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set east and west, kept shifting regularly by jerks about 1 degree 

 of the scale. Regarding levels of the country, in one so mountain- 

 ous and covered with forest, only very great displacements could meet 

 with observation ; in the plains of Cachar and Sylhet they appear to 

 have been great, and there they would be peculiarly easy of observa- 

 tion in the beds of streams, &c. It would appear to have affected streams 

 a good deal and to have caused a rise in them. The small stream 

 west of Assaloo increased considerably afterwards, and was of course 

 very muddy. Men proceeding to Cachar from my camp, found the 

 ford at Pani Grhat much deeper by more than a foot on their return, 

 and they re-crossed it 6 days after the first great shock ; they said also 

 that all minor streams had more water in them. In the table attach- 

 ed, I give all the shocks recorded here up to the 2nd February, on 

 which day the last took place. 



The Nagas about here do not remember any earthquake like the 

 present, but have some tradition of former disturbances, many years 

 ago. They all say that the crops will be particularly fine this year, and 

 believe it will be due to the visitation, — a parallel to the good vintage 

 of the comet year. 



