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began to tremble in fuch a manner that we all ftarted. 
I ran down- flairs, and, when I came into the flreet, 
I faw all the world running out of their houfes, and 
crying out, An earthquake. I made for the water, and 
in my way I thought the lafl day was come, by the 
the cries of the people, and the hurly-burly about 
the church door, where many had like- to be loft, 
endeavouring to get out : it lafted for about fix 
minutes, and in a quarter of an hour after, we had 
a fecond, and in about an hour a third. Thefe two 
laft were nothing equal to the firft, and the water 
rofe and fell about four feet every minute for a con- 
liderable time, but now runs its natural courfe, and 
we begin to be ourfelves again. Several chimnies fell, 
and fome towers, and a great many walls cracked in 
the city, but at a league diftance feveral houfes fell, 
and we fear we ftiall hear of a good deal more damage 
from the country. This moment we have had an- 
other Ihock, and it is now fix in the evening. 
Extract ^LETTER XII. 
From Monf. MuyfTon to Monf". Bazin, concerning the 
Earthquake at Oporto, Nov. i, lyfy. Co?7imiini- 
cated by M. Maty, M. D. F.R. S. Franjlated 
from the French. 
Read Nov. 27, 
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Oporto, Nov. 2, 1755. 
Efterday at nine in the morning we 
felt here a terrible earthquake, 
which continued near fix minutes, and, as you may 
imagine, threw us all into a great confternation. 
Two other fliocks were felt afterwards, but lefs vio- 
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