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Hand, and in great Danger of falling down all the 
Stairs. 
At Ten Hours and a half, were heard by many two 
Other Shocks, (with a fmall Intermillion of Time) 
much like the two firfl; ; however, I was not fenfible 
of thefe. One waked me at Eleven and Three 
quarters, and another about an Hour after : Thefe 
were perceived by every body, but were of no Con- 
fequencej and I being between Sleep and Wake, 
could not tell which way the Houfe moved. In the 
Morning the 17th of January, after the laft Shock, 
there fell a little fmall Rain, like Hail, which turned 
to Snow about 14 or 15 Hours, which fell in fuch 
Abundance for an Hour, that the Streets and Tops of 
the Houfes were quite covered } and a little more 
after Mid-day, which continued all the Remainder of 
the Day. On the 1 8th there were no fenfible Shocks 
of the Earthquake, but there were now-and-then 
vifible Undulations of the Ground, though of no 
Confequence. The 19th in the Morning } at Sun- 
rife, there were between the Eaft and South certain 
Clouds very thick, which difperfed as they came 
nearer to the Solar Disk ; but there always remained 
a particular uncommon whitifh Thicknefs in the Air, 
till Sixteen Hours, when it was intirely dilfipatedj 
a fmall Gale rofe from the South, which foon fell 
again, and changed to the Weft; the Sun was lb 
fcorching, that it racked the Head to hay in it. At 
Eighteen Hours and a half, I heard a rumbling Noife, 
which feized me with Horror, and expected an Earth- 
quake was at hand, neither was I deceived, the Houfe 
began to lhake, and continued the Motion Eight to 
Ten Seconds : It came like a Blow, and the Houfe 
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