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anchors, and persons afloat were a good deal tossed about. 

 The shock was far more severely felt by those who were 

 lying down, than by those who were walking or sitting. 

 Children jumped out of bed in great alarm, and even the 

 uninitiated at once exclaimed " it's an earthquake." 



The noise which accompanied, or as some say preceded 

 the shock, was a hollow rolling sound, not unlike distant 

 rattling thunder, but longer and more regular in tone. Our 

 own opinion is, that this noise was only heard towards the 

 end of the shock, but others say that it was the commence- 

 ment of it. 



We have not heard that any damage was done. 



One gentleman who felt the shock so much that he was 

 unwell for several hours, thinks that there was a second, 

 about 2 a.m. of the 3rd. Some others speak of having felt 

 the second shock. We have heard of three or four persons 

 who suffered from nausea after the shock. 



The " Ocean Bird" was at sea about thirty mUes off, the 

 Light House bearing KW., at half-past ten on the night in 

 question. Captain Peniston reports having at that hour felt 

 the earthquake. The " Ocean Bird" was runniug about eleven 

 knots, when suddenly those on board experienced an alarm- 

 ing shock, which led them to suppose they had struck a 

 rock, and that there was some error in their calculations. 

 Captain Peniston says, that just before, he saw a heavy cloud 

 rise in the S. W., from which he expected a heavy squall and 

 rain, but it passed away with the shock, but little rain fall- 

 ing. The foUowing day it was observed that the water was 

 very muddy. 



At Mount Langton the shock was very perceptible, and 



