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lent than the firft. The river Twell’d conficlerably, 
and two fhips, which were at the bar, going out, 
were driven back into the port. 
Extras 0 / L E T T E R XIII. 
From Madrid, to the Spanifli Confute refiding in 
London. Franjlated from the Spanidi. Commu- 
nicated by Mt\ John Ellicot, F. R, S. 
Madrid, Nov. 3, 1755. 
Read Nov. 27 , ^ | ^ H E only motive of my writing 
>755- jg j-Q gjyg yQy accouHt of thc 
terror and aftonifhment, with which we were feized 
at Madrid. On the day of All Saints, in the morn- 
ing about ten o’clock, and fome few minutes more 
(hve by two of my watches), there was very fen- 
libly felt a great earthquake : according to the com- 
mon opinion, it lafted five or fix minutes. Every 
body at firfi; thought, that ‘they were feized with a 
fwimming in their heads ; and, afterwards, that the 
houfes, in which they were, were falling. The fame 
happened in the churches, fo that the people trod 
one another under foot in getting out ^ and thofe, 
who obferved it in the towers, were very much 
•frightened, thinking, that they were tumbling to the 
ground. It was not felt by thofe, who were in their 
coaches, and very little by thofe, who walked on foot. 
No remarkable accident happened, excepting that 
two lads were killed by the falling of fome pieces of 
a crofs, which was over the door of a church be- 
longing to a rnonafiery. Every body is much 
frightened, and there are a great many indifpofed 
