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months, during which an epidemic disease prevailed. In 1791, 

 the great shock lasted several minutes, caused immense dam- 

 age, and was followed by minor shocks for six weeks. In 

 1820, the earthquake, which once more desolated the island, 

 was preceded by a single flash of lightning. That of 1837 

 lasted with great intensity for twenty seconds ; and that of 

 1480 was the most disastrous of alL In fine, the unfortunate 

 island of Zante has suflPered during the sixteenth century, two 

 earthquakes ; during the seventeenth, three ; during the 

 eighteenth, ten ; and during the first portion of the nineteenth 

 centurv, six." 



March 22, 1841. — " The shock of an earthquake was felt in 

 the morning, along the Moselle, between Treves and Co- 

 blentz, and up the Rhine as far as Camp, in the Duchy of 

 Nassau, a line which coincides with the region of extinct vol- 

 canoes in that neighbourhood. The steersman of one of the 

 steamers declares he saw a blue flame rise from a hill at a 

 distance, in the direction mentioned, which, after remaining 

 suspended in the air for some time, descended and disappeared 

 upon the spot it rose from. Letters from Naples bring intel- 

 ligence of the destruction, by an earthquake, at Reggio, of 

 the Cathedral, four churches, three chapels, the palace of the 

 Provincial Government, the Police Office, and a great number 

 of houses ; ten or twelve persons were killed, and three hun- 

 dred injured. The same shock was felt at Messina." 



June 1, 1841. — " An earthquake was felt at Kingston (in 

 Jamaica) on this day. Several fatal accidents had taken 

 place, in consequence of the rains having flooded many of 

 the roads.'' 



June 12, 1841. — " At 4 p. m., in the island of Terceira, an 

 earthquake occurred, followed by a more severe shock, at 

 5^ 25' p. M. On the 13th, tremblings were felt at short in- 

 tervals. On the 14th, at 4 a, m., a perfectly perceptible un- 

 dulation destroyed a number of buildings ; and the Villa da 

 Praia de Victoria was reduced to a complete ruin at half-past 

 three in the morning of the 15th, by a vibrating and distinctly 

 visible rocking motion. Not a single house or edifice escaped. 

 The ground then remained comparatively quiet tiU 2^ 40' a. m. 



