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  length. 
  The 
  fissures 
  in 
  most 
  instances 
  ran 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  as 
  

   if 
  the 
  whole 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  had 
  sunk, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  transverse 
  fissures 
  seem 
  

   to 
  have 
  occurred. 
  Outpourings 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  also 
  occurred 
  fairly 
  generally, 
  

   but 
  in 
  no 
  great 
  amount. 
  These 
  outpourings 
  also 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  rivers 
  

   or 
  in 
  low-lying 
  land. 
  I 
  myself 
  observed 
  mud 
  and 
  water 
  bubbling 
  up 
  near 
  the 
  

   bed 
  of 
  the 
  Purnabhaba 
  river 
  immediately 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  In 
  this 
  

   instance, 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  there 
  must 
  have 
  been, 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  

   some 
  water 
  under 
  the 
  loose 
  stratum 
  of 
  upper 
  soil. 
  The 
  earthquake 
  had 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  making 
  this 
  stratum 
  of 
  loose 
  soil 
  subside 
  into 
  the 
  hollow 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  water. 
  

   The 
  water 
  was, 
  consequently, 
  forced 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  surface 
  through 
  the 
  loose 
  stratum 
  of 
  

   soil. 
  The 
  subsidence 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  fissures 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  

   near 
  where 
  the 
  outpourings 
  occurred. 
  The 
  police 
  have 
  supplied 
  me 
  with 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  

   places 
  where 
  the 
  fissures 
  occurred, 
  but 
  I 
  place 
  no 
  great 
  reliance 
  on 
  their 
  accuracy 
  

   or 
  completeness. 
  The 
  list, 
  moreover, 
  conveys 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  information 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  

   unacquainted 
  with 
  the 
  localities 
  named. 
  I 
  have, 
  therefore, 
  refrained 
  fiom 
  sending 
  it. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  554 
  G., 
  dated 
  Bogra, 
  the 
  22nd 
  July 
  1897, 
  from 
  Umes 
  Chundra 
  Bata- 
  

   vyal, 
  Esq., 
  Collector 
  of 
  Bogra, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Rajshahi 
  

   Division. 
  

  

  3. 
  In 
  the 
  Khiurov 
  clayey 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  no 
  physical 
  changes 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  earthquake 
  are 
  apparent, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   alluvial 
  tracts 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  cracked 
  and 
  riven 
  in 
  all 
  directions. 
  Long 
  and 
  

   large 
  fissures 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  many 
  places, 
  and 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  oozed 
  out 
  of 
  

   them. 
  The 
  ground 
  has 
  been 
  upheaved 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  while 
  it 
  has 
  sunk 
  in 
  others. 
  

   Beds 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  tanks 
  have 
  been 
  visibly 
  elevated 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  while 
  pools 
  

   have 
  been 
  formed 
  on 
  even 
  ground 
  in 
  others. 
  In 
  the 
  alluvial 
  tracts 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  

   wells 
  thrown 
  out 
  and 
  the 
  wells 
  themselves 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  were 
  choked 
  up 
  with 
  

   sand. 
  Some 
  reporters 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  smell 
  of 
  sulphur 
  was 
  felt 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   fissures 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  these 
  seismic 
  disturbances. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  277 
  G., 
  dated 
  Bogra, 
  the 
  13th 
  September 
  i8gy, 
  from 
  Umes 
  Chundra 
  

   Batavyal, 
  Esq., 
  Collector 
  of 
  Bogra, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  Rajshahi 
  

   Division. 
  

  

  2. 
  No 
  river 
  channels 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  have 
  been 
  completely 
  filled 
  up, 
  but 
  the 
  

   beds 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  perceptibly 
  raised 
  here 
  and 
  there. 
  A 
  notable 
  

   instance 
  of 
  this 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Karatoya 
  river, 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  

   Sultanganj, 
  three 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Bogra. 
  Here 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  deep 
  pool 
  in 
  the 
  

   bed 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Ramdaha, 
  where 
  in 
  the 
  driest 
  season, 
  the 
  depth 
  

   of 
  water 
  (the 
  villagers 
  say) 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  15 
  feet. 
  After 
  the 
  earthquake 
  every- 
  

   body 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  river 
  bed 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  be 
  almost 
  dry. 
  The 
  

   current 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  ceased 
  to 
  flow, 
  and 
  the 
  villagers 
  flocked 
  to 
  catch 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  

   mud. 
  After 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  river 
  cut 
  a 
  small 
  channel 
  for 
  itself 
  over 
  the 
  place, 
  

   and 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  longer 
  any 
  obstruction 
  to 
  the 
  current. 
  In 
  many 
  other 
  places 
  

   the 
  people 
  have 
  remarked 
  that 
  the 
  usual 
  depth 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  Karatoya 
  river 
  

   has 
  decreased 
  after 
  the 
  earthquake. 
  

  

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