Prof. Milne — Across Europe ancl Ania. 
559 
mud and water came out of the cracks which were formed, tkat tke 
boards forming the floors were bürst, and the streets were covered 
with water one arsheen (28 inches) deep. On the same day the 
water of the Baikal flowed over the Sagansky Steppe and the 
Bourat villages which were situated upon it. On New Year’s Day, 
18G2, the water of the Baikal flooded all the land as far as the 
Steppe of Bartogoisky. Three thousand five hundred head of cattle 
were drowned, and upwards of 40,000 hayricks were washed away, 
whilst corn and other things were also destroyed. Near to the 
Baikal the water was four arsheen deep (9ft. 4in.), and near Selinga 
^ arsheen (7 in.). The force of this flood of water was very great. 
Mauy pieces of ice several yards square and 4 arsheen (14 in.) in 
thickness were carried to distances of two versts (1^ miles). 
The direction of the shocks was frorn N.E. towards S.W., through 
Cabansk, towards Selenginsk and Lake Gooseenoi. In Selengin sk 
the first shock was on the 30th December, at 4 p.m. Next day 
there were a series of slow shocks, which, in the afternoon, at 2 p.m., 
had increased in strength. Noises and tremblings were feit con- 
tinuously. The church bell rang of its own accord, whilst the 
building itself swayed from north to south, and the crosses on its 
summit were tipped over to one side. The shocks were repeated 
rapidly, and, as night came on, they had so increased in strength that 
the earth oscillated every two or three minutes. By these strong 
oscillations the ice covering Lake Goosenaya and Lake Stuchya was 
cracked, and from the cracks came forth water charged with mud and 
pebbles. In Verkne Udinsk the shocks commenced at 4 p.m. on the 
30th December, and during the day fourteen of them were observed. 
At 3 p.m. next day they were so strong that stone houses were 
cracked, stove pipes shaken down, and window glass was broken. 
Tremblings were observed so far as Chita and Nertchinsk. In 
Irkutsk observations were made by MM. Shookeen and Semen- 
tovsky. The tremblings commenced on December 30th, at 
3 h. 55 m. 40 sec. p.m. The force of the shocks and the rapidity of 
the tremblings were unusual. The breaking of the ice upon the 
Bivers Angara and Ooshankofa caused great noise. During the 
night there were many shocks. At 2T9 p.m., on the 81st, the 
churches were shaken and the bells rang. From one church a cross 
feil down, the Arcanglesky Church inclined to the south, Blagovats- 
chevsky and Teekveensky churches inclined east, whilst the cross 
on the last-mentioned building was turned round. A number of the 
brick houses were shaken, whilst the chimneys of the wooden ones 
cracked and feil. Slight shocks continued all day and next night. 
In the Tunkinskaya country the etfects were slight, and no visible 
results were left. 
On the 30th Dec., in the Island of Olkoni (or Olkoon) on Lake 
Baikal, there was heard a noise, which was followed by a shaking. 
This continued until the 13th January, generally happening from 
4 to 7 o’clock during the day. The greatest shakings were on the 
31st December. Rumblings and slight tremblings were more or 
less feit, usually twice a day, until the 25th of January. 
