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XL. 
Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to the Prefident, 
concerning an Earthquake felt at Win- 
bourn in Dorfetfliire, May 4. 1749. and 
of another at Taunton in Somerfetfhire, 
July 1. 174-7. 
SIR, 
Read May 17. $ the two remarkable Shocks of 
\ an Earthquake, lately felt at Lon- 
don, may probably excite a Curiofity of knowing 
what of the fame kind has happen'd in other Parts 
of the Kingdom within thefe few Years, I wrote, 
about a Week ago, to a Sifter of my Wife, who 
lives at W mbourne in Dorfetfhire, defiring her to 
fend me the beft Account fhe could collect, of an 
Earthquake, which, in one of her Letters fome 
Months ago, fhe had mention’d to have felt herfelf 
at that Place, in the Month of May laft Year 5 and 
the Subftance of her Anfwer is as follows : 
She fays, that, on the 4th Day of May 1749. 
about 10 o’ Clock in the Morning, fhe was hand- 
ing; at one of the Windows in her Chamber, her 
Son (a Boy about 9 Years old) was fitting on a 
Bed in the Middle of the Room, and her Sifter 
was in another Chamber two Rooms from her, all 
on the fame Floor j when they heard a fudden 
Blow (fo fhe exprefies it) that feem’d to be very 
near, which fhook the Houfe fo much, that the 
Windows rattled, and the Floor fhook very much. 
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