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the motion Teemed always to be propagated from the 
South to the North. It is fad, that all the books in 
our library, tho* of a fquare form, were all thrown 
down from the Tooth towards the north. I obferved 
the fame in the chafms of the ground, which were 
near parallel with the meridian. I often remarked 
Jikewife, that the Rhone grew turbid a little before 
the earthquakes ; and I frequently took notice in the 
evening after fun fet very long clouds ft retched out 
like a ftrait line, without any breadth, and extended 
from the South to the North. The earth, in Tome 
places, was broken into fifth res, but not large ones. 
On the 1 6th and 17th of January all was quiet. 
On the 1 8th, at twelve at night, there was a mode- 
% rate ihock, but of a fiiort continuance. On the 19th, 
at three quarters after twelve, there was another mo- 
derate ftiock. The 20th was undifturbed. On the 
2 1 ft, at eleven in the morning, and the 2 2d, a little 
before eleven at night, the earth was lhaken fo vio- 
lently, that every body confefted, that this fhock was 
very near equal to that of the .9th of December ; but 
the damage done was fmall. This was fjon followed 
by another, but more gentle. On the 23d, in the 
morning, were two more fhocks, the firft ftronger 
than the fecond. On the 24th fome fighter ones: 
on the 25th more frequent ones, but without much 
ncife : the twenty ftxth was as the day preceding, as 
likewife the 27th, except that fome ftonesfell down 
here and there. And from that time the motions 
have grown weaker and lefs frequent, and even none 
for one or two days. On the 6th of February, at 
fix in the morning, there was a very great ftiock ; 
and from that day to the 1 3th every day a continual 
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