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houses were levelled and 300 people killed, with 500 persons more in the 

 valley. " At Monghyr, Rungpur, MozufFerpur, Mallai, all in the direct line 

 of influence, many houses have been destroyed." 



At Calcutta three shocks were felt. Hanging lamps were moved, but no 

 damage was done. At Agra the shocks were rapid and strong, lasting a few 

 seconds each. At Lucknow four shocks were perceived ; " the tremulous 

 motion was like that of a steam vessel " (probably meaning that tremulous 

 motion sometimes produced by the draft of the steam-boiler fires), the beams 

 creaked and cornices fell down. 



At Tyrhut the movement was from E. to W. ; water in a tank 4- feet deep, 

 whose surface was 3 feet below the edge or brim of the tank, was thrown 

 out. 



At Purneah the shock was the severest ever felt there ; houses were thrown 

 down, birds flew frightened from their roosts, sleeping horses were wakened 

 and rose in alarm, an astronomical clock was stopped ; and from observa- 

 tions on it and some other circumstances, it was concluded that the shock 

 thei'e came from the south, and travelled east (a very singular and sudden 

 change of purpose if it were so). 



At Buxar the direction was apparently from N. to S ; it is added, " the 

 motion seemed a good deal bounded by the Ganges, as at Koruntadhee ; just 

 opposite to Buxar much less motion was felt than on the right bank of the 

 river." At Monghyr seven distinct shocks were felt between 5 and half-past 

 8 o'clock A.M. of the 27th of August, and there had been more than 25 felt 

 during the night. 



At Patna, at 30 minutes past eleven p.m. of the 26th of August, a great 

 shock was felt from east to west, and another at midnight ; eighteen shocks 

 were counted by some observers. 



All the country about Bankipoor, Dinapore, Diggah, &c. was shaken. 



These rather incoherent accounts must serve to give some general notion 

 of the power and extent of this earthquake. The precise moment of the oc- 

 currence of the second shock was noted at Calcutta by its stopping an astro- 

 nomical clock. The moment of shock at several other distant places was also 

 noted and the observed time corrected, for Calcutta time, as referred to this 

 particular clock. 



The following is a list of those places and the times of shock corrected for 

 longitude : — 



Place. 



Calcutta . . 

 Katmandu 

 Rungpur . . 

 Monghyr . . 

 Arraii . . . . 

 Rotas Hills 

 Gorackpur 

 Allahabad 

 Bankura*. . 

 Tyrhoot . . 

 Buxar . . . . 

 Patna . . . . 



Lat. N. 



22 36 

 27 43 

 25 43 

 25 22 



25 35 

 32 58 



26 44 

 25 26 



24 90 

 ? 



25 32 

 25 35 



Long. E. 



88 24 



85 13 



89 22 



86 29 



84 40 

 73 41 

 83 18 

 81 48 

 77 90 



83 55 



85 90 



Observed Time and 

 Correction. 



11 45 + 12 

 11 20— 2 

 27+7 

 15 + 14 

 10 + 20 

 20 + 19 

 + 28 

 30+4 



Calcutta Time. 



11 34 48 



10 57 



11 18 

 34 

 29 

 30 

 39 

 28 

 34 



Time not correctly observed. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. ' 



* QuEere Rampoora. 



