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ported, that the same effects had been felt at St Cloud, Me- 

 nars, Cellette, Chaumont, Chauzy, and the surrounding places, 

 it is impossible to see in them only an electrical commotion. 

 Besides, the most conclusive phenomena have been remarked : 

 here, plates violently set in motion, there, beds changed in po- 

 sition ; farther off, empty barrels upset. What is most singu- 

 lar is, that even in the oldest buildings, no cracks have been 

 noticed. 



" At Moulins, Engilbert (Nievre), the shock was very se- 

 vere, and lasted several seconds. People rushed out of bed, 

 and out of their houses, believing that the end of the world 

 was at hand. Large articles of furniture were moved out of 

 their place. 



*' The earthquake was felt at 12^ 45', at Paris, Tours, and 

 Nevers. From this town they write, that two detonations, 

 deep and hollow, preceded by several seconds, the principal 

 commotion, which was such that a crowd of persons felt 

 themselves roughly shaken in their beds. The oscillatory 

 movement manifested itself from W. to E., and lasted about 

 2". In this country, where such phenomena are probably 

 without example, there has been no proper explanation yet 

 given of this unusual shock. The atmosphere was all the 

 time in a profound calm, only the air was heavy (lourde), the 

 moon obscured, and one could remark on the horizon great 

 clouds of a red colour charged with electricity. 



" At Orleans, in the Hotel Dieu, the servants and patients 

 distinctly saw the beds move. The terror experienced by 

 certain persons has been so great, that they mention the case 

 of ladies who are still (7th July) ill. A second shock, but 

 much less severe, was felt towards 4 a. m. On the Saturday 

 night, an atmospherical phenomenon sufficiently remarkable 

 occurred, as a precursor. On Sunday evening, about 7^ p. m., 

 a choking heat, which had prevailed all day, gave place sud- 

 denly, and without transition, to a violent gust, such as gene- 

 rally precedes storms, and yet there were few clouds in the 

 sky. At Chateau-neuf (near Orleans), the shock was suffi- 

 ciently strong to crack the plaster of houses, and to shut doors 

 standing open. 



