'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎292] (469/524)

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292 NOTES ON THE EARTHQUAKE
East and West for a considerable distance, passing immediately across
the channel of the Indus, and separating the Phurraeen River from the
sea.
The natives called this mound by the name of II11 ah Rund, 5 ' or
the Mound of God, in allusion to its not being like the other dams of
the Indus, a work of man, but a dam thrown up by nature. The
natives assigned to it a length of 50 miles.
Thus, at the western extremity of Cutch, the effect of the earth
quake of 1819 was to produce simultaneously an elevation of a tract
of country 50 miles in length, 16 miles in breadth, and 10 feet in
height, and a depression of another tract, extending over about 2,000
square miles, which latter became an inland lake or lagoon.
“ At Bhooj the shock was exceedingly heavy, lasting from two
to three minutes, in which short period the city was almost levelled to
the ground.” Professor Jameson states, u It was calculated that nearly
2,000 persons perished at Bhooj alone. 55
“ In the British camp, which was pitched in a plain between the
fort and city of Bhooj, the general feeling was an unpleasant giddiness
of the head and sickness of stomach from the heaving of the ground $
and during the time the shock lasted, some sat down instinctively and
others threw themselves on the ground. Those who were on horse
back were obliged to dismount; the earth shook so violently, that the
horses could with difficulty keep their feet, and the riders when on the
ground were scarcely able to stand. 55
In the city of Alimedabad, the same writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. states, “ The de
vastation caused by this commotion of the earth is truly lamentable.
The proud spires of the great mosque, erected by Sultan Ahmed,
which have stood for nearly 450 years, have tumbled to the ground
within a few yards of the spot where they once reared their heads. The
fort and town of Jelelsheer are reduced to ruins. Many of the people
killed wei e already out of doors, which is usually considered a situa*
tion of comparative safety. A marriage was about to be celebrated in a
sich man s family, and the castes had assembled from various quarters ;
the shock occurred when they were feasting in the streets, and upwards
of 500 of the party were killed among the ruins of the falling houses.”
At Surat and at Broach the shock was less violent, but sufficient