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fenfible Heaving of the Ground : But, he fays, he is 
credibly informed, that, in one Houle in that County, 
the Mud Floor was cracked not a little in three or 
Four Places. In one Houfe, in the Town of Upping- 
ham, where two Men and a Woman were lining, 
upon the Approach of the Sound (tho’ they had no 
Thought ot an Earthquake), the Men could hardly 
draw their Breath in the Houfe ; but were immediate- 
ly obliged to go out for frefh Air; but the Woman 
felt no Diforder. My Friend adds, that attentive 
Obfervcrs apprehended the Sound to have moved 
from the N. to the S. or from N.W. to S. E. and 
that himfelf had the fame Apprehcnfion ; and that, 
according to his prefent Intelligence, the whole Shock 
was felt in the Counties of Northampton , Leicefier, 
Nottingham, Rutland, and Lincoln , affecting a Trad 
of the County of about 60 Miles in Length, and as 
much in Breadth. I have given you the Account in 
his own Words, with very fmall Variation. 
LVI. 
A Letter from the Rev Mr. John Nixon, 
F. R. S. to the Prelident, Jerving to ac - 
company a Letter from Mr. William 
Smith to Mr. Nixon, giving a very par- 
ticular Account of the Earthquake felt on 
Sept. 30. 1750. 
SIR Higham , November 8. 
Read Nov. 1 5 • r ’TT"“' H 1 S waits upon you with a Letter 
I have juft received from Peter- 
borough . I hope the Veracity of my Correfpondenr, 
who 
