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Oar new room in the fort, though as ftrong as 
bricks and chunam could make it, is Shivered on all 
fides from bottom to top ; and the old building equal- 
ly cracked is in great part tumbled down. 
The ground opened in feveral places in the town, 
throwing up water of a very fulphurous fmell; and 
feveral ditches and tanks were filled up, which are 
now level dry land. 
The emotions were fo complicated, that we could 
not well determine their direction ; being fometimes 
from weft to eaft, and again from eaft to weft ; and 
the tanks in fome places overflowed north and fouth. 
In Purgunnah Deang, Burfea Gong, the ground 
in feveral places opened ten and twelve cubits wide ; 
and in fome parts So deep, that they could not fathom 
its bottom j the water immediately overflowing the 
whole town, which is funk about feven cubits. 
Deep Gong, a village near the other, is alfo funk, 
and now lies feven cubits under water. 
From Patter Gottah to Howlah, about 8 cefs dis- 
tance, the ground opened, and a great quantity of 
water was immediately thrown out, and in feveral 
places the ground entirely funk. 
At Bans Burreah, Akul Poor, near the fea, the 
earth opened in feven places, like wells, throwing 
up the water ten cubits high : the great Cutcherry 
there, with brick walls, is cracked and Shivered to 
piece 8 . _ . i r 
At Hulda Creek, near Sancharam Conguy s houle, 
twelve don of ground is entirely funk. 
In the Purgunnah Do Hazarree, Hurry Sing Ha- 
zard's brick houfe was entirely thrown down : the 
hall of Seer Jumma Cawn’s brick houfe alfo fell, and 
r himfelf 
