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fcended chiefly Eaftward, and along the River Wel- 
land, from Harborough to Stamford , Spalding , and 
the Sea; and along the River Avon, or Nen , to 
Northampton Peterborough, and Wisbech to the 
Sea. It fpread itfelf ail over the vaft Level of the 
Ifle of Ely, further’d by very many Canals and 
Rivers, natural and artificial, made for Drainage. 
It was ftill conduded Eaftward, up Mildenhall River 
in Suffolk, to Bury, and the Parts adjacent. All this 
Affair, duly confider’d, is a Confirmation ot the Doc- 
trine I advanced on this Subjcd. 
io. I apprehend it was not the Noife in the 
Air, as of many Cannon let off at once, pre- 
ceding the Earthquake, that fo much affrighted 
People, or affected the Sheep, the Rookery at Ken- 
Jington , the Hen and Chickens in Gray s-Inn- Lane, 
and the Pigeons : It could not be barely the fuperficial 
Movement of the Earth that difturbed them all at 
once: I judge it to be the Effed of Eledriciry, 
fomewhat like what caufes Sea-Sicknefs ; fuch a 
fort of Motion as we are not accuftomed to. So 
the Earthquake affeds all thofe of weak Nerves, or 
that have nervous Complaints, obnoxious toHyftcrics, 
Colics, rheumatic Pains in their Joints. Several 
Women were feiz’d with violent Head-achs, before 
both the Shocks we felt in London . It was this that 
affeded the People with a Shortnefs of Breath. This 
made the Dog lun whining about the Room, Peek- 
ing to get out : This made the Fifties leap up in the 
Pond at Southwark ; like as the Experiment of elec- 
trifying the Fifties; it makes them fick : And this 
caufes the Birds in Cages to hide their Heads under 
their Wings, becaufe they cannot fly away: Wkich 
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