9 beers

thats right i have 9 beers lined up and i felt like making a thread about it

 

 

 

i'm on beer 1 - lets see my progress as the beers start to increase

 

hahahah

posting in weed flamebait thread

don't get into trouble now

hahahaahha

i'm really bummed because i left some money with my neighbor to get me weed and he isnt home nor answering his phone

 

so i have to wait till tomorrow morning to get my god damn motherfucking 8th

 

 

 

i'm pissed i tell ya!

hahahahah

lol

so how ya feeelin at this point?

only beer 2 - watching the lonely island lol

 

 

hahahah at your avatar

beer 3! bavarian style hefeweizen now

 

 

 

It was a hot summer day and I was in my workout room benching 1200 pounds. My abs were flexing and girls within a 10 mile radius were getting wet. Once I was done with my daily 32 hour workout I called one of the bitches I know, Jessica. She is really hot and looks like a supermodel. SO I got into my Lamborghini Gallardo and reved it up to 40,000 RPM (this is an Italian import with special engine system). I got onto the freeway near my house and threw it into 8th gear, I hit about 600 mph and I could hear the sonic boom as I broke the sound barrier. As I was flooring it on the freeway like a badass, Jessica called me and said she wanted me to her. So be it.

 

I came to a full stop from 700 mph in front of her house. These Ferrari's have top notch brakes, you know. So she gets out of the house and walks up to my Bugatti and starts eyeballing my dick. I could tell she was staring at it because when I looked at her I noticed she was looking at my dick. Booya.

 

Flash forward to like 10 minutes later. My 30 inch dick is going inside of her VAGINA, hitting them walls. I'm holding her entire body up with my left pinky as I'm her and she has 30,000 orgasms. She looks me in the eyes and she says harder. V-TEC just kicked in, yo. I blow my load so hard she falls off my dick. There had to have been about two pints of cum everywhere. People say I cum like a pornstar, I wouldn't disagree with them.

 

I throw her a towel so she can clean herself up then I do a triple backflip into my Maserati and drive home.

 

A Chubby is Born

 

the beginning of the Chubby Series

 

It was the summer before Don*s sophomore year in college, Don was in the process of transferring from a small east Texas college to a university in Fort Worth. After spending his 1st year away from home, several sexual advances from fellow male class mates, there was no doubt in Don*s mind he was gay. The dorms had community bathrooms and seeing the naked bodies of his classmates, witnessing sexual escapades of his friends with both men and women the only thing on Don*s mind was dick D I C K.

 

There were two campus freaks where the guys would go for relief when their horns were up; 1st Gina a pretty sister with big brown eyes, flawless complexion, dazzling smile, succulent lips, and a body that made many of the other women jealous on campus ( the girl was fine). But Gina had one great attribute the girl could suck a dick and that talent alone made her quite popular with the fellas. She loved giving it and the boys loved getting it and once they all seemed to reach the point of ecstasy they all seem tho say the same thing" Damn that woman can suck a dick!"

 

And there*s Randy the campus queen or sissy who knew he was gay and felt no shame in his game; If you had dick he wanted some of it, any way possible, mouth ,ass, armpits, ears, nose whatever just fill it up . When the brothas couldn*t get any pussy on a date Randy was always Plan B. May time times he would do two or three at a time taking it from both ends. Many cases the fellas would ask Don to stand lookout for them whether it was with Gina or Randy.

 

There was always something about Don that made people comfortable in sharing their secrets- both men and women would open up and tell him everything especially sexual things. The girls were always more sincere " should I go to bed with ___ or not Don? they would ask?" while the guys would say I*m gonna get me some of dat you just watch! Unknowing to the guys who thought they were all that Don would tell their girlfriends ( honey don*t give him shit!!) While the nice ones Don would just say" follow your heart or your hormones which ever comes first" But Don knew if there was any two people on campus he wanted to be like was Gina and Randy cause they were gettin what Dan wanted dick.

 

One afternoon while studying in the student union bldg Gina made her approach to Don " Donny Boy" she called Hey Gina he replied " Why don*t you ever come se ms Gina for yourself?? (dunno!) " he answered " you scared? (No!) Has any one ever uh_____? (no!) Want to find out?? ( dunno) " Don are you shy? Long pause ( sometimes) well have you ever been with a woman? (Yeah!! But they never did what you do). What??!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Cont.2

 

come with me, "where?" Don asked just come with me Chubby, Miss Gina gon show you what you*ve been missing." Gina*s room was at the end of the hall in dorm B right next to the exit-really convenient. Don followed Gina to her room where she preceded to rub his chest, fondle his nipples and work her way down to the main attraction. She unbuttoned his jeans "whoa Don am I surprised; there is more than I expected( Don remained quiet) and thought to himself "that*s encouraging Gina " and then she went to work and performed her magic, she took his manhood in hand and started with little kisses, running her tongue around the head,moving back and forth and in a circular motion; her tongue seemed as though it was longer than the normal woman. Don could do nothing but close his eyes and enjoy the magic and before he knew " Oh Shit! " he came, he exploded into Gina*s mouth and down her throat. Damn that shit was good Gina! Don replied, I want to be like you when I grow up oops! I knew it ! I knew it Gina said I knew you were a Queen! Don said nothing. Don*t worry pretty boy, its our secret, you have never disrespected me so why should I you? And if you want any lessons from Miss Gina just let me know cause you*re my Chubby bud COOl? Cool. Don stored her moves and motions in the back of mind so he could used them himself..

 

Don had 3 roommates:

 

Johnny Ray Pennington (a.k.a. Penny) from Pilot point Texas; a hazel eyed brother whose goal in life was to fuck any and everything walking, 6ft tall semi-muscular he seemed to have a 24 hr hard on, every time he change clothes, take a shower or just walk around his dick would leap out whenever it could. Don told him he needed to strap that thang down, "why ? You want some of it?" Penny asked? Naw Don responded little did Penny know or did he? Don thought Penny had nice hands and feet big and smooth (hmm that freak was starting to show)

 

James Walter Redeaux (a.k.a. Deep 6) from Slidell Louisiana they called him Deep 6 because of the time he spent in the pen 6 years, he was 20 years old when he finished high school he had 2 tattoos; the one on his shoulder was a Chinese symbol which meant good lover ( so he says) yeah right, and the other on his upper left thigh an arrow pointing at his dick. Many times (6) felt the need to sleep in the nude (aw hell) and to top it off he slept in the bunk above Don*s bed. Many times Don would be face to face with 6's fat 9in muscle of love (it wasn*t easy) Don felt 6 knew exactly what he was doing. 6 was very muscular from pumping weights in the pen- late one night Don went to take a shower and walked in on Deep 6 jerking off that monster cock of his, HE had his head back, eyes closed and was licking his lips; Don watched in amazement and just as he was about to ease away 6 came to a heavy conclusion all over the shower floor opened his eyes and looked straight into Don*s eyes, walked directly in front of him - so close they could hear each others heart beating-

 

cont:3

 

Don thought never had anyone look so good wet as 6 did at that very moment, Don noticed that 6 was getting even closer then suddenly noises were coming from the hall and the moment was gone. Don found himself wishing for an ice bath for that shower got quite warm. ( but more about 6 later)

 

And last but not least

 

Daniel Albert Anderson ( a.k.a. D.A. from L.A.) From Los Angeles; A tall brother with a lot of hair and a pierced ear, ( the 1st guy I ever knew to have one) basketball player, smooth talker, practically every girl on campus wanted to fuck him, his body was smooth tight with very little hair and what he lacked in hair he covered with dick, he didn*t have a 6 pack it was probably an 8 pack, he had muscular bow legs and he moved like a gazelle when he walked; D.A.would lick his lips and everyone would get weak. Don called then bisexual lips Rumor has it he sent a little cheerleader to the infirmary because he was too big "lucky bitch!" Don thought to himself. Don like to watch his huge hands, there was something sexy about them that Don couldn*t quite figure out.

 

Late one Saturday night the roomies stayed in drinking Strawberry Hill wine and Ripple, the more they drank the hornier they became-around 1am D.A. said hey guys lets go see Randy and see what*s up or what we can get up. Everyone was too drunk to drive except Don- "come on Don and take us over to Randy*s " (yall don*t need me go ahead )Deep 6 grabbed him by the arm and they all said (come on you know you want to go ! )

 

Randy was home alone his roommate (supposedly straight) was out on the town Don was asked to keep a look out for the roommate. The four seemed to get right down to business while Don stood at the window; they stood before Randy sitting on the sofa, Don heard zippers, belt buckles, jeans sliding down. Ooooooo-yummmmmmm Randy replied then Randy began his suck fest deep throating one after the other.Oooo shit suck it baby,sssssss aw yeah loud smacking and sexual noises " gimme some of dat fat ass Randy baby (ok!) Don watched as Penny exploded into Randy*s face and to Don*s surprise Penny went down and licked his own cum from Randy*s face (oh my!) Damn Penny you some kind of freak aint cha boy? 6 asked? " my sentiments exactly Don thought" Suddenly Penny an D.A. picked Randy up and put him on top of the sofa table, everyone got naked, Penny started kissing Randy while D.A. began to lick his body all over, the moans alone made Don hot and wanting some of what Randy was getting- D.A. was even sucking his toes he then open Randy*s legs and plunged that billy club of his into his ass "oh shit that feels good D fuck that ass like you always do fuck dat ass motha fucker; D*s lips got tight and he began to drill Randy as if he were digging for gold while Penny was feeding his mouth- it was amazing what how Randy took

 

-cont:4

 

so much dick from both ends then the bigger surprise happened Deep 6 came up behind Penny and started fucking him (oh lawd) ow 6 you fuckin me now (WHAT?) And Penny took it like a pro. Penny was fucking Randy*s face while 6 was fucking him, At one moment all three roomies had the same look on their faces their eyes were closed and head back in ecstasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dem boys is an understatement and how about you? Me? I want some of you, come on Don and let 6 take care of you, you know you want it come on and let me get deep into dat ass roomie, tell me what you want to do? Don knew he wanted to but never having been with a guy and a strong believer of privacy he couldn*t. I*m trying not to he told 6 " come on baby" naw 6 it aint happening. 6 moved up to him and said come here let me tell ya some thing- 6 preceded to kiss an lick into Don*s ear taking his hand and placing them on his naked body, 6's body felt good and 6 knew it he maneuvered his way behind Don rubbing his chest, legs, grabbing his ass, sucking on his ear lobes, kissing his neck, ( oh it was getting warm in that camp) Don could feel 6's dick grinding his ass from behind with that huge dick trying to work his way into his crack ( ooo it felt good) come on Don I*ll take it easy, in the mean time he could hear Randy saying "fuck me daddy, fuck me then Penny put his dick back into Randy*s mouth. 6 managed to unbuckle Don*s jeans when suddenly Don spotted Randy*s roommate coming down the street " Randy it your roomie" that ended that Damn!!! Don knew then he wanted what Randy was getting.

 

Finals came and went and school was out in a matter of weeks the roomies said nothing about that night but on the last day-Don got a note from each asking to visit during the summer; When 6 gave his note it was only the two of them in the room" so can I have a kiss since its just you and me?" Don gave him a peck on the cheek " that won*t do" 6 replied - so James Walker Redeaux grabbed Don*s face and laid a long passionate kiss- Don was in a daze I will see ya this summer and we are going to finish what we started that night, ok don said ( Don had never been kissed like that before.)

 

And the summer began

 

I just ate some fried chicken. The breasts were juicy, and the buns were soft and warm. Afterwards, the division manager of Popeyes came up to my table and asked me how the meal was.I said I was satisfied, but the meal lacked a certain je ne sais quoi. He apologized profusely, and said he had something to show me that would make up for it. He lead me to the back of the popeyes, to a room soaked from floor to ceiling in blood. In the center of it was a live horse, chained by all four legs to the structural supports of the warehouse like room. As I watched, employees of the popeyes cut large sections from the horse, which was whinneying and screaming in horror, the remaining sections of its body covered with festering sores and a froth of sweat. The popeyes employees took the chunks of horseflesh and sliced them into pieces, then they rooted around through the bags of trash strewn around the room to find discarded chicken bones. They quickly tenderized the meat with sledgehammers and fed it into a machine which formed the horsemeat around the bones, then they breaded and deepfried it. I asked the division manager why he had led me back to this place, and he pointed at the steed's rump, the diseased asshole puckering rythmically with terror, squirting pus with each convulsion. {We're just about to use that section, would you like a crack at it first?} I quickly unzipped my pants and wasted no time jamming my erect penis into the stallion's defenseless asshole. With each thrust, I donkey punched the horse in the back of the head, making it clench its ass even tighter. I came just as the horse died. I was delighted. Popeyes definitely went the extra mile to make me a satisfied customer.

fucking lol

Sun Goddess by Ramsey Lewis, Rat sat back down by Don, "well here we are"- Yeas here we are Don responded; it was evident Don wasn*t moving fast enough for Rat and once again Rat took charge" Don some one wants to meet you looking down at his growing bulge - Don was so hot he didn*t know where to start but Rat had already started kissing and nibbling on Don*s neck directing Don*s hands to the hot zone the passion intensified/ Don finally set the 81/2 inches of fat veiny dick with the head of a small porta bella mushroom begging to be licked. Don found himself licking his lips as Gina did back at school and now its time to do what she taught him to do - work that motha fucker and make him beg for it- Don teased him with simple motions of letting him feel his lips brush across the shaft, simple kisses here and there (ssssssss) was sounds he heard from Rats , Don licked the head of that black love muscle ( ooo shit baby) and in the back of Don*s mind he could heard Gins saying " now take that dick down yo throat and work him baby suck that dick" and in a quick move Don did just that damn baby I thought you said this was your first time? Don said nothing he began to work his way up kissing that six-pack and heading to Rats tight developed chest the more he sucked those nipples the more they pointed- Don realized he enjoyed sucking Rat*s dick and back he went; meanwhile while Don was enjoying the art of giving head Rat made use of his busy hands and before Don knew it he was naked.

White men are self-loathing turds who are afraid of everything. You hate black people because they supposedly aren't productive enough in society. So you faggots should love the Jews right? No, you insecure pussies hate them too because they fucking beat you at your own shit. Same with Asians, you hate them because they’re too smart. You never hear Asians whining like goddamn white retards about blacks getting affirmative action. Mexicans want to come here to WORK. No, no, we can’t have more productive members of society, they’ll steal your shitty job at McDonald’s or what the fuck ever. Must suck to be a white guy. Your dicks are smaller than blacks, you’re dumber than Asians and jews, and Mexicans are harder workers. Fuck, even white women are slowly but surely becoming more educated and successful than you faggots. Enjoy reveling in your past achievements. Soon white guys will have nothing to do, while blacks fuck their women, Jews, Asians and women run everything, and Mexicans do all the shit jobs. Oppression can only hide your inadequacies for so long.

 

Pulsating veiny black love!

My brother died after overdosing on marijuana.

 

He was invited by the "cool kids" to hang out at some kids house whose liberal parents had left for the weekend.

 

My brother, always a moral and thoughtful individual, wanted to attend because it was one of those massive house parties that he'd never been to.

 

Well, as was later recalled by some of his friends at the party, he was pressured into smoking marijuana. He ended up smoking the entire pack of marijuana cigarettes.

 

Not long after he went into convulsions and started foaming at the mouth. The people at the party held back calling 9/11 for almost 10 minutes.

 

When the paramedics finally arrived they could do nothing to save him.

 

The autopsy revealed he had 3 times the lethal dosage of THC in his blood.

 

But I'm sure everyone here will deny my story and the fact that my brother died after smoking that illegal narcotic.

yeah

CATALOGUE OF VIOLENT AND DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
  1 |1599   VI 25  3 20  |  IX |Manila and neighboring provinces. Damaged
    |                    |     |many private buildings in Manila; cracked
    |                    |     |the vault of the Jesuit Church so badly
    |                    |     |that it had to be demolished and replaced
    |                    |     |by a ceiling; fissured the walls and
    |                    |     |ruined the roof of Santo Domingo Church.
    |                    |     |
  2 |1600    I  2  0  0  |VIII |Earthquake of destructive force and long
    |                    |     |duration in Manila; extent of damage
    |                    |     |unknown.
    |                    |     |
  3 |1600   XI -- -- --  |  VI |Violent and protracted earthquake.
    |                    |     |
  4 |1601    I 16  0 --  |VIII |Manila and adjacent provinces. Did
    |                    |     |considerable damage to some churches and
    |                    |     |many private houses in Manila. Its
    |                    |     |duration was unusually great, it being
    |                    |     |said that during 7 minutes the shocks were
    |                    |     |almost continuous. There were several dead
    |                    |     |and a great number of injured. The
    |                    |     |repetitions were frequent throughout the
    |                    |     |year.
    |                    |     |
  5 |1608  XII  3 -- --  |  VI-|Leyte Island. Violent chiefly in the
    |                    | VII |country around Dulag and Palo (E coast of
    |                    |     |northern Leyte). It does not appear to
    |                    |     |have been destructive.
    |                    |     |
  6 |1610   XI -- -- --  |  IX |Manila and provinces east of it. Several
    |                    |     |writers call it a "terrible earthquake
    |                    |     |which progressed from E to W."
    |                    |     |
  7 |1620   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Panay Island. Great convulsions of the
    |                    |     |ground; the Aclan River changed its
    |                    |     |course. The few stone buildings in the
    |                    |     |affected districts, as, for instance, the
    |                    |     |church at Passi, Province of Iloilo, were
    |                    |     |badly cracked, the wooden structures
    |                    |     |either fell, owing to the snapping of the
    |                    |     |uprights, or remained inclined in various
    |                    |     |directions. The provinces which suffered
    |                    |     |most were those of Iloilo and Capiz.
    |                    |     |
  8 |1627 VIII -- -- --  |   X |Northern Luzon. The historians mention it
    |                    |     |as one of the earthquakes which caused the
    |                    |     |greatest convulsions in northern Luzon,
    |                    |     |especially in Ilocos Norte and Cagayan,
    |                    |     |but above all in the region of the Central
    |                    |     |Central Cordillera, Lepanto, and Bontoc.
    |                    |     |The data are somewhat vague. It is said
    |                    |     |that part of the northern Caraballo
    |                    |     |Mountains subsided.
    |                    |     |
  9 |1628   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Camarines and Albay. A destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake in which, it is said, a
    |                    |     |mountain burst and emitted a river of
    |                    |     |water and mud which swept away the town
    |                    |     |of Camarines and others. The name of
    |                    |     |Camarines was at the time used to
    |                    |     |designate the present town of Camalig
    |                    |     |and the district near the southern slopes
    |                    |     |of Mayon Volcano. The flood mentioned
    |                    |     |was probably an avalanche of water, sand,
    |                    |     |volcanic ashes, and lapilli, such as also
    |                    |     |on other occasions have occurred on the
    |                    |     |slopes of the same volcano during periods
    |                    |     |of torrential rains.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
10 |1636  XII 21 -- --  |  IX |Western Mindanao. Destructive earthquake.
    |                    |     |The epicenter appears to have been in
    |                    |     |Illana Bay. Great landslides are reported
    |                    |     |to have occurred at Point Flechas which is
    |                    |     |between the Bays of Illana and Sibuguey.
    |                    |     |
11 |1641    I  4 -- --  |   X |Northern Luzon. Destructive earthquake,
    |                    |     |accompanied by great landslides in the
    |                    |     |mountains and eruptions of water and mud
    |                    |     |in the region of northern Luzon which
    |                    |     |comprises the Provinces of the Ilocos, of
    |                    |     |Cagayan, and the Cordillera Central. All
    |                    |     |the historians of the Archipelago mention
    |                    |     |this cataclysm which occurred shortly
    |                    |     |after the almost simultaneous eruptions of
    |                    |     |Sanguir and Jolo.
    |                    |     |
12 |1645   XI 30 20 --  |   X |The most terrible earthquake recorded in
    |                    |     |the annals of the Archipelago. It might
    |                    |     |almost be said that from Manila to Cagayan
    |                    |     |and Ilocos Norte it left no stone upon the
    |                    |     |other. In the capital, where during the
    |                    |     |preceding fifty years a great number of
    |                    |     |stone buildings had been erected,
    |                    |     |magnificent churches, palaces, and public
    |                    |     |buildings, as well as private residences
    |                    |     |and villas, the destruction was frightful.
    |                    |     |Ten churches were wrecked entirely, to
    |                    |     |wit: the Royal Chapel, Cathedral, Santo
    |                    |     |Domingo, those of the Recollects and
    |                    |     |Franciscans, Santiago, San Antonio,
    |                    |     |Nuestra Senora de Guia, and the parish
    |                    |     |churches of Binondo and San Miguel; only
    |                    |     |San Agustin and the Jesuit Church remained
    |                    |     |standing. Twelve monasteries, colleges,
    |                    |     |and hospitals were likewise converted into
    |                    |     |ruins. No better fared the palace of the
    |                    |     |Governor-General, the Real Audiencia and
    |                    |     |up to 150 of the finest residences which,
    |                    |     |as one author puts it, "in other cities
    |                    |     |would have been considerable palaces." The
    |                    |     |rest of the private houses were damaged
    |                    |     |to so great an extent that the majority
    |                    |     |had to be demolished. The number of
    |                    |     |persons killed exceeded 600 and the total
    |                    |     |of killed and injured is stated to have
    |                    |     |been 3,000.
    |                    |     |
    |                    |     |Outside of Manila there was a general
    |                    |     |destruction of villas and other buildings
    |                    |     |which had been erected on both banks of
    |                    |     |the Pasig River. Throughout the
    |                    |     |neighboring provinces the masonry
    |                    |     |structures built by the missionaries
    |                    |     |suffered the same fate as those in Manila.
    |                    |     |From the farthest provinces in the north
    |                    |     |were reported great alterations of the
    |                    |     |surface with almost complete disappearance
    |                    |     |of some native villages, changes in the
    |                    |     |courses of rivers, subsidences of plains,
    |                    |     |eruptions of sand, etc. All the writers of
    |                    |     |the time qualify this disturbance as the
    |                    |     |most disastrous earthquake not only in
    |                    |     |Luzon, but likewise in Mindoro,
    |                    |     |Marinduque, and the other islands south of
    |                    |     |Luzon. On the other hand, the provinces of
    |                    |     |Camarines and Albay appear to have
    |                    |     |suffered little or nothing.
    |                    |     |
13 |1645  XII  5 23 --  |VIII |The earthquake of November 30 was followed
    |                    |     |by almost daily repetitions and countless
    |                    |     |aftershocks, one of which, on December 5,
    |                    |     |was of such intensity as to finish the
    |                    |     |wrecking of many buildings, "leaving [as a
    |                    |     |chronicler writes] the city in such
    |                    |     |condition that it was impossible to walk
    |                    |     |through it." Aftershocks of variable force
    |                    |     |continued to be very frequent throughout
    |                    |     |an entire year; that is, until the end of
    |                    |     |1646.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
14 |1646  III -- -- --  |  VI |According to several chroniclers, the
    |                    |     |aforementioned aftershocks were more were
    |                    |     |more frequent and of greater intensity
    |                    |     |during the month of March, some of them
    |                    |     |assuming a violent character.
    |                    |     |
15 |1648   -- -- -- --  |VIII |Southern Luzon. Very violent earthquake,
    |                    |     |damaging many buildings (Von Hoff).
    |                    |     |
16 |1653    V  1 -- --  |  VI |Earthquake in Manila and surrounding
    |                    |     |provinces.
    |                    |     |
17 |1658 VIII 20 17 --  |  IX |Destructive earthquake. Some historians
    |                    |     |maintain that it was as severe as that of
    |                    |     |1645; but it caused fewer ruins, partly on
    |                    |     |account of its short duration, partly
    |                    |     |because it found buildings of less height
    |                    |     |and greater power or resistance than those
    |                    |     |erected before 1645. Nevertheless it
    |                    |     |destroyed the monastery of Santa Clara and
    |                    |     |did great damage to the churches and
    |                    |     |monasteries of the Dominicans and
    |                    |     |Recollects, likewise to the archiepiscopal
    |                    |     |palace, the Jesuit College, and a
    |                    |     |considerable number of private buildings.
    |                    |     |The epicentral region appears to have
    |                    |     |included only the southern part of Luzon.
    |                    |     |
18 |1665   VI 19 -- --  |VIII |Destructive in Manila and adjacent
    |                    |     |provinces. In the ruins of numerous houses
    |                    |     |19 persons perished and many more were
    |                    |     |injured. Of public buildings only the
    |                    |     |Jesuit Church is mentioned as having
    |                    |     |suffered to some extent.
    |                    |     |
19 |1675   II -- -- --  |VIII |Destructive in northern Mindoro and
    |                    |     |Batangas Province. Mention is made of
    |                    |     |extensive landslides, the opening of many
    |                    |     |fissures and the subsidence of large
    |                    |     |tracts on the beach of the northeast
    |                    |     |coast of Mindoro. The repetitions were many
    |                    |     |and severe.
    |                    |     |
20 |1683 VIII 24 -- --  | VII |Damaged some buildings in Manila.
    |                    |     |
21 |1687   II -- -- --  |  VI |Several violent earthquakes, which,
    |                    |     |however, caused no notable damages.
    |                    |     |
22 |1699   -- -- -- --  | VII |Many chroniclers assure us that during
    |                    |     |this year and the following destructive
    |                    |     |earthquakes visited Manila; but there is
    |                    |     |great confusion as to the days and months
    |                    |     |in which they occurred.
    |                    |     |
23 |1716   IX 24 -- --  | VII |Vicinity of Taal Volcano. Violent in
    |                    |     |Manila and the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna,
    |                    |     |Cavite, and Batangas. Connected with an
    |                    |     |eruption of the volcano. At each spasm of
    |                    |     |the latter the earth shook so violently
    |                    |     |that many buildings in Manila and the
    |                    |     |provinces mentioned suffered much harm,
    |                    |     |especially those in the vicinity of Lake
    |                    |     |Bombon, within which is situated the said
    |                    |     |volcano.
    |                    |     |
24 |1728   XI 28 -- --  |  IX |Remarkable on account of its having been
    |                    |     |very perceptible throughout the entire
    |                    |     |Archipelago. Caused considerable damage in
    |                    |     |Manila and towns in southern Luzon.
    |                    |     |
25 |1730   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Destructive in the Provinces of Tayabas
    |                    |     |and Laguna; ruined the church and the
    |                    |     |church and _convento_ at Mauban and other
    |                    |     |buildings in this and other towns of the
    |                    |     |two provinces.
    |                    |     |
26 |1743   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Destructive in Tayabas Province, wrecking
    |                    |     |masonry structures in the town of Tayabas
    |                    |     |and others.
    |                    |     |
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No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
27 |1749 VIII 12  9 --  |  IX |A violent eruption of Taal Volcano, which
    |                    |     |caused great havoc in all the towns on the
    |                    |     |shores of Lake Bombon. The shocks which
    |                    |     |accompanied each of the intermittent
    |                    |     |outbursts of the volcano were so severe
    |                    |     |that they left hardly any building
    |                    |     |undamaged throughout the provinces in the
    |                    |     |neighborhood of Manila--Rizal, Laguna,
    |                    |     |Cavite, Batangas, Tayabas, and in northern
    |                    |     |Mindoro. The convulsions of the ground
    |                    |     |were very remarkable; displacement
    |                    |     |occurred and fissures, both wide and deep,
    |                    |     |opened in the entire Province of Batangas
    |                    |     |and likewise in Cavite Province, up to
    |                    |     |Lake Bay. As the shocks occurred during
    |                    |     |many days, the majority of Manila's
    |                    |     |inhabitants abandoned the Walled City and
    |                    |     |lived under tents or in structures of
    |                    |     |bamboo and nipa. The greatest force of
    |                    |     |the earthquakes and, consequently, the
    |                    |     |greatest upheavals seem to have occurred
    |                    |     |in the region stretching from Taal Volcano
    |                    |     |toward Talim Island (Lake Bay) and the
    |                    |     |Antipolo Mountain Range.
    |                    |     |
    |                    |     |Repetitions and aftershocks were frequent
    |                    |     |during nearly a year.
    |                    |     |
28 |1754    V 15 21 --  |   X |Another eruption of Taal Volcano, the most
    |                    |     |terrible in the history of the Islands.
    |                    |     |All the towns which surrounded Lake Bombon
    |                    |     |were destroyed completely. When rebuilt,
    |                    |     |they were placed at a distance from the
    |                    |     |lake. There occurred most violent
    |                    |     |earthquakes which produced disasters in
    |                    |     |the neighboring provinces equal too, if
    |                    |     |not exceeding those of 1749. The spasms,
    |                    |     |separated by intervals of greater or less
    |                    |     |duration, lasted 7 months, the principal
    |                    |     |outbursts being always accompanied by very
    |                    |     |intense earthquakes which made themselves
    |                    |     |felt throughout a large part of Luzon, on
    |                    |     |Mindoro Island, and northern Panay.
    |                    |     |
29 |1766  XII  7 10 45  | VII |A violent earthquake, but did very slight
    |                    |     |damage in Manila. During the month many
    |                    |     |more earthquakes of less intensity were
    |                    |     |felt; in fact they had been frequent ever
    |                    |     |since the preceding August. There exist no
    |                    |     |data concerning the provinces around
    |                    |     |Manila.
    |                    |     |
30 |1767   II  8  1  5  | VII |Manila and neighboring provinces. Violent
    |                    |     |earthquake, preceded and followed by
    |                    |     |numerous shocks of smaller intensity.
    |                    |     |
31 |1767   XI 13 15 25  | VII |Very violent. In Manila a few walls fell
    |                    |     |and tile roofs sagged. Slight repetitions
    |                    |     |marked the succeeding days. Nothing is
    |                    |     |known of the happenings in the near-by
    |                    |     |provinces.
    |                    |     |
32 |1770  XII -- 23 --  |VIII |Destructive earthquake. Mr. Sonnerat
    |                    |     |states that it wrecked many houses in
    |                    |     |Manila. This traveler was at the time on
    |                    |     |board a ship in the very Bay of Manila;
    |                    |     |hence it is very strange that he does not
    |                    |     |give the day of the month on which the
    |                    |     |disaster took place.
    |                    |     |
33 |1771   II  1 -- --  |VIII |Very severe earthquake which laid in ruins
    |                    |     |several buildings in Manila, express
    |                    |     |mention being made of the Church of
    |                    |     |Nuestra Senora de Guia in Ermita, a suburb
    |                    |     |of Manila. This is probably the same
    |                    |     |disturbance which, according to some
    |                    |     |writers, in the beginning of February
    |                    |     |damaged the church of Antipolo and others
    |                    |     |in La Laguna and Cavite Provinces.
    |                    |     |
34 |1783   IV 19 -- --  |  VI |Violent earthquake in Dapitan and the
    |                    |     |whole of northwestern Mindanao.
    |                    |     |
35 |1787    V 13  6 --  |VIII |Very violent in southern Panay,
    |                    |     |especially in the Province of Iloilo.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
36 |1787  VII 13  7 --  |   X |Panay Island. A terrible earthquake which
    |                    |     |left the whole island strewn with ruins.
    |                    |     |Of 15 to 20 churches and _conventos_ in
    |                    |     |Iloilo Province only two or three remained
    |                    |     |standing; in the two other provinces,
    |                    |     |Capiz and Antique, the destruction was
    |                    |     |less universal. Even the thick walls of
    |                    |     |the fort at Iloilo were breached in many
    |                    |     |places. There were subsidences in the
    |                    |     |plains and landslides in the mountains and
    |                    |     |mighty fissures opened. It is stated that
    |                    |     |the victims were numerous: in one building
    |                    |     |15 persons perished.
    |                    |     |
37 |1796   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Many writers assert that during this year
    |                    |     |a most violent earthquake shook Manila
    |                    |     |and was followed by severe repetitions
    |                    |     |during the succeeding 20 days. But,
    |                    |     |although all agree that the quake was
    |                    |     |destructive, not one of them gives
    |                    |     |precise information as to its effects.
    |                    |     |
38 |1797  II- -- 14 --  | VII |A violent earthquake but not destructive
    |      III           |     |in Manila took place between February 11
    |                    |     |and March 7. It fissured walls and ruined
    |                    |     |tile roofs.
    |                    |     |

 

 39 |1811    X  5 -- --  |  IX |Destructive earthquake in Camarines
    |                    |     |Province. It wrecked many churches,
    |                    |     |_conventos_, and other buildings
    |                    |     |throughout the province, from San Miguel
    |                    |     |Bay to the vicinity of Albay.
    |                    |     |
40 |1814   II  2 -- --  | VII |Albay. Violent earthquakes which preceded
    |                    |     |and accompanied the great eruption of
    |                    |     |Mayon Volcano, Province of Albay. Several
    |                    |     |towns situated on the slopes of the
    |                    |     |mountain were destroyed by this outburst,
    |                    |     |while others, at a greater distance,
    |                    |     |suffered less severely.
    |                    |     |
41 |1818   -- -- -- --  | VII |Dapitan, northwestern Mindanao. Several
    |                    |     |violent earthquakes with countless
    |                    |     |repetitions distributed through 6 months.
    |                    |     |
42 |1824    I -- -- --  | VII |Earthquake, violent in Manila and
    |                    |     |destructive in Cagayan and Isabela
    |                    |     |Provinces, northeastern Luzon.
    |                    |     |
43 |1824   IX 29 -- --  |  IX |Central Luzon. Destructive, making many
    |                    |     |ruins throughout the Provinces of Tayabas,
    |                    |     |Laguna, Rizal, and Nueva Ecija. The
    |                    |     |churches of Cavinti and Lukban were
    |                    |     |destroyed, that of Antipolo and others
    |                    |     |badly damaged.
    |                    |     |
44 |1824    X 26 -- --  |  IX |Destructive in Manila and neighboring
    |                    |     |provinces. Spoiled the Bridge of Spain
    |                    |     |and the barracks in its vicinity, the
    |                    |     |church of Saint Francis and others and
    |                    |     |many private houses. Frightened by the
    |                    |     |continual repetitions, people left the
    |                    |     |city to live in nipa houses and under
    |                    |     |tents. The undulations seemed to come
    |                    |     |from north-northwest.
    |                    |     |
45 |1828   XI  9 18 30  |VIII |Destructive earthquake. Damaged several
    |                    |     |churches in Manila, likewise the prison
    |                    |     |and many private residences. The shocks
    |                    |     |appeared to advance from south to north.
    |                    |     |
46 |1830    I 18 17 --  |  IX |Southern Luzon. Destructive in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, and Tayabas.
    |                    |     |In Manila the damage was confined to the
    |                    |     |cracking of walls and the falling of such
    |                    |     |as had little power of resistance; but
    |                    |     |toward Laguna and Tayabas the destruction
    |                    |     |was greater; the complete destruction of
    |                    |     |the church and _convento_ of Mauban is
    |                    |     |expressly mentioned.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
47 |1836    I  5 -- --  | VII |Very violent earthquake in western
    |                    |     |Mindanao. The epicenter was in Illana
    |                    |     |Bay. Severe shocks were felt in Cotabato
    |                    |     |and Zamboanga, 250 kilometers distant
    |                    |     |from each other.
    |                    |     |
48 |1840   -- -- -- --  |  IX |Destructive earthquake in Sorsogon and
    |                    |     |Masbate. Ruined the masonry buildings. In
    |                    |     |Sorsogon Bay extensive subsidences
    |                    |     |occurred; the sea invaded the town,
    |                    |     |causing great destruction and claiming
    |                    |     |many victims.
    |                    |     |
49 |1852   IX 16 18 45  |  IX |Central Luzon. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which made itself felt with violence in
    |                    |     |the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna, Cavite,
    |                    |     |Batangas, Tayabas, Bataan, Zambales,
    |                    |     |Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija. In
    |                    |     |Manila it damaged severely a great number
    |                    |     |of buildings, among them the cathedral and
    |                    |     |the churches of the Jesuits, San Miguel,
    |                    |     |and Paco, the church and _convento_ at
    |                    |     |Pandacan (near Manila), and many houses.
    |                    |     |It is stated that the damage was
    |                    |     |(relatively) vastly greater in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Bataan, Cavite, and Batangas,
    |                    |     |where many fissures opened and subsidences
    |                    |     |and landslides occurred. The zone most
    |                    |     |severely chastised seems to have stretched
    |                    |     |from the Zambales Mountain Range as far as
    |                    |     |the coasts of Batangas and Northern
    |                    |     |Mindoro. Aftershocks were frequent until
    |                    |     |the middle of October.
    |                    |     |
50 |1852   IX 25 -- --  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in Camarines and
    |                    |     |Albay Provinces.
    |                    |     |
51 |1852  XII 24 -- --  |  IX |Destructive earthquake in Batangas
    |                    |     |Province and northern Mindoro. Ruined
    |                    |     |many buildings, among which were the
    |                    |     |church of Taal and the church and
    |                    |     |_convento_ of Bauang; the church of
    |                    |     |Batangas likewise suffered severely.
    |                    |     |
52 |1853   -- -- -- --  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Camarines
    |                    |     |Province. Made ruins in many towns of the
    |                    |     |southeastern part of the province, express
    |                    |     |mention being made of the church,
    |                    |     |_convento_, tribunal, and the schools of
    |                    |     |Pulangui.
    |                    |     |
53 |1855  III 22 -- --  |VIII |Very violent earthquake in southeastern
    |                    |     |Luzon. Caused likewise some ruins in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Camarines, Albay, and
    |                    |     |Sorsogon.
    |                    |     |
54 |1858   -- -- -- --  |  VI |Very strong earthquakes throughout the
    |                    |     |district of Cotabato and the south of
    |                    |     |Lanao district; but it is not known
    |                    |     |whether they caused extensive damages.
    |                    |     |
55 |1862  III  4 17 30  | VII |Violent earthquake; cracked some buildings
    |                    |     |in Manila and the neighboring provinces.
    |                    |     |
56 |1862  VII 13 16  2  | VII |Violent earthquake which displayed its
    |                    |     |greatest intensity to the east-northeast
    |                    |     |of Manila, in the vicinity of Casiguran
    |                    |     |and Baler Bays. Damaged the church and
    |                    |     |_convento_ of Baler. Several aftershocks
    |                    |     |followed during the next 4 days.
    |                    |     |
57 |1862   IX  9  3 --  |VIII |Ilocos Norte and Cagayan. The epicenter
    |                    |     |lay within the Central Cordillera. Did
    |                    |     |some damage to the church of Piddig and to
    |                    |     |other towns situated near the Cordillera.
    |                    |     |
58 |1862    X 30 12 30  |  VI |Laguna Province. Very strong earthquake,
    |                    |     |doing slight damage in the towns south of
    |                    |     |Lake Bay and close to the volcanic cone of
    |                    |     |Mount Maquiling.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
59 |1863   VI  3 19 20  |   X |Manila and adjacent provinces. A
    |                    |     |disastrous earthquake, comparable with
    |                    |     |that of 1645. Laid in ruins the cathedral
    |                    |     |and nearly all the other churches, except
    |                    |     |San Agustin, the palace of the
    |                    |     |Governor-General, the Audiencia, the
    |                    |     |barracks, warehouses, etc.; all in all, 46
    |                    |     |public buildings in ruins and 25 others
    |                    |     |badly damaged. Of private houses 570 were
    |                    |     |destroyed, 531 left tottering. Total,
    |                    |     |1,172 buildings in ruins or badly damaged.
    |                    |     |The number of victims was appalling. It is
    |                    |     |estimated that in Manila and the
    |                    |     |surrounding towns alone the number of
    |                    |     |killed reached 400, that of the injured
    |                    |     |2,000. The catastrophe likewise involved
    |                    |     |many towns in Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite,
    |                    |     |where it destroyed churches and a great
    |                    |     |number of houses.
    |                    |     |
60 |1863   VI  9 -- --  | VII |Violent earthquake which in Manila and
    |                    |     |neighboring towns brought to the ground
    |                    |     |several buildings left in a tottering
    |                    |     |condition by the preceding disturbance.
    |                    |     |
61 |1864    I  3 -- --  |  VI |Origin, south of Illana Bay. It was felt
    |                    |     |very strongly both at Zamboanga and
    |                    |     |Cotabato; the former west, the latter
    |                    |     |east of the bay mentioned.
    |                    |     |
62 |1865   XI 23  4 --  |  VI |Strong earthquake which caused great
    |                    |     |excitement in Manila and adjacent
    |                    |     |provinces.
    |                    |     |
63 |1866  XII 29  3 --  | VII |Ilocos Norte. Very violent earthquake.
    |                    |     |Damaged several buildings at Laoag and in
    |                    |     |other towns of the province.
    |                    |     |
64 |1867    I  5  9 45  |  VI |Albay Province. Very strong earthquake.
    |                    |     |
65 |1867  III 26 13 --  |  VI |Ilocos Norte. Very strong earthquake.
    |                    |     |Shocks of varying intensity were frequent
    |                    |     |in this province during the months
    |                    |     |December, 1866, to April, 1867.
    |                    |     |
66 |1867  XII 27  9 11  |  VI |Samar Island. Very strong and prolonged
    |                    |     |earthquake.
    |                    |     |
67 |1868   IV  4 -- --  |  VI |Leyte Island. Very strong earthquake.
    |                    |     |
68 |1868   VI 29  8 11  |  VI |Panay Island. Very strong earthquake in
    |                    |     |Iloilo and other towns of the southern
    |                    |     |part of the island. Frequent, but weak
    |                    |     |shocks had been felt since June 7.
    |                    |     |
69 |1869 VIII 16 15 --  |  IX |Masbate Island. Disastrous earthquake.
    |                    |     |Destroyed the few masonry buildings extant
    |                    |     |on the island and ruined or inclined
    |                    |     |hundreds of houses of wood or light
    |                    |     |materials; large trees fell, fissures
    |                    |     |opened, and vast landslides occurred in
    |                    |     |the mountains and along the coasts,
    |                    |     |especially in the south of the island.
    |                    |     |Countless repetitions followed, over 100
    |                    |     |of the more severe ones having been
    |                    |     |counted during the first fortnight after
    |                    |     |the earthquake.
    |                    |     |
70 |1869    X  1 11 35  |VIII |Neighboring provinces east and south of
    |                    |     |Manila, and northern Mindoro. On Luzon the
    |                    |     |provinces chiefly affected were Rizal,
    |                    |     |Laguna, Cavite, and Batangas. In Manila
    |                    |     |this earthquake did considerable damage to
    |                    |     |quite a number of buildings. In the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Cavite and Batangas a few
    |                    |     |churches and _conventos_ were wrecked.
    |                    |     |There was no loss of life. Repetitions
    |                    |     |were frequent during the 5 days
    |                    |     |immediately following the earthquake.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |       Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
71 |1869    X 23 16 30  | VII |Very violent earthquake in southern
    |                    |     |Luzon, especially in Laguna Province.
    |                    |     |Slightly damaged some buildings.
    |                    |     |
72 |1870  III  2  3 --  |  VI |Northeastern Samar. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake.
    |                    |     |
73 |1870    V 23 23 55  | VII |Northern Luzon. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |in the Provinces of Ilocos Norte,
    |                    |     |Cagayan, Isabela, and the northern part
    |                    |     |of the Mountain Province.
    |                    |     |
74 |1870   XI  4  4 --  | VII |Central Mindanao. A violent earthquake
    |                    |     |whose epicenter lay between the Gulf of
    |                    |     |Davao and the Province of Misamis. During
    |                    |     |the months of November and December
    |                    |     |occurred many repetitions, some of them
    |                    |     |very intense.
    |                    |     |
75 |1871   II 21  4 --  |  IX |Camiguin Island. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which affected only the extreme north of
    |                    |     |the island, where subsequently, on the
    |                    |     |30th of April, a volcano which had been
    |                    |     |believed extinct, burst forth again near
    |                    |     |its base. This great earthquake was the
    |                    |     |first of a series of shocks which preceded
    |                    |     |the eruption. It ruined many buildings
    |                    |     |constructed of wood, and rent asunder the
    |                    |     |massive walls of the churches at Mambajao
    |                    |     |and Catarman, while in the mountains it
    |                    |     |caused many landslides. Between February
    |                    |     |21 and April 30, the date of the volcanic
    |                    |     |eruption, four violent earthquakes were
    |                    |     |felt on Camiguin and the neighboring
    |                    |     |Islands of Mindanao, Cebu, Bohol, etc.,
    |                    |     |aside from countless shocks of less
    |                    |     |intensity. With the eruption, the
    |                    |     |earthquakes ceased completely.
    |                    |     |
76 |1871   VI 28  5 30  |  VI |District of Davao, southeastern Mindanao.
    |                    |     |Violent earthquake throughout the region
    |                    |     |surrounding Davao Gulf, with frequent
    |                    |     |aftershocks during the ensuing 8 days.
    |                    |     |
77 |1871  VII 11 21 19  |  VI |Very strong earthquake, remarkable for its
    |                    |     |wide extension, as it was felt strongly in
    |                    |     |all the provinces of Luzon north of the
    |                    |     |sixteenth parallel of north latitude.
    |                    |     |Repetitions were frequent for three or
    |                    |     |four days.
    |                    |     |
78 |1871    X  4 20 30  | VII |District of Davao, southeastern Mindanao.
    |                    |     |A very violent earthquake, shaking the
    |                    |     |region around the Gulf of Davao.
    |                    |     |
79 |1871   XI  5  9 --  | VII |Surigao, northeastern Mindanao. Very
    |                    |     |violent and prolonged earthquake in the
    |                    |     |Province of Surigao; also remarkable for
    |                    |     |its extension, being felt intensely
    |                    |     |throughout eastern Mindanao and
    |                    |     |perceptible on all the Visayan Islands.
    |                    |     |
80 |1871   XI 29 16 30  | VII |Very violent earthquake in western
    |                    |     |Mindanao and on the Islands of Basilan
    |                    |     |and Jolo. It caused slight damage to
    |                    |     |several buildings at Zamboanga.
    |                    |     |
81 |1871  XII  8 17 30  |  IX |Destructive earthquake throughout the
    |                    |     |districts of Lanao, Cotabato, and Davao,
    |                    |     |Mindanao. It is reported that at Cotabato
    |                    |     |and Pollok not a single building remained
    |                    |     |standing; the happenings in the Moro
    |                    |     |villages and forts are not known. Even in
    |                    |     |Davao, at a distance of 200 kilometers,
    |                    |     |it developed great violence. Within one
    |                    |     |hour three series of most violent shocks
    |                    |     |were experienced, accompanied by
    |                    |     |subterraneous rumblings.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |       Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
82 |1871  XII  9  7 30  |VIII |Most violent earthquake in the same
    |                    |     |regions of Lanao and Cotabato, which
    |                    |     |completed the devastation of the
    |                    |     |preceding. Also in this earthquake several
    |                    |     |separate groups of shocks could be
    |                    |     |distinguished, which occurred within the
    |                    |     |space of a little more than half an hour.
    |                    |     |The subterranean noises were much stronger
    |                    |     |than on the preceding day and caused
    |                    |     |consternation. During the first few days
    |                    |     |following these quakes occurred uncounted
    |                    |     |repetitions, some of which, like the
    |                    |     |principal earthquakes, were perceptible
    |                    |     |not only throughout Mindanao, but likewise
    |                    |     |in the Visayas up to distances exceeding
    |                    |     |500 kilometers.
    |                    |     |
83 |1871  XII 19 22 30  | VII |Very violent earthquake throughout the
    |                    |     |length of eastern Mindanao, from Surigao
    |                    |     |to Davao. It was likewise very perceptible
    |                    |     |on Samar and Leyte Islands. For a number
    |                    |     |of days there were many repetitions, some
    |                    |     |of them very intense, notably those which
    |                    |     |took place on the 21st and 22d.
    |                    |     |
84 |1872    I 26 19 30  | VII |Violent earthquake close to the coast of
    |                    |     |Zambales, near the town of Agno. The
    |                    |     |shock was repeated ten to twelve times,
    |                    |     |accompanied by subterraneous noises; an
    |                    |     |extraordinary wave was seen in the sea
    |                    |     |close to the coast and in the Agno River
    |                    |     |which empties into the sea near the town.
    |                    |     |The affected area was very small, which
    |                    |     |makes it appear probable that the cause
    |                    |     |must be sought in some displacements in
    |                    |     |the scarps of the coast.
    |                    |     |
85 |1872    I 27 16 30  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the Province of
    |                    |     |Ilocos Norte, followed by numerous
    |                    |     |repetitions of considerable intensity
    |                    |     |during the 28th, 29th, and 30th.
    |                    |     |
86 |1872  VII 22 22 50  |  VI |Camarines and Albay. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake, followed by frequent
    |                    |     |repetitions during the next two days.
    |                    |     |
87 |1872 VIII 24 21 --  |  VI |District of Davao, southeastern Mindanao.
    |                    |     |Very strong and prolonged earthquake in
    |                    |     |the vicinity of Mount Apo; repetitions
    |                    |     |somewhat frequent during several days.
    |                    |     |
88 |1872   IX  6  0 --  |  VI |Violent earthquake in northern Samar,
    |                    |     |Catanduanes Island, and the Provinces of
    |                    |     |Sorsogon and Albay, having its origin
    |                    |     |to the northeast of San Bernardino Strait.
    |                    |     |On the same and the following day occurred
    |                    |     |four repetitions of moderate intensity.
    |                    |     |
89 |1872   IX 10 20 20  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the northern
    |                    |     |part of the Mountain Province, Luzon,
    |                    |     |which, during the month, was preceded and
    |                    |     |followed by other shocks of less
    |                    |     |intensity.
    |                    |     |
90 |1872  XII 29 11 48  |VIII |Most violent earthquake in the region
    |                    |     |southwest of Manila, which is comprised
    |                    |     |between the Zambales Mountain Range and
    |                    |     |the northern part of Mindoro. It did
    |                    |     |considerable damage to buildings in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Bataan, Cavite, and Batangas.
    |                    |     |The towns which suffered most severely
    |                    |     |were Balanga, Tuy, Nasugbu, Calaca,
    |                    |     |Balayan, Taal, and Batangas. Several
    |                    |     |shocks of small intensity preceded the
    |                    |     |principal quake between 6 and 9 o'clock.
    |                    |     |
91 |1873    I 16 23 45  |  VI |An earthquake which was very strong in
    |                    |     |Batangas Province and strong in northern
    |                    |     |Mindoro and the Provinces of Tayabas,
    |                    |     |Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan.
    |                    |     |During the preceding days several light
    |                    |     |shocks had been felt.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
92 |1873  III 18 13 --  |VIII |Southern Samar. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |whose meizoseismic area included only the
    |                    |     |town of Mercedes--where some walls were
    |                    |     |thrown down and others cracked--and a few
    |                    |     |unimportant villages in the vicinity,
    |                    |     |situated on the Pacific coast, near which
    |                    |     |was the seat of disturbance.
    |                    |     |
93 |1873  III 31  1 58  | VII |Northern Luzon. This earthquake was
    |                    |     |violent in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and
    |                    |     |the Mountain Province. It was remarkable
    |                    |     |for its duration of nearly one minute.
    |                    |     |The resulting damage was negligible.
    |                    |     |
94 |1873   VI 11 23 15  |  VI |This earthquake was violent in
    |                    |     |northeastern Mindoro and very strong on
    |                    |     |Romblon and Marinduque Islands, likewise
    |                    |     |in the Province of Batangas. During June,
    |                    |     |July, and August the same region
    |                    |     |experienced several shocks of less
    |                    |     |intensity.
    |                    |     |
95 |1873   XI 14 17 30  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Tayabas Province
    |                    |     |and on Marinduque Island. It caused great
    |                    |     |harm in towns of Mauban, Lucban, and
    |                    |     |others in northeastern Tayabas, and
    |                    |     |likewise at Boac and Santa Cruz on
    |                    |     |Marinduque. Many repetitions of smaller
    |                    |     |intensity occurred during that day and the
    |                    |     |following.
    |                    |     |
96 |1874    I 17  4 --  |  VI |Sorsogon Province and Masbate Island.
    |                    |     |Intense earthquake, followed by frequent
    |                    |     |light repetitions and five strong
    |                    |     |earthquakes during the months of February
    |                    |     |and March.
    |                    |     |
97 |1874   IV 14  6 45  |  VI |Northern Luzon. A very strong earthquake
    |                    |     |throughout northern Luzon; that is, in
    |                    |     |the provinces north of the 16th parallel
    |                    |     |of latitude. Its center appears to have
    |                    |     |been near the Ilocos coast.
    |                    |     |
98 |1874  VII  8 10 32  |  VI |Central Luzon. Strong earthquake in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Pangasinan, Union, Benguet,
    |                    |     |Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Tarlac, Zambales,
    |                    |     |Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan. The
    |                    |     |epicenter was near the shores of
    |                    |     |Casiguran Bay.
    |                    |     |
99 |1874 VIII 25  6 30  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Zamboanga,
    |                    |     |western Mindanao. It did considerable
    |                    |     |damage to masonry buildings and overturned
    |                    |     |walls. Many large fissures opened near the
    |                    |     |beach of the sea.
    |                    |     |
100 |1874   IX 16 10  9  | VII |Violent earthquake in central and eastern
    |                    |     |Luzon, with innumerable repetitions until
    |                    |     |the end of October. The center lay near
    |                    |     |Casiguran Bay. The provinces affected
    |                    |     |most were northern Camarines, Tayabas,
    |                    |     |Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija,
    |                    |     |Nueva Vizcaya, and Isabela.
    |                    |     |
101 |1875  III  9  3 30  | VII |Very violent earthquake in Abra and the
    |                    |     |Mountain Province. Destroyed some houses
    |                    |     |and caused landslides on the mountain
    |                    |     |sides, ruining rice terraces. It was
    |                    |     |preceded by feeble shocks and followed by
    |                    |     |many repetitions until the 14th.
    |                    |     |
102 |1876    V 19 11 30  |VIII |An earthquake which displayed destructive
    |                    |     |force in the Camarines. Considerable
    |                    |     |damage resulted to many buildings in Daet,
    |                    |     |Nueva Caceres, Iriga, Buhi, and some other
    |                    |     |towns. The duration of this earthquake was
    |                    |     |quite unusual. Many repetitions were felt
    |                    |     |during the following five days.
    |                    |     |
103 |1877   VI  2 11  6  |  VI |Very strong earthquake throughout central
    |                    |     |Luzon. The meizoseismal area comprised
    |                    |     |the northern and east-northeastern part
    |                    |     |of Pangasinan Province. The shocks had
    |                    |     |still considerable force on the southern
    |                    |     |and northern coast of Luzon, at distances
    |                    |     |of about 300 kilometers.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |       Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
104 |1877   VI 24  7 --  | VII |Very violent earthquake in Batangas and
    |                    |     |Cavite Provinces, in the vicinity of Taal
    |                    |     |Volcano. During the 5 hours immediately
    |                    |     |preceding the quake, seven series of
    |                    |     |violent shocks were felt. The earthquake
    |                    |     |cracked many walls in the towns closest
    |                    |     |to Lake Bombon.
    |                    |     |
105 |1877  VII  5 12  7  | VII |Violent earthquake in Camarines, which did
    |                    |     |no damage, but is remarkable on account of
    |                    |     |its having been felt with considerable
    |                    |     |force throughout a great part of Luzon and
    |                    |     |the Visayas. It was followed by very many
    |                    |     |aftershocks of variable intensity, 20
    |                    |     |having been recorded during the first 24
    |                    |     |hours following the earthquake.
    |                    |     |
106 |1877  VII 23 16 24  | VII |Leyte Island. Very violent earthquake,
    |                    |     |doing some harm in the northern part of
    |                    |     |the island.
    |                    |     |
107 |1878 VIII 13 12 14  |  VI |Very strong earthquake of great extension.
    |                    |     |Its epicenter was southwest of Luzon, near
    |                    |     |the western coast of Cavite and Zambales
    |                    |     |Provinces. It was felt intensely from
    |                    |     |Mindoro to the Provinces of Union and
    |                    |     |Isabela.
    |                    |     |
108 |1878   IX 17  0 50  | VII |Violent earthquake to the west of the
    |                    |     |Gulf of Davao, in the neighborhood of Apo
    |                    |     |Volcano. Many buildings of Davao suffered
    |                    |     |seriously. Repetitions were frequent
    |                    |     |until the 22d.
    |                    |     |
109 |1879  VII  1  2 38  |   X |Surigao Peninsula. Destructive earthquake,
    |                    |     |with disastrous results to buildings and
    |                    |     |the topography of the region. Not a single
    |                    |     |stone building remained inhabitable,
    |                    |     |although some of them, like the church,
    |                    |     |government house, and prison at Surigao,
    |                    |     |were of most solid construction. Besides
    |                    |     |the opening of innumerable fissures and
    |                    |     |vast landslides on the coasts and in the
    |                    |     |mountains, there occurred extensive
    |                    |     |subsidences: several accurate observations
    |                    |     |seem to prove that a great part of the
    |                    |     |peninsula was depressed by about 2 feet.
    |                    |     |In short, this earthquake was one of those
    |                    |     |which produced the greatest changes of
    |                    |     |topography experienced in the Philippines.
    |                    |     |There followed other very strong quakes on
    |                    |     |July 5, 24, and 28, and August 8, with
    |                    |     |countless repetitions of less importance
    |                    |     |during several months. From July 1 to 15
    |                    |     |occurred on the average 5 perceptible
    |                    |     |shocks per day.
    |                    |     |
110 |1879 VIII 29  6 --  |  VI |District of Cotabato, Mindanao. Very
    |                    |     |strong earthquake which closed a series of
    |                    |     |quakes which had begun on the 10th of the
    |                    |     |month. Of these, two felt on the 13th and
    |                    |     |one on the 21st had been rather intense.
    |                    |     |
111 |1879   IX 28 -- --  |  VI |District of Davao, Mindanao. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake followed by some repetitions.
    |                    |     |On the 16th of the same month a somewhat
    |                    |     |less intense earthquake had been felt in
    |                    |     |the same region.
    |                    |     |
112 |1879    X 14  9 --  | VII |Ilocos Norte. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |which damaged buildings in the town of
    |                    |     |Baccarra.
    |                    |     |
113 |1879  XII 19 -- --  | VII |Ilocos Norte. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |resulting in damaged buildings at Laoag
    |                    |     |and other towns of the province.
    |                    |     |
114 |1880  III 28  5  4  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in eastern Panay
    |                    |     |and the northwestern part of Negros
    |                    |     |Island.
    |                    |     |
115 |1880  VII 15  0 53  |VIII |Eastern part of Luzon. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake in the Provinces of Tayabas
    |                    |     |and Laguna. It damaged to some extent all
    |                    |     |masonry structures, both public and
    |                    |     |private, in the towns east of Lake Bay.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
116 |1880  VII 18 12 40  |  IX |Central and southern Luzon. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake affecting the Provinces of
    |                    |     |Tayabas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan,
    |                    |     |Bataan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, and
    |                    |     |Pangasinan. In Manila, as well as in the
    |                    |     |towns of the provinces mentioned, the
    |                    |     |earthquake did incalculable harm to
    |                    |     |buildings, besides causing subsidences,
    |                    |     |fissures, lateral displacements and
    |                    |     |similar effects, especially in the
    |                    |     |alluvial lands along the banks of the
    |                    |     |Rivers Pasig, the Great and Little
    |                    |     |Pampanga, and the Agno.
    |                    |     |
117 |1880  VII 20 15 40  |VIII |Earthquake of destructive violence in the
    |                    |     |towns surrounding Lake Bay, especially in
    |                    |     |those south and west of the lake.
    |                    |     |
    |                    |     |Within the epicentral region of the three
    |                    |     |preceding earthquakes, which measures
    |                    |     |about 300 kilometers from north to south
    |                    |     |and 200 kilometers from east to west,
    |                    |     |severe damage was done to the principal
    |                    |     |stone buildings, such as churches,
    |                    |     |_conventos_, court-houses, schools, and a
    |                    |     |few private houses, of 112 of the city
    |                    |     |principal towns. In the of Manila some 30
    |                    |     |public buildings (administration
    |                    |     |buildings, barracks, churches,
    |                    |     |monasteries, and colleges) and about 200
    |                    |     |private houses of strong materials were
    |                    |     |either wrecked or badly damaged.
    |                    |     |Fortunately the number of victims was not
    |                    |     |in proportion to the magnitude of the
    |                    |     |disaster, neither in Manila nor in the
    |                    |     |provinces. From the various reports
    |                    |     |published at the time we conclude that
    |                    |     |the number of killed did not exceed 20,
    |                    |     |nor that of the injured 50.
    |                    |     |
118 |1880   IX 23 22 30  |  VI |Strong earthquake along the Zambales
    |                    |     |coast, western Luzon. Frequent
    |                    |     |repetitions until October 2d.
    |                    |     |
119 |1881  VII 11 12 35  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in southern Panay
    |                    |     |and northwestern Negros.
    |                    |     |
120 |1881  VII 27 16 30  | VII |Violent earthquake in the Province of
    |                    |     |Nueva Vizcaya. This was the first violent
    |                    |     |forerunner of the innumerable shocks which
    |                    |     |during the months of August, September,
    |                    |     |and October were to spread devastation and
    |                    |     |terror throughout this province.
    |                    |     |
121 |1881   IX  1 12 20  |  IX |Destructive earthquake in Nueva Vizcaya.
    |                    |     |
122 |1881   IX 18  4 55  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Nueva Vizcaya.
    |                    |     |
123 |1881   IX 18 22 40  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Nueva Vizcaya.
    |                    |     |
124 |1881   IX 20 14 25  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in Nueva Vizcaya.
    |                    |     |
    |                    |     |This memorable seismic period of Nueva
    |                    |     |Vizcaya ended after October 15. During
    |                    |     |August and September a missionary made a
    |                    |     |list comprising over 150 distinct
    |                    |     |earthquakes, without including countless
    |                    |     |repetitions of smaller intensity. The
    |                    |     |effects of these earthquakes were more
    |                    |     |notable by the alterations in the
    |                    |     |topography of the region than by the
    |                    |     |damage done to buildings, as the latter
    |                    |     |were of wood and thatched with cogon
    |                    |     |grass. The inhabitants were
    |                    |     |terror-stricken and the authorities had
    |                    |     |to work hard to prevent a general exodus
    |                    |     |from the country.
    |                    |     |
125 |1882   IV 10 19 30  |  VI |District of Cotabato, Mindanao. Violent
    |                    |     |earthquake, preceded by subterraneous
    |                    |     |rumblings and followed by frequent
    |                    |     |repetitions. Already during March some
    |                    |     |very strong shocks had preceded.
    |                    |     |
126 |1882    X 10 16 57  | VII |Violent earthquake in Camarines Province
    |                    |     |with several repetitions.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
127 |1882  XII  6 -- --  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the north of
    |                    |     |Cebu Island and southern Masbate.
    |                    |     |
128 |1883   II 10  3 28  | VII |Very violent earthquake in Nueva Vizcaya
    |                    |     |and Benguet Provinces. It had been
    |                    |     |preceded by a strong shock at 12h 20m of
    |                    |     |the 6th.
    |                    |     |
129 |1884    I 10  7 22  | VII |Very violent earthquake near the southern
    |                    |     |coasts of Camarines Province, followed by
    |                    |     |a strong quake on the 11th and by
    |                    |     |numerous repetitions.
    |                    |     |
130 |1884   VI  5 -- --  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the Province of
    |                    |     |Misamis, northern Mindanao. Repeated with
    |                    |     |the same intensity at 8h and 13h.
    |                    |     |
131 |1884    X 29  4 10  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the whole south
    |                    |     |and southeast of Luzon, chiefly in the
    |                    |     |Provinces of Laguna, Tayabas, Camarines,
    |                    |     |Albay, and Sorsogon; likewise on Masbate
    |                    |     |Island. Many repetitions occurred until
    |                    |     |the end of November.
    |                    |     |
132 |1884  XII 24  5 --  |  VI |Samar, Leyte, and northeast Mindanao. Very
    |                    |     |strong earthquake, with very severe
    |                    |     |repetitions on the 26th, 27th, and 28th.
    |                    |     |
133 |1885   II 22 15 30  |VIII |East coast of Mindanao. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake, which did extensive damage to
    |                    |     |the churches and other buildings of stone
    |                    |     |or wood and caused mighty fissures and
    |                    |     |landslides in the mountains as well as in
    |                    |     |the scarps of the Pacific coast.
    |                    |     |
134 |1885  VII 23 22 45  |  IX |Northwestern Mindanao. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake which ruined several buildings
    |                    |     |in the towns and villages of the Dapitan
    |                    |     |district. The origin lay in the
    |                    |     |east-northeastern part of the Sulu Sea.
    |                    |     |The disturbance was felt strongly in
    |                    |     |nearly all of the Visayan Islands, in
    |                    |     |western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
    |                    |     |Repetitions were frequent until the end of
    |                    |     |October, those of July 31, September 9,
    |                    |     |September 23, and October 25 being very
    |                    |     |intense.
    |                    |     |
135 |1885   IX 30  6 --  |  VI |Northeastern Mindanao and southeastern
    |                    |     |Leyte. Very strong earthquake, followed by
    |                    |     |many repetitions.
    |                    |     |
136 |1885   XI 19 21 31  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the Provinces
    |                    |     |of Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, and Benguet,
    |                    |     |followed by strong repetitions on
    |                    |     |December 8, 19, and 27.
    |                    |     |
137 |1886   IV 10  8 --  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the southeast
    |                    |     |of Panay and northwest of Negros Islands.
    |                    |     |
138 |1887   II  2 23 --  |  IX |Panay Island. Destructive earthquake,
    |                    |     |causing notable damages, especially in
    |                    |     |the towns of the Provinces of Iloilo and
    |                    |     |Capiz. The two days following the
    |                    |     |earthquake brought many aftershocks.
    |                    |     |
139 |1887  III 24 21 14  |VIII |Camarines Province. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |doing considerable harm in several towns
    |                    |     |in the vicinity of Nueva Caceres. The 25th
    |                    |     |witnessed a very intense repetition, while
    |                    |     |lighter aftershocks were frequent until
    |                    |     |the month of May.
    |                    |     |
140 |1888    I 27  3 45  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in eastern
    |                    |     |Mindanao, which had its epicenter in the
    |                    |     |Agusan River Valley.
    |                    |     |
141 |1888 VIII 19 14 39  |  VI |Northeastern Luzon. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake, especially in the Provinces
    |                    |     |of Cagayan and Isabela, followed by many
    |                    |     |repetitions of varying intensity.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
142 |1889    I  1 10 20  | VII |Northeastern Mindanao. Violent earthquake
    |                    |     |in the districts of Surigao and Butuan.
    |                    |     |Repeated with equal force at 21h 40m of
    |                    |     |the 12th, doing slight damage to buildings
    |                    |     |in Surigao, Placer, and Gigaquit, and
    |                    |     |opening numerous fissures in the ground.
    |                    |     |Repetitions were very frequent throughout
    |                    |     |the month, more than 100 having been
    |                    |     |recorded until the 22d.
    |                    |     |
143 |1889   II  5 15 53  |VIII |Western Mindanao. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |whose origin lay south of Illana Bay. It
    |                    |     |was felt with equal force at Zamboanga and
    |                    |     |Cotabato, each at a distance of more than
    |                    |     |100 kilometers from the epicenter, but did
    |                    |     |no harm worth mentioning.
    |                    |     |
144 |1889    V 26  2 23  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in the Province of
    |                    |     |Batangas and northern Mindoro. It wrecked
    |                    |     |the church at Ibaan and severely damaged
    |                    |     |the church and other buildings in
    |                    |     |Batangas, Bauang, Calapan, and several
    |                    |     |other towns.
    |                    |     |
145 |1889    X  6 11 10  | VII |Very violent earthquake throughout eastern
    |                    |     |Mindanao, with epicenter in the valley of
    |                    |     |the Agusan River. It was very perceptible
    |                    |     |in every part of the island and on many of
    |                    |     |the Visayas.
    |                    |     |
146 |1890   II  7  0 10  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in northern Leyte
    |                    |     |which split walls in Barugo, Carigara, and
    |                    |     |other towns, and produced large fissures
    |                    |     |in the lowlands along the coast. On the
    |                    |     |7th and 8th occurred 2 strong and more
    |                    |     |than 20 light repetitions.
    |                    |     |
147 |1890   IV 13 14  4  |  VI |Northern Luzon. Very strong earthquake in
    |                    |     |Ilocos Norte and Sur, the Mountain
    |                    |     |Province, Cagayan, and Isabela. A
    |                    |     |repetition occurring at 20h developed the
    |                    |     |same intensity.
    |                    |     |
148 |1891   VI 25 20 10  | VII |Very violent earthquake in eastern
    |                    |     |Mindanao whose center was in the Agusan
    |                    |     |River Valley. Slightly damaged buildings
    |                    |     |at Davao and Butuan, situated 100
    |                    |     |kilometers south and north, respectively,
    |                    |     |of the focus.
    |                    |     |
149 |1892  III  8 -- --  |VIII |Batanes Islands. Destructive earthquake.
    |                    |     |All that is known of the effects is that
    |                    |     |it wrecked some buildings at Santo Domingo
    |                    |     |and other towns on Batan Island.
    |                    |     |
150 |1892  III 16 20 58  |   X |Disastrous earthquake in the Provinces of
    |                    |     |Pangasinan, Union, and Benguet. It created
    |                    |     |great havoc in the masonry buildings, such
    |                    |     |as churches, _conventos_, court-houses,
    |                    |     |and schools, besides a few private houses,
    |                    |     |of 30 of the principal towns within the
    |                    |     |meizoseismic area, produced great fissures
    |                    |     |and extensive subsidences in the alluvial
    |                    |     |plains, and many landslides in the steep
    |                    |     |mountains of northern Pangasinan. Luckily
    |                    |     |the falling buildings killed only one or
    |                    |     |two persons. Repetitions were frequent up
    |                    |     |to the end of the month; of these three
    |                    |     |occurring on the 17th and one each on the
    |                    |     |26th and 28th were of exceptional
    |                    |     |intensity.
    |                    |     |
151 |1892  III 17  0 34  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the region
    |                    |     |mentioned under No. 150. Wrecked some
    |                    |     |buildings damaged by the preceding.
    |                    |     |
152 |1893  III  9  0 35  |  VI |Central Luzon. Very strong earthquake in
    |                    |     |the Provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet,
    |                    |     |and Pangasinan.
    |                    |     |
153 |1893   IV 12 13 48  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in Camarines,
    |                    |     |Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, and northern
    |                    |     |Samar. Its epicenter was close to Masbate
    |                    |     |Island.
    |                    |     |
154 |1893   VI  3  6 23  | VII |Violent earthquake in the whole western
    |                    |     |part of Mindanao, proceeding from the
    |                    |     |neighborhood of Illana Bay.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
155 |1893   VI 21 14 50  |   X |Disastrous earthquake in the Agusan River
    |                    |     |Valley. The fact that there was no general
    |                    |     |destruction of buildings with heavy loss
    |                    |     |of life is due solely to the circumstance
    |                    |     |that the region affected contained only
    |                    |     |structures of bamboo and nipa. The effects
    |                    |     |of the convulsions on the topography of
    |                    |     |the region give an idea of what the
    |                    |     |consequences of the quake might have been
    |                    |     |had it found another class of buildings.
    |                    |     |There are indications that in the southern
    |                    |     |part of the valley an area of many square
    |                    |     |kilometers subsided to a considerable
    |                    |     |extent. Repetitions were frequent
    |                    |     |throughout an entire year.
    |                    |     |
156 |1893  VII  1  4  8  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the valley of
    |                    |     |the Agusan River.
    |                    |     |
157 |1893  XII 24  0 24  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in southeastern
    |                    |     |Luzon, northern Samar, and Masbate. The
    |                    |     |epicenter lay northeast of Masbate Island,
    |                    |     |close to Capul Island, on which latter the
    |                    |     |quake was violent. Repeated at 18h 2m of
    |                    |     |the same day.
    |                    |     |
158 |1894   II 10  0 42  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in southeastern
    |                    |     |Mindanao, having its epicenter in the
    |                    |     |region east of Davao Gulf. It produced
    |                    |     |many fissures and displacements in the
    |                    |     |mountains and cracked a few houses of wood
    |                    |     |in the towns of Mati and Sigaboy. The
    |                    |     |aftershocks continued on the 10th and
    |                    |     |11th, occurring at intervals of about 5
    |                    |     |minutes.
    |                    |     |
159 |1894   II 18  5 23  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the valley of
    |                    |     |the Agusan River which was repeated with
    |                    |     |the same intensity at 23h 58m of the 19th.
    |                    |     |
160 |1894   IV  2  2 34  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in central Luzon,
    |                    |     |especially in Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and
    |                    |     |Benguet.
    |                    |     |
161 |1894   VI 29  2 57  |VIII |Agusan River Valley. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake whose effects were similar to
    |                    |     |those of the earthquake on June 21, 1893
    |                    |     |(No. 155). The aftershocks, which had been
    |                    |     |felt ever since the latter disturbance,
    |                    |     |increased in force and frequency.
    |                    |     |
162 |1894   VI 30  5 50  | VII |Violent earthquake in Agusan River Valley.
    |                    |     |Repeated with the same intensity at 20h
    |                    |     |8m.
    |                    |     |
163 |1895    V 14  6 42  | VII |Northern Mindoro. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |which damaged considerably the church and
    |                    |     |_convento_ at Calapan, these being the
    |                    |     |only masonry buildings in the town. It was
    |                    |     |repeated with great intensity at 23h 52m
    |                    |     |of the same day and at 0h 3m of the 17th.
    |                    |     |On the 14th more than 40 aftershocks of
    |                    |     |variable intensity were counted.
    |                    |     |
164 |1895   VI  7 21 56  | VII |Northern Mindoro. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |which ruined part of the church at Calapan.
    |                    |     |Severe repetitions occurred at 4h 0m and
    |                    |     |6h 26m of the 8th.
    |                    |     |
165 |1896   IX 13 12 58  | VII |Northwestern Luzon. Very violent
    |                    |     |earthquake which damaged several buildings
    |                    |     |in Laoag and other towns of Ilocos Norte.
    |                    |     |Strong repetitions at 16h 45m and 17h 10m.
    |                    |     |
166 |1897    I 18  2 35  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the Mountain
    |                    |     |Province and the Provinces of Isabela and
    |                    |     |Cagayan. Numerous aftershocks followed
    |                    |     |during the day.
    |                    |     |
167 |1897   II 16  5  4  | VII |Agusan River Valley. Violent earthquake
    |                    |     |with daily aftershocks during the rest of
    |                    |     |the month.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
168 |1897   IV  8 21 20  |VIII |Agusan River Valley. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake.
    |                    |     |
169 |1897    V 13 19 22  |VIII |Masbate Island. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which heavily damaged several buildings,
    |                    |     |bridges, and wharves. A strong repetition
    |                    |     |occurred at 14h 9m of the 15th. Weak
    |                    |     |aftershocks were frequent until the 27th.
    |                    |     |
170 |1897 VIII 15 20 17  |VIII |Ilocos Sur. Destructive earthquake with
    |                    |     |epicentric area of 50 kilometers in length
    |                    |     |and 20 kilometers in width. The towns
    |                    |     |which suffered most were those between
    |                    |     |Candon and Vigan.
    |                    |     |
171 |1897   IX 21  3 10  | VII |Very violent earthquake in northwestern
    |                    |     |Mindanao. It produced fissures in the
    |                    |     |ground and slightly injured buildings in
    |                    |     |the district of Dapitan. More than 36
    |                    |     |aftershocks of varying intensity were
    |                    |     |recorded during the next 10 hours.
    |                    |     |
172 |1897   IX 21 13 15  |  IX |Disastrous earthquake in the district of
    |                    |     |Zamboanga, Basilan, and Jolo Islands. It
    |                    |     |wrought great destruction of buildings and
    |                    |     |produced fissures, landslides, and similar
    |                    |     |effects. A formidable "tsunami" (tidal
    |                    |     |wave) claimed hundreds of victims on the
    |                    |     |western shores of Basilan. This "tsunami"
    |                    |     |was the most imposing recorded in the
    |                    |     |seismological history of the Archipelago.
    |                    |     |There followed innumerable aftershocks
    |                    |     |during 18 months, 200 having been counted
    |                    |     |before the middle of October, of which
    |                    |     |those on September 22, 23, 24, 26, and 29,
    |                    |     |and October 12 and 15 deserve special
    |                    |     |mention on account of their great
    |                    |     |intensity.
    |                    |     |
173 |1897    X  8  5  0  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the district of
    |                    |     |Davao.
    |                    |     |
174 |1897    X 19  8  5  |  IX |Northern Samar. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which damaged to a considerable extent
    |                    |     |buildings in Sulat, Palapag, Catubic,
    |                    |     |Oras, Gandara, and Laoang, towns near the
    |                    |     |northern and northeastern coasts of the
    |                    |     |island, and also produced vast fissures
    |                    |     |and other notable effects which resulted
    |                    |     |in the destruction of various bridges and
    |                    |     |roads.
    |                    |     |
175 |1897    X 19 15 15  |VIII |Northern Samar. Most violent earthquake,
    |                    |     |with results similar to those of the
    |                    |     |preceding, though less severe. Countless
    |                    |     |aftershocks continued until the following
    |                    |     |April, those of October 19, 20, and 21
    |                    |     |being the strongest.
    |                    |     |
176 |1897   XI 14  8 59  | VII |Very violent earthquake, but of very
    |                    |     |limited epicentral area, in Ilocos Sur,
    |                    |     |northwestern Luzon. It wrecked the church
    |                    |     |at Candon.
    |                    |     |
177 |1898    I 30 19 15  | VII |Sulu Archipelago. Violent earthquake,
    |                    |     |preceded by two of less severity at
    |                    |     |18h 10m and 18h 36m.
    |                    |     |
178 |1899  XII 26  4 20  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the Agusan River
    |                    |     |Valley.
    |                    |     |
179 |1900 VIII 14  4 14  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in Masbate and
    |                    |     |northern Cebu.
    |                    |     |
180 |1901   IX 10  8 30  | VII |Very violent earthquake in eastern
    |                    |     |Tayabas; damaged the church of Calauag and
    |                    |     |other towns on the eastern shores of Lamon
    |                    |     |Bay. Large fissures opened on the beach
    |                    |     |and the water became very turbid; dead
    |                    |     |fishes were likewise found.
    |                    |     |
181 |1901  XII 15  6 58  | VII |Very violent earthquake in southern Luzon.
    |                    |     |Some towns in Batangas Province suffered
    |                    |     |slight damage.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
182 |1902  VII 12 21 47  |  VI |Northeastern Mindanao. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake with epicenter in Butuan Bay.
    |                    |     |Two repetitions, which occurred on the
    |                    |     |13th, showed little intensity.
    |                    |     |
183 |1902 VIII 21 19 17  |   X |Southwestern Mindanao. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake in the Lanao and Cotabato
    |                    |     |districts. It proceeded from the center
    |                    |     |which lies in the northern part of Illana
    |                    |     |Bay, and caused heavy damage to all the
    |                    |     |buildings in the towns and in the Moro
    |                    |     |villages and strongholds within the
    |                    |     |meizoseismal region. The effects were
    |                    |     |extraordinary on land as well as within
    |                    |     |the bay; in the latter the telegraph
    |                    |     |cables were found broken and buried by
    |                    |     |debris. It is assumed as certain that
    |                    |     |there were many lives lost in the Moro
    |                    |     |forts, but their number is not known. The
    |                    |     |aftershocks were so frequent that some 400
    |                    |     |could be counted within the first 8 days
    |                    |     |after the disaster, some 10 or 12 of these
    |                    |     |reaching force VI and VII.
    |                    |     |
184 | 1902 VIII 26  1  9 |  IX |Province of Iloilo, Panay. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake which seriously damaged the
    |                    |     |churches and other buildings in the towns
    |                    |     |of Maasin, Calinog, and Janiuay. Many
    |                    |     |fissures opened in the mountains and
    |                    |     |extensive subsidences took place. The
    |                    |     |disturbance was preceded by an
    |                    |     |extraordinary noise, which was audible at
    |                    |     |great distances from the epicentral
    |                    |     |region. The reports do not mention a
    |                    |     |single aftershock.
    |                    |     |
185 |1902   XI 17  8 38  | VII |Southwestern Luzon. Very violent
    |                    |     |earthquake in the Provinces of Batangas,
    |                    |     |Cavite, Bataan and Zambales. The effects
    |                    |     |were confined to slight damages to several
    |                    |     |buildings in Batangas, Taal, and other
    |                    |     |towns south and west of Taal Volcano. The
    |                    |     |epicenter was near the coasts of
    |                    |     |southwestern Luzon, where intense
    |                    |     |subterranean noises were heard. The 7
    |                    |     |aftershocks which have been recorded were
    |                    |     |of little intensity.
    |                    |     |
186 |1903    V 24  6 11  |  VI |Southeastern Mindanao. Very intense
    |                    |     |earthquake, having its center to the
    |                    |     |northwest of Davao Gulf. The shock was
    |                    |     |perceptible throughout the island.
    |                    |     |
187 |1903  XII 28 10 56  |VIII |Destructive earthquake in the region east
    |                    |     |of Davao Gulf which damaged many houses in
    |                    |     |Mati, Caraga, Sigaboy, etc. Large fissures
    |                    |     |opened and several displacements occurred
    |                    |     |in the limestone layers of the Pacific
    |                    |     |coast near Caraga. A few aftershocks were
    |                    |     |felt on the 29th and 30th.
    |                    |     |
188 |1904    X  1 18 16  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the southern
    |                    |     |part of the Agusan River Valley.
    |                    |     |
189 |1904    X  9  2 39  | VII |Northern Luzon. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |whose epicenter lay in the northern part
    |                    |     |of the Mountain Province. Slight damage
    |                    |     |was done in several towns of Ilocos Norte
    |                    |     |and Cagayan, situated near the Central
    |                    |     |Cordillera.
    |                    |     |
190 |1905  XII  8 16 22  | VII |Very violent earthquake in southeastern
    |                    |     |Luzon and the eastern Visayas. Its
    |                    |     |epicenter lay underneath the sea, to
    |                    |     |the south of Masbate Island.
    |                    |     |
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
191 |1905  XII 11  2 12  |VIII |Agusan River Valley. Destructive
    |                    |     |earthquake, which left its history written
    |                    |     |on the topography of the region, but made
    |                    |     |little impression upon the buildings, as
    |                    |     |these were of bamboo and palm leaves. The
    |                    |     |shock was well felt throughout Mindanao
    |                    |     |and the eastern Visayas.
    |                    |     |
192 |1906   VI 19 19 23  |  VI |Batanes Islands. Violent earthquake
    |                    |     |accompanied by subterranean noises. It
    |                    |     |proceeded from a center situated south of
    |                    |     |Balintang Channel, and showed likewise
    |                    |     |considerable intensity in northern Luzon.
    |                    |     |The 20th and 21st witnessed many
    |                    |     |aftershocks.
    |                    |     |
193 |1907   IV 19  5  0  |  IX |Camarines Province. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which, within an area of 200 kilometers
    |                    |     |in length and 60 in width, wrecked many
    |                    |     |masonry buildings, produced great
    |                    |     |fissures in the ground and landslides in
    |                    |     |the mountains. Only two cases of death
    |                    |     |and a few of injuries received have been
    |                    |     |recorded.
    |                    |     |
194 |1907   IV 19  7 53  | VII |Very violent earthquake in the same region
    |                    |     |as the preceding. It completed the ruin of
    |                    |     |some buildings weakened by its
    |                    |     |predecessor. These two earthquakes were
    |                    |     |followed by numerous aftershocks of
    |                    |     |varying intensity until the month of July.
    |                    |     |
195 |1907    V 20 15 49  |VIII |Southern Leyte. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |with a very intense repetition at 16h
    |                    |     |3m. The meizoseismic area had a diameter
    |                    |     |of only 10 kilometers, determined by an
    |                    |     |extinct volcano, Mount Cabalian, which is
    |                    |     |situated in this part of the island. From
    |                    |     |May 17 to 25 some 60 earthquakes of
    |                    |     |various intensities were felt. No enhanced
    |                    |     |activity was observed in the volcano, but
    |                    |     |many fissures and great landslides were
    |                    |     |produced on its slopes.
    |                    |     |
196 |1907    V 25 23 52  |VIII |Northern Luzon. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |whose center was in the northern part of
    |                    |     |the Central Cordillera (Mountain
    |                    |     |Province). It did considerable damage in
    |                    |     |the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Cagayan.
    |                    |     |The central part of the epicentral region,
    |                    |     |where the effects must have been more
    |                    |     |severe, is inhabited exclusively by wild
    |                    |     |tribes. No aftershocks have been recorded.
    |                    |     |
197 |1907   XI 24 21 59  |  IX |Camarines Province. Destructive earthquake
    |                    |     |which ruined nearly all the masonry
    |                    |     |buildings of the towns within an area of
    |                    |     |some 30 kilometers in length and 20 in
    |                    |     |width. Within this small region, composed
    |                    |     |of recent alluvial soil and traversed by
    |                    |     |the Quinali River, a great number of
    |                    |     |fissures opened and various subsidences
    |                    |     |took place.
    |                    |     |
198 |1908    I 21  4  5  |  VI |Western Leyte. Very strong earthquake
    |                    |     |proceeding from a submarine center not
    |                    |     |far from Ormoc Bay. It was followed by
    |                    |     |two very intense aftershocks at 4h 30m and
    |                    |     |7h 57m and many of less severity until
    |                    |     |the 23d.
    |                    |     |
199 |1908  III  5 10 20  |  VI |Agusan River Valley. Very strong
    |                    |     |earthquake.
    |                    |     |
200 |1908    V 14 21 18  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in western
    |                    |     |Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
    |                    |     |
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No. |       Date.        |Intensity.
    |                    |     |        Epicenter and effects.
----+--------------------+-----+------------------------------------------
    | _Y.  M.  d. h. m._ |     |
201 |1909   II  7  0  1  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the region
    |                    |     |south of Butuan Bay. Its epicentral area
    |                    |     |was very small, comprising only Butuan
    |                    |     |and the towns close to the mouth of the
    |                    |     |Agusan River.
    |                    |     |
202 |1909  III 18 16 30  |VIII |Eastern Mindanao. Very violent earthquake
    |                    |     |whose epicenter stretched in a narrow
    |                    |     |belt along parallel 8 deg. 12' latitude north
    |                    |     |from the Agusan River to the Pacific
    |                    |     |coast. It did severe damage to the church
    |                    |     |and _convento_ of Bislig and in some
    |                    |     |neighboring towns.
    |                    |     |
203 |1909   IV 14  6 37  |  VI |Very strong earthquake in the extreme
    |                    |     |southeast of Luzon, having its center
    |                    |     |underneath the sea to the south of
    |                    |     |Catanduanes Island.
    |                    |     |

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THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB

 

 

I was a king, and the son of a king; and when my father died, I

succeeded to his throne, and governed my subjects with justice and

beneficence. I took pleasure in sea-voyages; and my capital was on the

shore of an extensive sea, interspersed with fortified and garrisoned

islands, which I desired, for my amusement, to visit; I therefore

embarked with a fleet of ten ships, and took with me provisions

sufficient for a whole month. I proceeded twenty days, after which there

arose against us a contrary wind; but at daybreak it ceased, and the sea

became calm, and we arrived at an island, where we landed, and cooked

some provisions and ate; after which we remained there two days. We then

continued our voyage; and when twenty days more had passed, we found

ourselves in strange waters, unknown to the captain, and desired the

watch to look out from the mast head: so he went aloft, and when he had

come down he said to the captain: "I saw, on my right hand, fish

floating upon the surface of the water; and looking toward the midst of

the sea, I perceived something looming in the distance, sometimes black,

and sometimes white."

 

When the captain heard this report of the watch, he threw his turban on

the deck, and plucked his beard, and said to those who were with him:

"Receive warning of our destruction, which will befall all of us: not

one will escape!" So saying, he began to weep; and all of us in like

manner bewailed our lot. I desired him to inform us of that which the

watch had seen. "O my lord," he replied, "know that we have wandered

from our course since the commencement of the contrary wind that was

followed in the morning by a calm, in consequence of which we remained

stationary two days: from that period we have deviated from our course

for twenty-one days, and we have no wind to carry us back from the fate

which awaits us after this day. To-morrow we shall arrive at a mountain

of black stone, called loadstone: the current is now bearing us

violently toward it, and the ships will fall in pieces, and every nail

in them will fly to the mountain, and adhere to it; for God hath given

to the loadstone a secret property by virtue of which everything of iron

is attracted toward it. On that mountain is such a quantity of iron as

no one knoweth but God, whose name be exalted; for from times of old

great numbers of ships have been destroyed by the influence of that

mountain. There is, upon the summit of the mountain, a cupola of brass

supported by ten columns, and upon the top of this is a horseman upon a

horse of brass, having in his hand a brazen spear, and upon his breast

suspended a tablet of lead, upon which are engraved mysterious names and

talismans: and as long, O King, as this horseman remains upon the horse,

so long will every ship that approaches be destroyed, with every person

on board, and all the iron contained in it will cleave to the mountain:

no one will be safe until the horseman shall have fallen from the

horse." The captain then wept bitterly; and we felt assured that our

destruction was inevitable, and every one of us bade adieu to his

friend.

 

On the following morning we drew near to the mountain; the current

carried us toward it with violence, and when the ships were almost close

to it, they fell asunder, and all the nails, and everything else that

was of iron, flew from them toward the loadstone. It was near the close

of day when the ships fell in pieces. Some of us were drowned, and some

escaped; but the greater number were drowned, and of those who saved

their lives none know what became of the others, so stupefied were they

by the waves and the boisterous wind. As for myself, God, whose name be

exalted, spared me on account of the trouble and torment and affliction

that He had predestined to befall me. I placed myself upon a plank, and

the wind and waves cast it upon the mountain; and when I had landed, I

found a practicable way to the summit, resembling steps cut in the rock:

so I exclaimed: "In the name of God!" and offered up a prayer, and

attempted the ascent, holding fast by the notches; and presently God

stilled the wind, so that I arrived in safety at the summit. Rejoicing

greatly in my escape, I immediately entered the cupola, and performed

prayers in gratitude to God for my preservation; after which I slept

beneath the cupola, and heard a voice saying to me: "O son of Khasib,

when thou awakest, dig beneath thy feet, and thou wilt find a bow of

brass, and three arrows of lead, whereon are engraved talismans: then

take the bow and arrows and shoot at the horseman that is upon the top

of the cupola, and relieve mankind from this great affliction; for when

thou hast shot at the horseman he will fall into the sea; the bow will

also fall, and do thou bury it in its place; and as soon as thou hast

done this, the sea will swell and rise until it attains the summit of

the mountain; and there will appear upon it a boat bearing a man,

different from him whom thou shalt have cast down, and he will come to

thee, having an oar in his hand: then do thou embark with him; but utter

not the name of God; and he will convey thee in ten days to a safe sea,

where, on thy arrival, thou wilt find one who will take thee to thy

city. All this shall be done if thou utter not the name of God."

 

Awaking from my sleep, I sprang up, and did as the voice had directed. I

shot at the horseman, and he fell into the sea; and the bow having

fallen from my hand, I buried it: the sea then became troubled, and rose

to the summit of the mountain, and when I had stood waiting there a

little while, I beheld a boat in the midst of the sea, approaching me. I

praised God, whose name be exalted, and when the boat came to me, I

found in it a man of brass, with a tablet of lead upon his breast,

engraven with names and talismans. Without uttering a word, I embarked

in the boat, and the man rowed me ten successive days, after which I

beheld the islands of security, whereupon, in the excess of my joy, I

exclaimed: "There is no deity but God! God is most great!"--and as soon

as I had done this, the man cast me out of the boat, and sank in the

sea.

 

Being able to swim, I swam until night, when my arms and shoulders were

tired, and, in this perilous situation, I repeated the profession of the

faith, and gave myself up as lost; but the sea rose with the violence of

the wind, and a wave like a vast castle threw me upon the land, in order

to the accomplishment of the purpose of God. I ascended the shore, and

after I had wrung out my clothes, and spread them upon the ground to

dry, I slept; and in the morning I put on my clothes again, and, looking

about to see which way I should go, I found a tract covered with trees;

and when I had walked round it, I found that I was upon a small island

in the midst of the sea; upon which I said within myself: "Every time

that I escape from one calamity I fall into another that is worse:" but

while I was reflecting upon my unfortunate case, and wishing for death,

I beheld a vessel bearing a number of men. I arose immediately, and

climbed into a tree; and lo, the vessel came to the shore, and there

landed from it ten black slaves bearing axes. They proceeded to the

middle of the island, and, digging up the earth, uncovered and lifted up

a trap-door, after which they returned to the vessel, and brought from

it bread and flour, and clarified butter and honey, and sheep and

everything that the wants of an inhabitant would require, continuing to

pass backward and forward between the vessel and the trap-door, bringing

loads from the former, and entering the latter, until they had removed

all the stores from the ship. They then came out of the vessel with

various clothes of the most beautiful description, and in the midst of

them was an old sheikh, enfeebled and wasted by extreme age, leading by

the hand a young man cast in the mould of graceful symmetry, and

invested with such perfect beauty as deserved to be a subject for

proverbs. He was like a fresh and slender twig, enchanting and

captivating every heart by his elegant form. The party proceeded to the

trap-door, and, entering it, became concealed from my eyes.

 

They remained beneath about two hours, or more; after which, the sheikh

and the slaves came out; but the youth came not with them; and they

replaced the earth, and embarked and set sail. Soon after, I descended

from the tree, and went to the excavation. I removed the earth, and,

entering the aperture, saw a flight of wooden steps, which I descended;

and, at the bottom, I beheld a handsome dwelling-place, furnished with a

variety of silken carpets; and there was the youth, sitting upon a high

mattress, with sweet-smelling flowers and fruits placed before him. On

seeing me, his countenance became pale; but I saluted him, and said:

"Let thy mind be composed, O my master: thou hast nothing to fear; for I

am a man, and the son of a king, like thyself: fate hath impelled me to

thee, that I may cheer thee in thy solitude." The youth, when he heard

me thus address him, and was convinced that I was one of his own

species, rejoiced exceedingly at my arrival, his colour returned, and,

desiring me to approach him, he said: "O my brother, my story is

wonderful: my father is a jeweller; he had slaves who made voyages

by his orders, for the purposes of commerce, and he had dealings with

kings; but he had never been blest with a son; and he dreamt that he was

soon to have a son, but one whose life would be short; and he awoke

sorrowful. Shortly after, in accordance with the decrees of God, my

mother gave birth to me; and my father was greatly rejoiced: the

astrologers, however, came to him, and said: Thy son will live fifteen

years: his fate is intimated by the fact that there is in the sea a

mountain called the Mountain of Loadstone, whereon is a horseman on a

horse of brass, on the former of which is a tablet of lead suspended to

his neck; and when the horseman shall be thrown down from his horse, thy

son will be slain: the person who is to slay him is he who will throw

down the horseman, and his name is King Agib, the son of King Khasib. My

father was greatly afflicted at this announcement; and when he had

reared me until I had nearly attained the age of fifteen years, the

astrologers came again, and informed him that the horseman had fallen

into the sea, and that it had been thrown down by King Agib, the son of

King Khasib; on hearing which, he prepared for me this dwelling, and

here left me to remain until the completion of the term, of which there

now remain ten days. All this he did from fear lest King Agib should

kill me."

 

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_And when the boat came to me I found in it a man of brass, with a

tablet of lead upon his breast, engraven with names and talismans._

 

When I heard this, I was filled with wonder, and said within myself: "I

am King Agib, the son of King Khasib, and it was I who threw down the

horseman; but, by Allah, I will neither kill him nor do him any injury."

Then said I to the youth: "Far from thee be both destruction and harm,

if it be the will of God: thou hast nothing to fear: I will remain with

thee to serve thee, and will go forth with thee to thy father, and beg

of him to send me back to my country, for the which he will obtain a

reward." The youth rejoiced at my words, and I sat and conversed with

him until night, when I spread his bed for him, and covered him, and

slept near to his side. And in the morning I brought him water, and he

washed his face, and said to me: "May God requite thee for me with every

blessing. If I escape from King Agib, I will make my father reward thee

with abundant favours." "Never," I replied, "may the day arrive that

would bring thee misfortune!" I then placed before him some

refreshments, and after we had eaten together, we passed the day

conversing with the utmost cheerfulness.

 

I continued to serve him for nine days; and on the tenth day the youth

rejoiced at finding himself in safety, and said to me: "O my brother, I

wish that thou wouldst in thy kindness warm for me some water, that I

may wash myself and change my clothes; for I have smelt the odour of

escape from death, in consequence of thy assistance." "With pleasure," I

replied; and I arose, and warmed the water; after which, he entered a

place concealed from my view, and, having washed himself and changed his

clothes, laid himself upon the mattress to rest after his bath. He then

said to me: "Cut up for me, O my brother, a water-melon, and mix its

juice with some sugar:" so I arose, and, taking a melon, brought it upon

a plate, and said to him; "Knowest thou, O my master, where is the

knife?" "See, here it is," he answered, "upon the shelf over my head." I

sprang up hastily, and took it from its sheath, and as I was drawing

back, my foot slipped, as God had decreed, and I fell upon the youth,

grasping in my hand the knife, which entered his body, and he died

instantly. When I perceived that he was dead, and that I had killed him,

I uttered a loud shriek, and beat my face, and rent my clothes: saying:

"This is, indeed, a calamity! O my Lord, I implore thy pardon, and

declare to Thee my innocence of his death! Would that I had died before

him!"

 

With these reflections I ascended the steps, and, having replaced the

trap-door, returned to my first station, and looked over the sea, where

I saw the vessel that had come before, approaching, and cleaving the

waves in its rapid course. Upon this I said within myself: "Now will the

men come forth from the vessel, and find the youth slain, and they will

slay me also:" so I climbed into a tree, and concealed myself among its

leaves, and sat there till the vessel arrived and cast anchor, when the

slaves landed with the old sheikh, the father of the youth, and went to

the place, and removed the earth. They were surprised at finding it

moist, and, when they had descended the steps, they discovered the youth

lying on his back, exhibiting a face beaming with beauty, though dead,

and clad in white and clean clothing, with the knife remaining in his

body. They all wept at the sight, and the father fell down in a swoon,

which lasted so long that the slaves thought he was dead. At length,

however, he recovered, and came out with the slaves, who had wrapped the

body of the youth in his clothes. They then took back all that was in

the subterranean dwelling to the vessel, and departed.

 

I remained, by day hiding myself in a tree, and at night walking about

the open part of the island. Thus I continued for the space of two

months; and I perceived that, on the western side of the island, the

water of the sea every day retired, until, after three months, the land

that had been beneath it became dry. Rejoicing at this, and feeling

confident now in my escape, I traversed this dry tract, and arrived at

an expanse of sand; whereupon I emboldened myself, and crossed it. I

then saw in the distance an appearance of fire, and, advancing toward

it, found it to be a palace, overlaid with plates of red copper, which,

reflecting the rays of the sun, seemed from a distance to be fire: and

when I drew near to it, reflecting upon this sight, there approached me

an old sheikh, accompanied by ten young men who were all blind of one

eye, at which I was extremely surprised. As soon as they saw me, they

saluted me, and asked me my story, which I related to them from first to

last; and they were filled with wonder. They then conducted me into the

palace, where I saw ten benches, upon each of which was a mattress

covered with a blue stuff; and each of the young men seated himself upon

one of these benches, while the sheikh took his place upon a smaller

one; after which they said to me: "Sit down, O young man, and ask no

question respecting our condition, nor respecting our being blind of one

eye." Then the sheikh arose, and brought to each of them some food, and

the same to me also; and next he brought to each of us some wine: and

after we had eaten, we sat drinking together until the time for sleep,

when the young men said to the sheikh: "Bring to us our accustomed

supply"--upon which the sheikh arose, and entered a closet, from which

he brought, upon his head, ten covered trays. Placing these upon the

floor, he lighted ten candles, and stuck one of them upon each tray;

and, having done this, he removed the covers, and there appeared beneath

them ashes mixed with pounded charcoal. The young men then tucked up

their sleeves above the elbow, and blackened their faces, and slapped

their cheeks, exclaiming: "We were reposing at our ease, and our

impertinent curiosity suffered us not to remain so!" Thus they did until

the morning, when the sheikh brought them some hot water, and they

washed their faces, and put on other clothes.

 

On witnessing this conduct, my reason was confounded, my heart was so

troubled that I forgot my own misfortunes, and I asked them the cause of

their strange behaviour; upon which they looked toward me, and said: "O

young man, ask not respecting that which doth not concern thee; but be

silent; for in silence is security from error." I remained with them a

whole month, during which, every night they did the same, and at length

I said to them: "I conjure you by Allah to remove this disquiet from my

mind, and to inform me of the cause of your acting in this manner, and

of your exclaiming; 'We were reposing at our ease, and our impertinent

curiosity suffered us not to remain so!' if ye inform me not, I will

leave you, and go my way." On hearing these words, they replied: "We

have not concealed this affair from thee but in our concern for thy

welfare, lest thou shouldst become like us, and the same affliction that

hath befallen us happen also to thee." I said, however: "Ye must

positively inform me of this matter." "We give thee good advice," said

they, "and do thou receive it, and ask us not respecting our case;

otherwise thou wilt become blind of one eye, like us"--but I still

persisted in my request; whereupon they said: "O young man, if this

befall thee, know that thou wilt be banished from our company." They

then all arose, and, taking a ram, slaughtered and skinned it, and said

to me: "Take this knife with thee, and introduce thyself into the skin

of the ram, and we will sew thee up in it, and go away; whereupon a bird

called the roc will come to thee, and, taking thee up by its talons,

will fly away with thee, and set thee down upon a mountain: then cut

open the skin with this knife, and get out, and the bird will fly away.

Thou must arise, as soon as it hath gone, and journey for half a day,

and thou wilt see before thee a lofty palace, encased with red gold, set

with various precious stones such as emeralds and rubies; and if thou

enter it thy case will be as ours; for our entrance into that palace was

the cause of our being blind of one eye; and if one of us would relate

to thee all that hath befallen him, his story would be too long for thee

to hear."

 

They then sewed me up in the skin, and entered their palace; and soon

after, there came an enormous white bird, which seized me, and flew away

with me, and set me down upon the mountain; whereupon I cut open the

skin, and got out; and the bird, as soon as it saw me, flew away. I rose

up quickly, and proceeded toward the palace, which I found to be as they

had described it to me; and when I had entered it, I beheld, at the

upper end of a saloon, forty young damsels, beautiful as so many moons,

and magnificently attired, who, as soon as they saw me, exclaimed:

"Welcome! Welcome! O our master and our lord! We have been for a month

expecting thee. Praise be to God who hath blessed us with one who is

worthy of us, and one of whom we are worthy!" After having thus greeted

me, they seated me upon a mattress, and said; "Thou art from this day

our master and prince, and we are thy handmaids, and entirely under thy

authority." They then brought to me some refreshments, and, when I had

eaten and drunk, they sat and conversed with me, full of joy and

happiness. So lovely were these ladies, that even a devotee, if he saw

them, would gladly consent to be their servant, and to comply with all

that they would desire. At the approach of night they all assembled

around me, and placed before me a table of fresh and dried fruits, with

other delicacies that the tongue cannot describe, and wine; and one

began to sing, while another played upon the lute. The wine-cups

circulated among us, and joy overcame me to such a degree as to

obliterate from my mind every earthly care, and make me exclaim: "This

is indeed a delightful life!" I passed a night of such enjoyment as I

had never before experienced; and on the morrow I entered the bath; and,

after I had washed myself, they brought me a suit of the richest

clothing, and we again sat down to a repast.

 

In this manner I lived with them a whole year; but on the first day of

the new year, they seated themselves around me, and began to weep, and

bade me farewell, clinging to my skirts. "What calamity hath befallen

you?" said I. "Ye are breaking my heart." They answered: "Would that we

had never known thee; for we have associated with many men, but have

seen none like thee. May God, therefore, not deprive us of thy company."

And they wept afresh. I said to them: "I wish that you would acquaint me

with the cause of this weeping." "Thou," they replied, "art the cause;

yet now, if thou wilt attend to what we tell thee, we shall never be

parted; but if thou act contrary to it, we are separated from this time;

and our hearts whisper to us that thou wilt not regard our warning."

"Inform me," said I, "and I will attend to your directions." And they

replied: "If then thou wouldst inquire respecting our history, know that

we are the daughters of kings: for many years it hath been our custom to

assemble here, and every year we absent ourselves during a period of

forty days; then returning, we indulge ourselves for a year in feasting

and drinking. This is our usual practice; and now we fear that thou wilt

disregard our directions when we are absent from thee. We deliver to

thee the keys of the palace, which are a hundred in number, belonging to

a hundred closets. Open each of these, and amuse thyself, and eat and

drink, and refresh thyself, excepting the closet that hath a door of red

gold; for if thou open this, the consequence will be a separation

between us and thee. We conjure thee, therefore, to observe our

direction, and to be patient during this period." Upon hearing this, I

swore to them that I would never open the closet to which they alluded;

and they departed, urging me to be faithful to my promise.

 

I remained alone in the palace, and at the approach of evening I opened

the first closet, and, entering it, found a mansion like paradise, with

a garden containing green trees loaded with ripe fruits, abounding with

singing birds, and watered by copious streams. My heart was soothed by

the sight, and I wandered among the trees, scenting the fragrance of the

flowers, and listening to the warbling of the birds as they sang the

praises of the One, the Almighty. After admiring the mingled colours of

the apple resembling the hue upon the cheek of the beloved maid and the

sallow countenance of the perplexed and timid lover, the sweet-smelling

quince diffusing an odour like musk and ambergris, and the plum shining

as the ruby, I retired from this place, and, having locked the door,

opened that of the next closet, within which I beheld a spacious tract

planted with numerous palm-trees, and watered by a river flowing among

rose-trees, and jasmine, and marjoram, and eglantine, and narcissus, and

gilliflower, the odours of which, diffused in every direction by the

wind, inspired me with the utmost delight. I locked again the door of

the second closet, and opened that of the third. Within this I found a

large saloon, paved with marbles of various colours, and with costly

minerals and precious gems, and containing cages constructed of sandal

and aloes-wood with singing birds within them, and others upon the

branches of trees which were planted there. My heart was charmed, my

trouble was dissipated, and I slept there until the morning. I then

opened the door of the fourth closet, and within this door I found a

great building in which were forty closets with open doors; and entering

these, I beheld pearls, and rubies, and chrysolites, and emeralds, and

other precious jewels such as the tongue cannot describe. I was

astonished at the sight, and said: "Such things as these, I imagine, are

not found in the treasury of any king. I am now the King of my age, and

all these treasures, through the goodness of God, are mine."

 

[illustration]

 

_At the approach of evening I opened the first closet and, entering it,

found a mansion like paradise._

 

Thus I continued to amuse myself, passing from one place to another,

until thirty-nine days had elapsed, and I had opened the doors of all

the closets excepting that which they had forbidden me to open. My heart

was then disturbed by curiosity respecting this hundredth closet, and

the Devil, in order to plunge me into misery, induced me to open it. I

had not patience to abstain, though there remained of the appointed

period only one day: so I approached the closet, and opened the door;

and when I had entered, I perceived a fragrant odour, such as I had

never before smelt, which intoxicated me so that I fell down insensible,

and remained some time in this state: but at length recovering, I

fortified my heart, and proceeded. I found the floor overspread with

saffron, and the place illuminated by golden lamps and by candles, which

diffused the odours of musk and ambergris. I saw also a black horse, of

the hue of the darkest night, before which was a manger of white crystal

filled with cleansed sesame, and another, similar to it, containing

rose-water infused with musk: he was saddled and bridled, and his saddle

was of red gold. Wondering at the sight of him, I said within myself:

"This must be an animal of extraordinary qualities;" and, seduced by the

Devil, I led him out, and mounted him; but he moved not from his place.

I kicked him with my heel; but still he moved not: so I took a switch

and struck him with it; and as soon as he felt the blow he uttered a

sound like thunder, and, expanding a pair of wings, soared with me to an

immense height through the air, and then alighted upon the roof of

another palace, where he threw me from his back, and, by a violent blow

with his tail upon my face, struck out my eye, and left me.

 

Thus it was I became blind of one eye. I then recollected the

predictions of the ten young men. The horse again took wing, and soon

disappeared. I got up much vexed at the misfortune I had brought upon

myself. I walked upon the terrace, covering my eye with one of my hands,

for it pained me exceedingly, and then descended, and entered into a

hall. I soon discovered by the ten benches in a circle, and the eleventh

in the middle, smaller than the rest, that I was in the castle whence I

had been carried by the roc.

 

The ten young men were not in the hall when I entered; but came in soon

after, attended by the sheikh. They seemed not at all surprised to see

me, nor at the loss of my eye; but said: "We are sorry that we cannot

congratulate you on your return, as we could wish; but we are not the

cause of your misfortune." "I should do you wrong," I replied, "to lay

it to your charge; I have only myself to accuse." "If," said they, "it

be a subject of consolation to the afflicted to know that others share

their sufferings, you have in us this alleviation of your misfortune.

All that has happened to you we have also endured; we each of us tasted

the same pleasures during a year; and we had still continued to enjoy

them, had we not opened the golden door, when the princesses were

absent. You have been no wiser than we, and have incurred the same

punishment. We would gladly receive you into our company, to join with

us in the penance to which we are bound, and the duration of which we

know not. But we have already stated to you the reasons that render this

impossible: depart, therefore, and proceed to the court of Bagdad, where

you will meet with the person who is to decide your destiny." After they

had explained to me the road I was to travel, I departed from them, with

mournful heart and weeping eye, and, God having decreed me a safe

journey hither, I arrived at Bagdad, after I had shaved my beard, and

become a mendicant. Praise be to God, whose name be exalted, and whose

purposes concerning me are as yet hid in darkness.

 

*posting in a weed thread*

 

/goodnight all

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak

 

fascinating