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Dr. MANTELL remarked that during an earthquake which he 
experienced in Bengal he was disturbed about six in the morning 
and found the water in the jug in his room swaying to and fro, 
and the natives noticed that about the same time the water in a 
_ pond was waving from one side to the other. All the clocks 
stopped at six o’clock. 
Lieut.-Gen. BURN said there were seaquakes as well as earth- 
quakes. He recollected an occasion when he was at St. Helena 
_ when the sea all round was agitated, but the island itself was 
perfectly undisturbed. 
Col. TABUTEAU related his experiences at Simla, when he was 
first made conscious of an earth-tremor by the movement of his 
bed up and down as if some animal was beneath. 
Mr. KNIGHT instanced that during an earthquake at Nice in 
1884, all clocks stopped and bells rang. He did not consider that 
the condition of the barometer indicated anything, as it was not 
unusual near the Mediterranean for the glass to be low possibly 
during 40 days of continuous sunshine. 
The Rev. H. H. Winwoop asked whether the depth of the 
soil in the area of the severest shocks was known, as he believed 
the character of the strata had a great deal to do with the severity 
of the shocks—buildings on soft foundations such as clay or sand 
(which might be thought capable of acting as a cushion to modify 
_ the shock) generally suffering greater damage than others built 
on solid rock. 
Mrs. EVANS gave a personal narrative of an earthquake on the 
coast of Algiers, where, in the vicinity of Bleda, some French 
officers saw a village disappear in a cloud of dust, the result of an 
earthquake, though they themselves were unconscious of anything 
unusual beneath their feet. 
Co], WRIGHT in reply said that as far as he knew watches 
were not stopped, but the electric bells were set ringing. The 
shock, to a great extent, followed the lines of the ravines. He 
believed the soil around them was of great depth, and there the 
