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zaro, the water of a well, which before could not 
on account of its possessing a strong smell of calc'®,jj(i 
became potable. For a long time before the earth * jj, ^ 
the sea was considerably agitated, so as to terrify 
at the same time that there was not a b' ‘ :: 
ermen. 
wind. 
On the side of Italy, the volcanoes had not r'lJj jji: 
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any eruptions for a considerable time before ; but ii 
same way as, during the first great shock, Etna 
llames, so Stromboli emitted fire during- this last. 
E.4RTHQUAKUS IN PERU, &C. 
South America has been at 
all times very ^ttbi^jiir 
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earthquake* ; and it is remarkable, that tlie city o> j 
■ ' " situated in about twelve df^‘.„-f 
the capital of Peru, siraarea m aoouc uveive 
south latitude, although scarcely ever visited by tr™ f 
and equally unacquainted with rain as with lhund®.j.j,i;|' 
lightning, has been singularly exposed to their friry- 
indeed, happen so frequently there, that the inhabit^} .j,. 
under continual apprehensions of being, from tlir'v 
denness and violence, buried beneath 
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the ruins 
houses. Still they have their presages, one of tlic 
of which is a rumbling noise in the bowels of the , 
heard about a minute before the shocks are felt, aud iff 
ing to pervade all the subterraneous adjacent 
followed ty the dismal bowlings of the dogs, 
TO give notice of the approaching danger j while tb®^ jji 
of burden, in their passage through the streets; 
stop/ 
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denly, as it were by a natural instinct, and seek “ 
tude which may best secure them fi'om falling, 
portents, the terrified inhabitants flee from theit , 
into the streets, forming large assemblies, in the 
which the cries of children are blended with the k . 
tafions of the females, whose agonizing prayer*' 
saints increase the common' fear and confusion. ■ jii' 
the entire city exhibits a dreadfi.il scene of const 
and horror. J 
Since the establishment of the Spaniards in 
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first earthquake in this capital happened hi 1583 ) '^jt^ 
damage it did was much less considerable •^batj, . it 
some of those which succeeded. Six years after ^ 
agsiia visited by an earthquake^ the results of 
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