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XXVI. 
"Ext raft of a Letter from Portfmouth; com- 
municated by Daniel Wray Efq\ F. R. R 
concernmg the fame . 
March 19, 1749.’ 
Read March Z2 -'\7"E ST E RDAY, about a Quarter be- 
1 749- f ore Six in the Evening, a flight 
Shock of an Earthquake was felt here. I don't find 
it was genera], as many People felt nothing of it. 
It was felt fenfibly at Mr. Carters and Mr. Taylors j 
lo that it is fomething more than Fancy. 
C P, S. Since writing the above, I am told the Shock 
was very violently felt in the IJle of Wight 
Yefterday. 
XXVII. 
7 he Rev. Wm. Cooper D.D. Dean ofD ur- 
ham, to the President, of the Earthquake 
on March 8. and of the luminous Arch, 
February 16. 1749. 
g J Grojvenor's- Street, March 2251749; 
Read March 29 .^f IT THILST I was in the Country, I 
1 749- yy made as much Inquiry into the 
Progrefs and Extent of the Earthquake Northward 
as 1 was able j but could colled very little worth 
your Notice. 
It was felt very fenfibly at Northaw , and at Gub- 
bins , the Seat of Sir feremy Sambrooke in that 
Neighbourhood, whofe Houfe was fhaken very 
much. 
