2 26  Mr.  henry’s  Account  of  an 
Many  people  complained,  for  feveral  days  after,  of 
nervous  pains  and  hyfteric  affedtions,  and  of  fenfations 
fimilar  to  thofe  of  perfons  who  have  been  ftrongly  elec- 
trified. Perhaps  the  fright  might  have  contributed  to 
have  produced  fome  of  thefe  effects.  For  my  own  part, 
my  head-ach,  which  feklom  leaves  me  before  evening, 
was  intirely  and  immediately  removed.  A report  pre- 
vailed, and  it  was  pofitively  aflerted,  that  a boy  at  Pioch- 
dale,  who  had  been  long  deaf,  had  recovered  his  hearing 
at  the  inftant  of  the  earthquake;  but,  upon  the  moft 
ftridt  inquiry,  the  fa£t  does  not  appear  to  be  fufficiently 
authenticated. 
Different  people  in  the  fame  rooms  were  affected  in 
various  degrees,  and  felt  the  lhock  more  or  lefs  violently. 
Neither  the  vibration  nor  noife  were  perceived  by 
moft  perfons  who  were  travelling  on  the  roads  or  walk- 
ing in  the  ftreets.  Yet  others,  on  looking  at  the  houfes, 
perceived  a great  undulatory  motion  in  them.  Thofe 
who  ftood  on  mofs  or  loofe  garden  ground  felt  it  heave 
under  them  very  perceptibly;  and  others,  who  fat  or  lay 
upon  the  ground,  were  fo  fhocked  as  to  be  thrown  forci- 
bly out  of  the  pofition  they  were  in. 
To  myfelf  and  feveral  others,  who  obferved  the  pro- 
grefs  of  this  phenomenon  coolly,  three  ihocks  were  very 
clearly 
