_ EARTHaUAKES IN PERU, &C. 179 
tliat it is still solemnly commemorated every 
'<1115^^ *609, a third convulsion threw down many 
''I'd on the 271I1 of November, l6'30, so much 
"'as done by an etirtlujualcc, that, in acknowledge- 
"Jstiy^j . die city not having been cniively demolished, a 
'’f N’ov'! d'at day muiually celebrated. On the 3d 
^ gre;|j *'"der, ifo-l, the most stately edifices in Tama, and 
'^'ytit? ’'^''nher of houses, were destroyed by a sinfilar 
'''klidl- Inhabitants having had timely presages, 
themselves from their houses, insomucli that few' 
IVy, In 1678, another dreadful eoncussion took 
’he most tremendous earthtiunkcs with wdiieh the 
Hioi V’ '^tipiial has been visited, may be reckoned that 
^^‘■'Ppeiied on th ’ 
"'fst 
—V, „u 28th of October, l687- The first 
-Js at four in the morning, w-hen several ot the 
‘'’Ss ,’,jl "’’’ic buildings and houses were destroyed, with the 
’0,.., '“’anv lives. This was, however, merely a prelude 
^ "hilt *<>,.3. Xilir, V, li:,, 1JL,VT1-VX I, .. 
h'lt ,'°"'ed i for, tw'0_ hours after, a second sho' 
a ’’'ttis " impetnous concussions, that all was h 
,sp„ ’ ‘"'d every descriirtion of property lo.st. Duri 
tw,.T'’nnd ‘ a, '.M 1 .1, 
second shock 
aid 
.. ing 
- the sea retired considerably, and theti 
mountainous waves, entirely overwdielming 
P'e ad'; ^ta-port of Idraa, distant five miles, as well as 
i%ts' ‘^'unntry, together with the wretched iiiha- 
jjttia ,I'mm that time six other earthquakes vvere felt at 
• 29 tii 0 ’' ’ 7-‘6. A'’hich likewise hap]Kmed on 
October, at half iia.st ten at night. '1 he early 
V 1... 
bhii. 'anti,- • .... if not all, the 
burying under theit 
XXV xxc.,.. J . 
,-v "'t're so \ iolent, that in the space of somewliat 
minutes, the greater part, 
su^l'” ’he city were destroyed, bury,. .5 
A ’'-■itit ^ °f the inhabitants as had not made sufficient 
b ’■’’iriK '”^'1 squares, the only places of safety. 
, 'he horrible effects of the first shock ceased; 
j^.hily '‘“'dmlliiy -vvas of short duration, the eoacussione 
^’’ceeedin.r Wt nf r„nll,ao vvas 
'^y g. « aiiwii . - 
. '’Pidat„ 5'®'?d'ng each other. I’he fort of Callao vvas 
’ hut what this building snfl’ered from the 
Oh^'I’i.tl inconsiderable w'hen compared vvith the 
’ll ^^''h ..'"■'’‘'’’’^phe which followed. The sea, as is usual 
'ti receding to a considerable distance, rc- 
' ^C3!!;^“'."’'«ainous 
atj;~'."'‘“'ainous wave.s, foaming with the violence 
®’toii, and suddenly buried Callao anti the neigh- 
