114 Mr D. Milne on Earthquake-Shocks felt in Great Britain, 
At Crief, six miles east of Comrie, the following sensa- 
tions were experienced by Mr White, in a distillery half a 
mile S.W. of Crieff, as noted by the author after a con- 
versation with him. ‘ About 1} p.m. the chairs on which 
we were sitting, were suddenly moved or shoved out of 
their places. The owner of the distillery instantly rushed 
out to see if any of his works had fallen in. At the door 
he met his clerk, who said that when in the court-yard he 
had felt himself raised up two or three inches. The noise 
was louder than the loudest thunder I ever heard, and lasted 
altogether nearly 2’. The shaking or tremor of the ground 
passed in 5” or 6’.. The day was hot and sultry. At 3 p.m. 1 
was in Crieffand felt a shock ; but it was only a low rumbling 
sound which I heard. It lasted 4” or 5’; and it was in the air. 
It passed from W.to E. Mr Forrester, the schoolmaster, 
was standing beside me, and said that he felt a motion of the 
ground.” 
At Kinkardine, about seven miles E. by 8. of Comrie, Mr 
White’s uncle felt the first of these shocks. At a quarter before 
2 p.m. he was in a room of the upper storey of ahouse. ‘“ The 
first sensation I experienced, was as if the west wall of the 
room was leaning over upon me. I rushed towards the door, 
which was on the opposite side of the room. The door then 
gave a crack. There was all this time a hollow rumbling 
sound, apparently subterranean, which seemed to be travel- 
ling in a S.E. direction. It lasted only a few seconds.” 
At Dunira, the several shocks are thus described. General 
Sir Dougal Gilmour writes—* About 2 p.m. of the 12th, while 
walking in the neighbourhood of the farm-yard, a most tre- 
mendous noise was heard, not unlike the blowing up of a 
magazine, and immediately afterwards a quick undulating 
movement which lasted about 2”, and apparently in the direc- 
tion of N.E. to 8.W. The tremulation was fuily stronger 
than I ever felt at Lisbon or elsewhere, with the addition of 
the tremendous crash previous to it.” 
Sir David Dundas writes regarding the second shock. “1 
had walked out with two friends, and we were standing talk- 
ing at my home farm-steading, when a flock of turkeys came 
flying out among us as if very much frightened. A remark 
was made upon it; and we immediately were sensible of a 
