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set in motion, not shaking but waving to and fro from their very roots. No 
damage was done to life or property. At 4 to eleven we had a similar shock in 
severity and duration, and at eleven a most tremendous one. It commenced gra- 
dually, and increased until the houses, trees, and every thing on the face of the 
ground seemed shaken from their foundations. The earth heaved most fearfully, 
and when the shock was at its worst we heard the clashing of falling tiles and 
bricks in every direction ; and to add to the impressiveness of the scene, a general 
shout rose from the people in all directions. The murmur of human prayers was 
carried audibly from the city to our grounds (a mile), and nothing could be more 
imposing and vast than the scene. Ina dead calm the noise ofa hundred cannon burst 
forth : full grown trees bended in all directions, and houses reeled about like drunken 
men. In our grounds no lives were lost, but in Katmanda 19 persons were buri- 
ed under the ruins of their own houses, and in the towns of Bhatgaon and Patan, 
many more. This great shock continued for nearly a minute, and during the follow- 
ing hour there were six distinct and strong shocks, the ground in the intervals be- 
ing scarcely if at all steady ; and from this time till yesterday morning there were up- 
wards of 20 distinct and sharp shocks. The loss of property has been very great, 125 
houses fell in Katmanda during the night of the 26th, and nearly as many more have 
been levelled with the ground. Up to this time, in consequence of the torrents of 
rain that have come down, finishing the work of destruction commenced by the 
earthquakes, the city and towns have been evacuated, men, children and wo- 
men of the purdah, rich and poor, have been and still are on the plains about 
the towns. Innumerable temples have been destroyed, and the very gods of them 
have been crushed to atoms. A fine and large brick temple (100 feet high), built 
in imitation of the great one at Jaganath, came down by the run early yesterday 
morning, and two fine pillars built by Buim Sen were demolished by the great 
shock. All yesterday and last night we had occasional small shakes, and we are 
still in a state of suspense regarding the finale. In 1829, daily shocks continued 
to occur for 40 days, but none of them equal to the great one we had on the 26th.”’ 
A subsequent note from the same gentleman, dated the 30th instant, gives further 
particulars of this disastrous event :— 
“© We still continue to be revisited by occasional shocks of earthquake, all less 
violent than the great one of the 26th, but sufficiently alarming. This morning, 
when at breakfast, we had rather a sharp one: they all seem to come from the 
same direction ; that is from the east and north-east. The places east of Kat- 
mandi have suffered most: Bhatgaon, a large town, has been almost entirely 
destroyed ; upwards of 1000 houses have been levelled with the ground, and few 
have escaped serious injury. 300 souls have perished in this town (Bhatgaon) 
alone, and the total number of lives lost throughout the valley, as yet ascertained, 
is estimated at 500. The unfortunate people in many instances are in sore dis- 
tress ; their stores of grain being buried beneath the ruins of their late dwellings, 
and without money to purchase other food. The grain shops, as well as 
all others, are shut, and the people dare not return to their houses, but remain 
without sleep or shelter in the open air, under torrents of rain. The house of 
Marasar Sine, (a goodly modern mansion) is quite destroyed, and the large 
garden houses of Baim Sew, and his brother, Rau Brr, are rendered, for the 
present, untenable. Scarce a large house in Katmandi has escaped serious injury. 
The fort at Chiropani, on the road to this from the plains, is much injured, and 
almost all the Government buildings have sustained great injury.” 
A. C, 
