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EAKTHQUAK.ES IN SICIl-Y, &C 
'''3(le Ionian Sea. All vlie phenomena it displayed, 
®'’^'-lent. Like the other shocks, it came in a 
direction : the earth at first undulated, then 
''■’’''ible ’^'^‘’•‘'Eely possible to stand. ' It -was preceded by a 
''■‘kli beneath the ground ; and this groan, 
''‘ited Ibe same duration wilii the shock, termi- 
''''tie loud noise, like that of the explo.siou of a 
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**''’'t>tes continually shaken, at first every five 
Wgj finally rocked to-and-fro to such a degree, that 
i-.i,' scarcpi,, ;ui„ - if .. 
, Him thundcrings accompanied not only the .shock 
j'® uti, and of the succeeding day, but likewise all 
**^1 '^^^"■■iiich were afterwards felt ; at the same time 
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I ■ "'ght fl subsequently eacii quarter of an hour. During 
were seen to issue from the ground in the 
j’^liliisj^^ *''od of Reggio, towards the .sea, to wliich the 
3 *^' atval. insomuch that many of the ]ieasant.s 
\vl ^ loaf- These flames issued precisely from 
It Pttre^*'^ some days before an extraordinary heat had 
air After this great shock there appeared in 
, 'fidi'fl!'' “ slanting direction, and towards the east, a 
resembling electric lire : it was seen for die 
hours. ° _ 
>,ldiiii.i fi'lls were eidicr divided or laid level j and 
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v!i ' ‘tttrfacc of the earth apertures were made, from 
dttaittity of water, proceeding cither from 
gr(, concentrations, or from the rivers adjacent 
broken up, spouted for several hours, 
(jf tiliom die.se openings, in the tcrritoiy of Borgia, 
from the sea, dicrc issued a large quantity 
Scii ''"'^’,''',dich for several days imitated the motions 
titari'.^ • '' ‘*frn water likewise is.sucd from the aper- 
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thi, dte plains of Maida. In all the sandy parts. 
jJ^''‘-Plosion took place, there were observed, from 
ts,.'''’ cinj...d'®lyEce, apertures in the form of an inverted 
cj- '“g Water, and which seemed to prove tlit 
til- ofi electric fire. 
tL '’^^''cus iihenomena which either preceded or 
> 5 ^b'iiig particular shock, the following are well 
(. ,^’°dce. The water of a well at Maida, which 
''Md finality, was aflected, just before tlia 
^ ‘kit ey disgustful a sulphureous flavour, that it 
he smelt to. On the other hand, at Cata»!-' 
