232 Natural Phenomena observed in 1833. 



Great snow storm at Madeira, New South Wales. — 1 . to 25. 

 Dreadful rains and floods in China; crops ruined; 10,000 

 lives lost ; trade suspended. « — 27. Earthquake at Washing- 

 ton, North America. — 1. to 31. Cholera at Tampico, and in 

 New Spain. Drought in Sicily. Epidemic amongst cows in 

 France, as at Portsoy. (See 2lst.) *Y^b na) bsteni imzehO in 



N. B. In the latter part of this month, Gal way infested with 

 mice, doing great damage. 



August 1. Floods continued in China. — 3. Gale off Cut- 

 tack. — 4. Rains and furious gales off Cape of Good Hope 

 till September. Meteor seen in Hungary. Snow on the 

 Alps. — 8. Rains in Hungary moderated. (See July 2.) — 10. 

 Falling stars and meteors in Worcestershire (10. to 12 p.m.) 



— 11. Snow at Rottenberg. Great cold, about this time, in 

 Spain. — 12. Cholera at Limerick. — 13. Vesuvius in eruption. 



— 14. Hurricane in Lancaster Sound (Ross), Prince Edward's 

 Island, Quebec, and Bermuda. — 14, 15. Hurricane at An- 

 tigua. — 17. Hurricane at Guadaloupe. — Up to 18. Drought 

 at Odessa. (No snow there in 1832, 1833.) — 20. Hurricane 

 in lat. 35° s., 21° e. long.; and off coast of Finland.— 23. 

 Earthquake at Hulst and in the Axel. — 25. Tremendous 

 storm at Sydney, New South Wales. — 26. to 31. Earthquakes 

 in India. — 27. Earthquakes in Maryland, Virginia, &c, 

 doing great damage. Rains in India very great : lasted twenty 

 days. Epidemic in Sicily. — 29. Cholera at Lucknow, Patna, 

 Cawnpore, Banda, Tuttipore : 700 deaths per diem. Drought 

 there, and no rain. Aerolites, meteors, lightning at Candahar. 

 - — 30. Drought and yellow fever at New Orleans. — - 30, 31. 

 Hurricane all over England, France, &c. 



N. B. End of month. Earthquake in Jamaica during the 

 month. Cholera in Russia, Holland, Belgium. Cholera, 

 drought, and famine in Madras territory. Cholera at New 

 York. Drought in South Russia. Drought in Sicily. 

 Drought at Berbice : only half coffee crop. Drought in 

 Demerara : heat so great, that the bush caught fire. Great 

 floods in New South Wales. Great sickness in Bengal : 300 

 deaths per diem. Vintage in France and on the Rhine 

 better than since 1811 ; no average crop in Hungary, owing 

 to the check in July and August. 



September 1. Rain fell in the midst of drought at Antigua. 



— 1 to 11. Ten shocks of earthquake at Khatmandhu, North 

 India. — 3. Snow fell at Macon, France. — 4. Drought in 

 Egypt. Nile not yet risen. — 6. Snow at Dijon. Partial rains 

 at Ahmedabad. — 14. Hurricane, 45° n,, 17° w. Great 

 irruption of bears in Paul's Bay, Canada, driven thither by 

 hunger. — Up to 1 4th. Cholera in Mexico and Vera Cruz. 



