116 Mr D. Milne on Earthquake-Shocks felt in Great Britain. 
crackling, and hissing noise made by a large extent of heather 
on fire.’ 
At Kenmore (at the east end of Loch-Tay, and eighteen 
miles north of Comrie), the Rev. Mr Duff heard “a hollow, 
rolling, continuous sound,” which he at first attributed to 
thunder; but by subsequent observations he was satisfied it 
was connected with an earthquake. ‘“‘ Some masons happened 
at the time to be dressing stones at Kenmore, and they men- 
tioned that they perceived a tremulous motion in the blocks 
which lay before them. They stated their impression to 
be, that the noise and motion came to them from the S. or 
SW.” 
14th October 1841. 
At Tullybanocher, situated about half a mile west of Comrie, 
the shock is described by the tenant of that farm as “a 
very alarming one. Some of my horses happened to be yok- 
ing in the carts at the time, and were observed to tremble 
exceedingly. I felt myself lifted, or rapidly heaved up and 
down.” 
At Dunira, as Sir Dougal Gilmour relates, ‘‘ another tre- 
menidous crash took place, which shook the house, and a con- 
siderable quantity of soot and lime was driven down into the 
chimney. It was from the same point (viz. NE.), and though 
the house is situated close under lofty mountains, there was 
no reverberation along them like what is produced by thunder. 
The weather was warm and muggy, with thick fog.” 
Sir David Dundas writes that this day was “ very wet; at 
34 p.m. avery severe shock occurred. Plaster from the in- 
side of several chimnies, brought down.” 
At Monzie, Mr Lawrie writes—‘“ I heard a noise approach- 
ing from the west, and although I knew the cause, I was taken 
by surprise, for the house in which I was, received in that di- 
rection such a concussion as I had no previous conception of. 
I do not say this in regard to the severity, so much as the 
nature of the shock. Suppose the house to have been a ship 
lying in still water, and a heavy body to have been unexpect- 
edly pitched against it, and you will have a tolerably good 
idea both of the concussion and of our sensations. I also felt 
an undulating motion pass along the room (which is on the 
