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Notices of Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain, and espe- 

 cially in Scotland, with inferences suggested by these notices as 

 to the causes of the Shocks. By David Milne, Esq., F.R.S.E., 

 M.W.S , F.G.S., &c. Communicated by the Author. 



(Continued from Vol. XXXII. page 378. 



II. Accounts from more distant parts of the Country. 

 These have been, for the sake of distinctness, arranged ac- 

 cording to the direction of the districts of country from Com- 

 rie : — and they will be presented in the following order. Ac- 

 counts will be given, first from districts JFest of Comrie, next 

 from districts North of Comrie, next from districts East of 

 Comrie, and, lastly, from districts South of Comrie. 



(1) Accounts from districts West of Comrie. 



At Dunira, Sir David Dundas informed the author, that the 

 shock of 23d October, like every other, was felt to come from 

 the NE. The hill of Dunmore, from or near which the shocks 

 appear to originate, is situated to -the NE. of Dunira, and is 

 about one mile distant. With regard to this hill, Sir D. Dun- 

 das writes, that its ancient name may " induce one to believe, 

 that, in former days also, there had been some queer doings 

 in that district. The ancient name of the hill was Dundow- 

 nie, or Hill of Evil Spirit ; and tradition says that this said 

 Evil Spirit dwelt in the cauldron immediately to the NE. of 

 the hill. The waterfall there is still called the DeviFs Caul- 

 dron, or Slochk an Down." 



At Ardvoirlich, about 7 miles west of Comrie, the shock is 

 described by Mr Stewart as having been very severe. " The 

 noise which preceded the shock was as loud and similar in 

 sound to the discharge of a piece of cannon at the distance of 

 a quarter of a mile, and was followed by a rolling noise which 

 lasted from 15" to 20". There were two distinct shocks, fol- 

 lowing each other at the interval of less than a second. I 

 can compare the sound to nothing more nearly, than the report 

 of one of the heavy guns of Edinburgh Castle as heard in the 

 New Town, when fired on the south side of the Castle. The 



