and especially in Scotland. 377 
ably after them, are perhaps worth mentioning, as they are 
curious, particularly the latter. I was driving home from 
Abercairney, on the 9th or 10th November between 12 and 1 
o’clock, with a groom, when a ball of fire seemed to fall within 
a few yards of us; the light was as strong as a vivid flash of 
lightning, but lasted a good deal longer, rather more than a 
second perhaps ; the track of light continued in the thin misty 
clouds, till after the ball of fire disappeared. The night was 
warm and close, and very dark. On the night of the 11th 
of December the under-factor was returning home about 11 
o’clock, and, when about a mile and a half from Strathallan, he 
saw a strong red light to the south-east, just over the Castle, 
and was convinced that it was on fire; he immediately ran as 
hard as he could towards it, and on reaching the farm and 
finding all;quiet, he went up to a height above it, and again 
saw the light, which he says was then higher, being along the 
top of the Ochil Hills, and a good deal broader than when he 
first saw it ; he describes it as a very strong red light, stronger 
than the reflection of a house on fire. The night was very 
wet, and the rest of the sky quite dark. There had been a 
week of frost, and the weather changed that night, and a great 
deal of rain fell during the two or three days following, but 
without wind.” 
At Cultoguhey, situated about two miles east of Crieff, three 
miles north of the river Earn, the effects of the shock were 
thus represented tothe author by Mr Maxtone, who was there 
at the time. ‘We were sitting in an upper room when the 
shock occurred. The whole house was shaken. Two explo- 
sions were heard at the same moment, as if two cannons had 
been fired below ground. The west side of the house was first 
affected ; and every one distinctly perceived either that the 
west side was elevated or the east side was sinking. A lady 
felt herself falling off her chair towards the east, and seized 
hold of a table to save herself. The noise and the motion 
were distinctly observed to pass away towards the east.” 
At Bellevue, a few miles SE. of Crieff, Lieut. Graeme, R.N., 
states that ‘“‘ three undulations were felt, each of which was 
attended with a crashing and smashing sound, and was sepa- 
rated by an interval of from 3’ to 10’. At the instant of the 
second shock or undulation I was standing, and then found 
