IN THE PACIFIC. 



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swung completely round, and remained mouth 

 up. 



It appeared that the first violent shock took 

 place on the 4th of March, destroying many 





THE CATHEDRAL, SAN SALVADOR, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE. 



houses, and that the quaking of the earth con- 

 tinued at intervals till the 19th when at 

 two a. m. there were two slight shoqks, fol- 

 lowed soon afterwards by a very violent one, 

 which completed the destruction of the city. 



