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forwards, was thrown dcfwri oil her Hand's and 
Knees. 
It was particularly remarked (as before obferved), 
that Birds in Cages werd fenfihly- affrighted, thrust- 
ing their Heads under their Wings. Mrs. Alii* 
cock , of >Lodd:ngtonj a Lady in Childbed, was fo 
effected, that it caufed her Death. Some People 
felt fueh a Hidden Shortncfe of Breath, that they were 
forced t6 go out into the Oden Air, it fo affected 
the pulmonary Nerves. Many were taken with 
Head-achs. 
Thefe a e, in general, the Obfervations made at 
the time of thefe Earthquakes ; when We recollcdted 
ourfclves, after the Suddcnncfs and Affright. Give 
me Leave to make the following Re marks. 
I. As far as we can poffibly learn, where no one 
can be prepar'd at different Places, by Time-keepers, 
this' mighty Conculiion was felt precisely at the 
fomev IViftan* of -Tiiruh being- about half an Hour 
S^ter 12 at Noon. This, I presume, cannot be ac- 
counted for by any natural Power, but that of an 
electrical Vibration 5 which, we know, acts infran- 
taneoufly. fi ;■ ■ - 
’■2. Let ud cefledt on the vaft Extent of this Trem- 
bling, ioo-AliEts in Length, • 4b in Breadth, which 
amounts to 4000. LpHre ; Miles in Surface. That this 
fhould'ba^put-mto-fuch an-Agitation in one- Mo- 
ment, is fucli a Prodigy, as we fhould never be- 
lieve^ or conceive, -did we not know it to be Fadt* 
ffom out -own Strifes. But, if vve feek fora Solu- 
tion of it, we Clarinet think any natural Power is 
equal to it, but that of Electricity ; which acknow* 
leges no fcnfible Tranfition of Time, no Bounds. 
a , 3. We 
