44-4? Supposed Connection of Meteoric Phenomena, 



append a selection of examples of correspondences between 

 terrestrial and atmospherical phenomena, in addition to those 

 scattered up and down the previous essays. The former set 

 (No. I.) are taken chiefly from Bertrand's Memoires sur les 

 Tremblemens, &c. ; the latter (No. II.) from Muratori's Annali 

 d'ltalia. 



No. I. 



Instances in Switzerland, from Bertrand. 



1001. Earthquake in Switzerland, doing great damage. The chronicles 

 state that many fiery meteors were seen at the same time; and 

 that, in the winter following, the cold was excessive. 



1021. May 12. Basle cathedral and many houses overturned into the 

 Rhine; the springs throughout all Switzerland were troubled, and 

 many appeared red as blood. In different parts of Switzerland 

 were seen fiery meteors. There were also great floods in divers 

 places. (Buxtorf y Sermon sur VEversion de Lisbonne. Basle, 1755, 

 p. 50.) 



1534. Oct. Earthquake at Zurich, contemporaneous with a frightful storm 

 at Zurich and Lucerne. 



1538. Jan. 28. Earthquakes throughout the canton of Berne. Many 

 fiery meteors seen after these shocks. 



1557. April 24. Earthquake at Zurich and Vinthertur. At the latter 

 (1556), a fiery meteor was seen surrounding a tower. (Ce Phe- 

 nomene avait-il quelque rapport avec le tremblement qui devait suivre f 

 — Bertrand. The question is asked as if the writer thought it 

 had.) 



1614. Basle experienced two violent earthquakes on Feb. 17. and Sept. 24. 

 Terceira was also shaken in the same year. In Basle there were 

 seen, this year, fiery meteors (called dragons-ardens) in the air, on 

 June 25., 9 a.m. (Y avait-il quelque relation entre ces pheno- 

 menes ? — Bertrand.) 



1618. The Valteline, Pays de Vaud, and Neufchatel. Many fiery meteors 

 seen afterwards in the air. 



1661. Jan. 8. or 9., 11 or 12 p.m. All Glaris shaken. Jan. 20., at 7 a.m., 

 a globe of fire, very intense, appeared to fall from the sky in the 

 canton of Glaris ; seen also at Wedischwyll, at the same time. 

 Besides other shocks, on March 27. there were violent tremblings 

 at Aigle and in the Valais ; followed, on the 28th, by thunder, and 

 hail of an enormous size. 



1666. April 20. Glaris agitated; noise under ground, and great vapour 

 after the shocks. 



1670. July 7. and Sept. 18. Glaris shaken ; a murmur in the air. 



1672. Dec. 12. Earthquakes at Uster, Eglisan, and Kybourg, and other 



places in Zurich. It had been cold ; but the season became sud- 

 denly milder. 



1673. Feb. 13. Shocks renewed in Glaris most violent on this day ; fol- 



lowed by a great fall of snow. 



1674. March. At Yverdun, canton of Berne, a noise in the air, followed 



by earthquake and vapour. 

 Dec. 6. Nearly all Switzerland and the neighbouring countries 

 shaken; particularly violent at Basle. Hohen-Saa, in Zurich, and 

 the canton of Glaris also, were greatly agitated, especially Nafels. 

 A little after, two globes of fire, or fiery meteors, were seen to fall 

 from the sky. In 1672, Jan. 24., a similar phenomenon was seen 



