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  AFTERSHOCKS. 
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  From 
  the 
  latter 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  valuable 
  set 
  of 
  records 
  of 
  

   earthquakes, 
  kept 
  by 
  the 
  hospital 
  assistants 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  dispen- 
  

   sary 
  in 
  the 
  Goalpara 
  District, 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Surgeon- 
  

   Major 
  E. 
  F. 
  H. 
  Dobson, 
  Civil 
  Surgeon 
  of 
  the 
  District. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  

   these 
  varies 
  greatly 
  and 
  at 
  some 
  stations 
  the 
  record 
  is 
  obviously 
  in- 
  

   complete, 
  but 
  the 
  broad 
  lines 
  of 
  the 
  relative 
  frequency 
  of 
  earthquakes 
  

   may 
  be 
  accepted. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  point 
  to 
  notice 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  frequent 
  at 
  all 
  

  

  places 
  near 
  the 
  north 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills. 
  Thus 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  1st 
  

  

  to 
  15th 
  August 
  the 
  record 
  for 
  Tura 
  being 
  124 
  shocks 
  there 
  are 
  

  

  reported 
  — 
  

  

  151 
  shocks 
  from 
  Darangiri, 
  

   182 
  n 
  „ 
  Goalpara, 
  

  

  94 
  „ 
  „ 
  Lakhipur, 
  

  

  94 
  „ 
  ,, 
  Krishnai, 
  

  

  while 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  shocks 
  reported 
  from 
  Dhubri, 
  as 
  the 
  

   combined 
  record 
  of 
  several 
  observers 
  is 
  only 
  48 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  period, 
  

   and 
  if 
  we 
  go 
  still 
  further 
  west, 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  12 
  shocks 
  reported 
  at 
  

   Kuch 
  Bihar 
  and 
  28 
  at 
  Rangpur. 
  

  

  Further 
  north 
  in 
  the 
  alluvial 
  plain 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Bijni 
  in 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Goalpara 
  district, 
  where 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  105 
  

   shocks 
  were 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  hospital 
  assistant, 
  while 
  from 
  Rupsi 
  

   10 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  N. 
  W. 
  of 
  Dhubri, 
  only 
  10 
  are 
  reported 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  

   period 
  1st 
  to 
  15th 
  August. 
  The 
  Rupsi 
  record 
  is 
  probably 
  incomplete, 
  

   but 
  still 
  there 
  is 
  good 
  reason 
  for 
  concluding 
  that 
  earthquakes 
  were 
  

   really 
  much 
  less 
  frequent 
  there 
  than 
  at 
  Bijni, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  confirmed 
  

   by 
  the 
  reports 
  from 
  Borpeta 
  in 
  the 
  Kamrup 
  district, 
  whence 
  113 
  

   distinct 
  shocks 
  were 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  period 
  1st 
  to 
  9th 
  August. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  these 
  records, 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  taint- 
  

   ed 
  with 
  the 
  inaccuracy 
  attaching 
  to 
  most 
  Indian 
  statistics, 
  I 
  have 
  

   independent 
  and 
  unquestionable 
  evidence 
  that 
  long 
  after 
  earthquakes 
  

   had 
  become 
  rare 
  at 
  Gauhati 
  they 
  were 
  still 
  being 
  felt 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  

   several 
  a 
  day 
  at 
  Borpeta. 
  

  

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