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LXXVI. ExtraEl of a Letter to the Rev . 
Dr. Hales, F. R- S. from Governor Bel- 
cher \r Lady', dated Elizabeth town, New- 
Jerfey, Od. 22, 1755; concerning an 
extraordinary Motion in the Waters in 
the Lake Ontario in North- America. 
Read Feb. 1 9, If Take this opportunity to acquaint you 
‘/S 6 - with a ftrange phenomenon of the 
lake Ontario, where general Shirley has polled him- 
felf with two thoufand men, at fort Ofwego. A 
perfon lately come from the camp reports, that 
about |a fortnight fince, that lake role and fell five 
feet and half, three feveral times, in the fpace of 
half an hour. 1 wilh I could fend you a more par- 
ticular account of it. 
LXXVI I. An ExtraEl of a Letter from Monf, 
Groveftins,« Mafter of the Horfe to his 
R. H. the Prince of Orange, Lieutenant- 
General, Commandant of the Forces , co?i- 
cerning cm Earthquake felt by himfelf at 
the Hague, on Wednefday the ih 'th of 
Feb. 175b. Tfanfated from the French, 
and commwiicated by the Rev . William 
Parker, D. D. F. R. S. 
Read Mar. 4, N Wednefday morning, twelve mi- 
V^/ nutes after eight, we had a fhock 
of an earthquake. I was then reading : my chair 
. received 
