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uite bare. { 
nearly twelve feet. It was highest about 7 and 11 o’clock a. Mm. 
At places on the lee side of Maui, the rise and fall appears to have 
about 9 o’clock p. m. of the 13th. At midnight the sea was re- 
ceding, with a noise as of persons wailing, caused by the water 
rushing over the reef. At 7 o’clock the sea began to flow out 
rapidly, until 15 minutes past, when it checked and rapidly re- 
turned. The extreme fall, from the highest point, was three feet 
and ten inches. t 20 minutes past 8 a. M., the water again re- 
ed, and continued falling for 15 minutes, when it turned and 
rose 28 inches in eight minutes. Since that hour it continued 
rising and falling rapidly every 20 minutes, until about 25 minutes 
of 3 Pp. a, when it reached the highest point, five feet and four 
inches above the lowest mark. 
on the forenoon of the 14th. No measurements were taken. 
It appears, trom these reports, that at the Sandwich Islands the 
‘rhere observed, the sea rose and fell Abrerirn ¢ though in some 
W hours in crossing the entire Pacific. i 
Earthquakes and earthquake waves in Australia and New Zea- 
land.—On the morning of August 17 (Aug. 16 as compared with 
‘me in the Sandwich Islands) earthquake shocks were felt at sev- 
7m, es 
ee eastern Australia there were unusual waves and tidal er 
turbance. At etna it was high water at 5" on the 15th o 
‘the ferries, and creating much confusion. At one point the wate : 
Tose two feet in five minutes. At Newcastle ee ro in 15 min- 
REN i 3 be . ' nba 
Was Swept from her moorings; the water rose 49 ia, Queens 
Similar disturbances were experienced in Tasmania, 
