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Memoranda of Earthquakes and other remarkable occurrences in Upper 

 Assam, from January 1839 to September 1843. By Capt. Hannay, 

 B. N. I. 



1839 



1840 



1841 



Month. 



January 



Feb. 



June 



Sept. 



Day 

 of 



Month. 



14, 



3, 



March 



Occurrences. 



Remarks. 



Earthquake 

 9 p. M. 



Earthquake 



8 P. M. 



Cholera. 



Total Sun 

 Eclipse and 

 Earthquake. 



Feb. 



June 



Earthquake. 



Gales. 



Meteor. 



Felt at Suddeeah, direction apparently from 

 S. W. to N. E. preceded some days by rain 

 and heavy snow in the mountains ; air very 

 cold. 



This month commenced hot, with dreadful 

 hail storms, thunder and lightning. 



At Suddeeah, apparently from South to North, 

 strong N. E. wind. Burrumpooter high, 

 wet and disagreeable weather. — N. B. From 

 March up to this date, the season unusual- 

 ly rainy. Small-pox very prevalent, lost 

 several men and a native officer from this 

 disease. 



Cholera broke out, and continued with more 

 or less severity at Suddeeah until the end of 

 November; about 30 men in the corps died 

 — this disease followed a Detachment which 

 proceeded on service into the Mishmee Hills 

 on the 18th October, and spread amongst 

 the Hill tribes.— N. B. Although I now 

 forget the month, I think there were four 

 shocks of Earthquakes felt at Suddeeah in 

 1839. 



When the sun was obscured, the air was un- 

 usually cold and disagreeable to the feelings, 

 even to nausea. About an hour after the 

 Eclipse passed off, i. e. about 1 p. m. a smart 

 shock of an Earthquake, and about 10 

 minutes afterwards another ; both shocks 

 appeared to have come from south — these 

 I felt outside, the sky cloudless, but the 

 atmosphere hazy. 



1840. Passed without any thing else remark- 

 able ; it was a healthy and seasonable year. 



Felt an Earthquake at Gowhatty on either the 

 9th or 11th, forgot which. This Earthquake 

 was different to those above-mentioned ; it 

 was accompanied by a low rumbling noise ; 

 was sharp and stunning, as if a blow bad been 

 struck under the jaw; the others alluded 

 to, appeared, on the contrary to have more 

 of a trembling or rocking motion. 



Strong gales on the Burrumpooter, both this 



month and July, from the N. E. 

 N. B. — In February 1841 at night, a splendid 

 Meteor was seen at Seebsagur, and in other 

 stations in Upper Assam. It passed from 

 East to West of the heavens, and burst 

 with a loud report, the first like the firing 

 of several large guns, and ending exactly 

 like musquetvy tile tiring. — Individuals on 

 the Frontier who had not seen the Meteor, 

 imagined some of the out-posts had been 

 attacked. 



