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anchors, and persons afloat were a good deal tossed about. 
The shock was far more severely felt by those who were 
lying down, than by those who were walking or sitting. 
Children jumped out of bed in great alarm, and even the 
uninitiated at once exclaimed “it’s an earthquake.” 
The noise which accompanied, or as some say preceded 
the shock, was a hollow rolling sound, not unlike distant 
rattling thunder, but longer and more regular in tone. Our 
own opinion is, that this noise was only heard towards the 
end of the shock, but others say that 1t was the commence- 
ment of it. 
We have not heard that any damage was done. 
One gentleman who felt the shock so much that he was 
unwell for several hours, thinks that there was a second, 
about 2 am. of the 3rd. Some others speak of having felt 
the second shock. We have heard of three or four persons 
who suffered from nausea after the shock. 
The “Ocean Bird” was at sea about thirty miles off, the 
Light House bearing N.W,, at half-past ten on the night in 
question. Captain Peniston reports having at that hour felt 
the earthquake. The “Ocean Bird” was running about eleven 
knots, when suddenly those on board experienced an alarm- 
ing shock, which led them to suppose they had struck a 
rock, and that there was some error in their calculations. 
Captain Peniston says that just before, he saw a heavy cloud 
rise in the 8.W., from which he expected a heavy squall and 
rain, but it passed away with the shock, but little rain fall- 
ing. The following day it was observed that the water was 
very muddy. 
At Mount Langton the shock was very perceptible, and 
