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the volcanic orifice. Hence, in and near to regions subject 
to volcanic explosions, the cotemporaneous occurrence of an 
earthquake and a cyclone affords evidence corroborative of 
the supposition that the cyclone owes its origin to some 
distant and unrecorded volcanic paroxysm. : 
The following are the examples of this nature that I have 
met with :— 
1693, Calabria.—Fearful storms succeeded the great 
earthquake. The same took place in 1783, and on night 
of 5th March, 1823.—Signor Ferrara, Silliman’s Journal. 
1711, Bosely, near Wenlock, Shropshire.—After a great 
hurricane, the inhabitants were awakened in the middle of 
the night by a commotion of the earth, accompanied with 
noise. Hruptions of hot water and inflammable air issued 
from the earth.—Trans. Roy. Soc., London. 
1737, Calcutta, 11th, 12th OcToBER.—A furious hurri- 
cane at the mouth of the Ganges, reached 60 leagues up 
the river. At same time there was a violent. earthquake ; 
200 houses destroyed. It was computed that 200,000 
ships, barques, sloops, boats, &c., were cast away. ‘Three 
hundred thousand souls perished. Ships were blown two 
leagues up into the land over the tops of high trees. The 
Ganges rose 40 feet higher than ever known.—Gentleman’s 
Mag., 1738-9. 
1750, 8th Marcu, London.—An earthquake—morning 
was remarkably calm, but quickly after the shock the wind 
rose.—Dr. Doddridge in Phil. Trans. 
1756, 18th FEBRuARY, 8h. 12m. A.M., an earthquake at 
the Hague. Wind 8.W.: immediately after the shock it 
became N.E. (Probably a cyclone travelling to the 8.E. 
from Iceland.) 
1766, 18th Aucust.—Great hurricane at Martinique. A 
shock of an earthquake in the night of the cyclone. 
