398 On the Earthquake in Chile, 1851. 
these things, unless electricity be the agent; while the atmos- 
phere must be affected in some way to shower down rain at sea- 
Ou that occasion (1822) the sea in the bay of Valparaiso retired 
considerably, and was several days in reaching its former level ; 
while on this, no such thing was observed.” 
Ouly two vessels bound to Valparaiso feit the shock. One was 
forty miles to the southwest of the port, and the other a like dis- 
tance to the northwest, and therefore they were some fifty-seven 
miles apart. Until he learned, after anchoring, that an earth- 
quake had occurred on the morning of the 2nd, the master of the 
former was fully persuaded he had passed over a reef of rocks; 
before seven ;” the other, “at twenty minutes past six In the 
morning.” Even in Valparaiso, where government has placed a 
clock visible to nearly all the town, the papers differ two minutes, 
though the custom-house clock was stopped by the shock at 
6h 42m, But here are the Santiago mean times at which the 
greatest shock was felt at each place, with its bearing and dis- 
tance from the capitol. 
ee er cares 
Naive of city. Time. From Santiago. Distance. _ 
kh. m8 A iles. 
Talea, ... * re - t a2iw. | 112 
i 6 48 405 
Valparaiso, { : ‘ae ke t n. 67 W 64 
Quillota, 6 48 495 N. 62 W. 644 
San Félipe, 6 44 12 x. 16 Ww. 45 
(Mendoza, 7 03 18 n. 73 &. 105 
No possible supposition will reconcile them. 
