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at night there was another great flaock; but that was, 
foon over, and there were feveral inferior ones before, 
and the next day likewife ; but all laft night, thank 
God, every thing was very quiet. What frighted 
people likewife very much, was the river, which rofe 
and fell furprilingly every quarter of an hour, for 
upwards of four hours at lead, four or five feet, and 
fometimes more; and fome faw the river in fome 
places open, and throw out a vafi: deal of wind, 
which was very terrifying, as nobody could tell what 
would be the end of it. In fhort, for my part, I 
niufl confefs, I never was fo much frightened in my 
life ; and the defcription I have given you of it, I 
can affure you, is not near fo fhocking as the thing 
really was itfelf ; and I pray God we may never have 
fuch another. 
LETTER IX. 
ExtraB of Bwo Letters to Mr. Plummer, Mer- 
chant in London, from Oporto, concerning the 
Earthquake felt. there. Communicated by Mr. John 
Ellicot, F. R. S. 
Novem. i, 1755. 
Read Nov. 27,/ | A HIS morning, betwixt nine and 
*^55- ten o’clock, this city was alarmed 
with the terrible fiiock of an earthquake, which 
laded violently the fpace of five or fix minutes, but 
has done no further damage than the overturning 
fome pededals from the tops of fome churches, andr 
cleaving the walls of fome old houfes. While it 
laded, the city was all in condernation, and the diock 
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