212 J. P. Lacaita on Earthquakes in Southern Italy. 
most violent successive and whirling shock of 25 seconds’ 
duration crushed thousands of them under the ruins of their 
falling houses. Three other shocks were felt on that awful 
shock, second ‘only to — of the 16th of Dendntber was felt, 
which caused considerable injury; and, according to the latest 
accounts, up to the 28th of April last, the shocks, though com- 
paratively slight and harmless, still continued, and the people 
were,in a state of constant alarm. Such was also the case in 
every one of the five previous epic eg con have been 
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between the streams flowing into the é Pprcidninds the Tonisty 
and the Adriatic sea, and form the upper basins of the Calore 
or Tanagro, the Sele, the Ofanto, the Bradano, the Basento, the 
Sinno, and the Agri rivers ~The. centre of action, as far as it 
less dian half a aninute were crushed to eedths two thousand 
severely wounded | ae —— was cracked and convulsed in 
the strangest manne and deep fissures were opened in 
several places, fertile. ‘ints teal bare rocks, valleys were raised 
up, small pools formed, mountains cleft by deep ravines. The 
towns of Montbonieny and nara especially were sees 
entirely: — away; the former lost 5600 out of 7000, and the 
latter 3000 out of 4000 inhabitants, Saponara, which rose in 
