AND IN THE TWO CALABRIAS. Ifl 
'fe, ''^1 |*iotion, which last had ruined most of the build- 
generally observed, that, before a 
|V, cloudj seemed to be fixed and motionless ; and 
,“'''ed. ^ heavy shower of rain, a shock quickly fol- 
, "y the violence of some of the shocks, many 
^d been thrown down ; and several of the pea- 
dte motion of the earth as so violent, that 
f ®PS f iiiuu 
siAp*^ largest trees almost touched the ground 
tl ^ Said During a shock, the oxen and 
horses, 
,1 -wii d -i'-- ujcii legs wide asunder, to prevent being 
gave evident signs of being sensible of 
of each shock. Being thus warned, the neigh- 
dr hraying of aii'ass, or the cackliitg of a 
. them from liieir temporary huts. 
tii^ I'^ssoii Sir William descended into the plain, 
\v^ Of htany towns and villages in a ruined state : the 
■ 
Ihm,. ' pto, lying in a bottom, was totally destroyed. 
'ird 
t: 
3d 
a 1 
iiv "'d standing. Among the many examples 
*■ •■ ■ y these earthouakes. of animals beino- .ahle to 
ISti 
^OUn- u.v. . t ' 1, ' 
nue without food, was that of two hogs, which 
W I "uiiuui luuii, was in; 
*'''0 d ^oried under a heap of ruins at Soriano for 
■rOUi,„. . ^ys, and wprn rlncr nnf" nllvfi J-Jg liad fl'equeilt 
likt'S^o, 
aiti ■ were dug out alive. 
Os to observe, that the habitations situated on 
IL S''3 
'""‘Is. 
',V ;■ ‘"fo. but 
wing a soil of a gritty sand-stone, somewhat 
wiihout its consistence, suffered less than 
plain, the soil of which is a sandy day. 
were universally levelled with the ground, 
ftilsg shock, he was told that a fountain or 
u.; sand, had been forced to a considerable 
. a t'uor I 
, "111 
Wait! 1 
‘‘I tlJ"’'3iHeH phenomenon, tlie river was dry, but 
Hifi plait! u O3'’erflowed its banks. The other rivers 
Nl ^ir tPe like vicis,situdes ; to account for 
% ''I'lake t„ I supposes the first impulsion of the 
Was " come from the bottom upwards ; and 
^6 y the t,i • lit® inhabitants attested. Hie sur- 
^^ltih.!i ‘leep "J" suddenly risen, the riv^ers, which 
naturally disappear; and the plain 
\^p'''3l)' reh'.*^ ‘1® former level, the rivers would 
( ‘lepre .v" overflow, at the same time that the 
"tCe of the boggy grounds would as natn- 
tlie Water which lay hidden beiieatb the 
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