Raleigh^ s Tyfoon of 1835. 



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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° %' N., Ion. 115° 50' E., of which I had 

 previously received no accouiit. 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 sincCj in reference to furnishing an account 

 of this hm-ricane. 



At Macao, where the tyfoon was experienced on the 5th and 

 6th, many houses were greatly damaged ; also, many lives were 

 lost in the imier 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. - 



Barom. 



29.47 



29.28 

 29.20 

 29.12 



29.08 



28.95 

 28.90 



28.85 

 28.75 

 28.65 



28.50 

 28.40 



h. m. 



45 a. m. 



20 

 25 

 45 

 55 



2 00 

 2 25 

 2 45 



10 

 40 

 10 

 45 

 15 



Barom. 



28.30 



" (1 020CSt) 28.05 



28.08 

 28.20 

 28.30 



28.37 

 28.56 

 28.68 

 28.75 

 28.83 

 28.90 

 28.97 



h. m. 



6 45 a. rn. 



7 45 " 



8 15 " 



8 45 " 



9 30 " 



10 25 " 



11 00 " 



2 00 p. ni. 



Barom. 



29.12 

 29.20 

 29.21 

 29.23 



29.27 

 29.30 

 29.34 



29.42, 



6 00 



and continued rising to 

 29.65, at which point it 

 usually stands during 

 fine weather."* — Can- 



29.02 ton Register, Aug. 15, 



29.08 I 



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 the morning of the sixth. The following is an ac- 

 count of the state of the barometer and winds at Canton : 



* This relates to " fine weather" of the S. W. monsoon ; the mean of the barom- 

 eter for July and August being, at Canton, 0.40 in. Imcer than for December and 

 January, in the N. E. monsoon. This barometer at Macao appears to stand about 

 0.15 or 0.20 inch lower in its adjustment than that used at Canton for the reports 

 in thje 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. 



