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October 2Sd, (Nautical time,) lat. 9° 17' N., Ion. 117° 16' E. Wind 

 came out at southward and continued until 10 p. m., then died away and 

 commenced from the northward, with a heavy head sea. — Forenoon breeze 

 from N. W. and clear weather. Lat. 9° 45' N., Ion. 117° 25' £. 



Oct. 24tk. — Pleasant breezes from N. W. and hazy, steady weather. A 

 sea rolling from the northward. I suppose there has been a gale in the 

 China sea which has not yet reached us. — Evening wind rapidly increas- 

 ing and barometer falling from 29.75 to 29.40. Midnight reefed topsails. 

 — 9. a. m. double reefed do. — barometer 29.20. Ends with tremendous 

 gale from the westward and heavy sea — barometer 29.10. Lat, 11° 51' 

 iV. /on. 118° 20'^. 



Oct. ^Sth. — Heavy gale from W. S. W. — barometer 29.05. Gale haul- 

 ing to the southward. Evening more moderate. Made a little sail. Wind 

 at 7. p.m. from southwestward ; at 11p.m. from southward. In the 

 morning at 5 o'clock the wind came out at S. E. (barometer at 29.10) and 

 blew a perfect hurricane. Hove to under mizen staysail ; — barometer at 

 1 p. m. 29.05—4 p. m. 29.00—7 a. m. 29.10—8 a. m. 29.20. I believe 

 this fall of the barometer to be, in this latitude, very remarkable. 



This gale was on the 24th and 25th October, civil time, and 

 from its pecuUar features and double fall of the barometer, there 

 appears something like the falling in of two hurricanes on the 

 same track. It was, doubtless, in Avhole or in part, the same hur- 

 ricane that visited Manilla on the night of the 23d of October, 

 and which is noticed by Col. Reid. The irregularities of the 

 storm 7nay have been caused by its passage over the Philippine 

 Islands, the Panama being then off the Strait of Mindora, and 

 about 210 miles from Manilla. I have deemed it not improbable, 

 that this storm was the same that visited the Bay of Bengal on 

 the 31st of the same month, and was so destructive at Balasore, 

 and on the neighboring coast. The course from the Panama's 

 position to Balasore is about N. 73° W., and the distance, say 1920 

 miles, which would give a rate of progression of 11^ nautical 

 miles per hour ; which coincides with other storms which have 

 formerly been examined. It is important to ascertain if this 

 storm crossed the Burman Empire, immediately previous to its 

 appearance in the Bay of Bengal. 



Panama's Hurricane in Indian Ocean, January, 1832. 



In order to add to the stock of available facts for tracing the 

 storms of South Latitude, I add the following account of a hur- 

 ricane in the Indian Ocean, on the 25th of January, 1832. 



"January 25th, (nautical time,) Lat. 20° 14' S. Lon. 80° 36' E. 

 Strong breezes and squally, with every appearance of a gale; barometer 

 at noon 29.57, having fallen from 29.80. At \ p. m, barom. 29.50; — 



