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  At 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  Conductor 
  J. 
  W. 
  Tuftier 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  timed 
  

   the 
  earthquake 
  as 
  lasting 
  four 
  minutes. 
  The 
  motion 
  was 
  a 
  long 
  rolling 
  

   one, 
  such 
  as 
  would 
  be 
  felt 
  if 
  on 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  in 
  a 
  fairly 
  heavy 
  

   sea. 
  The 
  circuit 
  bungalow 
  was 
  cracked, 
  and 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  parapet 
  

   which 
  runs 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  was 
  observed 
  to 
  swing 
  southwards 
  along 
  

   a 
  crack 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  about 
  9 
  inches. 
  The 
  southerly 
  movement 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  taken 
  9 
  or 
  10 
  seconds, 
  and 
  the 
  closing 
  again 
  more 
  

   rapidly, 
  perhaps 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  seconds. 
  This 
  was 
  repeated 
  some 
  seven 
  or 
  

   eight 
  times. 
  

  

  This 
  slow 
  opening 
  and 
  closing 
  of 
  the 
  crack 
  corresponds 
  with 
  the 
  

   information 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  elsewhere, 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  wave 
  ; 
  it 
  more 
  probably 
  represents 
  

   the 
  natural 
  period 
  of 
  swing 
  of 
  the 
  moving 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  building; 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  last-mentioned 
  places, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  experienced 
  an 
  

   undulation 
  whose 
  direction 
  was 
  about 
  east-west 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  

   and 
  subsequently 
  in 
  a 
  north-south 
  direction, 
  whereas 
  at 
  Calcutta 
  

   and 
  Saugor 
  Island 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  Passing 
  southwards 
  down 
  the 
  coast, 
  the 
  undulatory 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  

   movement 
  was 
  noticed 
  everywhere. 
  Almost 
  every 
  account 
  notices 
  

   the 
  gentle 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  movement, 
  which 
  was 
  generally 
  likened 
  to 
  

   the 
  easy 
  movement 
  of 
  a 
  ship 
  in 
  a 
  gentle 
  sea, 
  and 
  this 
  movement 
  

   everywhere 
  produced 
  a 
  sensation 
  of 
  nausea 
  in 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  

   that 
  affliction 
  in 
  the 
  circumstances 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  earthquake 
  motion 
  

   Was 
  likened. 
  

  

  At 
  Bezwada, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Napier, 
  who 
  describes 
  the 
  earthquake 
  as 
  giv- 
  

   ing 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  smooth, 
  slight 
  rocking 
  sensation, 
  with 
  slight 
  giddiness 
  

   and 
  the 
  faintest 
  sensation 
  of 
  nausea, 
  noticed 
  that 
  certain 
  files 
  of 
  

   papers 
  hanging 
  from 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  table 
  oscillated 
  slowly 
  from 
  north 
  

   to 
  south 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  minutes. 
  The 
  rate 
  of 
  oscillation 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  slow, 
  the 
  period 
  being 
  about 
  once 
  in 
  two 
  seconds, 
  

   certainly 
  not 
  so 
  quick 
  as 
  once 
  a 
  second. 
  

  

  Returning 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  same 
  undulatory 
  movement 
  

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