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with a Noife fomewhat different from that of the 
former Shock this Day Month, wh ch feem’d to be 
occafion’d by fome great Weigh' falling upon the 
floor above me; whereas the Noife of this latter 
appear’d to me caus’d only by the tremulous Motion 
of the whole Room and the '.joining ones, the 
Walls, Wainfcot, Furniture, &c. 
When I came down to my Study on the firft 
Floor, I found a Book thrown down from an upper 
Shelf. 
My Family were awaken’d by the Shock. The 
Air was at that time, and for fome Hours after, ex- 
tremely calm, and the Wind wefkrly. 
This Account was drawn up immediately before 
I had fecn any other Perfon, except my own Family. 
I have been fince told by a Gentleman, who re« 
fided many Years in the JVejl Indies , that this laid 
Shock was more violent than any he had felt there, 
except one at Carthagena, in which a City, about 
200 Leagues diftant from thence, was fwallow’d up 
at that Inftant. 
Another Gentleman deferib’d to me the Senfa- 
tion, upon being awaken’d by the Motion, to be 
like that of falling into a Fit. 
Tho. Birch. 
N h 
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