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* Little Berkhamstead. — I find only one person in this villafj;e 

 who perceived the eartlupuike, and tliat sli;::htly. — G. Gibson, 

 Rector, The Rector}/, Little Rerkhamstead, Hertford. 



Hertixgfoiidbuky. — Mr. W. E. Tophara, of Hertinj^fordbury, 

 states that he was awakened by the bed being violently shaken, 

 and the rings on the cnrtain poles jingling together, and he could 

 also liear the pheasants in l*anshanger Park crowing and calling in 

 an excited manner. Another member of the family had similar 

 experiences; but as this is the third shock felt there since 1«80, 

 Mr. Topham at once guessed the cause of it, and found the time to 

 be exactly 5.30. — Herts Mercury, 19 Bee, 1896. 



* Batfokdbtjry. — Observer in doors, on the first floor, awake, in 

 bed. The time was 5.32 a.m. There was no tremulous motion 

 either before or after the principal vibrations. Of the latter there 

 were about twelve (probably more), lasting about fifteen seconds. 

 The movement increased in intensity up to about the ninth 

 vibration and then died away. The doors and windows, etc., 

 rattled violently, and the bed was perceptibly moved. No clocks 

 were stopped or ornaments overthrown, and there was no structural 

 damage to buildings. No sound was heard and there was no wind 

 at the time. Position of bed N.E. and S.W., and the apparent 

 course of the shock was across it — S.E. to N.W. The oscillations 

 were purely horizontal — a rocking motion. Windows began to rattle 

 at about the eighth vibration. — W. Clinton Raker [F. R. Met. Soc], 

 Rayfordhury, Hertford. 



Pengeo. — I distinctly felt the earthcpiake here on the 1 7th 

 ultimo [1 7th December]. The time was about 5.30 a.m. I was 

 perfectly aware of what was happening, having been in earthquake 



riau No. 7.- 



-Bengeo Hall, Ilertford. 



countnes, and consequently accustomed to shocks of the kind. My 

 bed shook with apparently a side-to side motion, and the flaps of 

 a table in my room chattered while the shock lasted. The room 

 I was occupying is on the second floor. Aspect towards the N.E. 

 Head of bed against the N.E. wall, as shown in rough plan. The 



