1896 - 97 .] Mr J. W. Inglis on some Earthquakes in India. 507 
in number) rushed up to inquire the cause, for we thought the 
ship was stranded. Heaving the lead and other nautical examina- 
tions were duly made, after which Captain Consitt came to the 
conclusion that it was from the result of an earthquake at sea (or 
what I called a “seaquake”). Our position at the time was about 
Lat. 9° S., Long. 30° W., our course being in the run of the 
“Brazil current.” The circumstance 'made a great impression on 
me. I therefore wrote it down at once, and on arrival in Calcutta 
in January 1857, I sent it to my much esteemed friend Sir David 
Brewster, in St Andrews, where I was educated. 
2. During my service in India as an engineer officer in the 
“ Public Works Department,” I remember some very severe shocks 
of earthquake and exceptionally alarming atmospheric disturbances, 
such as tidal waves and storms. 
In 1858 and 1860, during residence in Calcutta, I vividly recall 
to memory two terrible shocks of earthquake. I have no note of 
all the damage done, but one of them I remember, which occurred 
a few days after one of these shocks. It was on a Saturday that 
St James’ (Episcopal) Church entirely collapsed. Many of the 
congregation were unaware of the fact, for on Sabbath, when they 
drove up to the forenoon service, the church was a ruin ! 
It was in August 1858 I witnessed the total eclipse of the sun, 
and the alarming inundations caused subsequently by rain and 
high tides from the ocean. 
3. In 1863, while on duty at Lucknow, I remember an earth- 
quake which caused the steeple of the Roman Catholic Church to 
settle on the south side, but after a few days, one night it collapsed 
eastward, and levelled the entire church in its fall. 
My next experience in Oude was on 25tli May 1866, being 
20 odd miles from my headquarters at Sultanpur. It was a 
terribly hot day, the kus-kus tatties working and punka vigorously 
being pulled. Peeling feverish and out of sorts, I was lying down 
at noon and scantily clad, owing to the great heat and dust. How 
and again I felt being rocked, and fancied that the “punka- walla ” 
was amusing himself at my expense by pushing the legs of the 
couch with his feet. Remonstrance having failed, I jumped up, 
and immediately heard the roof creaking. My orderly, in the 
greatest alarm, rushed into the room and declared “ that it was all 
