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MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &C. 
ing info any negoeiations with the Siamese authorities on the sub¬ 
ject, or the expense of boring, should the dip of the beds render a 
surface survey insufficient. 
Earthquakes and eruption ia Ternate»* 
On the &lst December last three shocks of an earthquake were 
felt in Ternate, the first two of which were very heavy and accom¬ 
panied by a thundering noise. 
On the 7lh of February following the inhabitants of this island 
were again disturbed by an eruption of the mountain which lasted 
about half an hour. The obscure light prevented any other phe¬ 
nomena of this eruption being noticed save the thundering noise 
with which it was attended and the column of ashes which it 
ejected above the clouds. The lava stream flowed to the north 
of the mountain without causing any damage. 
Other two earthquake shocks were subsequently experienced at 
Ternate; while, finally, on the 8lh of April last about half past 3 
o’clock a severe earthquake took place which was felt in a direction 
from north to south and lasted some seconds without however oc¬ 
casioning any injury to buildings. 
Ealling in of a IfcEountain in Timor.* 
In the month of March last a sinking of the mountain Nirnbe- 
nok (which is three days distance from Kupang) took place, in 
consequence of which many houses with their contents were des¬ 
troyed by the great stones that rolled down. Fortunately no men 
were killed. 
Correspondence. 
We have received several communications with reference to bur 
first number. Of these none has afforded us more gratification than 
a letter written by Dr.JVXunnich, one of the Editors of the Natnur 
C)i Gcneesknndig Archie/ voor Neerlands Indie , on the part of him¬ 
self and his co-editors, Drs. Bosch, Fromm, Bleeker, Muller and 
Heijmann, and accompanied by a complete set of the Archief, as well 
as a copy of Dr. Munnicii’s eloquent and philosophical “ Popular 
Discourses on the Human Body and Eire.” We cannot deny our- 
* From the Javaschc Courant■ for August 1847. - 
