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side of the same house, felt the tremor more than those who 

 were in the adjoining rooms, with an easterly exposure. 



" The noise seemed to accompany the concussion ; and the 

 writer cannot find any evidence to shew, that it either follow- 

 ed or preceded the shock, except the Inverness Courier, of 

 30th October 1839. 



*' The preceding day was thick and foggy, with a slight 

 drizzling rain — wind easterly — thermometer for same, and 

 two days after, from 47° to 50° Fahrenheit. Barometer rose 

 on 23d from 29-870 inches to 29-914, the height at the shock; 

 and it continued to rise for two davs more, when it reached 

 30-578 inches. No shooting stars or other meteors were ob- 

 served on the night of the 23d at Inverness. 



" The concussion seems to have been felt more in the upper 

 than in the lorver rooms of houses. 



" The writer believes the shock should have been felt along 

 the whole course of the Great Glen ; but he has not seen 

 any reports of it farther west than Fort Augustus. (See the 

 Inverness Courier of 30th October, for several particulars). 

 It was experienced along the upper portions of the rivers 

 Spey, Findhorn, and Nairn, and as far eastward, in the plain 

 of Mora3% as Forres, and extensively in Banff and Aberdeen 

 shires. Its western boundary hereabouts was Glenurquhart, 

 Strathglass, and Beauly, and thence along the Black Isle 

 in Ross-shire, towards Cromarty ; but neither at Avoch, 

 Fortrose, or Cromarty (though all in the vicinity of yranite) 

 does its presence seem to have been generally noticed by the 

 inhabitants. To the north, this earthquake was felt at Con- 

 non House, and other places on the river Connon ; but not 

 farther north than Dingwall, and even there very feebly. 



" This shock was so slight, that it does not appear to have 

 agitated Lochness, or any of the adjoining bodies of water. 

 But this could hardly have been known, as it occurred at 

 night, unless the commotion had been so great, as to have 

 thrown up leaves and driftwood, above the ordinary water- 

 mark, as occun-ed in Lochness at the time of the great Lisbon 

 earthquake." 



Mr Anderson's account is confirmed by others received by 

 the author from Inverness. One correspondent observes, thai 



