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never hear any more fuch and fo long). I have 
omitted to fet fomedown that werefmall, or fuch as 
I did not hear myfelf : I was very exaft to the Time, 
fo that what Account I have Tent you is mod cer- 
tainly true. 
I thought an exatt Account of fo remarkable a 
Judgment, continued fo long, might be acceptable : 
And although the firft Night was the mod terrible, as 
the Surprize was fudden j yet there never happen'd 
one Shock amongd us, but what occafion’d fome Al- 
teration at that time in every Perfon's Countenance 
and Conditution ; and which way foever any Perfon's 
Face happen'd to be, that way the Noife of the Earth- 
quake appear'd to him : And 1 have frequently, in 
my Converfation with fundry Perfons, been told by 
them, that for a few Minutes before a Shock of it 
came, they could foretel it by an Alteration in their 
Stomachs ; occafion'd (as I fuppofe) by an Alteration 
in the Air : I atted to the Truth of the Thing by my 
own Experience. You’ll pleafe, Reverend Do&or, 
to excufe the Length of it, if not acceptable, from 
Tour moft obedient and 
Humble Servant, 
Matt. Plant. 
"POSTSCRIPT. 
I forgot to tell you, Sir, that (except the firft 
Shock) thefe frequent Repetitions of the Roaring and 
Shocks of the Earthquake were upon Merrimack 
River , and feldom extended above feven or eight 
Miles Diftance from, or 20 or 30 up the faid River; 
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