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Sir J. Dorington mentions a fact which seems con- 

 firmatory of the above estimate of the direction of the 

 wave. He says — " A pane of glass in a mulHon window 

 in my house (near Stroud) was cracked from top to 

 bottom by the earthquake. This window lies in a plane 

 nearly north and south, which perhaps indicates that the 

 vibration passed from N. to S. or vice versa. If the pane 

 had been broken by an E. and W. oscillation, it would 

 have cracked horizontally and not vertically." 



3.— THE DURATION OF THE SHOCK 



This is variously stated. Only five attempts to 

 estimate it were made, and these range from 3 seconds to 

 45 seconds. Mr Meredith says — " The whole earthquake 

 did not last more than 10 or II seconds from beginning 

 to end." 



6.— THE INTENSITY OF THE SHOCK 



This seems to have varied very much in different 

 localities, but in no case is any serious structural damage 

 recorded by the observers (except in one or two instances 

 at Gloucester). All agree in reporting that the vibrations 

 were sufficient to make doors, windows, jugs, &c., rattle, 

 and to ring bells on shutters. The minimum of disturb- 

 ance seems to have occurred at Cheltenham and Stroud, 

 where no permanent displacement of things was observed. 

 Mr Colchester-Wemyss (Westbury) mentions that china 

 was thrown off shelves into the middle of the room. Mr 

 Lloyd Baker (Hardwicke) says that a bottle on his dres.s- 

 ing table was upset, and that two or three vases and 

 ornaments about the house were thrown down or broken. 

 At Gloucester, besides the displacement of the massive 

 iron vase already alluded to, several chimneys were partly 

 or wholly shaken down, and a fair amount of damage was 

 done to glass and crockery. 



