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XIV. A Narrative of the Earthquake felt in Lincolnshire, and 
the neighbouring Counties, on the 2 5th of February, 1792. In 
a Letter from Edmund Turnor, Esq. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph 
Banks, Bart. P.R.S. 
Read May 10, 1792. 
DEAR SIR, 
When I heard of the earthquake of the 25th of February 
last, which was felt in Lincolnshire, and some of the neigh- 
bouring counties, about a quarter before nine in the evening, 
I immediately wrote to my friend Captain Penny man, at 
Little Paunton, near Grantham, desiring him to inform me of 
the duration and extent of the shock, the direction it came in, 
and the state of the weather before and after it was perceived. 
His remarks, together with the subsequent information I have 
obtained, great part of which I derive from your obliging com- 
munication, may serve to record this recent instance of a phae- 
nomenon to the terrors of which this country is but little ex- 
posed. 
Lord Rawdon's steward was sitting with his back against 
an old massy stack of chimneys, which gave him a sensible 
shove ; he at the same time saw the chairs of other persons in 
the room move very visibly. 
Lord Raw dons information to Sir Joseph Banks. 
Donnington 
Castle, Lei- 
cestershire. 
