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But, finding that neither they, nor any one elfe, had 
perceived any thing like it, fhe neither faid or 
thought any more of it; fufpe&ing it might be only 
a fudden Guft of Wind, or fome other accidental 
Caufe. 
On reading the Accounts in the public Papers of 
a real Shock of an Earthquake being felt at Portf- 
month , at the Ifle of Wight , and at other Places, 
exa&ly at the fame time, her Father, and the Gen- 
tlewoman who was in the Parlour with him, began 
to doubt whether the young Lady’s Apprehenfion 
was not founded upon fome what more than mere 
Fancy or Imagination; and Mr. Newcome ' s Ac- 
count feems to render it probable that fhe felt a 
real Motion. 
Whether it was, or was nor, I don’t pretend 
to determine; and fliould fcarce have mention’d it, 
if it had not fo exadly coincided with what Mr. 
Newcome has communicated. I have no doubt 
of the Fact above rehear fed ; having been allured of 
it by all the three Perfons before fpoken of, who firft 
mention’d it in an accidental Converfation upon the 
Subject, and afterwards (on being particularly inter- 
rogated) pofitively and exprefly attefted it. I am, 
‘Dear Sir , 
Tour moji humble Servant , 
James Burrow. 
XXXIII. 
