ge Hurricanes of the Asiatic Seas. ¢ : 
From a comparison of the foregoing accounts, it appears that 
those ships suffered most severely, which fell under the northern 
semi-circle of the storm. ~ This result, probably, would not follow 
in the higher latitudes, where the storm has recurved to the north- 
ward and commenced its easterly course. 
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Hurricanes of the Asiatic Seas. 
It is generally believed that the hurricanes of the Indian seas 
occur only or chiefly at the change of the monsoons ; but this 
opinion appears to be of doubtful accuracy. 
From the valuable meteorological journal which appears monthly 
in the Canton Register, I have compiled the following statement 
: of the periods of change in the N. E. and 8. W. monsoons at 
that place : 
Vernal change from Nn. &. to ; w. Autumnal change, from s. w. to N. E. 
1830. From 20th to 28th of April. .-| From 5th to 12th of October. 
gat. th to 17th : “Ist to 14th 
1832. “ Ath to 7th ry on 25th September. 
1833. “ 9th to 14th * 9th to 30th 
1834. “ 3d of April to 8th of May. * 19th to 30th = 
pes “ 8th to 2st of April. “10thto24th  “* : 
e American ship Parachute, at Boston from Calcutta, experienced 
ee 25th of August, 1831. Spoke the Nandi from 
Bon to pomeel dismasted in the gale-—London shipping lists. 
th, 1837. gs of the severest gales that has occurred 
trees, six feet in diameter and poets | feet. in pein were torn up by 
the roots, and many houses completely unroofed. é 
‘The accounts of hurricanes in ie Asiatic seas, sven us by 
Col. Reid, are also more common to the regular monsoons than 
to the periods of change. 
Tyfoon at Manilla and Hurricane at Balasore, Oct. 1831. 
The following account of a tyfoon in the China sea in 1831, 
is interesting insomuch as it affords probable grounds for connect 
ing the hurricane at Manilla, Oct. 23-24, with that of Oct. 31, 
_at Balasore, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. : 
Extract from the private journal of Wm. F. agg: os ., Master 
of the s ship Panama, on a voyage to Canton, October, 1 
es * From these and like statements of the changes of the monsoons at other points, 
some e useful inductions might be obtained. _ : <r 
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