have been right in one of their prophecies at all events. They prophesied that on Sunday last a, great calamity. was to take place in India, owing to the apparent conjunction of certain planets. On that date, strange to say, a terrible cyclone swept over Negapatam and scarcely a European house in the station is undamaged. Trees were uprooted and houses unroofed and the maidan is at present strewn with the 2éris of uprooted trees and the remnants of brick walls and tiled ated at several lakhs, Fortunately there roofs. The damage to property is estim-
thas been no report of loss of life. On Monday, in Ceylon, the natives were in a great state of excitement, as it dicted that on thnt day, world was to take place, and they went so far as to request that all Government offices be closed on that day, so as to enable them to prepare their minds.
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