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I was then at my own Houfe at Reaumur, and fitting 
in a Clofct on the Ground-Floor, where 1 had only 
t notice of it by a Noife like to the Rattling of a 
Coach over a rough uneven Pavement, which feem’d 
to grow ftronger, as at different Fits, for about a 
Minute and a half. I went out of my Clofct to in- 
quire what others might have felt, as I had not been 
at ail fhocked myfelf, in other Parts of the Houfe ; 
and I met with home Ladies juft come in a Fright 
from the Apartments up one Pair of Stairs 5 and a 
learned Father of the Oratoire that was with me, 
and was juft then run down, upon its fhaking, from 
a Turret, on the Top of the Houfe, the Motion of 
which had very much furprifed him. 
In the Village fevcral People alfo felt the Shake; 
but others, that happened to be employed, were 
not fenfible of it. I was informed, that, in fome 
other Villages and Country-Towns, it was more 
confiderable than where I was ; but I did not hear 
that it did any-where any Mifchief worth {peak- 
ing of. • 
XLII. 
Sthe Rev . Mr. Wm. Barlow to the Prefident, 
concerning a Shock of a?i Earthquake felt 
at Plymouth, about One 0 Clock in the 
Morning , between the %th and nth of Feb, 
I749-5 0 - 
SIR, 
I T is proper to obferve, that the follow- 
ing Relations are not made by mean, 
ignorant, or fanciful People, but by Perfons of good 
2 Scnfe, 
Read May 24 
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