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XXX. Papers relating to the Earthquake which occurred in 

 India in 1819. 



[Concluded from p. 119.] 



Extracts from Letters of Captain Ballantyne, Agent in Katti- 

 war,for his H. S. the Guiciva?; concerning the Earthquake . 



Letter addressed to Lieut.-col. Barclay. 



Jooria, June 17, 1819. 

 Tl^E have had a complete earthquake since yesterday even- 

 ing at half past seven o'clock. The shocks have been 

 numerous and severe, and the tremulous sensation does not 

 yet cease. 



The whole town is literally a ruin : the works are shaken 

 from the foundation, and in many places thrown down. The 

 old tower, which I had given up to Dr. Roy, is a complete 

 ruin : the roof falling in, crushed all his things, and it is al- 

 most miraculous that we happened to be out. My sitting 

 bungalow and sleeping apartments are one shattered ruin. 



The Dewanjee has quitted the town, and lives outside, it 

 being really not safe remaining in buildings so much injured 

 as those here are. 



Letter addressed to Mr. Williams. 



Jooria, June 18, 1819. 



Yesterday morning we went out to the westward of the 

 town to see some rents which had been caused by the earth- 

 quake in the fields there. The earth separating, had in some 

 places emitted water and fire. On examining the different 

 rents, we found them to be of various extent, from an inch to 

 a foot in breadth ; the depth however in all of them was con- 

 siderable, being to 10, 15, and 20 feet. In some places a 

 black sandy and gravelly soil had been thrown out ; in others, 

 a black wet earth. 



The shocks during the night of the 16th were frequent, but 

 not very severe, and the tremulous motion of the earth scarcely 

 ceased. 



On the morning of the 1 7th the weather was close, and the 

 tremulous motion continued in a very sensible and disagree- 

 able degree: about 10 A.M. a distinct and severe shock was 

 felt, but it did not last long. 



We have had no rain, thunder, or lightning, for these six 

 or eight days. The thermometer has ranged from 86 to 90 

 and 92 degrees. We had remarked on the 18th that the 

 thermometer had risen two degrees. 



The dreadful noise accompanying the earthquake was of a 



rumbling 



