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ground) from W. to E. The desk at which I was seated was 
sensibly lifted up, as was also a stove with its flue. Not only 
during the concussion, but before and after it, the windows 
shook violently. The sound did not rise out of the ground on 
all sides, but moved in a track like a train of gunpowder ex- 
ploding. It passed away to the E. with prodigious velocity ; 
and nothing could give a finer idea of rapid motion than it 
did. After it had reached an immense distance, its vibrations 
still continued for many seconds, but they rapidly became 
deeper and fainter until they died away in the distance. 
« After the concussion there followed a general shuddering 
of the ground. The noise was subterranean. It was a stifled 
sound, proceeding from the ground. It resembled the falling 
of snow from the roof of a house during thaw, and was equal 
to loud thunder. The clouds were very low, and generally 
there was a thick small rain.” 
At Glenalmond (9 miles E.N.E. of Comvie) Mr Robert Ruther- 
furd, W.S., writes that “the concussion was as if a heavy cart 
of stones were driven violently against the house. There was 
an undulatory motion, and the room seemed to heave up, be- 
ginning at the SE. corner, and sinking down to NW. The 
chairs, and people sitting on them, seemed to rock like a boat 
at sea, affected by a ground swell. The pots and pans hang- 
ing in the kitchen vibrated, and rattled on the wall. I was 
reading in the room with Mr Paton, when the shock was felt, 
and was astonished, both at the noise and seeing the chairs 
undulate ; insomuch, that I thought Mr Paton was swinging 
on the back of his chair. I felt my own chair distinctly un- 
dulate, and felt a little affected with headache. There was a 
very loud noise, like the emptying of a cart of stones. The 
cattle in the field clustered together, and looked as if they 
were afraid. It had rained very much that morning and the 
preceding two days. Towards the afternoon, the day became 
-very close, with a Scotch mist.” 
At Dumbarnie (about 20 miles E. of Comrie), Dr Joseph 
Bell was walking along a road with some friends. Suddent!y 
they heard “ a rushing noise like the letting off of steam. One 
of the party was conscious about the same period, of an unt- 
sual feeling, which led him to suppose that some illness was 
impending. This did not last above 15” or 20”. 
