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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897. 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  pool 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  joining 
  

   the 
  barriers 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  other 
  lakes. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  small 
  pools 
  east 
  of 
  Simin 
  referred 
  

   to 
  above 
  (p. 
  148), 
  these 
  are 
  all 
  the 
  pools, 
  not 
  directly 
  due 
  to 
  

   visible 
  faulting, 
  which 
  I 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  at 
  

   least 
  one 
  other, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  larger 
  than 
  any 
  I 
  saw, 
  

   at 
  Sidugiri 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Garo 
  and 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  Districts. 
  

   According 
  to 
  accounts 
  received 
  from 
  Captain 
  Howell 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  

   Arbuthnott, 
  CLE., 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  over 
  a 
  mile, 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  150 
  to 
  

   200 
  yards, 
  and 
  was 
  too 
  deep 
  to 
  be 
  bottomed 
  with 
  a 
  20-foot 
  pole. 
  

  

  In 
  spite 
  of 
  careful 
  enquiries 
  made 
  by 
  myself 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  

   local 
  authorities 
  I 
  could 
  obtain 
  no 
  intelligence 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  

   any 
  other 
  pools 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  north-western 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  Districts. 
  I 
  do 
  not, 
  however, 
  regard 
  this 
  as 
  

   showing 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  such 
  pools, 
  beyond 
  those 
  mentioned, 
  for 
  I 
  

   only 
  heard 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  pools 
  in 
  the 
  Rongtham 
  valley, 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  many 
  ponds 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  Chedrang 
  and 
  Simin 
  faults. 
  I 
  only 
  

   got 
  intelligence 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  large 
  one 
  at 
  Samin 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  large 
  

   ones 
  in 
  the 
  Chedrang. 
  Of 
  these, 
  I 
  only 
  got 
  definite 
  intelligence 
  

   when 
  close 
  by 
  while 
  the 
  many 
  smaller 
  pools 
  were 
  not 
  only 
  not 
  

   reported, 
  but 
  their 
  existence 
  was 
  positively 
  denied 
  till 
  I 
  found 
  then 
  

   myself, 
  and 
  was 
  then 
  quietly 
  informed 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  count. 
  

  

  Taking 
  this 
  into 
  consideration, 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  

   any 
  large 
  lakes 
  or 
  pools 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  off 
  the 
  track 
  followed 
  by 
  me 
  

   is 
  unlikely, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  smaller 
  ones. 
  

  

  This 
  conclusion 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that, 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  to 
  

   the 
  east, 
  I 
  found 
  three 
  small 
  pools 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  

   Khasi 
  Hills 
  between 
  Rambrai 
  and 
  Nongkhlao. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  westwards 
  of 
  the 
  Landomodo 
  

   Station 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Trigonometrical 
  Survey. 
  The 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  Weng- 
  

   ing 
  stream 
  is 
  ponded 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  alluvium, 
  and 
  stood 
  

   bank 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  weather. 
  Lower 
  down 
  the 
  stream 
  resumed 
  its 
  

   normal 
  character, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  deep 
  pool 
  was 
  of 
  recent 
  

  

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