Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain, 107 



1781. 

 Dec. 8. Holywell and Downing, at 4 or 6 p.m. Shocks from NE. 

 — (Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond.) 

 1782. 

 Oct. 5. At B or 9 p.m. St Asaph, Mold (Flintshire}, Bangor, Anglcsca. 



Shocks from NE. to SW.— (Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond.) 

 Nov. 10. Loch Rannoch in Scotland agitated. The barometer sunk to 

 within one-tenth of bottom of scale. 

 1784. 

 Sept. J 2. At 9 A.M. Loch Tay agitated. About 9 a.m. the air being quite 

 calm, the water at the east end of the loch ebbed 300 feet, 

 leaving the channel dry. It then accumulated, and rolled 

 about 300 feet further to westward, where, meeting a similar 

 wave rolling in a contrary direction, both united and rose to 

 height of 5 or 6 feet, producing a white foam at top. The 

 water then rushed on south shore, and rose 4 feet beyond 

 highest water-mark. It then returned, and continued to ebb 

 and flow every seven minutes for two hours, the waves gra- 

 dually diminishing each time they reached the shore. The 

 same phenomenon occurred every day for a week, but with 

 less force, and at a later hour. 

 178G. 

 June 16. Whitehaven, Isle of Man, Dublin, and SW. parts of Scotland. 



— (G. Mag. v. Ivii. 198.) 

 Aug. 11. At Dumfries two shocks were felt, with 3" to 9" between them. 

 A man sitting fishing at 2*' 20' a.m. on banks of Nith, with face 

 to west, felt ground lifted first against the right thigh, and 

 immediately after against the left. It was like a wave. In two 

 or three seconds after, the same was repeated with greater 

 violence. From this he judged that the shocks came from N. 

 to S. In the town birds were pitched ofF their perches, plates 

 were thrown down, and slates rattled on the roofs. 

 This earthquake felt through the counties of Dumfries, Rox- 

 burgh, Cumberland, Berwick, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Argyle, 

 and Aberdeen. It was felt at Kelso at 2 a.m. Carham at 2^ 

 20', Kirkcudbright at 3 a.m., Glasgow at 2*^ 30', Coekermouth 

 and Whitehaven at 1^ 65', (here from SE.) At this last-men- 

 tioned place there was a noise as if a well-packed hogshead 

 was thrown on floor. The strings of a spinnet were heard to 

 vibrate — walls were cracked, and people were thrown out of 

 bed. The noise continued from 3' to 5'. The barometer was 

 at 29 inches, and the weather was close and sultry. There 

 was a rumbling noise in the air. A chimney was thrown 

 down. The quay at Workington was a little damaged. 

 There was much rain on the day before, as well as on the 

 * day of the earthquake. It was slightly felt in Glasgow and 



Aberdeen. This shock extended S. to N. 160 miles, and 

 from E. to W. 100 miles. At Gilsland all who were asleep 



