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  OLDHAM: 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  189^. 
  

  

  This 
  explanation 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  excluded 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  

   lowermost 
  of 
  the 
  pools, 
  that 
  at 
  Jhira. 
  . 
  Here 
  the 
  rapids 
  between 
  the 
  

   present 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  its 
  waters 
  join 
  the 
  old 
  

   channel, 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  a 
  mountain 
  stream, 
  although 
  

   it 
  flows 
  over 
  alluvium 
  instead 
  of 
  rock. 
  The 
  steepness 
  of 
  the 
  gradient 
  

   here 
  could 
  be 
  explained 
  by 
  the 
  raising 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  level 
  due 
  to 
  actual 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  a 
  barrier 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  depression 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  stream 
  bed 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  rejoined 
  by 
  the 
  water. 
  But 
  though, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  short 
  reach 
  of 
  

   rapid 
  current 
  is 
  concerned, 
  we 
  might 
  attribute 
  the 
  gradient 
  equally 
  

   to 
  a 
  raising 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  or 
  a 
  depression 
  of 
  the 
  lower, 
  yet 
  the 
  

   latter 
  explanation 
  is 
  here 
  excluded 
  by 
  other 
  considerations. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  alluvial 
  plain 
  of 
  Lower 
  Assam 
  is 
  raised 
  but 
  little 
  

   above 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  the 
  gradient 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  is 
  about 
  as 
  small 
  as 
  it 
  

   could 
  be, 
  so 
  that 
  if, 
  in 
  this 
  area, 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  subsidence, 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  gradient 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  bed, 
  the 
  area 
  depressed 
  

   could 
  not 
  but 
  be 
  flooded 
  with 
  water. 
  Such 
  depressions 
  have, 
  perhaps, 
  

   been 
  formed, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  further 
  on, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  

   discover, 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  sort 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  along 
  the 
  Krishnai 
  in 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  Jhira 
  lake. 
  

  

  For 
  this 
  reason 
  we 
  may 
  conclude 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  alluvium, 
  there 
  

   was 
  an 
  actual 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  upthrow 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fault, 
  and 
  by 
  

   analogy 
  we 
  may 
  extend 
  the 
  same 
  conclusion 
  to 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   fault 
  which 
  lies 
  within 
  the 
  hills. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  

   there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  downthrow 
  side, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  visible 
  throw 
  at 
  any 
  point 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

   elevation 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  now 
  finished 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  fault 
  y 
  which 
  has 
  

   a 
  visible 
  throw 
  of 
  35 
  feet 
  and 
  more 
  in 
  places, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  followed 
  

   for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  12 
  miles. 
  Whether 
  this 
  represents 
  its 
  total 
  

   length 
  is 
  not, 
  however, 
  certain, 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  direction 
  it 
  is 
  lost 
  in 
  

   the 
  great 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  alluvium 
  of 
  the 
  Brahmaputra, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   other 
  it 
  dies 
  out 
  in 
  thick 
  jungle. 
  In 
  this 
  direction 
  its 
  utmost 
  limit 
  

   cannot, 
  however, 
  have 
  been 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  5 
  miles 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   furthest 
  point 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  traced, 
  or 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  noticed 
  

   I 
  U6 
  ) 
  

  

  