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STRANGE parSouENos oF EARTH
auAKEs.-Naiiyes Of hose countries who
have experienced many hunlfed earth.
qnakes. believe the difference 10 be less in
The greater or less duration Of the shocks.
OF the slosness OF raaidiiy Of the horizontal
oscillation. than in the alienation OF mo
lion in opp site directions. The circular
for gy,aiery) earthquakes are the mosl
rare, and at he same time the most danger
Gus. In the great earthquake of Riobamba,
in The province Of Quito. lilh Of February,
1897 and in that ol Calabria, (jlh februay
anI 2sih March, 1883 walls were chang
ed in direction without being oyerIhrown,
raighl or parallel rows Of trees were in.
Elected, and the fields having two sorts oi
cultivation, one crop even took the place
before occupied by the other; the latter phc
nomenon showing either movement Of
translation, or mutual penetration of the
different strata. When making plan Of
the ruined city Of RIobamha. was shown
a place where the whole furniture Of one
house had been found under the remains oi
another; earth had evidently moved like a
fluid in streams or currents, ol which we
mus, assume that the direction was first
downward, then horizontal, and lastly again
upward Disputes concerning the owner
ship of objects which had been thus carried
10 distances Of many hundred yards, were
decided by the auiiencia or court Of justice.


Humbolifs Cosmos.