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little of pure and more quiet Air that you enjoy, 
and obfervcd no further confiderable Motion of the 
Earth ; there remained, however, a continual Undu- 
lation, fometimes more, fometimes lefs 5 but mult 
own, that from Twenty- two Hours of the 27th of 
''January to Thirteen Hours One- half of the next 
Day, I could not perceive any thing, becaufe I retired, 
and went to lie on board a Ship. 
We may obferve here, that dome Earthquakes hap- 
pen in cloudy, fome in ferene, fome in ftill, and 
others in quite dor my Weather. The 16 th of Ja- 
nuary at Night, was Snow and Clouds, as above- 
noted, with a very fmall South Wind from Midnight 
to Break of Day 5 the Fogginefs turned into Clouds, 
which afterwards became Sleet and Snow. On the 
19th in the Morning, was a bright Sun, but a gentle 
Breeze j about Twenty-three Hours it was cloudy, 
which at lad covered all the Sky, continuing cloudy 
all that Day and the next Night, when at Five Hours 
Twenty-five Minutes followed the above-mentioned 
Earthquake 5 and in the Morning about Thirteen 
Hours, there fell a fmall Sleet and a Wederly Wind. 
Before the Earthquake on the 19th, the Waters 
dwelled, and then fell again 5 foon after they dwelled 
half a Yard higher than they ever were ufed to do. 
I was told by many, that the fame Night and the 
following, there was a drong Smell of Sulphur in 
the Streets 5 but my Cold prevented its being perceived 
by me. This Smell was likewife found in the Water 
of fome Wells. The Sea was feen in fundry Situa- 
tions, now high, and then prefently very low again ; 
fometimes drongly agitated, and at others on a hidden 
calm. On Sunday the 20th of January -> a fmall 
Sleet 
