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« most likely ready to fall by the first gust of wind, were shaken 
44 off the chimnies. Some small part of the bank of the canal 
44 near Redmile was thrown back again into the canal ; which 
44 is supposed to have been done by the earthquake, the bank 
44 having been in an uninjured state the preceding evening. 
44 Concerning the direction of the shocks, people here do not 
44 accord ; this is not to be wondered at, as most of them were 
44 awakened out of their sleep, and could not collect their 
44 thoughts together soon enough to ascertain this circum- 
44 stance. In general, those who were awake, previous to the 
44 shocks, seem confident they came from the north-east, but 
44 many think they came from the south. The first shock felt 
44 to me so tremulous that I could not form any judgment con- 
44 cerning its direction ; my chair was shaken with a kind of 
44 vertiginous motion. The second shock seemed to come 
44 from the north, perhaps a few points to the west of it. 
44 When I heard the blast burst out, and rush on, with a 
44 whizzing noise, through the air, I immediately concluded 
44 that some electric meteor (which, I supposed, took fire 
44 at that time) was the cause which produced that alarming 
44 dismal sound which we heard ; and that the concussion in 
44 the atmosphere, being communicated to the *earth, had 
44 shaken it with such forcible agitations as to cause the 
44 shocks of the earthquake. The clouds on the preceding 
44 evening, being to all appearance very highly charged with 
44 electric fire, confirmed me in this opinion ; yet, as far as 
44 I can ascertain, and I have diligently inquired of various 
44 persons who were out, and in situations where they had 
44 a considerable extent of view, no meteor, nor light what- 
44 ever, was seen hereabouts at any time that night. Those 
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