﻿THE 
  EPICENTRAL 
  TRACT. 
  131 
  

  

  as 
  the 
  general 
  limits 
  throughout 
  the 
  tract 
  examined. 
  When 
  the 
  

   force 
  of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  tear 
  these 
  blocks 
  from 
  their 
  

   site, 
  it 
  appears 
  generally 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  sufficient 
  to 
  project 
  them 
  

   about 
  2 
  ft., 
  and 
  though 
  smaller 
  distances 
  of 
  projection 
  are 
  not 
  uncom- 
  

   mon, 
  they 
  are 
  fewer 
  in 
  comparison 
  than 
  the 
  greater 
  ones. 
  

  

  About 
  4 
  ft. 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  upper 
  limit, 
  though 
  this 
  is 
  exceeded 
  locally. 
  

   The 
  greatest 
  projection, 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  marked 
  evidence 
  of 
  vertical 
  

   movement, 
  I 
  saw 
  was 
  about 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Rambrai, 
  

   where 
  a 
  long 
  splinter 
  of 
  granite, 
  3 
  ft. 
  long 
  and 
  of 
  triangular 
  section 
  

   with 
  sides 
  of 
  about 
  12, 
  10, 
  and 
  9 
  inches, 
  — 
  a 
  naturally 
  weathered 
  

   fragment 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  lying 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground- 
  

   was 
  thrown 
  8|ft. 
  from 
  its 
  original 
  position. 
  About 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  from 
  this 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  small 
  Khasia 
  monoliths, 
  some 
  6 
  ft. 
  high, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  14. 
  Disturbance 
  of 
  Khasia 
  monuments 
  near 
  Rambrai. 
  

  

  had 
  been 
  destroyed, 
  not 
  by 
  breaking 
  off, 
  nor 
  by 
  upsetting, 
  but 
  by 
  

   being 
  shot 
  upwards 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  fig. 
  14. 
  One 
  

   of 
  these 
  had 
  travelled 
  6 
  1 
  ft. 
  through 
  the 
  air 
  from 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  

   it 
  had 
  stood 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  a 
  deep 
  dent 
  marked 
  the 
  spot 
  at 
  

   which 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  had 
  first 
  struck 
  ground. 
  The 
  socket 
  in 
  which 
  its 
  

   base 
  had 
  been 
  buried 
  was 
  almost 
  uninjured, 
  and 
  the 
  angle 
  at 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  shot 
  upwards 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  much, 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  less 
  than 
  6o° 
  

   with 
  the 
  horizon. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  case 
  of 
  projection 
  of 
  

   "a 
  block 
  of 
  stone 
  it 
  also 
  turned 
  over 
  in 
  its 
  course, 
  and 
  now 
  lies 
  with 
  

   its 
  originally 
  lower 
  side 
  upwards. 
  This 
  overturning 
  of 
  objects 
  

   K2 
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  ) 
  

  

  