246 REV. c. W. HARVEY—METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
day 31°*9 on 31st; highest in sun 75°* 1 on 5th ; lowest on grass 
23°-6 on 31st. Accumulated temp, since January 1st above 42° was 
3094°, and below 42° was 585°. Rainfall frequent until 20th, then 
dry, only slightly in excess of mean. Chief falls other than max., 
0-35 on 5th, 0-26 on 14th and again on 18th, 0*19 on 4th, and 0*17 
on 2nd. Prevailing wind, S.W. 
By far the most important occurrence during the year was the 
severe shock of earthquake which worked such havoc in the neigh¬ 
bouring county of Essex, on April 22nd, and of which a very 
complete account appeared in Symons’ ‘ Meteorological Magazine ’ 
for May, 1884. It is always interesting to trace the limits to 
which such disturbances are felt, and I can hear testimony to the 
shock having been felt in Buntingford. A servant in the town, 
whilst about her household work upstairs, noticed a sound as of some 
one walking across the room, and causing the glasses, etc., on the 
washstand to jar; turning round, expecting to see her fellow-servant, 
and seeing no one, the girl rushed down in a fright, and related 
what she had experienced. 
At about 9 a.m. on the same morning an inhabitant of this 
parish heard a rumbling sound, which she imagined to be thunder, 
remarking at the time that she thought it had just thundered; 
hut whether this was only a coincidence, or had anything to do 
with the shock, I cannot say. 
