Captain Fitz Roy and some officers were at the town during the shock, and there the scene was more striking; for although the houses, from being built of wood, did not fall, they were violently shaken, and the boards creaked and rattled together.

The people rushed out of doors in the greatest alarm.

It is these accompaniments that create that perfect horror of earthquakes, experienced by all who have thus seen, as well as felt, their effects.

Within the forest it was a deeply interesting, but by no means an awe-exciting phenomenon.

The tides were very curiously affected.