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the year 1751, thought this fhock to referable the 
fecond, both in degree and duration (1). 
At Marazion, the next market-town eaft of Pen- 
zance, the houfes of feveral perfons fhook to that 
degree, that people ran out into the ftreet, left the 
houfes fhould fall upon them. 
In the borough of St. Ives, on the north fea, fix 
miles north of Penzance, the fhock was fo violent, 
that a gentleman, who had been at Lifbon during 
feveral fhocks, faid, that this exceeded all he had 
met with, except that on the 1 ft of November 1 755, 
fo fatal to that city. 
At Tehidy, the feat of Francis Bafiet, Efq; the 
rooms fhook, and the grounds without doors were 
obferved to move. The fhock was felt fenfibly at 
Redruth, St. Columb, Bodman, &c. along to Ca- 
melford, which is about 90 miles from the ifle of 
Scilly. From Marazion eaftward it was felt at feve- 
ral places in like manner, as far as Loftwythyel ; but 
at Lifkerd, about ten miles eaft of Loftwythyel, it 
was but faintly perceived, and that by a few perfons. 
It was ftill lefs feniible at Loo and Plymouth, 
“ fcarcely fufficient to excite curiofity or fear” (2). 
The times of its duration were various. At ICe- 
neggy we thought the noife could not have lafted 
above fix feconds ; at Trevailer, not two miles di- 
ftant to die weft, it was thought to have lafted near 
half a minute ; in the parifli of Gwynier half a mi- 
nute ; at Ludgvan, three miles eaft of Penzance, 
the noife was rather longer than half a minute ; but 
(1) Letter from William Veale, Efq; 
(2) Letter from John Trehawk, Efq; 
the 
