Raleigh's Tyfoon of 1835. 2 
given in the log, and illustrating the direction of the wind. Col. 
Reid has also given the position of a schooner, which encoun- 
tered the tyfoon in lat. 18° 2’ N., lon. 115° 50’ E., of which I had 
. previously received no account. I will now submit such evi- 
dence as I possess, in addition to the account furnished by the 
Raleigh ; adding, also, a sketch and figure illustrating the course 
and - progress of the tyfoon ; and which was prepared and stereo- 
typed some months since, in reference to furnishing an account 
of this hurricane. 
At Macao, where the tyfooh was experienced on the 5th and 
6th, many houses were greatly damaged ; also, many lives were 
Most i in the inner harbor, and some vessels driven on shore. The 
direction and changes of the wind at Macao are not stated ; but 
we are favored with the following valuable table of the state of 
the barometer during the period of the storm. 
 * August Sth. Holy ames Barom. | h. m. Barom. 
bs maansy Barom, | Q@ 45 a. m.— 6 45 a, m. 29.12 
1 00 a.m. 29.47 | 1.20...“ (lowest) 28.05 | 7 45 “ 29.20 
230p.m. 2928/1 25 * 23.08) 815 “ 29.21 
ao ”6—6UlU PlUh OO i 28.20; 845 “ 29.23 
ae.‘ 20:12 | 1 85° -* - 23.30; 930 “ 29.27 
9:00. 29.08 | 2.00 “ - 28,37 110 25. “ 29.30 
10 20 “ 28.95 ;225 “© _ 2356/1100 “ . 29.34 
10 45“ 28.90;245 “ 28.68 | 2 00 p. m. 29.42, 
— 28.85 |310 “ 28.75 |and continued rising to 
11 36. * 28.76 | 3 40 “ 28.83 | 29.65, ‘at which point it 
lb 28651410 “ 90 | us ally Bevan: during 
August 6th. 445 “ 28.97 |fine ather.”*—Can 
Sisim” 25015 15 ™ 29.02 ton Rariter, Aug. 15. 
030 “ 28.40 | 600 “ 29.08 | 
This table affords in itself good evidence of the passage of the 
Centre of the vortex near to Macao. 
At Canton, (60 miles north of Macao,) the tyfoon began on 
the evening of the 5th, after three or four days of very hot 
weather, with. northerly” winds, and continued throughout the 
night and the next day. Its violence was greatest about two 
o'clock on thé morning of the sixth.. The following is an ac- 
ee of the state of the barometer and winds at t Canton : : 
* This relates to “fine bea of rthe s. w. monsoon ; ng: mean of the barom- 
eter for July and August lms at Canton, 0.40 in. lower than for December and 
Janvary, i in the N. E. mo n. This barometer at Macao shitente to siand about 
0.15 or 0.20 inch lower in ‘ths 5 Sidjoatnioat than that used at Canton for the reports 
in the Canton Register, the mean of which for five years is 30.027. Many, if not 
‘Most of. the common ship barometers, stand too low in their adjustment. 
