1843.] 



Earthquakes fyc. in Assam 1839 — 43. 



909 



Year. 



Month. 



Day 

 of 



Month. 



Occurrences. 



Remarks. 



1843 



Sept. 



3, 



Earthquake 



7|P. M. 



After a very hot day, clouds gathered at S. E. 

 very close and sultry ; squall came on a 

 little before sunset ; vivid lightning all 

 round the heavens ; previous to squall, mak- 

 ing an extraordinary noise in the heavens 

 over head like the falling of heavy rain on 

 distant jungle, or like the rushing of wind 

 through a funnel, with this noise you heard 

 an occasional growl like distant thunder. 

 When the rain fell, this noise, which had 

 continued for sometime ceased — thunder 

 very high in the heavens, but the lightning 

 one blaze all round. Whilst at dinner, smart 

 shock from the South. 



Memorandum of various Phenomena in 1843. By the Rev. N. Brown, 



Missionary Assam. 

 January 14. — Great gale in England. 

 February 8. — Earthquake at Antigua. 

 February 18. — Earthquake at Leipsic. 

 February 27. — The comet passed its Perihelion. 



March 3 Comet seen at Sea 10° S Lat. 25° W Long. 



March 6. — Comet seen at Calcutta. 



March 10. — Earthquake in England at 1 a. m. 



April 1. — Earthquake at Bellary at 5 a. m. 



April 4. — Meteor at Sibsagur, 



April 6. — Earthquake at Sibsagur about 8 o'clock in the evening. 



April 7. — Earthquake at Sibsagur at 1 a. m. 



June 3. — Earthquake at Titalyah. 



June 15. — Earthquake at Sibsagur at 11 a. m. 



June 16. — Earthquake at Sibsagur at 8 p. m. 



June 17. — Earthquake at Ceylon. 



August 23.— Evening, a meteor fell near Sibsagur. 



September 3.— Earthquake at Sibsagur at § past 2 a. m., another at | past 7 p.m. 



