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V. 
Uoa Rev. Henry Miles D. D. F. R S. to 
Mr. H. Baker F. R. S. on the fame. 
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‘Dear S'r , . 
Read Feb. 15 .r g ' H O’ I have not Time to anfwer 
1749-^0. your valuable Letter at. prGe£t, 
permit me to return you my finccrc Thanks lor it, 
and at the lame time to give- you the bed Anfwer 
I can to that Parc of it which does more immedi- 
ately require it. 
I find, upon Inquiry, that the Earthquake on 
Fhurfday laft was felt in a Gentleman’s Houfe in this 
Place, pretry fenftbly, in two Chambers, and in an- 
other over one of them, bv a Tremor of the Wain- 
fcot and Utenfils, and a fmall Shock fucceedingj 
but was not perceiv’d at the other End of the Houfe, 
in a Room on the fame Story with the Chambers. 
I fhould have thought, when it was felt fo near us, 
as about i yo Yards, our Houfe, which I look upon 
as very fufcpptjble of Imprellions, fo as to be fhaken 
by the Winds; would have been affected : £>ut if 
it had, ’tis hardly pcllible but fomc of the Family: 
mud have perceiv’d it, confidering the Parts they 
were in, and their being chiefly in a fitting Pofture. 
1 conclude therefore it could not be very conftdcra- 
ble here. I have endeavour’d to learn whether it 
extended any further to the South of us v but can- 
not yet find it did. 
The Wind has been chiefly S. and S. W. for fome 
Months pafl, much longer than is ufual at any Time 
of the Year 5 and yet we have h$d but a fmall 
Quantity 
