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LXVII. An Account cf the "Earthquake felt 
at Glafgow and Dumbarton ; aifo of a 
Shower of Dujl falling on a Ship between 
Shetland and Iceland ; in a Letter from 
Dr. RobertWhytt, Profeffor of Medicine in 
the Univerfty of Edinburgh , to John 
Pringle, M. D. F. R. S, 
. \ 
Read Feb. 1 9, A | 'HE earthquake at Glafgow and 
i ? 5 6 . Greenock happened in the night 
between the 30th and 3 id of December, nearly at 
the fame time. It was felt at Glafgow, as I am in- 
formed, by almod every perfon that was awake, and 
out of bed, and aifo by fome in bed, who were not 
fad: afleep. There were, according to mod accounts, 
three fuccedive (hocks, or tilings as it were of the 
earth. It was felt not only at Glafgow and Greenock, 
but aifo at many other places in the neighbouring 
country ; particularly at Dunbarton ; as you will fee 
by the copy of a letter I fend you inclofed, which 
gives a more particular account of the earthquake 
there than I have been able to procure from Glaf- 
gow. 
SIR, Dunb. Jan. 17, 1 756. 
I N anfwer to yours relating to the earthquake felt 
here, there happened but one diock, and that 
very moderate, on the 3 id cf December, before one 
o’clock in the morning. The agitation was very fen- 
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