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it shifted to N. E. and blew a dreadful 

 hurricane, and at 12 it was eastward, 

 and at 1, A. M., of 17th it was south 

 eastward, tremendous strong ; at day- 

 break tlift weather cleared up. Ba- 

 rometer fell about one inch. 

 9. Vizagapatam. Wind increased from N. 

 E. all night of 15th, to a decided gale, 

 and on the morning of Kith, it veered 

 to the northward, and blew hard the 

 whole day from A', to N. E., mostly N. 

 strongest about 10, A. M. In the even- 

 ing, it got back to the eastward, ami 

 blew hard and steadily during the night 

 east, north east to east, without much 

 rain. In the morning it moderated and 

 shifted to the S. E., and veering to the 

 south, it became more moderate with 



showers of rain during the day, on the 

 morningof 18th, the gale had subsided. 

 Gale was not much felt thirty miles N. 

 by E., nor forty miles west trom this 

 place. 



10. Indian Queen stood out to sea from Visa- 

 gapatam at 1 h. 30 m. A. M., of Kith, 

 wind N. to N. N. E., very threaten- 

 ing at 9, A. M., N. E., strong gales in- 

 creasing at noon ; hove to under main 

 trysail. At this time about seventy 

 miles S. E. from Visagapatam ; at (>, 

 P. M., wind E. N. E. gale increasing ; 

 wind still veering to S. E. by midnight, 

 still increasing, abating at (>, A. iM., 

 south, then ofl' Juggernautporem, near 

 Coringa. 



June Storm. 



168. I have also copied from Dr. Piddington an account 

 of a great storm which occurred on the 5th of June, 1839, 

 at the head of the Bay of Bengal. It is accompanied with 

 a chart and arrows, showing the course of the wind on that 

 day. 



8!0 20 8i5 







120 



8!0 



No. 



1. Calcutta E. S. E. strong. 



2. Diamond Harbor E. to S. S. E., stron* 



with heavy rain. lat. 22 deg. 11 min., 

 Ion. 88 deg. 11 min. 

 J. Kedgree, same. lat. 21 deg. 52 min. Ion. 



87 deg. 59 min. 



4. Hope, S. S. E. very hard all night of 4th 

 and day of 5th, lat. 21 deg. 26 min. Ion. 



88 deg. 07 min. 



5. Beacon, same as Diamond, lat. 21 deg. 



Ion. 88 deg. 27 min., S. E. and S. S. E. 

 blowing heavy ; but more moderate 

 than last night, [not marked for want 

 of room.] 



6. Jane, same. 



7. Amherst, lat. 20 deg. 3 min. Ion. 87 deg;., 



perfect hurricane" all night of 4th, till 

 2 A. M., S. to S. S. W., then began to 



