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therefore mere simple transcriptions of the intensity values allotted to 

 the accounts in the earthquake forms. 



In the area circumscribed by isoseist VI — VII, much of which was 



VI _ VII . geH _ examined by Mr. Pascoe, the damage to buildings 



apparent great dam- as has already been stated would at first sight ap- 



age. ... 



pear to warrant a somewhat higher intensity .number 

 than has been allotted to it. It may be that some individual cases, 

 such as the Town Hall, Lahore, are explained by the top-heavy con- 

 struction of the building, others by some other peculiarity dependent 

 on the diverse architectural styles found in a large city. But mostly 

 it may be said that the large number of injured buildings in the big 

 cities and towns of this region extending from Sialkote to Meerut are the 

 direct result of the large size of many of them compared with those 

 met with in the epicentral tracts. Where there are many buildings to 

 damage, the laws of chance provide naturally a larger number so 

 damaged. 



Thus, commensurate with the vast areas embraced within isoseist s 

 VI — VII there is a high total of damage and pecuniary loss to the com- 

 munity as a whole, although the loss per unit house would probably be 

 the same as in those other parts of the VI — VII area which I have de- 

 scribed as being practically free from damage. In the case of some ap- 

 parently well-built structures that have partly come to grief, we have 

 also to balance against them, the large number of absolutely undam- 

 aged ones, in spite of the fact that (as in the case o*f the New Law 

 Courts, Lahore) they presented fragile and delicate parts that seemingly 

 might well have been shattered by the shock. ( See pi. 19.) 



The character of the shock within this large area is difficult to 

 Character f the summarise. The greater the area the greater the 

 shock, VI— \n area. c h ance f variations and anomalies not only of fact 

 but of description by the contributors to the earthquake forms. But, 

 we may note that the shock has now lost very much of its fierceness. 

 After generally noted preliminary tremors we have it described as sharp 

 and jerky in a few places, or as a " prolonged steady reciprocating motion 

 of horizontal jerks." But by far the larger number of description are 



