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If I fhould defcribe them with a thoufand inftances 
and relations, and make mention of fo many parti- 
culars, hill there would not be a part in ten that 
I could bring within the compafs of writing. But 
thefe few particulars I fend for your excellency’s in- 
formation. 
XL. An Account of an "Earthquake in the 
Eaft Indies, of two Eclipfes of the Sun and 
Moon, ohferved at Calcutta: In a Letter 
to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D . D. 
Secret. R. S. from the Reverend William 
Hirft, M. A. F. R. S. 
To the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary t» 
the Royal Society. 
Reverend Sir, Calcutta, Nov. 3d 1762. 
Read Nov. 17, rpO theinclofed accounts of the tranfit 
j 7 6 3- I 0 f Venus, I have fubjoined others 
of an extraordinary earthquake felt in this part of the 
world, which, I flatter myfelf, will not be unaccepta- 
ble to the Royal Society. This earthquake happen- 
ed the fecond day of April laft, was very violent in 
the kingdoms of Bengal, Aracan, and I egu, but 
particularly at the metropolis of Aracan, where, ac- 
cording to the accounts of an Englifh merchant re- 
ading there, the effects have been as fatal as at Lit- 
