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S y l l o g e of fome circumftances relating to the earthquake felt 
in the vveftern parts of Europe, and elfewhere, on the 31ft of 
March 1761. 
Place. 
Time of be- 
ginning. 
O tD 
Duration. 
W eather 
and wind. 
Degrees of violence, and 
variety of circumftances. 
L i) Mount’s- 
aay in Corn- 
wall. 
About five 
P. M. 
About one 
hour. 
Unufual 
calms and 
funfhine for 
five days be- 
fore ; that 
day cloudy 
and wmdy. 
The fea rofe fix feet, ad- 
vanced five times, and re- 
treated five times. 
’2) Scilly 
Hands. 
About five 
P. M. 
More than 
two hours. 
Sea rofe four feet. 
3) Fort 
^.uguftus, 
Scotland. 
By the firff 
account, 
about two 
P. M. 2d ac- 
count be- 
twixt twelve 
and one 
P. M. 
Three quar- 
ters of an 
hour. 
Half hour. 
That day, 
and feveral 
before it, re- 
markably 
fine. A per- 
fe£t calm for 
feveral hours 
before and 
after. 
By the firft account, the 
waters rofe two feet. By 
the fecond, the waters 
rofe thirty inches, and in 
the middle of the loch, 
fwelled like a mountain, 
with an uncommon hol- 
low found ; the King’s, 
galley broke from her 
moorings ; fifhing- boats 
caft far up upon the dry 
land. 
4) Cork, 
r el and. 
Quarter pafl 
noon. 
One minute. 
Allowed to be more vio- 
lent than that of Novem- 
ber 17 55- The earth- 
quake felt by land only, 
between the gates of the 
city, undulating from eaft 
to weft, and vice verfa. 
Place. 
