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menfuration) ; and there were two of thefe great 
wavings, fucceeded by one, which was fmaller. This 
fort of motion, after having continued, as has been 
conjectured, about a minute, abated a little ; fo that 
I, who was juft then waked, and, I fuppofe, moft 
others, imagined, that the height of the fhock was 
paft. But inftantly, without a moment’s intermif- 
lion, the fhock came on with redoubled noife and 
violence ; though the fpecies of it was altered to a 
tremor, or quick horizontal vibratory motion, with 
fudden jerks and wrenches. The bed, on which I 
lay, was now tofled from fide to fide ; the whole 
houfe was prodigioufly agitated ; the windows rattled, 
the beams cracked, as if all would prefently be 
fhaken to pieces. When this had continued about 2', 
it began to abate, and gradually kept decreafing, as if 
it would be foon over : however, before it had quite 
ceafed, there was a little revival of the trembling 
and noife, though no- ways comparable to what had 
been before : but this prefently decreafed, till all, 
by degrees, became ftill and quiet. Thus ended 
this great fhock. It was followed by another about 
an hour and a quarter after, viz. at 5^ 29'. This, 
though comparatively fmall, was very generally per- 
ceived, both as to its noife and trembling, by thofe 
who were awake. On the Saturday evening follow- 
ing, viz. the 22d of November, at 2 7 after eight, 
there was a third, more confiderable than the fecond, 
but not to be compared with the firft. And on Fri- 
day the 19th of December in the evening, exadly 
at ten o’ clock, there was a fourth fhock, much 
fmaller than either of the former, though, like them, 
preceded by the peculiar noife of an earthquake. 
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