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



1817. 

 Jan. 27. Shock at Mansfield and adjoining villages. 

 April 26. At 6^^ 30' a. m., a smart shock felt at Glasgow, Inverness, 

 Greenock, and slightly at Leith. Windows were violently 

 shaken. 

 June 10. At 1^^ 2i)' p. m., a smart shock in Urquhart, Dores, and near In- 

 verness. 

 ... 16. At 6 A. M., two smart shocks felt iti same places. 

 Aug. 7. At 8^1 20', a slight shock in same places. 

 ... 31. A smart shock in same places. 

 1818. 

 Feb. 6. Coningby (Lincolnshire). " iJ'oise like the subterranean firing 

 of cannon heard at the time." — (G. Mag. v. Ixxxviii. 171.) 

 ... 19. Aberdeenshire. 



... 20. Inverness at 1^20'. Also at Coningby (Lincolnshire) at 3 p.m. 

 (where, " accompanied by noise like firing of cannon"), and 

 east end of Holderness. Felt also at Kirton in Lindsey, where 

 meteor apparently about size of cannon ball with a streamer 

 behind it ; seen at same time moving in ait with great velocity. 

 — (G. Mag. v. Ixxxvi. p. 364.) 

 April Smart shock felt from one side of Lincolnshire to the other, and 



extended across Holderness in Yorkshire. 

 June 19. Comrie, two shocks at an interval of a minute. 

 Sept. 1. Inverness. 

 Nov. 10. Inverness at 12^ 20' p. m. — (G. Mag. v. Ixxxviii. Part 2d, p. 567.) 



1819. 

 Nov. 28. At Comrie a very smart shock between 1 and 2 a.m., and more 

 alarming than anyfor ten years. Wind uncertain that day and 

 before. Cold, and appearance of snow. It came from N W. 

 The noise, while passing below us, during 10", produced the 

 moving of furniture, jingling of plates, &c. It was accom- 

 panied with the usual hollow grumbling sound. 



1820. 



May 20. Wanlockhead, Dumfries. 



Nov. 28. At 8 A.M. and 11^30' p.m., and on 29Lh at 10^^30' at Leadhills. 

 Shook bed, and was felt in the mines. The shock was felt 



10 miles to E. and 3 or 4 miles to W. 

 1821. 



Oct. 9 or 10. Strathearn, a few miles east of Crieff. Noise resembled tliat 

 of mail-coach on bad road. '' I felt the ground move under 

 my feet, as if I had been on piece of moving bog." 

 ... 22. Comrie, Crieff, Loch Erne, Inverary, also 13 miles down Loch 

 Fine, with thunder and lightning. 



Nov. 27. Leadhills and AVanlockhead at 8 a.m., a flight shock, with a 

 hollow rumbling noise. The miners heard the sound very 

 distinctly at a depth of 150 fathoms. On the same day, at 



11 p. m., another shock was felt with a still louder sound, but 

 unaccompanied by any trembling of the earth. 



