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was no rent of the wall, nor have I heard of anything of the 

 kind in this neighbourhood. A second shock was experienced 

 about two o'clock next morning (24th), by some of our neigh- 

 bours, but not by us : though about an hour and a half after 

 the first, I fancied I heard the same rushing sound as before, 

 but less distinctly. 



At Perth, as the author was informed by several of the in- 

 habitants, the furniture in their houses was shaken, and lamps 

 hanging from the ceilings of their rooms, were made to vibrate. 

 On the side of the Tay, opposite to Perth, a crack was 

 formed during the night of the 23d October, on the side of 

 the turnpike-road, where it runs above a steep bank. This 

 crack was noticed early in the morning of the 24th October, 

 and was such as to endanger the integrity of the road. Two 

 days afterwards, a slice of the road along the line of the crack, 

 for about twenty-five yards in length, slipped down the bank 

 altogether. 



From St Andrews, in the East of Fife, two accounts were 

 received. 



Dr Govan of the E.I.C.S. writes, — " I had just gone to bed, 

 which was placed, as nearly as I can estimate, N. by W., and 

 S. by E., when I experienced a smart and sudden movement 

 from below upwards, and as I thought nearly at right angles 

 to the line in which I lay, coming from the S. and W. I im- 

 mediately said, it was a very smart shock of an earthquake, 

 and looked at my watch, which shewed 10^. 24' p.m. An undu- 

 lating movement immediately succeeding, the smart shock was 

 perceived by those in the room, which caused a degree of gid- 

 diness. I immediately went to observe the barometer, which 

 stood unaffected at about 30 inches ; without, all was quiet 

 and more still than usual. 



Dr Mudie of St Andrews writes, — " Colonel Playfair of the 

 E.I.C.S. was sitting with his family on the night of the 23d Oc- 

 tober. They all distinctly felt the earthquake, and as both the 

 Colonel and Mrs P. had repeatedly felt earthquakes in India, 

 they instantly recognised the nature of the shock. To all of 

 the company, there was the sensation of the earth rising sud- 

 denly up, and vibrating before it returned to its former .-^ite. 

 The vibration proceeded from the south-west to the north- 



