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Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at 
Southampton to Jofiah Colebrooke, Apo- 
thecary , F. R. S, of the Shocks felt in thofe 
Parts j March 18 and ig. 1749-50. 
March 19. 1740. 
Read March 29 TT T£ have had nothing of an Earth- 
VV quake in thefe Parts till laft 
Sunday Evening, when they had it all over the 
Jfle of Wight. My Son wrote me the following 
Account of it, which is dated at Newport, on Mon- 
day the 19th: 
“ Laft Night, juft at 6 o’ Clock, as my Aunt 
“ and I were fitting together, we felt an Earth- 
quake, and a terrible one I think. At firft we 
<e heard a fmal -1 Noife, which we fuppofed was a 
“ Chariot j and, as the Noife grew louder, the 
“ Houfe began to fhake; till at laft the Noife grew 
<f fo loud, and the Houfe fhook fo much, that we 
“ expected it would fall down. I believe it con- 
“ tinued near a Minute 5 and it was a great Mercy 
“ we were not all confirmed. I confefs I was 
“ dreadfully frighten’d. W e had nothing fell down 
<c from the Shelves in our Houfe ; but both our 
“ Neighbours had Things thrown down from their 
“ Shelves. I heard a Man fay there was another 
u Shock this Morning between Three and Four of 
“ the Clock, but we felt nothing of that. I bc- 
“ lieve it was felt all over the Ifland ; for here is 
“ a Man in Town who felt it at St, Helens, .” 
Ycfterday 
