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ted line "which crosses Formosa, thus taking the wind first at N. E., 

 or E. N. E., she should have kept to the wind, with her head to the 

 northward. But if her position had been nearer the dotted 

 line which crosses Luconia, taking the wind first at N. W., she 

 should first have brought the wind on her starboard quarter, and 

 stibsequently have bore away, as the wind veered by the west. 



Some further notices of tyfoons may now be added, to show 

 that the results just noticed, are not peculiar to this storm alone, 

 and that other tyfoons of the China sea pursue a similar course, 

 and exhibit the same rotative action. 



Canton Tyfoon of Aug. M, 1832. 



At Macao the wind set in from the north, and reached its greatest 

 height about 1 p. m. ; continuing with the same violence till 5 p. m., when 

 it veered suddenly to the southward, but with diminished strength. When 

 the fury of the gale was exhausted, the quicksilver rose at the rate of 

 three tenths per' half hour. Bathometer Aug. 2d, 8 a. m. 29.68 ; — 8 p. m. 

 29.34 \—Aitg. 3fZ, 8 a. m. 29.34 ;— 5 p. m. 27.88. Other land barome- 

 ters differently adjusted, fell to 27.96 and 28.05. 



At Cap-shuy-moon the gale began at N. and N. W., between which 

 points it blew with tremendous violence ; shifting, towards the conclusion, 

 to S. E. whence it blew more moderately. The barometer, in the early 

 part,/e??«o 28.20. 



The American ship Don Quixote left on the day before the tyfoon ; 

 and returned on the 5th with Joss of mainmast. 



Since the tyfoon, the British brig John Biggar, from Manilla, has come 

 in dismasted. The Spanish brig Veloz, also from Manilla, has arrived 

 with loss of mainmast. 



A letter from the commander of the Dutch ship Fair Armenian, which 

 foundered about thirty miles westward of the Grand Ladrone, says : — 

 " On the evening of the 2d inst. we made the Grand Ladrone, and on 

 the morning of the 3d it came on a tyfoon blowing off the land ; this 

 about noon increased to a tremendous height and dismasted us ; unship- 

 ped and broke our rudder, and carried away a great part of the bulwarks. 

 The gale was at its height about 4 or 5 p. m., and after dark gradually 

 moderated." 



The Edmonston, Caledonia, Esperanga and Italy have come in with- 

 out damage. The Caledonia on the 3d, when in lat. 17° N., Ion. 113° 50' 

 E. experienced a strong gale from W. veering to S. W. and S., with a 

 heavy and confused sea. The barometer fell to 28.50. The Edmonston, 

 on the same day, when within seventy miles of the land, felt the same 

 weather, which brought her under bare poles for four hours. 



At Bocca Tigris, the weight of the tyfoon, which in Canton and Wham- 

 pao ranged from N. to N. E., was felt about 4 or 5 p. m. ; the barome- 

 ter standing at 29.10. About 6 p. m. the quicksilver rose and the gale 

 began to abate. 



At Canton, Aug. 3rf. Blowing hard at N. and N. E. with violent gusts; 

 barometer 29.15; and for the most part rain. Aug. Ath. First part blow- 

 ing hard, wi?idS. E. barom. 29.70 ; — middle and latter part strong breezes 

 and fine weather. — Canton papers of August, 1832. 



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