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were fet on fire by night, in feveral places, and by 
Monday morning intireiy confumed, with the rich 
furniture of convents, nunneries, and nobility’s houfes, 
and all the merchants and tradefmen’s goods, be- 
fides jewels, gold, plate, and coined money. There 
have been a great many fhakes by nights and days : 
even on the 8th of December was felt a ftrong one ; 
it was much more violent in fome places than others. 
The ground was opened ; in fome places you might 
put your hand down broad-ways, and not feel the bot- 
tom with a long flick. A fea port, called St. Ubal’s, 
was intireiy fwallowed up, people and all. It is 
thought Lifbon would have fhared the fame fate, 
had it fronted the fea. The greatefl factory belong- 
ing to Great Britain was ruined in 24 hours j the 
merchants, who ufed to vie with our principal gentry 
in houfe-keeping, equipage, and drefs,, are fo re- 
duced, that ten or twelve live in a fmall houfe, others 
Xeek for lodgings, or make what fhift they can, while 
a great many are gone to their own countries. 
LETTER VI. 
Obfervatiom^ made at Colares on the Earthquake 
at Lifbon, of the iji of November lyf y, by Mr^ 
Stoqueler, Conful of Hamburg. Communicated by 
Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.. 
Read Feb. 5, / *|'"A H E 31ft of Odlober the weather 
was clear, and uncommonly warm 
for the feafon j the wind north, from which quarter, 
* It is about twenty miles from Lifbon, and lies behind the 
i-cck, about two miles from the fca> 
2 . about 
