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150 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
V. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 3 
1. Harihquake-—About 6 a. M., on the 17th of October, 1860, Can- i 
= of greatest intensity was low down on the St. Lawrence. 
iviére Ouelle and Riviére du Loup, proceeding thence with diminish 
ing intensity as far west as Hamilton. It was ahead felt shone 
; s Aubu 
be seen to be but lit tle less than that Jie to ‘the difference of an 
was slight and the testimony of only one observer was recorded, there 
may be an error. e shock thus appears to have been nearly simular 
neous throughout Canada. 
aes 6 a.m. Three shocks at intervals of some seconds, noise continued for tet 
inutes. 
gr Island, 6, A.M. 
Riviere du Sac a.m. A series of shocks lasting nearly five minutes. y 
schooner off this place ap ei ete shock resembling that of striking on a sand- 
nk, and the waters of the Gulf were unusually agita 
River Ouelle, 6.15 a.m. oe iolent, damaging walls and throwing down chim 
nds, 
boulements, near Murray Bay, 5.30 a.m. Violent. Five —_ feeble shocks in a 
rapid : succession, another at noon and another - LNs P.M, This is where 
behinds c nit Eboul ] pe other 
a St. Paul, 5.50 a.m. Violent shock ; chimneys fell. 
Thomas (fon ees) oy Two shoc 
3t. Joseph de la Beauce, 6.1 ak 
uebec, 5.50 a.m, Several sea, severe, especially in lower ee of the ¢ 
in the environs; but less so than at River Ouelle, a ; 
atte Megantic, 6a 10 to 6.15 
Richmond, 5.45, a. 
hree megs about Ga, m. Shocks felt for two minutes. 
: 
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reported damaged. 
M ere 6 a.m. Shocks felt for more than a minute, su tot 
north to pposed | 
aun . 50. Two or three perceptible shocks, felt less on the 
on lower grou mountain 
St. Martin, Isle Jesus, 5.55, At Dr. Smallwood’s o observatory, two distinet 2 
ond tiny ‘The wave passed from east to west. Barometer ' 29-964 inches, te 
e 40° 8, wind N.E., cloudy. 4 
Prescott, 5.30 A ; 
Belleville, 5.30 rom One shock. 
Hamil 
* Canadian Naturalist, Oct., 1860, 363. 
