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the district to their south. Out of 18 shocks, 11 had been felt at 
Chichester and its neighbourhood, two at Brighton and other 
places, and the others at Various places. 
At the time of the shock in 1863, much discussion took place as to 
the relative security of various places in England, in the case of 
a severe shock, and the following opinion was expressed by some 
eminent geologists :— 
“London stands favourably for stability. Windsor and all the towns 
towards Oxford much less so. Winchester, Chichester, Southampton, 
Portsmouth, and Salisbury, might not be affected ; but Brighton, and 
nearly all the southern coast towns, except those just named, are like 
the opposite shores of France, standing on the old ocean bottom, 
elevated out of their level by an earthquake, and might be shaken 
back to it.” 
The frequency of shocks and their greater violence at Chiches- 
ter, did not seem in accordance with this opinion, especially as 
the shocks at Brighton had been very slight. 
After a vote of thanks to Mr. SAWYER, a discussion followed, in 
which Dr. HALLIFAX, Messrs. SCOTT, PAYNE, SEWELL, W. H. 
SMITH, G. D. SAWYER, and Wonror took part. The last-named 
gentleman drew attention to another earthquake mentioned in the 
Autobiography of Sir John Bramston, and published by the Camden 
Society, as occurring Sept. 8th, 1692, about 2 p.m., in London, and 
being felt in Essex, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, &c. 
The receipt was announced from Mr. G. DAVIES of Ramalina 
everntioides, a lichen not previously localized as a Sussex plant, but 
found in September of this year by Mr. G, DAviEs, of Earnley, Sussex. 
At subsequent meetings of the Society, Mr. SAWYER reported three 
other shocks. In 1758, on January 24th, “a slight trembling, lasting 
but a moment,” was felt “in the parishes of Worth and East 
Grinstead.” In 1833, about the 2nd April, at 8.15 p.m., a shock was 
felt at Horsham. In 1865, another shock was felt between three and 
four a.m., at Portsmouth, Bognor, Chichester, and spots lying between 
these towns, like a violent explosion. These three shocks, with that 
mentioned by Mr. WONFOR, increase the total in this County to 22. 
Mr. SAWYER also stated that the record of the shocks in 1838 said that 
“the atmosphere was obscured as if by a cloud” during the shocks. 
The following table (page 17) gives a complete list of all the earth- 
quake shocks in Sussex, of which any record has yet been found :— 
