210 , Raleigh's Tyfoon of 1835. 
evidence, was published by the writer in 1833.* ‘“ The tyfoons 
and storms of the China sea and eastern coast of Asia, appear to 
be similar in character to the hurricanes of the West Indies and 
the storms of this coast, [United States,}] when prevailing in the 
same latitudes.”. This remark was-made with special reference 
to both the rotative and progressive directions of these storms. 
One of the tyfoons noticed by Col. Reid, that of the Raleigh, 
which visited Canton, on the 5th and 6th of August, 1835, has 
been adduced, however, by the correspondent of the Nautical 
Magazine, as holding its course towards the southwest.} As this 
tyfoon had previously attracted my — it will now be made 
the subject of our examination. 
Raleigh's Tyfoon of 1835. 
The facts which have been chiefly relied on for establishing a 
- southwestern course for this gale, are contained in the report of 
H. M. S. Raleigh, which was overset and disabled in this gale, 
in the China Sea, when under bare poles: which report I have as 
follows: 
MB rig Raleigh. jue. 1,1 1835.—Working qutc of Macao Roads. 
—At noon, an Read of Grand Ladrone, E. 3 8.—Au , at noon, S. E. 
_end of Formosa N, 85 E., 340 miles ? fino weather all day —Aug. 34, 
at noon, S. end of. Formosa N. RE 1, 252 m ile es. Fine: weather all day. 
—Aug. "4th, 10h. 20m.a.m tone] D 
p.m m.—barometer fell from noon ve :-took in a na foresail ; -—at 
1h. 30m. got all snug 5 ; vessel going ” through the water between 3 and 4 
knots ; barometer , falling ;—at 7h wind veered to N 
sat 8 p.m. barometer 29.36, falling ;—8: om 
E.N: of ith 
veering to with a heav sea ;—at midnigh creasing ; 
barom, 29.04, falling. : —- mee eee 
* Aug. 5th—3 a. m: tyfoon veering round to E. S. E., still increasing 
in — —s 30m. barometer 28.25 ;—8 a. m. tyfoon increasing ;— 
9h , if possible blowing heavier, ship went over :—In this aw- 
ful esate pete lay for about 20 minutes ;—9h. 50m- lower masts went 
oy the board and ship righted with seven feet water in her hold; barom- 
eter did not fall lower ;—at noon tyfoon moderated a little ;—at 6 p. ™. 
ty more moderate, with a heavy sea ;—midnight, strong gusts of wind 
Tie sea from south. ”°— Abridged from Canton Register of March 
__ See also the log of the Raleigh, as it appears in Col. Reid’s work, 
which contains a sketch, showing the position of the Raleigh, as 
Se eee ee oe 
-. * American Coast Pilot, 12th edition, p. 629. 
t See Nautical Magazine for May, 1837, pp.303--306.. | 
