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T HE weekly papers are filled with all the remark- 
able events, which happen in all the known and 
inhabited parts of our globe, altho’ they are neither 
extraordinary nor uncommon, either with regard to 
the productions and effects of nature, or the places 
where they happen. Thefe laudable endeavouis to 
impart whatever may be unknown, or but little known 
as yet, to the generality of the world, are ufeful 
helps towards getting an infight into the various works 
of nature, and the promoting of arts and fciencc in 
general, as they put ingenious and learned men, 
and lovers of fciences, upon fearching into the caufes 
and effects of natural events : in order to improve 
fuch as may prove beneficial to mankind, and like- 
wife to find out the means of preventing or removing 
fuch as may be hurtful : And fhould thofe commu- 
nications be productive of neither of thefe advantages, 
they would at lead; ferve to make us more acquainted 
with the countries and places where thofe things 
happen. Hitherto it does not appear that any thing 
of this kind has been publifhed relating to Siberia, 
a vaft and rich traCt, abounding in all kinds of na- 
tural productions, and well worthy the notice of the 
learned and curious. But this fcarcity of news front 
Siberia feems to be rather owing to the inattention of 
the inhabitants than the negleCt of the news writers. 
The times of indolence and inattention feem how- 
ever to be now at an end even in Siberia, from whence 
we have the following account of an Earthquake, 
which was felt there on the 28th of November 
laft (old ftile) in the evening, towards the frontier 
lines on the fide of Zengoria. The fhocks were felt 
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