CATALOGUE. 



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A. D. 



1858. August Mth Allan Myo.— " Vibrations violent, rapid, upheaving jerks 

 — contd. from east to west in rapid succession ; crisis of earthquake 



about sixteen seconds after commencement ; feeling was as 

 if the convex side of an immense circle was passing with 

 great impetus under your feet. Vibrations had a rolling 

 feeling, as if the waves violently jerked, were passed 

 rapidly under you in a different direction to the feeling 

 caused by the crisis of the shock." — G. Barr, Collector 

 of Customs, Thayet Myo, 13tli September 1858. 

 Ava and Pagan Myo, &c. — Shock was felt at Ava, but 

 slightly; some slight injury done to the old temples at 

 Pagan. 

 Totjngoo — First shock produced effect of heavy weight sud- 

 denly let fall, or of a man stamping violently. Three 

 seconds after this earth-wave came and lasted three or 

 four seconds; vibration similar to that fait on wooden 

 bridge when a heavy train passes. 

 Akyab. — Motion said to be from south to north; lasted 

 about a minute and half ; unusually severe ; dislodged 

 bricks out of masonry walls of Collector's office and shook 

 down some plaster. 

 Khyoue-Phyoo. — Assistant Commissioner's house rocked 

 so that he aud others were thrown down, and with diffi- • 

 culty got out of the house. Masonry buildings injured ; 

 water welled up in several places in various parts of town. 

 Eameee. — 'The Principal Assistant at Eamree reported the 

 entire disappearance of False Island, situated south-east 

 of the island of Cheduba, Lat. 18 s 38' N., Long. 93° 55^' 

 E., no trace of it having been seen after the 24th August; 

 and he thinks the disappearance of it may be attributed 

 to this earthquake. (March 16th, 1859). 

 In the Madras Presidency a slight shock is said to have 

 been felt on the 24th August from north to south, and at 

 the Adyar, close to Madras, also very slight at 4 or 4| p.m. 

 The magnetic instruments at Madras Observatory were 

 distinctly disturbed, not the meteorological. 

 In Bombay. — A very slight shock is said to have been felt 

 at Carinjah Island, opposite Bombay, between 4 and 5 p.m. 

 This, however, could scarcely have been from the same 

 centre. 



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