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server noticing a phenomenon with which he was familiar, altogether 

 apart from the other phenomena of the nor'-wester, following a course 

 of its own, and approaching that part of Dacca where the tornado first 

 struck. 



Next, we have the evidence of the people living at Hazaribagh, who 

 are consistent in their assertion that the storm came upon them, with a 

 " lurid glare" from the north, the direction from which Mr. Kellj saw it 

 approaching that part of the town. 



Thirdly, we have the appearance presented by the ravages committed 

 by the storm before it settled down as a tornado in the orchard to the 

 north-east of Fakirni-ka-masjid. From these appearances alone, I was 

 driven to the same conclusion before I had heard the evidence of the 

 inhabitants or of Mr. Kelly. To carry the weight they deserve, these 

 appearances must be piven in some detail. The position of the first 

 appearance of the tornado is shown in PI. XXYII, Fig. E. 



From the Elephant Depot there is a curvilinear road leading to the 

 old river bank at Hazaribagh, for the convenience of watering the ele- 

 phants. It is known as the Hathi-ka-sarak. About half way between 

 the Philkhana and Hazaribagh, it is crossed by the old Mirpur road. 

 From the eastern gate of the Philkhana to the point of intersection of 

 these two roads, not a twig or leaf was disturbed by the storm ; but 

 after passing the Mirpur road on the Hathi-ka-sarak, half way between 

 it and the Hazaribagh ghat, one comes suddenly upon traces of a violent 

 wind from the north. The first tree which seems to have suffered is a 

 tall jamun tree well to the right of the road, the top branch of which has 

 been torn off, and is hanging to the south. There is then an interval of 

 low brushwood, and then a group of mango trees close to the road side. 

 The top branches of all these trees are snapped across and driven to the 

 south. On the opposite side, in a direct line with the jamun and the 

 mango trees, all the trees for a distance of fifty paces along the road 

 have their top branches snapped across. There is again an interval of 

 forty paces without a leaf turned on either side of the road, but after 

 that distance, and for another forty or fifty paces, all the top branches 

 are seen to be knocked off the trees ; on the right or north side only those 

 quite close to the road, but on the left or Hazaribagh side there is a 

 line of destruction towards the south ending about 200 yards away in a 

 chaos of broken and uprooted trees. Continuing to walk along the road, 

 there is no evidence of a storm on the right or left till we reach the 

 old river bed, and just there is a group of tall jamun trees overhanging 

 a mat house. One of the top branches of this group of trees has been 

 torn off, and thrown to the south over the mat house, but not a straw of 

 the thatch is disturbed. 



Here we have evidence of a violent wind blowing from north to 



