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1833 August 26lh — So far as can be ascertained, the time of the principal and 

 — conid. most violent shock, the second, was (reduced to Calcutta 



time) as follows at the several places : — 



h. m. s. 



Calcutta 11 34 48 



Monghyr 11 34 



Eotas Hills 11 30 



Arrah 11 29 



Goruckpur 11 39 



Allahabad 11 28 



Rungpur 11 18 



Katmandu 10 57 



But these are only approximately accurate. See Jour. Asiat. 

 Soc, Seng., ii, 439 and 564, xii, 1049, &c. 

 „ August 27th. — Katmandu.— Three shocks, 4-53 a.m., 5-20 a.m., 5-26 a.m. 



Ibid. 

 „ „ 28th. — Ditto. — Two shocks, 7-15 a.m., 4-55 p.m. — Ibid. 



„ „ 30th. — Ditto. — Four shocks, one at 9 A.M. — Ibid. 



„ „ 3ht. — Ditto. — Two slight shocks during the night. — Ibid. 



„ Sep.lstto 11th. — Ditto. — Ten shocks, all slight. — Ibid. 

 „ September 20th. — Meerut. — Lasted about 15 seconds ; not felt in Calcutta— 



Night. Asiat. Jour., xiii, 158, (1834). 



„ October 4>th. — Katmandu, Monghyr, Allahabad. — Lasted half a minute ; 

 7-3 a.m. violent ; as bad as that of 26th August. — Jour. Asiat. 



Soc, Seng., xii, 1053. 

 „ October 4th. — Jaunpur. — Sudden and smart. — Asiat. Jour., 1834. xiii, 24. 

 „ „ 18th. — Katmandu, Goruckpur, Allahabad. — Lasted nearly a 



4-40 A. M. minute; violent; apparently from east to west. — Ibid; 



Jour. Asiat. Soc, Seng., xii, 1053. 

 , October 24th. — Singapore. — A slight shock, succeeded by a tremulous 

 8-35 P.M. motion, which lasted about a minute ; and then two other 



shocks, slighter than the first. — Asiat. Jour., xiv, 21, 

 (1835). 

 October 26th. — Katmandu. — Slight ; 10-37 a.m. — Jour. Asiat. Soc, Seng., 



xii, 1053. 

 November 8th. — Katmandu. — Slight; 3-55 A. M.~ Ibid. 

 November 16th. — Katmandu. — Severe ; about midnight. — Ibid. 



„ 26th. — Katmandu. — Of the up and down kind; 11-45 p. m.. — Ibid. 



1834. July 8th. — Eungpur. — Two shocks : fissures formed in ground, from 



„ July 21st. which smoke and flames were thrown out; and then 



fissures closed!— Asiat. Jour., xiii, 91, (1834). 



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