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under his Chair heaved, and continued in a fur* 
prifing Agitation for one Minute. He was very much 
alarmed, and ran into the Street, where a great 
Number of People inflantly appeared 5 fome to 
fee if any Coaches or Carriages were coming, 
others to get away, expefting their Houfes were 
tumbling; and others finding fome what extraordi- 
nary had happened, but at that Inftant did not know 
what, and came to fee, &c. The Perfon who felt- 
the Ground heave was fo frighted, that he became 
fick thereupon. At Longthorpe, a Mile Weft of 
us, the Clergyman who did Duty there was juft 
then fat down to Dinner with Sir Francis St.John, 
Bart, and his Daughter, when a rumbling Noife was 
heard, particularly in the Chimney. Sir Francis ex- 
posed the fame was on Fire, got up to fee ; which 
fuddenly ecafed, and immediately was fucceeded by 
a Concuftion of the Ground. 1 had this from the 
Clergyman, who tells me further, that he felt it fo 
fenfibly, that he was obliged to relinquifh his Chair, 
and, when upon his Legs, to lay his Hands on the 
Table to fuppoit himlelf. Mifs St. John was in 
like manner aflfe&ed. Sir Francis only heard the 
Noife, which he compared (and, for what I know, 
very properly) to the Explolicn of a Cannon at a 
Diftance, not being in the lcaft fenfible of any Mo- 
tion under Foot, altho’ the Diftance between the 
Parties was very inconfiderable. The Sideboard, 
with the clattering of Glades, &c. they thought was 
tumbling : They were fo furprifcd, that he doth not 
remember how long the trembling continued. A 
Perfon in the fame Village affirms, thar, being fitting, 
he was fuddenly lifted twice or thrice on the Ground, 
as 
