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western part of the United Mines, the shock was felt by the men 

 working 130 fathoms below the surface ; but it does not appear to 

 have been noticed at all in the eastern part of these or the Consoli- 

 dated Mines. At Tresavean mine the shock was felt at all depths. 



The people dwelling to the north of Cam Marth do not appear 

 to have been conscious of anything uncommon ; the noise was heard 

 at Tuckingmill and Pool, but was attributed to the discharge of a 

 cannon at a great distance, so faint and indistinct was it. In the 

 south parts of the parish of Camborne the noise was also heard, but 

 no tremor felt. 



In the parish of Stithians the shock was decidedly felt, and seve- 

 ral persons in the village, who were taking breakfast at the time, 

 speak of their tables having been shaken, and the cups and saucers 

 having clattered. It appears to have been felt with equal intensity 

 in the parishes of Mabe and Constantine, perhaps more powerfully 

 in the latter than in any other part. 



An intelligent correspondent, who has kindly been at some pains 

 to procure authentic accounts, thus writes: — "On the morning of the 

 17th a shaking of the earth was felt in this village, accompanied by 

 a sound resembling distant thunder. At one house, where some 

 men were working, they left their work and ran out to know what 

 it was that gave the shock. In another a book fell from the book- 

 shelf to the floor. Adjoining the village, where there were some 

 persons in bed at the time from sickness, the beds were felt to shake ; 

 a door was even seen to fly open from the shock. At Wheal Vy- 

 vyan mine some men working about twenty or thirty fathoms under 

 ground also felt it very distinctly ; and one man, who was leaning 

 against a rock at the time, still more so. My wife also felt it, and 

 it appeared to her as if the roof of the house was falling in." 



At Helstone the disturbance was considerable. Mr. Moyle of 

 that town thus describes it : — " While at breakfast, about half-past 

 eight, I started suddenly from my chair, with the impression that a 

 heavy truck had run suddenly down the stone steps of a passage 

 forming a back entrance to my premises." At Nansloe, half a mile 

 south of Helstone, the servants say the earthenware evidently clat- 

 tered ; and the same was experienced at Trevarno, two miles north- 

 west of the town. Captain Richards, of Wheal Vor mine, situate to 

 the west of Helstone, writes as follows : — " The shock of the earth- 

 quake on the 17 th was very distinctly heard and felt at this mine, 

 175 fathoms under the surface ; also at the 80 fathom level under 

 the surface. It was also felt at Penhale mine 50 fathoms under the 

 surface, and by several persons within a mile of Wheal Vor mine. 

 It was very distinctly heard and felt near Godolphin, and in and about 

 Great Work mine ; also at Wheal Penrose mine near Porthleaven." 



It does not appear to have been very evident at Porthleaven. 



From West Wheal Virgin, in the parish of St. Hilary, I have the 

 following communication from Captain Henry Francis : — " A little 

 before nine on the morning of the 17 th, some of our men at work 

 in the 100 fathom level, in the south lode, felt a shock, and as it 

 were a rush of air, so much so that one of the candles was put out by 



