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strong to make the windows rattle, and with this trembling of the earth there 

 came a sound like that of a train approaching at inconceivable speed. Then tho 

 earth appeared to jump up suddenly with a loud crash, and the subterranean 

 thunder was heard dying away in the distance. The shock was violent, and 

 needed, I am quite certain, but a very slight increase of force to have caused a 

 fearful loss of life by the destruction of the strongest houses. 



All who felt this shock were assured that the force was travelling in a 

 certain direction, viz., from some i)oint in the west to some jDoint in the east ; 

 but I cannot say that any impression of that kind was left upon mind by the 

 earthquake of 1868. The movement appeared to be vertical only, simply up 

 and down. With respect to the moment of the shock there is a slight differ- 

 ence in the statements of various reporters. I believe the true time to have been 

 10.38 p.m. 



The earthquake of 1863 occurred, it will be remembered, on the 6th of 



October at 3.20 a.m. 



THE TABLES FOE 1868. 



The tables this year are five in number, our arrangement being as follows : — 



Table I. — 1st, barometer readings and means ; 2nd, the wind. 



Table II. — Thermometer readings and means. 



Table III, — Rainfall in Herefordshire, as shown by eight rain gauges. 

 For materials for the compilation of this table I am indebted to the following 

 observers : — Rocklands, J. BI. Herbert, Esq. ; Koss and Leominster, Messrs. H. 

 and E. P. Southall ; Sellack, Rev. W. Clement Ley ; Stretton, the Rev. H. C. 

 Key ; Tupsley, Mr. Ballard ; Whitecross-road, Mr. Davison, who has kindly 

 taken charge of the eight inch gauge belonging to the Woolhope Club. The 

 Richmond Place rain gauge is my own. 



Table IV. — Rainfall in Herefordshire by ten observers, beginning with the 

 year 1818 and ending with 18C8. 



Table V. — The Register of the water-level of the River "Wye for the year, 

 kindly forwarded by John Lloyd, Esq., of Huntington Court. 



We are going forward with our barometrical measurements of the hills in 

 the neighbourhood of Hereford. A fault having been discovered in one of the 

 instruments used last year we have gone over the whole of the work again, and 

 hope to repeat our visits to two or three hills concerning the measurements of 

 which, in consequence of the disturbed state of the atmosphere at the time of 

 our observations, or want of time, we feel there may be some small error. 



The following values may be safely taken as very near the truth : — 



Above Hereford at Eichmond Place. 



Feet. In. 



Garway 1013 



Acornbury 734 6 



Ladylift 732 4 



Seagar 704 



Egdon 660 10 



Hereford itself at Richmond Place is 184 feet above sea level, and this 



addition to the several measurements here given will, of course, give th« heights 



above the sea. 



Feet. In. 



Backbury 546 



Credenhill 633 10 



Hough Wood 440 



Dinedor 423 2 



