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��THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

��EARTHQUAKES FROM J638 TO 1883, IN THE NEW ENGLAND STATES AND IN THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS NORTH OF THE UNITED STATES AND EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUN- TAINS.

��I continue Mr. Plant's "January 3, 1728, about nine at night an easy clap. Saturday night and day five claps. From about six at night to four Sunday morning some people said it continued for half an hour without ceasing, burst upon

��by josiah emery, [continued.]

account : and July twenty-third about break of day, a very loud clap." " Besides these limes I have mentioned," says Mr. Plant, " it has often been heard by me, but the noise was small so I for- bore to set them down."

This last seems to have terminated the disturbance which began October twenty-ninth. The extent of this first shock is said to have been from the Kennebec to the Delaware, and to

��burst. Upon VVednesday, January twenty-fourth, about half an hour after nine at night, one loud burst, followed in half a min- ute by another, much abated. Upon Lord's day, January 28th, another easy have been felt by vessels at sea, and in

��burst, about half after six in the morn- ing, another about ten, same morning, easy. At the same night, about one o'clock, a loud burst. Monday, Janu- ary 29th, it was heard twice. Tues- day, the thirtieth, about two in the af- ternoon, there was a very loud clap equal to any but the first for terror, shaking our houses so that many peo- ple were afraid of their falling down ; pewter and so forth was shaken off dressers at considerable distance. An- other shock, much abated, about half an hour afterward. February twenty- first, about half after twelve at midnight, a considerable loud burst. February twenty-ninth, about half after one p. m., another. Shocks occurred March sev- enteenth about three a. m. ; — March nineteenth, about forty minutes past one p. Ri., and at nine the same night ; April twenty-eighth, about five p. m. ; May twelfth, Sunday morning, about forty minutes past nine, a loud and long clap ; May seventeenth, Friday, about eight p. m., a long and loud clap ; May twenty-second, several claps in the morning, and about ten the same morning, a very long and loud clap ; another, May twenty-fourth, about eleven at night ; June sixth about three in the morning ; June eleventh at nine A. M. ; July third in the forenoon, and

��the most western settlements.

I continue the record of earthquakes, as kept by Mr. Plant, adopting the ac- count sent by him to England, and published in the 42d volume of the Philosophical Transactions. For this I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Brigham, of Boston.

March 19, 1728-9, betwixt two and three p. m., an earthquake loud and long shook our houses, being repeated twice in an instant ; and this was the loudest roaring and the greatest shock I ever heard, the first excepted, and that on the thirtieth of January. We had small shocks in the interim.

September 8, 1729, about 3.30 p. m., it was long and loud.

September 29, about was loud and long.

October 29 I heard it twice in the night. One of the times was about the same time of night the first shock (Oct. 29, 1727, at 10.40 p. M.,) was.

November 14, about eight in the morning, loud and long, attended with two bursts like unto two sudden claps of thunder ; shook our houses.

November 27, about eight in the evening, a very great roaring and a great shock. It was heard at Ipswich about fourteen miles distant. {To be continued.')

��4.30 p. M., it

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