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companied with a finall Shower of Rain, which caus’d 
a great Duft to fall on our Deck ; with the faid Breeze 
we Hood away for Tercera. The Governor inform’d 
us that the Fire broke out the xoth of Nov. 1710. in 
the Night, and that the prodigious Noife it made, caus’d 
an Earthquake, which lhattered down many Houles 
in the Town of Angra^ and Places adjacent, to the 
great Terror of the Inhabitants. We took leveral 
Draughts of the Ifland at feveral Bearings in our failing 
round, of which the inclofed is a Copy. Prodi- 
gious Qiiantities of Pumice* Stones and half-broil’d 
Fifli were found floating on the Sea, for many Leagues 
round the Ifland, and abundance of Sea-Birds hover- 
ing about it. So far the Captain. 
An Acquaintance of mine informed me, that in his 
PafTagefrom Cadiz to London (the latter end oi April 
was IX Months) he obferved the Sea from Cape 
r^T,almofl to the Chops of the Channel, to be covered 
with Pumice-Stones, fome of which he gave me. 
IV. A Letter from Mr, RalphThoresby,F. 5. 
to Sir Hans Sloane, !Bart, L^refident of the CoL 
lege of Thyficians^ and Vice-TreJ, (2^ S. concerning 
the EjfeSis of a 'Violent Shower of ^in in York- 
{hire. 
T H E Effedfs of a violent Shower of Rain at Ri- 
ponden, near Halifax^ were fo furprizing, that 
I wrote to a Gentleman in thofe Parts for an Account 
that might be depended upon ; and particularly de- 
fired to know, whether there was not an Eruption of 
T Waters 
