﻿THE 
  EPICENTRAL 
  TRACT. 
  151 
  

  

  either 
  side, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  this 
  band 
  the 
  overturned 
  

   trees 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  more 
  numerous, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones, 
  up 
  

   to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  have 
  been 
  snapped 
  across 
  by 
  the 
  violence 
  

   of 
  the 
  shock, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  16. 
  

  

  Still 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  south-west, 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Lokia 
  Jin 
  

   with 
  the 
  Kulsi, 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  disturbance 
  runs 
  diagonally 
  along 
  and 
  down 
  

   the 
  hillside, 
  and, 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  shallow, 
  many 
  trees 
  have 
  been 
  

   killed. 
  Still 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  south-west 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  overturned 
  trees 
  can 
  

   be 
  traced 
  through 
  the 
  submerged 
  forest 
  at 
  Ukiam 
  (see 
  p. 
  123), 
  but 
  

   beyond 
  this 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  fracture. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  length 
  for 
  which 
  this 
  fracture 
  has 
  been 
  traced 
  is 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  about 
  7 
  miles, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  this 
  there 
  is 
  nowhere 
  

   any 
  definite 
  and 
  conclusive 
  indication 
  of 
  movement, 
  whether 
  vertical 
  

   or 
  horizontal, 
  though 
  at 
  many 
  points 
  there 
  are 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   change 
  of 
  level. 
  The 
  amount 
  is 
  nowhere 
  even 
  so 
  much 
  as 
  one 
  foot, 
  

   but 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  indication 
  at 
  all, 
  the 
  upthrow 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  

   the 
  south. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  larger 
  fractures, 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  followed 
  for 
  some 
  

   distance, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  smaller 
  ones 
  were 
  seen, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  small 
  

   faults 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  inches 
  to 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  so 
  throw, 
  and 
  lines 
  of 
  Assuring 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  path. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  determine 
  

   whether 
  these 
  were 
  really 
  faults 
  or 
  fractures, 
  or 
  merely 
  incipient 
  land- 
  

   slips, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tour, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  larger 
  

   faults 
  had 
  been 
  examined 
  in 
  detail, 
  that 
  I 
  began 
  to 
  recognise 
  those 
  

   signs 
  of 
  unusually 
  great, 
  but 
  very 
  local, 
  violence 
  which 
  distinguish 
  

   faults 
  and 
  fractures, 
  from 
  the 
  fissures 
  which 
  merely 
  mark 
  an 
  incipient 
  

   landslip. 
  

  

  Looking 
  back 
  over 
  my 
  notes 
  and 
  recollections, 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  crossed 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Garo 
  

   Hills, 
  but 
  of 
  those 
  only 
  one 
  was 
  certain 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  marked 
  on 
  

   the 
  map. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  fault 
  in 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  Mandalangiri, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Garo 
  Hills, 
  and 
  about 
  i£ 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  camping 
  ground. 
  This 
  

   fault 
  crossed 
  the 
  path 
  on 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  a 
  spur 
  and 
  ran 
  in 
  an 
  WNW- 
  

  

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  I5i 
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