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20 inches wide at the top, 15 inches wide at the bottom and 14 inches 

 deep. The width of a large number varies from 1 to 10 inches, with a 

 measurable depth of one to five feet. Sinking of the ground as a 

 rule accompanies the fissures, the vertical displacement varying 

 from to 7 inches, and the depression usually being on the south 

 side of the crack. Villagers declare that sand and water issued forth 

 during the quake, and that this was so is borne out by the fringes of 

 sand which follow many of the fissures. Some of the cracks were 

 found to be filled with water to within 12-inches of the surface. 



On a sandy beach in the bed of the stream several small crateri- 

 form hollows occur. These are said to have been formed at the time 

 of the quake, but similar depressions, near by, were admitted to have 

 been made either as watering places or by the removal of sand for 



industrial purposes. 



About 2J miles further east fissures of a similar character to those 

 .described above occur. Mr. Hallowes described them as lying between 

 N.—S. and N. 60° W. and from 5 to 50 yards long, the greatest breadth 

 being 1$ feet. Most were filled with sand and water, and some had 

 scattered sand in little mounds along their edges. (See fig. 34.) 





Fig. 34. 



