sun was eciipfed about five Digits, as near as I 
could make it without an Inftrument • after which 
to the End of the Month we had pleafant Weather, 
Rain at times, and once we had Thunder and Light- 
ning. April for the moft part had fair pleafant 
Spring Weather, and a plentiful Rain in the begin- 
ning and latter end of the Month. The Beginning 
of May was alfo pleafant Weather ; the 9th, 10th, 
and 13 th a great deal of Rain : The 1 8th a white 
Frofl : 24th and 25th cold Weather ; from thence 
to the End of the Month very dry. The Beginning 
of June the fame ; abundance of Thunder, and 
Lightning at times during the whole Month. In 
July alfo, though we had fome Show ers in different 
Places, yet in general it was a very dry Seafon, and 
a great deal of Thunder and Lightning alfo this 
Month ; the three laft Days of it fo violent hot, 
that there was no working or travelling by Day, or 
Beeping by Night : The Beginning of Augujl was 
alfo exceeding hot, and in particular the firfl Day at 
Night from the Evening to Midnight we had a con- 
tinued Corufcation or Lightning all round the Hori- 
zon ; the like fcarce ever remember’d : it was truly 
I terrible. 
