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round. Its mouth is on the eaft fide. The two neigh- 
bouring ponds lie in length from north to fouth, and 
are comparatively very narrow in their breadth, from 
eaft to weft ; which may in fome meafure account 
for the motion of the water in them, if there was 
any, being lefs obfervable : but I have no reafon to 
fuppofe there was any, as Mr. Sly could difcern 
none. Mr. Sly^ immediately on his return home, 
informed his family of this very aftonifbing and un- 
accountable accident, and had not the leaft fufpicion 
at that time of there being any earthquake, either 
here or in any other part of the world. 
LETTER XI. 
From Mr. Richard Philips. Commiinipated by Lewis 
Cruftus, D. D. F. R. S. 
In Berkftiire, near Reading. 
S I R, Strand, Jan. 12, 1756. 
Read Jan. 15, INCE I had the pleafure of feeing 
^ have received letters from 
Reading relating to the earthquake, &e. which was 
felt at two places in that neighbourhood, on the fame 
day, and about the fame time, that the great cata- 
ftrophe happened at Lilbon. 
At my fifter’s requeft, a gentleman of our ac- 
quaintance has been fo obliging to go himfelf to 
Mr. Pauncefort’s, where the eftedls of it were moft re- 
markable, and had the following account from the 
perfon, who felt and faw the whole procefs of this 
phaenomenon. On the firft of November laft, at 
about II o’clock in the morning, as Mr. Pauncefort’s 
gardener. 
