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1835. January 4th. — Lohttghat. — Slight ; lasted 15 to 20 seconds ; seemed to be 



7 a.m. north and south. — McClelland' s Kumaon, p. 208. 



„ January 14th. — Lohtjghat. — More violent ; appeared to be from north- 

 1-30 A.M. west ; noise like distant thunder ; motion tremulous, and in 



crossing the strata seemed to affect one at a time. — Ibid. 

 „ August 26th. — Singapore.— Slight ; only a few seconds. — Asiat. Jour., 



xix, 128, (1836.) 

 „ „ — Penang. — No date — Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xiv, 607. 



1836. January 24th. — Chandebnagore, Sook Sagur, &c. — Plaster shaken off 



houses, &c. — Asiat. Jour., xx, 187. 

 ,, KiBUL. — Both Vigne and Masson state that shocks oc- 



curred frequently at Kabul ; no particulars. — Vigne s 

 Travels, p. 812 ; Masson, iii, 8. 



1837. June 15th.— Ganjam, — A severe shock. — Henderson's Chronological 



Tables. 

 „ September — Penang. — Shocks continued seven days. Volcanic eruptions 



End of month. near Acheen. — Asiat. Jour., xxv, 232; Jour. Asiat. Soc, 



Beng., xiv, 607. 

 „ December 14th — KIbul. — Three shocks felt at night. — Bumes' Travels. 



Night. 



1839. January 14th. — Suddya, U. Assam. — Preceded by rain and heavy snow : 

 9 P. m. motion apparently from south-west to north-east. — 



Mannay, Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xii, 907. 

 „ March 23rd.—~BuRMAH:. — During my visit to Amarapoora in company 

 with Colonel A. Phayre, and the mission to the Court of 

 Burmah in 1855," I had the opportunity of seeing the 

 abundant evidences of the fearful destruction caused by 

 this earthquake, which were even then very marked 

 although sixteen years after its occurrence. In the won- 

 derfully truthful and interesting narrative of that mission, 

 published by Colonel Yule, E.E. (London, Smith, Elder 

 and Co., 1858), most remarkable illustrations of this 

 destruction will be found. And in the appendix (page 349) 

 a detailed account is given by myself from the notes of 

 Mr. Spears, who was in Amarapoora at the time of the 

 occurrence. I was, unfortunately, not then aware of the 

 importance of such careful measurements of bearings and 

 angles as would now be sought for. And I allowed the 

 splendid opportunity to pass, which the study of the 



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