lOB EARTHaOAKES TS 8ICILT. ^ 
the ship sunk in the water as low as the main-chain*-^ 
fead showed a great depth of Water, and the hn 
tinged of a yellow colour, and smelt of sulphnt- 
shock lasted about ten minutes ; but they felt smah 
for the space of twenty-four hours. 
EARTHQUAKES IN SICILY, AND IN THB 
CALABRIAS. , 
These Earthquakes began on the 5th of FebruaOj’ 
and continued until the latter end of the May in f 
doing infinite damage, and exhibiting at Messin - ,f 
p-arts of Sicily nearest to the Continent, and in (/ 
Calabrias, a variety of phenomena. The part ot It 
labrian provinces most affected by this heavy calan> )ji 
between the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth degree* 
tude, being the extreme point of the Continent ; ^ t' 
greatest force of the earthquakes was exerted at > 
of the particular mountains of the Apennines; 
Monte Deio, Monte Sacro, and Monte Caulone, > 
westward to the Tyrrhene sea. The towns, jiisC 
farm-houses, nearest to these mountains, whether 
<Hi the hills, or in the plains, were totally ruined 
shock, which happened about noon ; and there V’® 
tion of lives was the greatest. The towns 
mote were, however, greatly damaged by the s'- 
shocks, particularly tiiose of the 7tk; 26th, .ft!' j- 
February, and tliat of the 1st of March. The e ^ 
in a constant tremour, and its motions were 
eitlier vortical, or whirling round, horizontal, or ° 
that is, by pulsations or beatings, from the 
This variety increased the apprehensions of the 
inhabitants, who momentariiy expected tliat p, 
would open beneath their feet, and swallow the 
rains had been continual and violent, often "y 
lightning, and furious gusts of wind. There jp)|j , 
t^enings and cracks in the earth ; and sevein'^j^g ^7. 
been lowered, while otliers were quite level. In j.gr)% 
the chasms were so deep, that many toads A 
impassable. Huge mountains were severed, n 
«f them driven into the vallies, which were tin' 
