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100 EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON, &C.
and finding this, as well as the contiguous buildings
thrown down, (which made me give him over for lost,)
I now thought of nothing else but saving my own life in
the best manner I could, and in less than an hour got to a
public house, kept by one Morley, near the English bury-
ing ground, about half a mile from the city, where I still
remain, with a great number of my countrymen, as well
as Portuguese, in the same wretched circumstances, hav-
ing almost ever .since lain on the ground, and never once
within doors, with scarcely any covering to defend me
from the inclemency of the night air, which, at this time,
is exceeding sharp and piercing.--—Perhaps you may think
the present doleful subject here concluded; but, alas I the
horrors of the first of November, are sufficient to fill a
volume.
As soon as it grew dark, another scene presented itself,
little less shocking than those already described—the whole
city appeared in a blaze, which was so bright that I could
easily see to read by it. It may be said, without exag-
geration, it was on fire at least in an hundred different
places at once, and thus continued burning for six days to-
gether, without intermission, or the least attempt being
made to stop its progress.
It went on consuming every thing the earthquake had
spared, and the people were so dejected and terrified, that
few or none had courage enough to venture down, to save
any part of their substance; every one had his eyes turned
towards the flames, and stood looking on with silent grief,
which was only interrupted by the cries and shrieks of
women and children calling on the saints and angels for
succour, whenever the earth began to tremble, which was
so often this night, and indeed I may say, ever since, that
the tremors, more or less, did not cease for a quarter of an
hour together.
(To be concluded in our next-)
WONDERFUL
and finding this, as well as the contiguous buildings
thrown down, (which made me give him over for lost,)
I now thought of nothing else but saving my own life in
the best manner I could, and in less than an hour got to a
public house, kept by one Morley, near the English bury-
ing ground, about half a mile from the city, where I still
remain, with a great number of my countrymen, as well
as Portuguese, in the same wretched circumstances, hav-
ing almost ever .since lain on the ground, and never once
within doors, with scarcely any covering to defend me
from the inclemency of the night air, which, at this time,
is exceeding sharp and piercing.--—Perhaps you may think
the present doleful subject here concluded; but, alas I the
horrors of the first of November, are sufficient to fill a
volume.
As soon as it grew dark, another scene presented itself,
little less shocking than those already described—the whole
city appeared in a blaze, which was so bright that I could
easily see to read by it. It may be said, without exag-
geration, it was on fire at least in an hundred different
places at once, and thus continued burning for six days to-
gether, without intermission, or the least attempt being
made to stop its progress.
It went on consuming every thing the earthquake had
spared, and the people were so dejected and terrified, that
few or none had courage enough to venture down, to save
any part of their substance; every one had his eyes turned
towards the flames, and stood looking on with silent grief,
which was only interrupted by the cries and shrieks of
women and children calling on the saints and angels for
succour, whenever the earth began to tremble, which was
so often this night, and indeed I may say, ever since, that
the tremors, more or less, did not cease for a quarter of an
hour together.
(To be concluded in our next-)
WONDERFUL