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the horror of the scene, and to the extent of the calamity. Great part of 

 the plain of Neiva was inundated : this was productive of considerable loss 

 of lives, particularly on the banks of the Magdalena, the current of which 

 was at first considerably lessened ; but a great flood succeeded, and swept 

 down vast quantities of mud and other substances, emitting a strongly sul- 

 phureous vapour, and attended with a general destruction of the fish. 



These and other facts render it probable that some volcanic eruption 

 took place in Tolima, an old volcano of Tocaima, from the mouth of which 

 it is reported, that of late dense columns of smoke have been seen to 

 arise, and mo~e remarkably so en the day of the earthquake ; as also from 

 the ridge of mountains of Santa Anna in Maraquita, and the Paramo of 

 Ruiz, which is a part of the si;me Cordillera, and contiguous to that of 

 Tolima. 



Popayan, which is 200 geographical miles S. S. W. of Bogota, has also 

 suffered much from the same earthquake, many houses having fallen in 

 consequence of the violent shocks that continued to succeed each other 

 every six hours down to the evening of the 18th, which is the date of the 

 latest intelligence from that place. The torrents of rain with which they 

 were accompanied have proved a great aggravation to the misery they 

 have created. At Patea, still further to the S. S. W. the devastation has 

 been still greater ; some of the largest trees having been thrown down by 

 the concussions. It is hence inferred, that eruptions have taken place at 

 the same period in the volcano of Pasto ; and the wide crevices which 

 have appeared in the road of Guanacas, leave no doubt that the whole of 

 the Cordillera has sustained a powerful shock. 



In the plains of Bogota considerable crevices have also opened, and the 

 river Tunza has already begun to flow through those which have appeared 

 near Costa. In other parts of the Cordillera, although the earth has con- 

 tinued in motion for a quarter of an hour without intermission, the move- 

 ment has been nearly insensible, and observable only by means of the 

 compass or the pendulum. — Phil. Mag. Id. 



33. Medal adjudged to Miss Caroline Herschel — The Astronomical So- 

 ciety of London has adjudged a medal to Miss C. Herschel, " for her reduc- 

 tion to January 1800 of the nebulae discovered by her illustrious brother." 



34. Medal adjudged to Mr Dunlop — The Astronomical Society has 

 adjudged a medal to Mr Dunlop, for his valuable astronomical labours 

 while assistant to Sir Thomas Brisbane at Paramatta. 



Art. XXVIIL— LIST OF PATENTS GRANTED IN SCOTLAND 

 SINCE JUNE 20, 1828. 



20. June 20. For certain Improvements on Anchors. To William 

 Rodger, county of Middlesex. 



