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EARTHQUAKES IN ⟨SCOTLAND⟩
August, 1816.
Although Britain happily is not ⟨naturally a⟩ seat of these dreadful agitations of ⟨nature⟩ it has yet occasionally experienced them ⟨in⟩ a minor degree. During the ⟨earthquake⟩ which destroyed Lisbon in 1756, the ⟨waters⟩ both of Loch Lomond and of Loch T(illegible text) rose, in five minutes very ⟨considerably⟩ above their natural level, and then ⟨subsided⟩ as rapidly. At the same time shocks ⟨were⟩ felt in different parts of England; and ⟨by⟩ one place in Yorkshire, a rock was ⟨raised⟩ from its place, and thrown to some ⟨distance⟩ in shattered fragments. In 1801, a ⟨very⟩ smart shock was felt entirely across ⟨the⟩ island, from Greenock to Edinburgh. ⟨The⟩ centre appears, however, to have been ⟨in⟩ Strathearn. Three years afterwards, ⟨in⟩ 1804, a series of less severe shocks were ⟨felt⟩ in the latter quarter, particularly at Comr(illegible text)
The present earthquake appears to ⟨have⟩ extended entirely across the island, at ⟨a⟩ point considerably more to the north ⟨than⟩ any of those now alluded to. Its ⟨direction⟩ seems to have been from WNW. to ES The shock was felt on the western coast of Ross-shire, at Gairlosh and ⟨Applecross⟩
