112 Mr D. Milne on Earthquake Shocks in Great Britain. 
crags could be seen as if growing through in terrible majesty, 
giving to the scene an aspect ineffably grand, and in some re- 
spects horrific. If I remember right, there was no heavy 
rains that evening nor the night following ; nor was there, as 
on the 10th, any boisterous wind. Before the shocks on the 
12th there was a slight breeze. This continued during the 
morning. Shortly before the first and third shocks there was 
a momentary calm. After these shocks, the wind again rose 
and blew gently, but from what direction I have not noted.” 
Mr Walker adds, that ‘“ during the second severe shock on 
the 12th, some slates fell from houses and some loose stones 
from walls. On that occasion also furniture was moved, and 
bells rung in some houses. Many persons felt as if under the 
influence of electricity. This was especially the case on the 
12th. Some complained of pain in the soles of their feet ; 
others in their ankle and knee-joints, and others in the wrists. 
As for myself, the effects on my frame and spirits were a 
slight pain in the back, and subsequently a violent headach. My 
limbs felt exceedingly weak. A general tremor seized me.” 
Mr Williamson of Lawers thus describes the effects of the 
shock which occurred at 3 r.m.: ‘“* A very severe shock was 
felt at Lawers (two miles east of Comrie), and through the 
whole of that part of the country, and I believe it was also 
felt at Stirling, Perth, and Edinburgh. In making observa- 
tions on the effect of this earthquake, I was placed by chance 
in a most desirable situation. The night before it had been 
exceedingly wet, and much rain had fallen on the forenoon of 
the 12th. About three o'clock in the afternoon, I, with an- 
other gentleman, Mr Buchanan, went out with our guns. We 
had made our way towards the parks in the Strath, below the 
house of Lawers, and at the time I was standing in the road 
leading from Lawers to Comrie, and facing the west, a loud 
explosion was heard, as if from a ten-pounder at a mile dis- 
tant, and instantaneously the earth became tremulous and 
shook violently. The report echoed from hill to hill, and tra- 
velled on with great rapidity nearly due east. lis course was 
marked very distinctly along the tops of the hills. The road 
from Lawers to Comrie is overhung with trees, and every 
branch and leaf was saturated with water from the previous 
rains ; and as the shock of the earthquake passed, it produced 
