242 Onthe Reality of the Rise of the Coast of Chile. 
‘‘ The earth certainly cracked in places that were sandy or marshy ; 
I saw cracks too in some of the hills, but mostly in the low nook 
where much earth had run together; the sea was not much altered ; 
it retired a little, but came back to its old place. Don Onofri Bun- 
ster, who, on the night of the Earthquake, was walking on the shore 
at Valparaiso, in front of his house, had a mind to go up on the hill, 
but could not, so great was the quantity of falling dust and stones: 
he repaired to his boat, therefore, and with some difficulty got aboard ; 
this done, he made observations on the motion of the sea; on sound- 
ing, the depth was thirteen fathoms; he heaved the lead a second 
time, and the depth was no more than eight fathoms: this alternate 
ebbing and flowing lasted the whole night, but did not the slightest 
harm on shore.” 
These are the only cases I remember to have met with, in which 
the testimony of eye-witnesses has been adduced to prove the rise 
of land by Earthquakes. ‘That such rise may have taken place, at 
different times, without being recorded, perhaps even without being 
observed, is not very improbable ; but if lam to pronounce a verdict 
according to the evidence, I believe there is not as yet one well au- 
thenticated instance in any part of the world, of a non-volcanic rock 
having been seen to rise above its natural level in consequence of an 
earthquake. 
Before I quit this subject, it may not be amiss to mention, that on 
comparing the times at which the successive shocks took place in 
Chile, as given by Mrs. Graham, and the other authorities to which 
I have had occasion to refer, the discrepancy is extraordinary. 
3. To the President and Members of the Geological Society. 
Gentlemen—Mrs. Cauicorr (formerly Mrs. Graham) has read 
with surprise, in the Atheneum of June 14, an extract from Mr. 
Greenough’s Anniversary Address to your Society, in which there 
is an uncourteous attack upon her letter, addressed to Mr. Warbur- 
ton, in the year 1824, giving an account of the Earthquake which 
occurred in Chile, on the 19th of November, 1822. 
This attack implies, in the first place, a suspicion of wilful false- 
hood on the part of Mrs. Callcott——Secondly, it charges her with 
that high coloring, which “ ignorance, terror and exaggeration, are 
apt to indulge,” (the words of the second accusation being quoted 
from the Abeja Argentina).—And thirdly, in case Mrs. Callcott 
should be prepared to rebut the first and second charges, the insinu- 
