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Letter from F. Anderson, Esq. to my address, dated Mussoorie, 2 1st 

 November, 1842. 



My dear Smith, — I certainly thought that at the time of that 

 slight Earthquake, with the movement, that I also experienced a slight 

 electric shock extending from the left elbow to the fingers. I was then 

 up at " Rochville," at the very extremity (East end) of Landour. I 

 was in the room with Mundy and two ladies, one of whom I was seated 

 close to, she and I felt the movement distinctly, the others did not. / 

 alone was conscious of the electric feeling. ****** 



Yours very sincerely, 



F. Anderson. 



Electric shocks frequently have been felt during Earthquake shocks, 

 and it is interesting to find this phenomenon accompanying such event 

 in India, as well as elsewhere. 



8. Earthquake of the 18th September, 1842. 



The Earthquake of the 18th September was experienced at Darjeel- 

 ing, and from that station only has any notice of it reached to me. 

 The following extract from a letter from Dr. Campbell, furnishes de- 

 tails of the shock as experienced at Darjeeling : — 



" On the morning of the 18th September, 1842, at half- past 4 o'clock, 

 as nearly as I can determine from the comparison of watch times given 

 by three gentlemen with the time by sun-dial and their watches on the 

 following day, there was a smart shock of Earthquake felt at Darjeeling. 

 Two of those gentlemen, who have given me particulars of their sensa- 

 tions, say, that it appeared to them to have come from the North-west 

 and passed under them to South-east. The third says, he felt it as an 

 " up and down" shock, and that the movement of the earth was 

 sensible for some seconds after it was evident that the shock had 



Assuming the direction stated to be correct, it is not improbable 

 that this shock emanated from the valley of Nepaul, the seat of the 

 great Earthquake of 1833. But this of course is merely a conjecture, 

 as evidence is wanting to warrant more. 



