EARTHQUAKES IN BRAZIL t^t^t, 



12. Lourengo Pereira da Silva. — O municipio do Bomfim. Bahia, 

 1906, p. 37. 



This is a small book of 85 pages 12° describing the natural features of the 

 municipality of Bomfim, formerly known as Villa Nova da Rainha, in the state 

 of Bahia. At p. 37 he says: "It must be still remembered by everyone that an 

 earthquake shock was felt in July, 1904, throughout the zone between Bomfim and 

 Joazeiro. It consisted of a dull rumbHng followed by a slight shaking of the 

 earth causing the rattling of dishes and bottles on the shelves of stores, while in 

 homes ornaments and even bird cages were thrown down." 



13. Arrojado Lishoa. — Tremores de terra no Brasil. Jornal do 

 Commercio. Rio de Janeiro, January 23 (?), 1909. 



This is part of a long article on the general subject of earthquakes, ending 

 with a section on earthquakes in Brazil. The copy kindly sent me by Dr. Lisboa 

 is a clipping from the daily paper in which it was printed, and does not contain 

 the date of its publication. The article itself is dated January 22, 1909.- The 

 author mentions most of the cases in the table given herewith, and adds informa- 

 tion gathered by himself in the state of Matto Grosso in 1908. 



He concludes that the following regions in Brazil are periodically affected by 

 earthquakes: 



1. Bom Successo district in Minas Geraes. 



2. State of Rio de Janiero. 



3. Aracaty-Assu region in Ceara and Rio Grande de Norte. 



4. The southern portion of Matto Grosso. 



He mentions the seismograph in the observatory at Rio de Janeiro and urges 

 the importance of the establishment of three additional stations under the direc- 

 tion of the astronomical observatory as follows: at Aracaty in Ceara or at Macao 

 or Mossoro in Rio Grande do Norte; at Porto Murtinho, Corumba, or Miranda, 

 in Matto Grosso, and a third at Bom Successo in Minas Geraes. 



14. Notes by J. C. Branner. — While traveling throughi the interior 

 of the state of Bahia in 1907 I found that a shght earthquake had been 

 felt over a considerable area in that region in the year 1905, and the 

 following notes were gathered in regard to it: 



There is uncertainty about the year. Some of the persons with whom I 

 talked about it stated positively that it occurred July 18, 1905. Sr. Lourenfo 

 Pereira da Silva, quoted above, says it was in 1906, but he does not mention the 

 day of the month. 



It was felt by some people, but not by all, at and about the city of Bomfim, 

 where window shutters and bottles on drugstore shelves rattled. 



At fazenda Cambao, on the west side of the Sahtre Valley, the shock occurred 

 about 8 P.M. and was accompanied by a distant rumbling sound. A man lying in 



