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No. VI.

The Cord;llinas or Andes, run from north tc south
lof the southeru continent of America ; but branch
1 •a. out near the isthnius .if Panama, one ridge takes
Ithe direction of th- eastern coast, crossing part of
New Grenada and Venezuela, and extends as far as
t the coast of Paria, near the Otonoco. It is this
hunch of the Cordillieras that forms La Sierra Ne.'
vada de Merida and La Silla de CaraccaF, and be-
tween these two, remarkable points the earthquat•,;.l
we are going to treat of, was most strongly felt.:- At
the east of this chain of mountains there are plain;
of an immense extent, covered with varieties of grass;
and through this level land the earth was convulsei
' for above a hundred leagues towards the interior of
the country. The towns situate immediately at the
font of the Cordillieras, or in the v tliies between
them, were those which suffered most. /t was on
the eve of the Crucifixion, when every Christian
Church peculiarly commemorates the sufferings anal
Merits of our blessed liEDlZEitiElto that this sad ZMAS-
trophe happened. -. . ,
For five months the earth had suffered from it con-
tinued drotight, no rain having Olen ; and in the
preceding month of December a slight shock of an
earthquake had been felt at C4raceas. On the 2Gw
of March, 1812, the weather was fine, the air serene,
when between fotir and five P.M. a hollow sound was
heard, which was follow ed by an oscillatory motion ;
this was tucceeded by a trepidation of the earth,
again changing to the first -convulsion ; the whole
lasted about one minute and fifteen seconds. The
inhabitants of Caraccas, cousistink of 50,000 pinions,
struck with terror, unitedly and It.udly implored the
protection of iieavex ; some ran wildly through the
sweets, while others, crowding into the chinches,
sought refuge at the tacit of the altar. The crash of
falling buildings, the clouds of dust from their ruins
winch filled the air, and the piercing cries of the
wounded increased the confusion of this dire scene.
I One sought in vain his child ; another, in distraction,
called tor hit wife—nothing presented itstlf but a
wild heap of ruin, devastation, and death in every,
[shape. It was computed in this calamitous day, that
I twenty thousand persons perished at Vent zuela. A
greet part of the veteran troops were of tit:: number,
. and all the arms destined for the defence of the coun-
try were buried under thv ruins of the barracks. The
towns of Ceraccat, Merida, and LA Guayre, were
totaily destroyed. - Barenisimeto, • Saidelipe, and
! others, suffered considerably. At Santelipe the first
symptoms they had of the earthquake was by an
circuit shock, which deprived many persons of their
s..tises. At Vallerillh, near Valencia, a rivulet
spouted out; which continued to flow for three hours.
Ls Guaire, the river which flows through the valley
of Caraccas, was greely swelled ; and it is said that
the to emeitn of Avila, which separAtes La- GuAyra
from Careceas, sunk several feet into the earth; and
thi• waters of the flay of Marecaybo withdrew con-
! siderebiy. The earthquakes continued for sevisrel
mantis.: will mote or less force; sometimes several
shocks occurred in one d ty. In this !stoner the few
t,u Id.ngs that still remained erect were gradually
taverthro tan.
I in the Wowing Apiil a to:csuo burst out in the