prevalent Disorder s, tyc, vriih Volcanic Emanations. 9 



hazel, young shoots on currant bushes in England, and five 

 or six chestnut trees in full blossom in the garden of the Lux- 

 embourg in Paris, in the month of September.* 



The above extracts are enough to satisfy our position. Nor 

 can any one deny that, such being the case, it should be extra- 

 ordinary that westerly winds should prevail in 1833 and 1834. 

 It has been remarked in the Enc. Brit. (art. Electricity, 

 p. 616.), and by Schubler, that the greatest number of 

 electrical precipitations take place during west winds. Ac- 

 cordingly, we find that rain, hailf, and thunder storms, of 

 unusual intensity, together with inundations of tremendous 

 character, have accompanied these winds, and occurred 

 amidst the drought. And how far the present period, in 

 these respects, agrees with that of 1816, may be seen in the 

 Annual Register for that year. One fact has made a forcible 

 impression upon me. The drought has been attended by 

 hurricanes and inundations in a certain order, and the line 

 of march which they have taken has corresponded with the 

 progress of the cholera. On referring to what is said above, 

 the following facts will show that the whole globe has partaken 

 of a universal movement. Hurricanes and rain commenced 

 in New South Wales at the end of April, 1833 ; in Bengal, 

 in June, when they ceased till September; in China, in July; 

 at the Cape of Good Hope in August J; whilst in Europe, 

 they commenced in October, corresponding in each case with 

 the season. In August, the rains in India were dreadful ; 

 the cantonment at Meerut was injured ; at Dhoola, they had 



* This fact is stated in the Globe of Sept. 16. 1834. In my garden 

 there is a chestnut tree the leaves of which turned yellow and began to 

 fall so soon as August 12. A similar thing occurred in France, in 1822, 

 in July. ( Vide Forster's Calendar, in his work On the Atmosphere, p. 426.) 

 The same tree is now (Dec. 4.) budding. The grapes in Germany ripened, 

 in 1834, so early as June; and it is said that one district in Austria, which 

 is reputed prolific, and the annual produce of which is about 7000 or 8000 

 casks, has this year produced 18,000; the wine being better than was ever 

 known. The honeysuckle was in bloom, Nov. 3. 1834, in the lanes of 

 Longfleet, near Poole; and summer fruits and flowers (a second crop) are 

 gathering at various places over the country. Similar phenomena occurred 

 after drought, in Nov. 1826. 



f On April 12. 1834, a violent hail storm, about 5| p.m., in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Pubna, in India: one hailstone measured 1 ft. in circum- 

 ference ; another weighed 1 1 oz. (Bengal Hur/caru, Asiatic Joum. xv. 132.) 

 On March 28. 1834., incessant lightning preceded a violent hail storm, at 

 Jackson, Louisiana; some of the hailstones were 4 in. in diameter. 

 Though it lasted only ten minutes, buildings were destroyed, and cattle 

 killed. (Silliman's American Journal, xxvii. 171.) In April, 1832, hail- 

 stones as large as musket balls fell at Peshawur, in Bokhara, thermometer 

 at 87°. (Burnes, i. 1 10.) 



J The gales lasted twenty-four days without intermission, and the inun- 

 dations destroyed much cattle. 



