UENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE. 



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" One thing I omitted in my report. I was not conscious of any 

 subterranean noise at the time of the earthquake ; the noise struck me as 

 entirely due to the swaying of trees and houses, and was exactly like the 

 sound heard in Bengal when a storm is coming up during the rains. 



" Manipur itself, that is the large basti called the Capital, is 

 almost flat ; the houses cover a very large extent of ground, and are 

 without exception built of wood and bamboos. The only two dwelling- 

 houses built pucka were mine and the Rajahs ; they both came down. 



"There are several small nullahs flowing through the above, but 

 the earthquake distinctly followed the main one, which runs south-east, 

 the banks of the others were unaffected to any extent more than 

 the surrounding land. 



" All the ground occupied by houses is flat without rock ; a bluish 

 clay is the substratum over that deep soil. 



" The shocks noted by me are as follow : — 



January 10th ... First shock very severe 

 Second „ not „ 

 Third „ „ 

 Fourth „ „ „ 



Fifth „ „ 

 January 11th ... Slight 



„ 12th ... Rather severe 

 „ 13th ... Slight 

 „ ... Do. 



<c After this the shocks ceased until the 18th when two slight ones 

 occurred, — time not noted. 



" On the 21st February another very slight shock was observed, 

 lasting about 2 seconds, direction from north-east to south-west ; time 

 9h. 6m. a.m. The shock was so slight that many of the natives 

 about did not notice it. I did so satisfactorily, as I had before me at the 

 time on the ground, outside my house, two large dishes full of water ; 

 the water in these moved up the side about 1 inch. 



(t My impression about the weather here this season is that the 

 temperature has been much above what it was last season, but having no 

 observations to be relied on before May last, this cannot be proved. 



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