EESEAKCH COMMITTEES. 529 



Earthquakes of 1848. 



15th January. — Shock at 8 a.m. South-east, moderate. 

 Fine. 



17th January. — Shght shock. North-west, fresh. Showery. 



19th January. — Shght shock, 2 p.m. South-east, calm 

 Fine. 



26th February. — Smart shock, 9.30 p.m. North-west, 

 moderate. Showery. 



9th ApriL — Shght shock, 7 p.m. North-west, strong. 

 Showery. 



10th April. — Slight shock, 7 p.m. North-west, strong. 

 Showery. 



13th April. — Shock an 8 a.m. and 8.20 a.m. North-west, 

 fresh. Showery. 



17th April. — Smart shock, 8.30 a.m. Calm. Cloudy. 



2nd May. — Shock at 2 p.m. North-west, fresh. Showery. 



6th June. — Shock at 5 a.m. North-west, strong. Cloudy. 



25th July. — Shock at 5 a.m. South-east, moderate. 

 Fine. 



15th August. — Slight shock in night. North-west, light. 

 Cloudy. 



16th August. — Slight shock in night. North-west, strong. 

 Eainy. 



15th to ISth October. — Shocks daily, as described. 



N.B. — Others may have occurred in the night without 

 being noticed. 



Was there evidence of strong vertical shock, or torsion of 

 loose objects? 



1848. 17th October. — The house shook, jerked, and then 

 vibrated so as to shake all loose articles to the ground. 

 The French windows burst their fastenings, and flew outwards. 

 The chimney-piece was cleared of its ornaments, the bottles 

 flew from the table. 



Tuesday, 24th. — ^A very sharp shock while I am writing, at 

 a quarter to 6 p.m. The motion decidedly undulating, and 

 seeming to force up from below. During one of the shocks 

 after 2 p.m. I was standing on the lawn, and I felt myself 

 jerked up. Another similar shock, now, at ten minutes to 6, 

 stronger than the one live minutes ago. 



Wednesday. — In a store-room at Alzdorf's W'ellington 

 Tavern, a large number of short, stout bottles of anchovies 

 were ranged closely together on the floor, and occupying about 

 a square yard. At about 4ft. distance, and south from them, 

 was a cask of beer (twelve or eighteen gallons, I forget which) 

 half full. This cask was jerked up and deposited on the top of 

 the anchovy-bottles without knocking down or breaking one. 

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