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bly owing to the great eruption, which happened to 
the mountain Hecla in Iceland, in October. 1 am, 
&c. 
Edinburgh, ^Feb. 10, Signed R 0 b ert Whytt- 
LXVIII. ExtraEl of a Letter from Monf 
Bonnet, F.R.S. to Mr . Trembley, F.R.S. 
dated at Geneva, 30 January 1756, con- 
cerning the Earthquake on the 1 4 th of 
November, 1755, in Valais in Swiffer- 
land. Fran flated from the French. 
Read Feb. 19, T" ALAI S is thought to have been 
! 75 6 - Y m ore fhaken by the earthquake 
than our city and its neighbourhood. I procured a 
letter to be written to Brigue for a particular account 
of it. The following is an extract of the anfwer of 
a merchant of that town, to whom the letter was ad- 
dreffed. I fhould have been glad to have had fome 
information concerning Brigue itfelf, which is faid to 
have buffered confiderably ; but you will find, that 
this merchant fays not a word of it. I fhall make a 
frefh inquiry. 
Brigue, January 26, 1756. 
rpHE earthquake felt here, happened on the 
14th of November, at three in the afternoon. 
It proceeded from the North, and lafted a minute. 
The earth opened on the mountain ; and the open- 
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