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at Sea is fb difproportionate to what it mud en- 
counter under fo many more Fathoms of Earth, 
that a more violent Return will rather open and 
difcharge itfelf there, than do us any confiderable 
Mifchief at Land. 
XXIX. • 
Extract of a better from Mr. Benj. Ccoke 
F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. 
of a Shock of an Earthquake felt in the Ille 
of Wight, March 19. 1749-50. 
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Ijle of Wight, March 26, 1750. 
Read March 2 9- T") E S I D E S the Shock, which hap- 
1750 D pen’d here about 6 in the Evening 
on the 1 8th Inltant, as has been mention’d in the 
public Prints from many neighbouring Places, there 
was another, which was felt by forne betwixt 3 
and 4 o’ Clock next Morning: But whether this 
latter was as extenfive as the former, I cannot yet 
learn. . ... • Lv 
In the Evening Shock, a Gentleman of my Ac- 
quaintance was fitting alone in his Parlour by the 
Fire with the Doors fhut 5 the Spaniel Dog, which 
lay as it were afleep before him, was fo terrified at 
the unufual Motion, that he ran round the Room 
in the greateft Fright and Confufion, as endeavour- 
ing to find a Way of Efcape. 
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