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32 Dolomieu, as to the destruction of the towns there in the great shock of 1783, that "the ground was shaken down like ashes, or sand laid upon a table."

Further remarks as to the situation of these towns, however, will best be made when observing upon some of the great physical features of the earthquake region, and of Naples generally.

With these remarks as to the general character of the buildings we have to deal with, I now proceed to the consideration in detail of the effects of earthquake upon them, and the phenomena presented by fractures and fissures in their walls, floors, &c. &c.