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pancies among the periods stated by different observers, and the impos- 

 sibility of their knowing which were correct. Information subsequently 

 obtained, has, however, admitted of greater certainty as to time, and 

 greater care is therefore requisite in combining the observations. 



From Jellalabad, the shock affecting a portion of the Suffeid Koh 

 range of mountains, with the numerous subordinate ranges that diverge 

 from it, reached the town of Peshawur, (lat. 34° 06'; long. 71° 42, 

 E). From the circumstance of General Pollock's force having been 

 encamped at Kawulsur, about eight miles from Peshawur, and the 

 communication being uninterrupted, the details relative to the effects 

 of the shock there, are fuller and more satisfactory than would other- 

 wise have been the case. 



The following extracts from letters published in the Delhi Gazette, 

 give the most complete accounts of the effects of the Earthquake I 

 have been able to find : — 



Extract from a letter, dated Kawulsur, 20th February, 1842. 



" Yesterday a fearful Earthquake visited this part of the world. 



The shock which came on ,* was long continued, and men, 



horses, tents, even the ground under us, and the hills in the distance, 

 appeared to be moving. It was an awful visitation, and made every 

 heart quake. In the direction of Peshawur, (eight miles distant,) 

 clouds of dust appeared, which proved to have been caused by the 

 falling of very many houses and buildings. A salute was fired from 

 the battery at Jumrood, for the purpose of announcing the safety of 

 Rajah Pertaub Sing, son of Maharajah Shere Sing, who is now at 

 Peshawur, and of whom it is said he narrowly escaped death : the 

 building in which he had been sitting came down almost immediately 

 after he quitted it. The natives say a tenth of the city is down, and 

 a number of the inhabitants killed." 



Extract from a letter, dated Kawulsur, 19th February, 1843. 



" It is now about 12 o'clock mid-day, and we have just experienced 

 a most awful Earthquake in Camp. The natives say that nothing so 

 severe of the kind has been experienced in India for the last fifty 



* The time stated being erroneous, is omitted. The times generally are still by no 

 means so satisfactory as is desirable. 



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