106 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



D.\TE. 

 No. A.D. 



840 1624 April 17. Leting in Tungping Fu and the neighbouring district of 



Cldhli. The land opened and water burst out : it rose to 

 a height of one foot. 



841 1624 April 18. Ditto. 



842 1624 April 21. Ditto. 



843 1624 April 23. Leting in Yungping Fu. There were three shocks in one 



day. 



844 1624 July 20. Paoting Fu, Chihli. City walls and houses were destroyed 



and many people were killed. 



845 1624 Sept. 15. Sheiisi (Hsian). 



846 1625 Jan. 31. Nanking. 



847 1626 June 28. Taming and Kuangping, Chihli; Tungchang Fu, Shantung; 



'RonanV -a. Ho nan; and Pingyang, iS'A««.si. The ground did 

 not come to rest for several months : the damage was so 

 great that it was impos-sible to find out how many houses 

 were destroyed and how many people were killed. 



Honan. 



Fuchou, Fuhhien. 



Ninghsia, Kanm. A stone temple fell and killed many priests. 



Another shock at Nanking. 



Ninghsia. The shocks were followed by a loud noise ; the 

 ground did not come to re.«t for several months; there 

 were about one hundred shocks ; many buildings were 

 destroyed and many people were killed. 

 853 1627 Nov. 27. Nanking. The motion was from north-west to south-east, 

 and it was followed by a loud noise. 



Imperial City, Peking. 



Nanking. 



Lintao and Kungchang, Kansu. Many houses were destroyed 

 and many people and cattle were killed. 



Nanking and Chengtu, Ssuehuan. 



Sha/isi (Taiyuan). 



Yunnan (Yunnan). 



Shensi (Hsian). 



Shanti (Taiyuan). 



Fuhkien (Fuchou). 



Nanking, Kian/jsu. 



Yunnan. 



Chengtu, Ssuchuan. 



Hsian Fu, Shensi. The ground did not come to rest for 

 several months. 



Liaotiing, Shinfiliing. 



Imperial City, Peking. 



Nanking. 



Fuhkien (Fuchou). 



Changsha, Hunan, and ifwy^eA (Wuchang). 



Kansu (Kungchang). 



Fuhltien (Fuchou). 



Ssuchuan (Chengtu). 



Kuangchou, Kuangtwng, and Pingle, Kuangsi. 



Sliansi (Taiyuan). 



Fengyang in Anhui. 



Shantung (Chinan). 



Fengyang in Anhui. 



Kiiangtung (Kuangchou). 



Nanking. 



Peking and Tungchou (comprising Tung, Tsunhua, and Yung- 

 ping), Chihli. Three thousand two hundred and fifty 

 people were killed and the earthquake lasted three months. 

 883 1720 June 11. 9.45 A.m., at west of Peking. The castle Chacheng destroyed ; 

 one thousand people were killed. Shocks continued twenty 

 days. 



