106 Capt. Macmurdo on the EcertJtqudke at Cutch 
mosphere. But, as far as I know, the supposition is unsub- 
stantiated by any satisfactory fact or experiment. 
W. H. Gilby. 
Aet. XI V . — Account of the Earthquahe which occurred in In- 
dia in June 1819. By Captain Macmurdo. 
In a former number of this Journal, we gave a short account 
of the remarkable earthquake which took place in India in June 
1819, and have now the pleasure of communicating to our read- 
ers the description of it, as given by Captain Macmurdo in a 
memoir read before the Bombay Literary Society 
Captain Macmurdo states, that on the 16th June 1819, be- 
tween fifteen and sixteen minutes before 7 o’clock p. m., a vio- 
lent shock took place in Cutch, which lasted about two minutes, 
and which, when at its height, occasioned a motion of the earth 
so undulatory, that to keep the feet was no easy matter, while 
the waving of the surface was perfectly visible. Before 11 o’clock 
p. M. three more shocks, but of a trifling nature, were experien- 
ced. On the next day, the 17th, the earth was frequently in 
motion, attended by gusts of wind, and a noise like that of 
wheeled carriages. For some time before 10 a. m., these symp- 
toms intermitted only for a few minutes until about a quarter 
to 10, when a severe shock was experienced; this lasted for 
about fifty seconds, and brought down a number of shattered 
buildings. Until the beginning of August, no day passed with- 
out one or more shocks, but subsequently they became less fre- 
quent, only occurring every third or fourth day. During the 
whole of this time the shocks were generally very slight, and 
many persons did not feel what was sensibly felt by others. 
Subsequent to this period shocks became still less frequent, oc- 
curring at uncertain periods of many days’ interval, until the 
23d of November, which seems to be the last distinct one we 
have had. 
* For this extract, we are indebted to an interesting periodical work, the “ Asia- 
tic Journal.” 
