IV.. OKEAT EARTHaUAKE OF J 755 . 
Ki^^any - 
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walking or riding, became sick, 
mi a^osible of any motion of the earth. Every 
5f **’e the sea rose six feet ; and then fell so low, 
j®'}'titul a small vessels near the shore were left 
numbers of small fish. The dux 
. b' fr„ till next morning, having decreased gra- 
two in the afternoon 
A *tad' earthquake was felt almost as severely 
t(i'''t'KRs in Europe. A great part of the city or 
, <lestroyed. At Arzilla, a town belonging 
% of Fez, about ten in the morning, the sea 
W'*'tth°^k such impetuosity, that it lifted up a 
that 't impelled it with such force on the 
At'' ttUskp. shattered in pieces ; and a boat was found 
"*^°ts within land from the sea. At Fez and 
i\j ^IRcIq great numbers of houses fell down, and a 
th ‘mcn.. ‘.people were buried beneath the ruins. At 
I^Hch j ' sin?n ^ ’ ‘ " 
was done. 
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j|^®stroy^''^®r'h tliat it was feared the whole city would 
Ih'*^ Funchal, in the Island of Madeira, a 
''oL*'.'''e felt at tliirty-eight minutes 
‘ti T® morning. It was preceded by a rumbling 
''iih ? '‘he that of empty carriages passing hastily 
The observer felt the floor beneath 
to be agitated by a tremulous motion. 
^3 ' ^‘rtiilar accidents occurred j and at Salle ako, 
at Was done. At Tangier the earthquake 
'n the morning, and lasted ten or twelve 
„c\Tetuan it commenced at the 
same time, 
duration : three of the shocks were so 
I d,,/ ^luickly. The shock continued more than a 
“1. W ‘“‘ns' ■a.l.iRk „l.u i 
®re twice 
It 
Fhe 
‘^S which space the vibrations, although con- 
'''■ very sensibly weakened and increased in 
“ftor the first remission of the shock 
”’^®use. During the whole of its continu- 
' 3 !ri '^°^P‘‘uied by a noise in the air ; and tliis 
“h:er the motion of the earth had 
HiJ like. 
M, 
'tti n,'^' three quarters past eleven, the sea, 
®alm, suddenly retired several paces ; 
*^®tily ^ , ‘th a great swell, and without any noise, it 
''ancedj ovaflowed the sliore, and entered 
a peal of distant thunder rolling 
; quarte 
suddenly 
