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Inez is about one hundred and seventy miles. The shock which destroyed this 

 building occurred about one hour after the former, and the greater portion of the 

 inhabitants had left the building but a few minutes before it fell, service having 

 closed. The first shock felt here prostrated the building, as in the preceding case. 



A Spanish ship which lay at anchor off San Buenaventura, thirty-eight 

 miles from Santa Barbara, was much injured by the shock, and leaked to that 

 extent, that it became necessary to beach her, and remove the most of her cargo. 



The writer above quoted corroborates the fact of a ship having been in this 

 vicinity at the time. The distance of this ship from Santa Barbara is nearly 

 the same as in my original statement but in a different direction. From the cir- 

 cumstantial details of the writer as to the ship " Charan," alias, " Thomas New- 

 land," I am inclined to the belief that his statements are more entitled to 

 adoption than my own ; I therefore present his statement also and leave the 

 reader to adopt either, so far as regards the ship and her position. " At the 

 same time a Boston ship the Thomas Newland, known before as the Charan, 

 commanded by Capt. Isaac Whitmore, was lying off the anchorage not far from 

 the Gaviota Pass, Santa Barbara County." 



It is an interesting fact, and at the same time somewhat remarkable, that the 

 time which elapsed between the advent of the shocks at Capistrano and San 

 Inez is widely variant from what we should look for, when the distance apart 

 and velocity of motion in earthquakes are taken into consideration. If the 

 velocity of the seismic wave in this earthquake was uniform with those of more 

 recent times, it should have reached La Purissima in twenty-eight minutes and 

 fifty seconds in lieu of an hour ; but all due allowances must be made for a ques- 

 tion of time in an event of this nature, and also for errors in memory of persons 

 after the lapse of so many years. 



The effect of this earthquake on the sea, in the Bay of Santa Barbara, is de- 

 scribed as follows : " The sea was observed to recede from the shore during the 

 continuance of the shocks, and left the latter dry for a considerable distance, 

 when it returned in five or six heavy rollers, which overflowed the plain on 

 which Santa Barbara is built. The inhabitants saw the recession of the sea, and 

 being aware of the danger on its return, fled to the adjoining hills near the town 

 to escape the probable deluge." 



The sea on its return flowed inland a little more than half a mile, and reached 

 the lower part of the town, doing but little damage, destroying only three small 

 adobe buildings. 



Here again I take the liberty of quoting the late writer above noticed, in 

 corroboration of its effects upon the sea. " The sea was seen to retire all at 

 once, and to return in an immense wave, which came roaring and plunging back, 

 over the beach. This wave penetrated the low lands and gulches a mile from 

 the shore, forming one of the most terrific sights possible to conceive." 



Very little damage was done to the houses in town from the effects of the 

 shocks, while the Mission at San Inez was prostrated almost instantly. There 

 is no evidence that I can find, that this earthquake was felt in San Luis Obispo, 

 though such has been the report. 



In addition to my former paper I will now add some information relating 



