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  The 
  third 
  case 
  was 
  at 
  Tura. 
  This 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  referred 
  

   to 
  in 
  Captain 
  HowelPs 
  report 
  1 
  , 
  and 
  I 
  took 
  the 
  opportunity, 
  when 
  

   passing 
  through 
  Tura, 
  to 
  interrogate 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  military 
  police 
  on 
  

   the 
  matter. 
  A 
  system 
  of 
  signalling 
  by 
  heliograph 
  is 
  in 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  

   battalion 
  of 
  military 
  police 
  stationed 
  in 
  the 
  Garo 
  Hills, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  stations, 
  with 
  which 
  communication 
  is 
  made 
  direct 
  from 
  Tura, 
  is 
  

   Rowmari, 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Brahmaputra. 
  Before 
  the 
  earthquake 
  

   it 
  was 
  just 
  possible 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  from 
  a 
  certain 
  spot 
  by 
  a 
  grazing 
  ray 
  

   over 
  an 
  intervening 
  hill. 
  Now 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  difficulty 
  at 
  all, 
  and 
  instead 
  

   of 
  Rowmari 
  being 
  just 
  visible 
  over 
  the 
  hilltops, 
  a 
  broad 
  stretch 
  of 
  the 
  

   plains 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Brahmaputra 
  is 
  visible. 
  I 
  was 
  also 
  pointed 
  out 
  

   other 
  hills 
  which 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  moved 
  up 
  or 
  down 
  since 
  the 
  

   earthquake, 
  but 
  attach 
  little 
  importance 
  to 
  those 
  statements. 
  The 
  

   statements 
  regarding 
  the 
  changes 
  on 
  the 
  direct 
  line 
  between 
  Tura 
  

   and 
  Rowmari 
  deserve 
  more 
  attention 
  as 
  on 
  this 
  line 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  essen- 
  

   tial 
  for 
  the 
  signallers 
  to 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  aspect 
  of 
  

   the 
  country, 
  and 
  any 
  change 
  would 
  be 
  readily 
  noticed. 
  Having 
  

   noticed 
  a 
  change 
  on 
  this 
  line, 
  and 
  so 
  become 
  familiarised 
  with 
  the 
  

   idea, 
  it 
  is 
  easy 
  to 
  understand 
  how 
  others, 
  possible 
  purely 
  imaginary, 
  

   would 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  directions 
  where 
  there 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  the 
  same 
  

   necessity 
  for 
  an 
  accurate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  configuration 
  of 
  the 
  

   hills. 
  

  

  Though 
  I 
  made 
  careful 
  inquiries, 
  I 
  could 
  hear 
  of 
  no 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  

   drainage 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Tura 
  having 
  been 
  interrupted, 
  

   nor 
  did 
  I 
  see 
  any 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  between 
  Tura 
  and 
  Rowmari, 
  except 
  

   in 
  the 
  alluvium 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  probably 
  secondary 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  

   earthquake. 
  It 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  that 
  such 
  changes 
  as 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  

   are 
  too 
  small, 
  and 
  extend 
  over 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  horizontal 
  distance, 
  to 
  

   have 
  altered 
  the 
  gradients 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  to 
  an 
  appreciable 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  supposed 
  change 
  of 
  levels 
  may 
  be 
  

   confirmed 
  or 
  refuted 
  by 
  a 
  retriangulation 
  of 
  this 
  country. 
  Meanwhile 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  accepted 
  as 
  probable 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  

   height 
  of 
  Tura 
  or 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  1 
  Chapter 
  II, 
  p. 
  14. 
  

  

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