Mr Milne on Earthquake-SJiocks felt in Great Britain. 109 



1709. water near Lawers House was shivered to pieces. The se- 

 verest of these shocks reached Killin and Ardvoirlich, to- 

 wards the west. They did not extend beyond Glenalmond 

 towards the east. 



Deo. 29. Crieff and Comrie at 1 p.m., a pretty smart shock, during a vio- 

 lent storm of wind and rain. All these shocks felt by most 

 persons as coming from NW. or NE., though some thought 

 they moved in NE. and SW. direction. 

 ... 30. The same day with the earthquake at Bergo di Son Sepolchro 

 in Italy, three distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at the 

 house of Parson's-Grcen, on the . north side of Arthur's Seat, 

 Edinburgh.— (Tr. R. S. E.) 

 1791. 



Sept. 2. At 5^ 5' p.m. Slight shock felt at Ochtertyre. 

 1792. 



Feb. 26. At 8h 45' p.m., Leicestershire, Rutland, Newark, Biggleswade 

 (Bedfordshire), Derby, slightly, Stamford, sharply; at Little 

 Paunton (Lincolnshire) from NW. to SE. Hole in ground 

 60 or 70 j'ards in diameter at Whitehaven. Same track of 

 country traversed in 1750 by earthquake. It then began in 

 Derbyshire, and passed off the island through Lincolnshire 

 and part of Cambridgeshire. — (Tr. R. S. L.) 



Mar. 2. At 8^^ 46' p.m. Kettering (Northamptonshire), preceded by vio- 

 lent crash or concussion overhead in the air, as well as by 

 rumbling noise; Bedford, Leicester, Nottingham, Rutland, 

 Lincoln, Biggleswade. A warming-pan hanging on a wall, 

 was seen to swing. — (Sc. Mag. v. llv. 147.) 



Oct. 10. In the morning a shock felt at Crieff and at Comrie. Very loud 

 noise ; atmosphere very still ; awoke all the people and 

 alarmed them ; houses much shaken ; furniture tossed about ; 

 weather previously variable and boisterous for some days 

 before ; gusts of wind frequently succeeded by calms ; fre- 

 quent heavy rains also. 



Between 12th Oct. and 18th Nov. at V^ 30' p.m. Smart shock at Comrie ; 

 wet and windy at the time. 



Nov. 10. Three repeated smart shocks of earthquake were felt on banks 

 of Loch Rannoch (Perthshire), accompanied by noise like 

 that of distant thunder. 

 ... 18. Comrie, 11 a.m. An alanning shock. 

 1793. 



Feb. 3. In evening at Comrie. Two violent shocks. 

 ... 26. Wind blew in evening at Comrie sharply from west, and air 

 clear and frosty. At 10^> 30' sky became cloudj^ ; wind ceased, 

 and then a great noise was heard, accompanied by a slight 

 shock. 

 May At Comrie. Motion of earth horizontal from N. to S., and then 

 returned to former position. Full moon. The wind lulled 

 at time of shock. Dykes thrown down. 



Sept. 28, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, 4 p.m. At Shaftesbury the shock was 



