Account of the Earthquake in Child. 43 
violence of the earthquake; the tower, sixty feet high, which served 
as a belfry, was levelled to the earth. Its solid walls of burnt 
bricks; well laid in mortar, were shivered in pieces; the two side 
walls, full of rents, were still standing, supporting part of the shat- 
tered roof, but the two end walls were entirely demolished. On 
éach side of the church were four massive abutments, six feet 
square, of good brick work; those on the western side were thrown 
down, and broken to pieces, as were two on the eastern side; the 
other two were twisted off from the wall, in a north-easterly direc- 
tion, and left standing. 
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~ “On board the admiral’s ship in the harbour, where more secure 
than ashore, the effects of the earthquake, so far as the situation 
permitted, observations were made with great accuracy. Tere three 
distinet shocks were felt, the second was observed to be by far the 
strongest, and its duration, as had been noticed at Concon, is stated 
at two minutes. The effect upon the ship was the same as would 
have been produced had she suddenly sunk down upon a rock. It 
appeared as if her bottom had been struck with prodigious force ; 
