386 Mr D. Milne on Earthquake-Shocks felt in Great Britain, 



under me ;' and immediately added, ' It is an earthquake* 

 The south-west part of the house seemed to be first struck, 

 and I felt myself swayed from the south to the north, — in 

 which direction also the shock and noise seemed to travel." 



At the Manse of Aboyne^ which is built on sand, the shock 

 was, as the Rev. Mr Milne Miller reports, " preceded by a 

 rushing jioise not unlike that produced by the rolling of a vio- 

 lent wave on a very pebbly shore : noise heard several seconds 

 before shock was felt. And it is worthy of remark, that I 

 thought the noise came rushing from the west till the instant 

 the shock was felt, and it then gradually died away toward the 

 east. 



" At the instant of the shock a noise (in addition to the 

 rushing noise) heard in room above the one I was sitting in, 

 like that produced by a person walking heavily on the floor, or 

 perhaps dragging a heavy body along floor. 1 remarked the 

 same in 1816. 



^ " Manse shook or rather rocked a little ; roof creaked as 

 if a rafter had been giving way. Several tin covers in my 

 kitchen continued to vibrate or rattle against wooden parti- 

 tion on which they were hanging for some seconds after the 

 shock. West gable of manse appeared to be first and most 

 affected. I infer (in addition to my own feelings at the time) 

 that the shock was from the west in regard that the tin covers 

 rattled on partition, which is in a meridian position ; for had 

 partition extended in same direction as course of shock, any- 

 thing hanging on it would not so likely have rattled against it. 

 I felt as if chair had been suddenly lifted up under me, and 

 then rocked a little from west to east. I should say the late 

 earthquake was of longer duration, but of duller sound and 

 motion, than the one I felt at Fort George in 1816." 



A farmer on Deeside, about 33 miles west of Aberdeen, 

 when lying in bed heard the slates on the roof of his house 

 rattle. 



At Aberdeen, as Professor Cruickshanks writes, the shock 

 and noise were slightly felt. No ship or boat in the harbour 

 was moved, nor were the instruments in the observatory af- 

 fected. There was no displacement of furniture, but much 

 -rattling of glasses and stoneware. 



