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the canal was greatly increased by trie earthquake. Earth-fissures in 

 soft ground 2 miles long on the right bank of the Chenab river 5 J miles 

 below the Alexandra Bridge on the N.-W. Railway. There are two 

 holes about 30 feet diameter and 4 feet deep from which fissures radiate. 

 The largest fissures are 2 feet wide. Water in great volumes is said to 

 have come out of the fissures (see plan, pi. 2G). No sound except shak- 

 ing of trees and roofs. 



Khanki. — Mr. E. H. Pargiter, Superintending Engineer, Lower 

 Chenab Canal Circle. Time 6-12 by watch, whose possible error was 

 2 minutes. First, no trem. vibrations before, second, a shock violently 

 and rapidly felt for 2 minutes, and gradually decreasing in violence. 

 Direction N. — S. by hanging lamp which with a 9 feet swing moved 

 fully 4 feet between the ends of the swing. Walls of rest-house swayed 

 about. Doors swung. Cracks in some houses. 



Marh Balochan. — Mr. C. A. Sharpe, Assistant Engineer, Chenab 

 Canal. Time 6-14 a.m. by watch believed to be 2 minutes fast by rail- 

 way time. A rapid vibration, quickly increasing to a maximum and 

 then gradually dying away in the course of 1 minute. He was awaken- 

 ed by the sideway swinging of the bed, which lay N. — S. Doors swung. 

 No cracks seen in pucca buildings. 



Ramnagar. — Aziz Ullah, Sub-Postmaster. Shock E. — W., and the 

 N. — S. houses trembled and moved. Thundering sound heard from the 

 east 1 second before the first shock. He was greatly alarmed. 



Sangla. — L. Sahua Singh, Assistant Engineer, P. W. D. Two shocks, 

 the first the more intense. Direction E. — W. by fall of basket and 

 flapping of tent purdahs. No cracks, no sound. 



Lahore District. 



Lahore and Mian Mir. — (See p. 131.) 



Ganda Singhwala.—Mi. P. Claxton, Upper Sutlej Canals. No 

 preliminary tremors. One severe to-and-fro movement. Direction 

 W.— E. as noted by the sound. Distinctly felt. A " chathi " of water 

 fell from shelf 6 inches wide. It was an irregular shock with no 

 particular direction of oscillation, but was a shake-up in every 



