116 Mr Milne on Earthquake- Shocks felt in Great Britain. 



1816. 



Mar. 17. At \2\ Doncaster, Bawtrey, Blytlie, Carlton, Works of Shef- 

 field, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Lincoln (12^50'), 

 W. to E.; Gainsborough, Newark, Leicester, Loughborough, 

 Derby, Matlock, at 12^ 45'. Pictures on the walls were set 

 a-swinging. Several chimneys were thrown down ; accom- 

 panied by an apparent gust of wind, and a loud rumbling 

 noise.— (G. Mag. v. Ixxxvi. QQQ.) 

 Aug 6. Perth at 10'^ 45' p.m. Dunkeld, Carse of Gowrie, Strathearn. 

 ... 13» Inverness, 10^45' p.m.; Ross, Forres, Moray, Banff, Aber- 

 deen, Montrose, Forfar, Wick, Loch Lochy. Scarcely felt 

 in Edinburgh, and on west coast of Ross-shire. At Fraser- 

 burgh, beds heaved and rocked ; and the noise there was like 

 a heavy weight sliding down house-roof. Night hazy and calm. 

 Shock everywhere simultaneous. Reached the Pentland Frith 

 on north, and Coldstream on south, so that it affected all Scot- 

 land. It was, however, chiefly felt between the Tay and 

 Pentland Frith. Direction of concussion from NW. to SE. 

 Greatest violence was under town of Inverness, as its centre. 

 " The fabric of the whole building" (in which Sir Thomas 

 D. Lauder was) " shook from its foundation ; and the floor 

 . and the chair on which I sat, were several times moved power- 

 fully up and down in quick succession, whilst, along with this 

 vertical motion, I felt the chair rapidly agitated horizontally 

 backwards and forwards, as if some Herculean person had 

 taken it up with both hands from behind, and shaken it vio- 

 lently. Of this compound motion I was perfectly sensible." 



(Farther Extracts from Sir Thomas D. Lauder's Account of Earthquake 



0/1816. J 

 1816. 



Aug. 13. The barometer at Relugas, which was about 29.20, did not 

 seem to have been affected. Though the whole summer had 

 been very wet and stormy, the previous day, and particularly 

 the evening, was fine and still. The shodc was followed by 

 the same stillness. The following morning was calm, but 

 gloomy ; and a thick rain came on, which continued to fall 

 incessantly for above sixty hours, and indeed for the next 

 month there was hardly any fair weather. 

 A man travelling on foot, in the mountains south of Relugas, 

 gave the following account. He was first alarmed by a sud- 

 den and tremendous noise as of a rushing wind, which came 

 sweeping up the hills like a roar of water. This was instantly 

 followed by the rumbling sound, or rhombo, — and the ground 

 was then sensibly heaved up and down under his feet. Next 

 morning I examined in my own neighbourhood, everywhere, 

 the surface of the ground, but could not discern the slightest 

 ' vestige of a crack. Dogs howled, and poultry on the roost 



manifested much dismay. A horse started with his rider, 

 and would not move forward. At Inverness some stones 



