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Earthquakes in Scotland.
ALTHO this kingdom is happily free ⟨from⟩ the dreadful calamities experienced ⟨in⟩ many other parts of the world, from theſe ⟨terrible⟩ convulſions of nature, yet occavional ⟨ſhocks⟩ of earthquakes have been felt in Scotland, ⟨within⟩ theſe 13 years. William Creech, Eſq in his ⟨third⟩ letter Sir J. Sinclair, annexed to the ⟨Statiſtical⟩ Account of Edinburgh, (Vol. VI. p. 624) ⟨among⟩ other phyſical phenomena, enumerates the ⟨following⟩: Upon the 10th June, 1786, a ſmart ſhock ⟨of⟩ an earthquake was felt at Whitehaven, in ⟨Cumberland⟩, which extended to the Iſle of Man and ⟨Dublin⟩, and was alſo felt in the SW. parts of Scotland. Upon the 11th of Aug. 1785, a very ⟨alarming⟩ ſhock of an earthquake was felt about two ⟨o'clock⟩ A. M. in the N. of England, viz. Northumberland, Cumberland, and in Scotland, acroſs the ⟨iſland⟩ and as far N. as Argyllſhire; and in all theſe ⟨places⟩ at the ſame inſtant of time. This ſhock ⟨extended⟩ above 150 miles from S. to N. and 100 from ⟨E.--⟩ to W.-- Upon the 25th Jan. 1787, the river ⟨Teviot⟩ became ſuddenly dry, and continued ſo far hours, and then flowed with its uſual fulneſs. "On the 26th Jan. 1787. a ſmart ſhock of ⟨an⟩ earthquake was felt in the parishes of Campſie ⟨and⟩ Strathblane, 10 miles N. of Glaſgow, and about (illegible text) A.M. A ruſhing noiſe was heard to precede ⟨the⟩ ſhock from the SE. The night preceding ⟨the⟩ earthquake, a piece of ground near Alloa, on ⟨which⟩ a mill was built, ſuddenly ſunk a foot and a half" "On Thurſday. 5th Nov. 1789, between 5 and ⟨6⟩ P. M, a ſmart ſhock of an earthquake, was felt ⟨at⟩ Crieff, at Comrie, and for many miles round ⟨the⟩ diſtrict, which is about 55 miles from Edinburgh. "At Mr. Robertſon's houſe of Lawer's, a rumbling noiſe like diſtant thunder had been heard at
