148 Supposed Connection of Meteoric Phenomena, 



sound like the crackling of flames. (A. J, xxvii. 19.) In 

 addition to what has been already adduced, I add here, that 

 the Prussian papers state, that, at the end of July, 1834, 

 the country about Marienwerder was visited by great swarms 

 of locusts, and that extraordinary numbers of wolves have 

 shown themselves there since 1833. 



A hurricane, also, of a frightful character, visited Arracan 

 on May 14th, just twelve months after that which desolated 

 the vicinity of Calcutta in May, 1833.* Its principal seat of 



* As illustrative of the subject, and to correct a former inaccuracy as 

 to date, I append here the following list of earthquakes felt at Kathmandu 

 (Katmandoo), in 1833 (see M. N. H., vii. 302.), extracted from the Jour- 

 nal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for Dec. 24. 1833 : — 



Date. 



Time. 



Remarks. 



No. of 

 shocks. 



Aug. 26. 



Aug. 27. 



Aug. 28. 



Aug. 30. 

 Aug. 31. 

 Sept. 1.1 

 to ll.J 



Oct. 4. 



Oct. 18. 



Oct. 26. 

 Nov. 8. 

 Nov. 16. 

 Nov. 26. 



One at 5 h. 55m. p.m.; an-" 

 other at 10 h. 50m. p.m.; 

 a greater at 10 h. 58 m. 

 p.m., which lasted three 

 minutes : nine others the 

 same night 



4 h. 53 m. a.m., 5 h. 20 m. 

 a.m., 5h. 26 m. a.m. 



7 h. 15 m. a.m., 4 h. 55 m. 



P.M. 



Four shocks : one at 9 p.m. - 

 Two during one night 



Ten shocks - 



J~7 h. 30 m. a.m.: a smart 

 \ shock, one minute 



f4h. 55m. p.m.: severe, with 

 \ loud noise 



10 h. 37 m. a.m. 

 3 h. 35 m. a.m. 

 Midnight - - 



1 1 h. 45 m. p.m. (full moon) 

 Many other slight shocks, not 



noticed. 



All undulating 



All undulating - 



All undulating - 



All undulating - 

 Slight 



Slight 



Vertical ; felt at 1 

 Gorakpoorand |- 

 Allahabad 

 Vertical ; felt at 

 Allahabad : one 

 minute 

 Slight 

 Slight 

 Slight - 

 Severe 



12 



2 

 10 



} 



39 



The undulating shocks were destructive to property ; but the vertical 

 shocks were accompanied by a violent noise, and more rapid oscillations 

 of the ground. The shocks of Oct. 4. and 18. were felt, nearly at the same 

 moment, at Monghyr, Calcutta, Allahabad, Chittagong, and Jubalpoor. At 

 Kat Sing Choke, north-east of Nepal, there were noises for five days pre- 

 vious, like the firing of cannon. It is said that, on the night of the shock 

 there, and for several previous nights, a large tiger or leopard paraded one 

 of the towns west of Katmandhu, without molesting any of the inhabitants. 

 He was hailed as Ramjee, another incarnation of the great Preserver ! 

 How well this balances what Livy says of the wolf at Rome! (See VII. 



