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 Upon the 16th June, 1786, a smart of an earthquake was felt at Whitehaven, in Cumberland, which extended to the Isle of Man and Dublin, and was also felt in the S. W. parts  Scotland. Upon the 11th of Aug. 1786, a alarming shock of an earthquake was felt  two o'clock A. M. in the N. of England, viz. Northumberland, Cumberland, and in Scotland, the island, and as far N. as Argyllshire, and in  these places at the same instant of time. shock extended above 150 miles from S. to N. 100 from E. to W.—"Upon the 25th Jan. 1787, the river Tiviot became suddenly dry, and continued so for 4 hours, and then flowed with its usual fulness." "On the 26th Jan 1787, a shock of an earthquake was felt in the parishes of Campsie and Strathblane, 10 miles N. of Glasgow, and about 10 A M. A rushing noise  heard to precede the shock from the S. E.  night preceding this earthquake, a piece of ground near Alloa, on which a mill was built,  sunk a foot and a half."—"On Thursday, 5th Nov 1789, between 5 and six P. M. a smart  of an earthquake was felt at Crieff, at Comrie,  for many miles round that district, which is about 55 miles from Edinburgh." "At Mr. Robertson's house of Lawers, a rumbling noise like distant thunder had been heard at intervals for months; and at the time of the shock, a noise  the discharge of distant artillery was distinctly heard. Mr. Dundas and Mr. Bruce of Edinburgh were standing before the fire in the drawing  and they described the shock, as if a great  had suddenly struck the foundation of the  with violence. At the village of Comrie, the  inhabitants left their houses and ran to the open fields."—"On the 11th Nov. A. M. in the same