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XXI. 
An Account from James Barrow Efq;F.R.S. of 
what Mr . Boyfield told him concerning the 
late Earthquake . 
Friday, March 16, 1749. 
-Read March 22 -l\ /IfR. Jofiah Eo} field, of Gravel- 
I/49 ’ XyX Eane, near St. George’s, fields, 
Southwark , told me, that at the Time of the Earth- 
quake, on Thurfday Morning the 8th inftant, he 
was not far from his Canal, and that it was a clear 
ftill Morning; the Air (as he expreifed it) as dear 
as a Bell, with not a Breath of Wind ftirring. As 
clear as a Bell, except that fmali Hazihefs which 
there almoft always is in the Morning-Air. 
He heard, he faid, a great Noife like Thunder; 
which he at firft took to be the Report of Ship- 
Guns; and immediately after the Ground fhook and 
trembled under him, and he heard his Men fay. 
Look at the Fijh. The Sound came from the South- 
Eaft, and moved to the Weft or North-Weft, over 
Wefiminfier : It went off rattling like ten thoufand 
Cannon ; and he thought that lEeftminfter- Abbey , 
and all that Part of the Town was coming down. 
The Sound preceded the Motion, and was ended 
before the Motion cealed. 
He went, he fays, nearer to the Canal, and faw 
the Water much difturbed ; but he did not himfelf 
actually fee the Fifh leap out of the Water : How- 
ever, fome of his Men, whofe Account he can de- 
pend upon,faw feveral Roach leap up, and law the_F'ifh 
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