276 PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



moderate all day of 5th, under foresail 14. Mobile, lat. 16 deg. 20 min., Ion. 85 deg. 

 and close reefed maintopsail, with rain. 20 min., S. W. veering to S. S. W. 



8. Krishna, lat. 19 deg. 40 min., Ion. 86 deg. more moderate rain in P. M. 



27 min., dead calm at 1, P. M , and 15. J. W. Dare, lat. 18 deg. 44 min., Ion. 93 



wind suddenly veered round from N. deg. 50 min., S. E. on5cn, smart breez- 



and N. W. to S. W., and blew a furi- es on night of 2d and morning of 3d, 



pus gale, moderating at 6, next morn- heavy gale from S. S. E. The gale 



ing. was then at its height, having begun 



9. Juggernaut Pagoda, lat. 19 deg. 48 min., about noon of 2d. It reached the 



Ion. 85 deg. 48 min., gate N. on 4th, Krishna at 1, P. M. of 5th, with its 



on 5th, S. W. centre. 



10. Mary Somerville, 18 miles S. W. half W. 16. Akyab, lat. 20 deg. 5 min., Ion. 92 dec. 



from above, strong gale S. W., increas- 50 min., E. gales, with rain for 24 



ing to a severe gale S., being then 15 hours. 



miles S. of E. from above. On the 4th, 17. Lady Macnaugten, lat. 14 deg. 51 min., 



fresh gales W., with heavy rain. Ion. 88 deg. 16 min., on 4th and 5th, W. 



11. Justina, lat. 18 deg. 15 min., Ion. 85 deg. by S. to S. W. by S. very severe gale, 



11 min., on the 5th, S. W., moderate ; moderating on 5th. .. 



very severe on the 4th, P. M., S. W. by 18. Masulipatam, W. N. W. blowing very 



S. 5 on 4th, W. S. W., severe gale fresh on 4th and 5th. 



veering to S. W., P. M. 19. Laurel Amelia, lat. 17 deg. 22 min., Ion. 



12. Ann Lockeby, same as Amherst all night 83 deg. 44 min., on 5ih, westward a 



of 4th and 5th, till 4, P. M., with heavy hurricane. On 4th, west, hard gales, 



rain. Lat. 16 deg. 56 min., Ion. 82 deg. 58 



13. Eden, lat. 18 deg. 1 min., Ion. 86 deg. 52 min. 



min. Hurricane W. S. W. all night of 20. Direction of centre of the storm. 



4th and 5th till 4, P. M., with heavy 



rain. 



This storm was of great length from south east to north 

 west, for its south east border had hardly left the J. W. 

 Dare, on the morning of the 4th, when its north west bor- 

 der had reached Chuprath, lat. 25 40', long. 84 40'. How 

 great its diameter in the other direction is not known. But 

 one thing is certain, that all the winds on the north east 

 side were from eastward or south eastward ; and all the 

 winds on the south west side were from the south west- 

 ward, as far as known, after the centre of the storm passed, 

 with the exception of No. 18 and 19, at a great distance 

 from the centre. 



Dr. Piddington makes the centre of this 'storm, at noon of 

 the 5th, lat. 19 25', long. 87 1'. He seems to think that 

 all these storms were round, as I suppose all must, who 

 believe in the centrifugal doctrine. 



September Storm. 



169. Dr. Piddington has also given an account of a great 

 storm, which occurred at the head of the Bay of Bengal, 

 on the morning of the 21st September, 1839. It will be 

 seen by the accompanying chart and extracts from the Doc- 



