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felt in England, November 18, 1795. 
to such counties, therefore, I think it unnecessary to do any 
thing more than to record its having reached them. And, for 
such record, I have, in some instances, considered the news- 
papers of the respective counties, or some such public testi- 
mony, as sufficient authority ; provided the situation of the 
place where the earthquake was said to have been felt was 
such as to come within the general outline of its extent. 
I shall now proceed to those details respecting the earth- 
quake which have been received from various counties ; taking 
them in the order in which those counties are mentioned 
above. 
From Belton, the seat of Lord Brownlow, in Lincoln- 
shire, the following account was sent by Mr. Christopher 
Driffield, in a letter dated November 19. 
“ We had yesterday a most violent hurricane of wind, which 
“ began about eight o'clock in the morning, and continued 
6C till about one. After the wind settled we had a heavy rain, 
“ which ceased about four in the afternoon, and it was a very 
“ fine evening; but, about eleven o'clock, as near asT can say, 
“ we felt a terrible shock of an earthquake, which lasted about 
“ two seconds. It shook the chair in which I was sitting, be- 
“ ginning with a violent rumbling, or noise, as if some large 
“ carriage had run against the gate-post. It went from north 
“ to south. It was generally felt at Grantham, and in this 
“ neighbourhood." 
The following account of its effects in Leicestershire, is 
given in a letter from Mr. William King, dated Belvoir 
castle, November 36. 
u The earthquake happened, as near as I can collect, about 
“ 5 or 10 minutes after eleven in the evening. The wind 
