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The intensity, however, can best be judged by the effect upon build- 

 ings. (See above.) There are very few houses which do not show some 

 trace of the earthquake in the form of cracks, especially above arches 

 of doorways and windows. Another very common thing here and else- 

 where is the formation of cracks in the corners of rooms, due to the 

 separation of the walls which, instead of being properly bonded to- 

 gether at the corners, have simply been built one up against another. 

 Twenty-five lives were lost iu Lahore through the earthquake, 

 A swinging lamp hanging from the ceiling by a wire 14 feet long 

 described an arc of 3i — 4 feet, l another lamp hanging by a wire of 

 about the same length is said to have swung through an arc of I J feet. 2 

 The difference of swing is probably due to the difference of direction 

 of oscillation, the latter being largely governed by the orientation of 

 the house. The first lamp swung due N. and S. parallel to two walls of 

 a room : the second swung N. 20° E. to S. 20° W., also parallel to the 

 sides of a room. 



Water in a hand-basin was seen to splash over the sides towards 

 the N. E. and S. W. 



In a house whose walls run N. N. E. to S. S. W. and perpendicu- 

 lar to this a bookcase leaning against a W. N. W. to E. S. E. wall fell 

 into the room. Water from an elliptical bath lying W. N. W. and 

 E. S. E. was seen to splash out towards the N. N. E. and S. S. W. An 

 iron ladder leaning against the wall was seen to vibrate violently up 

 and down. 3 



The pole of a tent was seen to sway approximately E. to W. 4 

 In the central museum some vases standing on a dusty glass 

 surface are said to have moved towards the S. E., tracing paths from 

 % to lJ inches long in the dust 5 ; a model railway carriage on lines 

 pointing E. and W. dashed into and shattered the glass on the W. end 

 of the case. 



1 Mr. Percy Brown, Curator of Museum. 



2 Mr. Deverell, Nedou's Hotel. 



3 Personal Assistant to the Inspector- General of Police. 

 * Col. McConaghey. 



6 P. Brown, Curator. 



