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  OLDHAM 
  : 
  GREAT 
  EARTHQUAKE 
  OF 
  1897, 
  

  

  and 
  if 
  any 
  change 
  of 
  level 
  has 
  taken 
  place, 
  I 
  should 
  think 
  it 
  more 
  likely 
  that 
  it 
  

  

  would 
  be 
  elevation 
  than 
  subsidence. 
  The 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Maophlang, 
  judging 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  landslips 
  visible, 
  have 
  evidently 
  been 
  very 
  severely 
  shaken. 
  

  

  52. 
  The 
  Khasia 
  path 
  from 
  Maophlang 
  to 
  Cherrapunji, 
  which 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  old 
  main 
  road 
  across 
  the 
  hills 
  from 
  Tharia 
  Ghat 
  to 
  

  

  Road 
  to 
  Cherrapunji. 
  

  

  Gauhati, 
  has 
  not 
  suffered 
  much, 
  as 
  it 
  usually 
  avoids 
  the 
  

  

  side 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  cart 
  road, 
  however, 
  from 
  Shillong 
  to 
  Cherra 
  has 
  

  

  entirely 
  disappeared 
  in 
  places, 
  wherever 
  it 
  was 
  carried 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  scarps 
  above 
  the 
  stream, 
  which 
  runs 
  in 
  a 
  deep 
  gorge 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Cherra, 
  and 
  

  

  is 
  everywhere 
  badly 
  fissured. 
  

  

  53. 
  Cherapunji. 
  The 
  monument 
  erected 
  by 
  the 
  Supreme 
  Government 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  memory 
  of 
  David 
  Scott 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  massive 
  structure, 
  built 
  of 
  large 
  squared 
  blocks 
  

  

  of 
  sandstone, 
  bound 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  with 
  iron 
  clamps. 
  The 
  

   David 
  Scott's 
  monument. 
  upper 
  portJon 
  of 
  the 
  ^.^ 
  hag 
  ^^ 
  main 
  , 
  y 
  towards 
  

  

  the 
  S 
  W, 
  but 
  some 
  portion 
  has 
  also 
  fallen 
  towards 
  N 
  N 
  E. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   loosened 
  stones 
  is 
  still 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  top, 
  overhanging 
  the 
  southern 
  side 
  by 
  

   about 
  I 
  of 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  whole 
  monument 
  above 
  the 
  two 
  steps 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   has 
  moved 
  bodily 
  towards 
  S 
  W. 
  The 
  stones 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  pedestal 
  

   have 
  been 
  shaken 
  apart 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  the 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  having 
  been 
  

   jerked 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  step 
  below. 
  

  

  A 
  N 
  

  

  cno<Pki 
  

  

  

  \G 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  

  ^ 
  

  

  Fig. 
  28. 
  Plan 
  of 
  overturned 
  gate 
  pillars 
  at 
  entrance 
  to 
  Inglis' 
  house, 
  Cherrapunji. 
  

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