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coin, Derby, etc., accompanied by a noise like a rising tempest ; 

 Aug. 13th, Inverness and country around for a hundred miles, centre 

 of disturbance apparently Inverness-shire. ■ 1817, June 10th, 16th, 

 and 30th, Inverness and neighbourhood ; also Aug. 7th, at Urquhart, 

 and Sept. 2nd, at Inverness ; Nov. 9th, Yorkshire, "Westmoreland, 

 and Lancashire. 1818, Feb. 6th, Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, and 

 country around ; Feb. 19th, Aberdeenshire ; Feb. 20th, Inverness, 

 at 1.20 p.m., and Coningsby, etc., at 3 p.m. ; April 19th, a smart 

 shock, extending from Lincolnshire across Yorkshire ; June 9th, 

 Loch Awe, Scotland ; June 19th, Comrie, Perthshire ; September, 

 Inverness ; Oct. 31st, at Dalton, Lancashire, — a dreadful shock oc- 

 curred in Ireland on the same day ; November 11th, Inverness and 

 around, with noise like thunder, bells rang; Dec. 7th, Bangor and 

 Penter, North Wales. 1819, Feb. 11th, Ballenloan, in Glenlyon, 

 Scotland ; Nov. 28th, Comrie ; Dec. 4th, Amabree, in Scotland. 

 1820, Comrie and Dumbarton, etc. ; a strong earthquake of three 

 shocks, Loch Lomond waters were agitated ; April 6th, Cork and 

 neighbouring towns ; April 11th, neighbourhood of Cork, both ac- 

 companied by rumbling noise ; May 20th, "Wanlock Head, Dumfries ; 

 Sept. 27th, Barmouth, in Merionethshire ; Nov. 28th, Leadhills and 

 Wanlock, Scotland, and around for 10 miles E. and 5 miles W. ; 

 also Nov. 29th. 1821, Oct. 9th, Stratheam, near Crieff, Scotland ; 

 Oct. 22nd, Comrie, Crieff, etc. ; Oct. 29th, Glasgow, etc. ; Nov. 

 27th, Leadhills and Wanlock Head. 1822, Feb. 20th, near York ; 

 April 13th, Comrie ; April 18th, Crieff and neighbourhood ; Sept. 

 18th, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, severe, accompanied by noise like 

 thunder. 1824, Dec. 6th, Portsmouth and south coast of England. 

 1826, Dec. 25th, Loch Erne, and at Leadhills, Scotland. 1827, 

 Feb. 9th, Anglesea, North Wales, and at Eipon, in Yorkshire. 

 1829, Dec. 9th, Comrie. 1831, March 1st, Perthshire; March 2nd, 

 Kent and south-east coast, at 8 p.m., severe shock, windows rattled 

 sharply.* 1832, Dec. 30th and 31st, Swansea, etc., in South Wales. 

 1833, March 20th, Glengarry, Inverness-shire; Sept. 18th, Dorsetshire; 

 Nov. 13th, Chichester. .1834, Jan. 23rd, Chichester and south coast, 

 etc., — the point of greatest intensity seemingly a few miles N.W. of 

 Chichester; Aug. 25th, in Perthshire ; Aug. 27th, along Hampshire 

 coast, etc. ; Sept. 21st and Oct. 5th, at Chichester — severe on the 

 latter date, the earth trembling for two or three minutes ; again, a 

 slight shock on the 12th January, 1835, during which year also were 

 * The writer remembers this distinctly. 



