INDEX. 
Earthquake, method of finding the place of the origin of 
any particular one — — Page 625 
, inquiry into the fituation of the caufe which 
gave rife to that of November 1, 1755 — 626 
. , concerning the depth at which the caufe lies 
that occafions any particular one — — 631 
, a burning ifland raifed out of the fea by one 
near Tercera, one of the Azores — — 577 
, iQands raifed out of the fea thereby, near 
Santerini, in the Archipelago, and at Manilla, one of 
the Philipine iflands — . 57 s > 579 
, Latacunga, Ambato, and Riombambo, 
towns in South America, deftroyed by one in 1698 
620 
, effeCts of that of November 1, 1755, on 
the larged mountains in Portugal — — 622 
, account of that which deftroyed Port Royal 
in Jamaica, in 1692 623 
Earthquakes, account of thofe in Syria in 1759 — 529 
, conjectures concerning the caufe, and ob- 
fervations upon the phenomena of them 566 
, caufed by fubterraneous fires — 569 
, the fame place fubjeCl to returns of them 
ibid. 
places in the neighbourhood of burning 
mountains fubjeft to frequent returns of them 571 
, motion of the earth during them partly tre- 
mulous, and partly propagated by waves — ibid. 
generally come to one and the fame place, 
from the fame point of the compafs • 573 
, their frequency in the neighbourhood of 
burning mountains a ftrong argument of their proceed- 
ing from a fimilar caufe 7 5^9 
# why they obferve a fort of periodical return 
614 
, the moft extenfive ones frequently take 
their rife from the fea 6 1 5 
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