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Apply this Reafoning to the Earthquake of Ajia 
minor ; and this vigorous Principle mu ft lie at kaft 
200 Miles deep in the Ground. Enough to ftiew 
the Abfurdi;y of it. A Cone of 300 Miles Diame- 
ter at Bafe, and 200 Miles Axis; 1 dare be bold to 
fay, that all the Gunpowder made fince its Inven- 
tion, put together, would not be able to move ir. 
How much Ids would pent-up Vapours ? 
And, could it be admitted as a thing poflible, 
will any one be perfuaded, that fuch a fubterrane- 
ous Tumult, of fo vaft an Extent, will be no-ways 
injurious to the internal Syftem of Springs and Fonn- 
tains? We may as well imagine, that we may ftab 
a Man 100 times, and never touch a Vein or Artery. 
In an Age when Ele&ricity has been fo much 
our Entertainment, and our Amazement j when we 
are become fo well acquainted with its ftupendous 
Powers and Properties, its Velocity, and inftanta- 
neous Operation, thro’ any given Diftances; when 
we fee, upon a Touch, or an Approach, between 
an Eleftric and a Non-elc&ric, what a wonderful 
Vibration is produced, what a Snap it gives, how a 
lambent Flame breaks forth, how violent a Shock; 
is it to be wonder'd at, that hither we turn our 
Thoughts, for a Solution of the prodigious Appear- 
ance of an Earthquake? 
Ic is every body’s Obfervation, that there never 
was a Winter like the paft, for Warmth and Dri- 
nefs, Thunder and Lightning very uncommon then ; 
for Corufcations in the Air, juftiy thought to be 
ele&rical; efpecially for that call’d Aurora aujiralis ; 
the Wind continually South and South- weft, and 
that without Rain, which is unufual. This State 
of 
