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cock, as they rufhed off, made fo much the louder 
expanfivc Explofion. 
XXXV. 
The PrefidentV Report of the Account given 
him by Tho. Burrat, of Kenfington, con- 
cerning the Earthquake on March 8. laft 
faft. 
Read April 26. 
1750. 
O 
N Tuefday the 24th of this pre- 
fers April 1750. Mr. Thomas 
Burrat , of Kenjington , a Husbandman, and Bailiff 
to the Right Honourable Henry Fox Efq; of Hol- 
land Houfe , gave me the following Account : 
That, being early about his Bulinefs in the Grounds 
about a Quarter of a Mile from the faid Houfe, on 
Thurfddy the 8th Day of March lad, as he was go- 
ing to tell his Sheep (which he does every Morn- 
ing, and which were then lying down on a dry 
Hoping Piece of Ground), he heard, as he thoughr, 
about a Quarter after Five a Clock, a Noife, much 
like Thunder at a Diftance ; which coming, to his 
Apprehenfion, from the Nohh-Weft, continued fome 
fmall time, growing louder as it came nearer him, 
and gave a Crack (fo he exprcfTed himfelf) over his 
Head ; and then went off in the fame manner it 
came on towards the South-Eaft. 
He faid, that the Sky was, to his thinking, quite 
clear, and without any Cloud ; and that he faw 
neither Lightning, nor any Appearance of Fire 5 but 
that, immediately after the Crack, he found the 
S f f f Ground 
