1845.] for the year 1843. 615 



doors and windows rattled at a great rate, and one of our lads, who 

 was standing on the bank of the river at the time, said he was near being 

 thrown into the stream : it was the most severe shock I ever felt in 

 Assam. Its course appeared to be from East to West ; some of the resi- 

 dents think there were three shocks, but I only noticed two. The 

 weather has been unusually warm for the last two or three days. — 

 Hurkaru Paper. 



8. Earthquake of the l\th April, 1843. — This shock was felt very 

 smartly at Landour, and occurred about five minutes past 8 a.m. The 

 doors and windows of the houses shook and rattled loudly. From obser- 

 vations made on the undulations of liquid in a cup, the direction was 

 from North to South, or from the interior of the hills towards the 

 plains ; the duration of the shock was estimated at thirty seconds. 



The same shock was experienced about the same time at Hurdwar 

 and Meerut, at both places being very slight, and unaccompanied by 

 any circumstances worthy of note. 



9. Earthquake of the 12th May, 1843. — The following is an account 

 of this shock as experienced atPenang, taken from the " Penang Gazette" 

 of May 13th : — " Yesterday about 1 p.m. an Earthquake was felt here ; 

 the motion was very distinct, it was like a succession of waves, and very 

 different from the quick vibration of the shock experienced in January 

 last : after the first two or three waves a slight pause, when it continued, 

 the undulation being greater ; persons sitting were moved from side to 

 side or backwards and forwards in their chairs in a direction from West 

 to East, or from N. W. to S. E., and hanging lamps were swayed to and 

 fro in the same line. It lasted five or six seconds. It came in the direc- 

 tion of Sumatra." 



We have no account of this shock from any other point than Penang. 



10. Earthquake of the 3rd of June, 1843. — This shock was also of 

 very limited range and slight intensity ; the only place where it would 

 seem to have been felt being Titalayah, at the base of the Sikkim hills, 

 on the road to Darjeeling. The following extracts from the " Hurkaru" 

 newspaper furnish details. 



" By a letter, which we have just received from Titalayah, it appears 



that that place was visited by an Earthquake on the morning of the 



3rd instant. A smart shock of an Earthquake was felt here this 



morning ; I could not note the precise time, not having any time- piece, 



but I think it was about 10 o'clock. It appeared to pass from North 



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