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.f As this 

 tyfoon had previously attracted my attention, 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 : , . 



" H M. Brig Raleigh. Aug. 1 , 1835.— Working out of Macao Roads. 

 — At noon, east end of Grand Ladrone, E. 5 S. — Au^. 2d, at noon, S. E. 

 end of Formosa N. 85 E., 340 miles : fine weather all day. — Aug. 3d, 

 at noon, S. end of Formosa N. 83d E., 252 miles. Fine weather all day. 

 — Aug. 4th, lOh. 20m. a. m. close reefed topsails and courses : — 12h. 30m. 

 p. m. — barometer fell from noon y'/^ ; took in mainsail and foresail ; — at 

 Ih. 30m. got all snug ; vessel going through the water between 3 and 4 

 knots ; barometer 29.40, falling ; — at 7h. 30m. wind veered to N. N. E. 

 and tyfoon commenced ; — at 8 p. m. barometer 29.36, falling ; — 8h. 30m. 

 tyfoon increasing ; — 10 p. m. close reefed fore trysail and set it;; — tyfoon 

 veering to E. N. E. with a heavy sea; — at midnight tyfoon increasing; 

 barorn. 29.04, falling. 



^' Aug. 5th. — 3 a. ra. tyfoon veering round to E. S. E., still increasing 

 in violence ; — 6h. 30ra. barometer 28.25 ; — 8 a. m. tyfoon increasing ; — 

 9h. 30m. a. m., if possible blowing heavier, ship went over :■ — In this aw- 

 ful situation ship lay for about 20 minutes ; — 9h. 50m. lower masts went 

 by 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. m. 

 tyfoon more moderate, with a heavy sea ; — midnight, strong gusts of wind 

 with heavy sea from south." — Abridged from Canton Register of March 

 14, 1837. 



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 



* American Coast Pilot, 12th edition, p. 629. - 



t See Waulical Magazine for May, 1837, pp. 303— 306. 



