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  ACCOUNTS. 
  4* 
  

  

  at 
  all, 
  and 
  only 
  rendered 
  itself 
  noticeable 
  by 
  disturbances 
  of 
  level 
  of 
  

   pools 
  of 
  water, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  what 
  passed 
  was 
  a 
  real 
  wave 
  of 
  

   translation, 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  earthquake 
  wave. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  central 
  area 
  the 
  horizontal 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  movement 
  was 
  

   large, 
  and 
  abrupt 
  and 
  very 
  sensible, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  wave 
  travelled, 
  this 
  

   became 
  a 
  simple 
  undulatory 
  movement, 
  very 
  different, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  accounts, 
  from 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  short 
  and 
  quick 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  

   movement 
  experienced 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  less 
  severe 
  earthquakes 
  which 
  

   do 
  not 
  spread 
  far 
  from 
  their 
  origin. 
  

  

  Though 
  somewhat 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  this 
  chapter, 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  on 
  the 
  mud 
  volcanoes 
  of 
  Kyauk 
  Pyu 
  may 
  be 
  no- 
  

   ticed. 
  It 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner! 
  

   Kyauk 
  Pyu, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Arakan, 
  No. 
  ip- 
  | 
  dated 
  Kyauk 
  

  

  Pyu, 
  the 
  25th 
  August 
  1897 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  mud 
  volcano 
  in 
  this 
  island 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  all 
  people, 
  and 
  is 
  occasionally 
  

   active. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  loud 
  reports 
  were 
  heard 
  coming 
  from 
  this 
  volcano 
  followed 
  

   by 
  a 
  flow 
  of 
  mud, 
  which 
  continued 
  for 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  a 
  half. 
  

  

  " 
  About 
  11 
  o'clock 
  that 
  night 
  loud 
  reports 
  were 
  again 
  heard, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  volcano 
  

   opened 
  out 
  2,500 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  volcano. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  flow 
  

   oi 
  mud. 
  from 
  this 
  new 
  crater, 
  so 
  large 
  in 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  spread 
  out 
  over 
  the 
  land 
  near, 
  

   destroying 
  acre 
  1 
  "05 
  of 
  paddy 
  land 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  cultivator 
  named 
  Na-Ban- 
  

   San. 
  The 
  flow 
  continued 
  until 
  about 
  midday 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  June. 
  The 
  reports 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  n 
  ew 
  crater 
  were 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  brilliant 
  meteor 
  

   which 
  appeared 
  to 
  travel 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  the 
  23rd 
  June 
  about 
  7 
  p.m., 
  a 
  slight 
  shock 
  of 
  earthquake 
  was 
  felt 
  and 
  

   another 
  meteor 
  was 
  seen, 
  and 
  three 
  sounds 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  distant 
  booming 
  of 
  a 
  gun 
  

   were 
  heard." 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  ascertained 
  by 
  Maung 
  Po 
  from 
  personal 
  enquiry. 
  The 
  latter 
  part 
  is 
  

   vouched 
  for 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  he 
  himself 
  saw 
  and 
  heard 
  all," 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  other 
  reports 
  which 
  mention 
  any 
  effect 
  on 
  hot 
  springs 
  

  

  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Collectors 
  of 
  Chittagong 
  and 
  Patna. 
  The 
  former 
  

  

  reported 
  that 
  the 
  burning 
  springs 
  of 
  Sitakund 
  were 
  unusually 
  lively 
  

  

  after 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  hot 
  springs 
  

  

  at 
  Rajgir 
  (Rajagriha) 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  discharged 
  discoloured 
  water 
  

  

  for 
  three 
  days. 
  

  

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