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felt in England, November 18, 1795. 
“ with the sun, and were therefore, at that time, nearly a 
“ quarter of an hour too fast ; by true time, I reckon it to 
<c have been six minutes past eleven. I had lain down some 
“ little time, when I felt the bed raised up. My first idea was 
“ that a large dog had got under it, but the immediate shak- 
u ing of the curtains, and of the room, convinced me this 
“ could not be the case. All those who were in bed, and 
“ awake at the time, describe it in the same way ; every one 
“ supposing that their beds were raised up by some living 
“ creature under them. It was not so universally felt by per- 
“ sons who were up ; those who were engaged in conversation 
“ did not, in general, perceive it ; but, of those whose attention 
“ was less occupied, some felt their seats slipping from under 
“ them, others saw things move which were hung up, and 
“ some heard the doors and windows rattle. Many say it was 
e< attended with a low rumbling noise, but this I did not hear. 
“ The motion, as well as I can judge, continued nearly two 
“ seconds. The evening was perfectly calm, after a most tem- 
“ pestuous night and day, with the wind nearly south-west. 
“ The barometer, for thirty-six hours preceding, had varied 
« very remarkably. On Tuesday morning, the 17th, it stood 
“ at 30.23, but sunk gradually, during the course of that day, 
“ and more rapidly in the -night : to the best of my recollect 
“ tion, it was on Wednesday morning at 28.63, and that night, 
“ a little before the shock was felt, at 28.8. The thermometer, 
“ in a room without a fire, was about 48 or 49 0 the whole 
“ day. I am not able to state the degree of moisture in the 
“ air, (my hygrometer being broken,) but it was loaded with 
“ humidity, making the- passage walls and floors damp. The 
f( effects of the earthquake were most sensibly felt on the tops 
