March 6, 1885. 



SCIENCE 



193 



At one extremity of the crevasse a small lake 

 has been formed, having a depth of nine 



metres, and a super- 



ficial area of about two 

 thousand square metres. 

 At another point an olive- 

 tree has been split from 

 root to branches, the 

 two parts remaining up- 

 right upon opposite sides 

 of the opening. At 

 still another point, it has 

 divided lengthwise the 

 foundation - wall of a 

 powder-manufactoiy. 



As man}' of the vil- 

 lages in that part of 

 Spain do not have tele- 

 graphic communication 

 with the capital, details 

 have been reported 

 slowly and with considerable uncertaint}' ; and it 

 is difficult to gather from the various accounts 

 any estimate of the whole number of lives lost. 



MAP OF SPAIN. 



numbered by thousands, and the villages of 

 Alhama, Santa Cruz, Arenas del Rey, Periana, 

 and Albunuelas are now 

 but piles of ruins. More 

 than thirty - five v i 1- 

 lages are named where 

 some dead and wound- 

 ed were taken from the 

 ruins. Of the 10,000 

 houses in Malaga, 7,000 

 will require repairs. 



The shock of Dec. 25 

 was succeeded by light- 

 er shocks on the remain- 

 ing days of the month, 

 and at longer intervals 

 through the month of 

 January, and, indeed, 

 up to the present time. 

 A list of the shocks is as 

 follows : — 



Dec. 22. Pontevedra, Vigo, Lisbon (3.29 a.m.) , 

 Madeira, Azores (2.30 a.m.). 

 24. Seville (light). 



RI QUE 



THE REGION AFFECTED 18 SHADED 



(From La Nature.) 



E,.JVloi\rEvrSt 



map of the region suffering most severely. (From V Astronomie .) 



On Jan. 14 the official records stated for Gra- Dec. 25. Madrid (to the Mediterranean, etc., 



nada 695 killed and 1,480 injured. Other es- as above). 



timates have placed the entire loss of life at 2G. Madrid, Gibraltar, and the southern 



upwards of 2.000. The houses destroyed are provinces. 



