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i;mit toward the S. W. was Chefopeak-bay in Mary- 
land, the fhock having been felt on the eaftern fide 
of that bay, and not on the weftern. For the other 
limit toward the N.E. we are informed, that the 
earthquake was felt at Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, 
though in a much lefs degree than with us. It fhook 
off a few bricks from the tops of fome chimnies, but 
was not perceived by vHfels on the water. And a 
letter from Halifax fays, ‘ The earthquake, which 
* happened in the W. extended itfelf to this place, 
* tho’ fcarcely perceivable here.’ But it was not at all 
felt by our army, which lay encamped at Seganedto, 
about too miles N. from Halifax. Thus Halifax 
feems to have been very near the N.E. limit. I am 
not able to afeertain its eaftern and weftern limits j, 
but it extended to all our back inland fettlements ; 
and was perceived, though in a very fmall degree, by 
our army at Lake George, diftant from hence about 
130 miles N. W. by W. But it was not felt at all 
at the Britifh fort of Ofwego, fituate on the fouth- 
eaftern fhore of Lake Ontario, and diftant from hence 
about 2yo miles W. by N. So great was the fhock 
in the Atlantic, 70 leagues to the E. of Cape Anne, 
that the people on board a veffel there were fuddenly 
furprifed, juft at the time of our earthquake, fup- 
pofing they had run a-ground ; till, on throwing over 
the lead, they found they had more than jo fathom 
water. The extent of the earthquake E. and W. 
from Halifax to Lake George was about f yo miles ; 
and its extent along the fea-coaft, from N.E. to S.W. 
at leaft 800 miles. But if the agitation of the water 
at St. Martin’s was occafioned by our earthquake 
continued into the Atlantic, as was conjedured 
above. 
