66 The East Anglian Earthquake.
cated by tho Rector might bo considered to indicate that the
disturbance travelled from N.E. to S.W. Mr. Parkinson in-
forms me that a man ploughing in a field on Fingringhoe
Hill, with his face towards the N.E., saw the ground move
some distance in front of him, then the horses stumbled and
floundered about and the plough was thrown out of the
furrow; then the man felt the shock, and turning round
towards the S.W., saw the turrets of Langenhoe Church
thrown down. Another man working in a field to the north
of the Rectory gave similar evidence, the ground in front of
him to the N.E. appearing to move before he felt the shock.
Postponing for the present the discussion of observations of
this class, I will only add that, although they may appear,
prima facie, to possess a certain value in determining the
general direction of the movement, too much weight must not
be given to them, as the subjective impression of the observer
may have unconsciously led to an erroneous interpretation of
the facts, in a manner that will be considered more fully
subsequently.
Langenhoe Hall was reported to be partly unroofed, and
Wick Farm and Crouch House much damaged. Mr. Pertwee
reports that at Langenhoe Lodge the chimneys were thrown
down, the walls much cracked, ceilings uplifted, and bottles
thrown down and broken.
Returning westwards again towards Abberton, and pro-
ceeding in a south-westerly direction along the road to
Peldon, all the houses and cottages were noticed to have lost
their chimneys. These buildings, which skirt Peet Tye
Common, are Peet Tye Place, Pantiles, Peet Tye Farm,
Eolis Farm, and others. Some of the chimneys were new
and of good workmanship.
Peldon.—The damage here was considerable, this village
chimneys and cracks are taken as evidence, as in some of the structures
they have different bearings to those in others......The twists in
the chimneys being in different directions seemed to me to suggest that
there must have been some sort of a rotary motion in the neighbour-
hood of Langenhoe, .... &c." It is possible that the conflicting accounts
may here have arisen from the action of direct and reflected waves.