242 On the Connexion between, &c. 
Bramble, and Lucy Ann, though fully prepared for a gale 
and all snug. 14 lives lost. 
1850, 13th, 14th OctopER.—Adelaide. On morning of 
‘14th, barometer fell 4 lines in a few minutes, shortly before 
the beginning of the gale and thunder-storm, and declined 
about 9 P.M. to 27 inch 4 lines. The storm and gale then 
increased, till they reached their climax at 41 p.m. Shortly 
before 11 there was a wave-like moving of the earth from 
S.S.W. to N.N.E., setting tables, &c., in motion. During 
each of the earthquakes the storm changed to W., but 
resumed its course S.W. directly after their cessation.—Dr. 
Schomburgh. 
At the same time that the Grecian was wrecked at 
Adelaide (18th, 14th October) by aS.W. gale, the schooner 
Captain Cook had the gale from 8. & S8.W. off Cape Otway; 
the brig Hssington had it from N.E. veering to E., calm, 
and then S.E., with a heavy cross sea off Cape Howe. At 
Sydney, the wind was northerly and westerly. The passage 
of the cyclone over Sydney is best shown by the barometric 
curve of the four daily readings from the 9th to the 20th 
October, in the annexed diagram. . 
1851.—Jamaica, under date 15th November. A gale 
of wind had done considerable damage. A slight shock of 
an earthquake had taken place.—Jlluwstrated London News, 
December, 1851. 
1851. Java, 4th May.—After an unusually high tide 
and calm weather, a succession of shocks of earthquake, 
followed by strong winds from the E., N., and W., with 
rain and stormy weather.—Java Courant, 25th June. 
A perusal of the facts brought together in this paper can 
scarcely fail to suggest the existence of an intimate relation 
between cyclones and volcanic action. The attempt to 
develop the nature of this relation, to answer the question, 
