78 J. miot— The South- West Monsoon Storms [No. 2, 



The Bancoora was in Lat. 11° 42' N. and Long. 84° 8' E. at noon. 

 She had strong steady south-west winds of force 4 during the day, with 

 overcast skies and occasional rain. 



The Pemba was in the north of the Gulf of Martaban early in the 

 morning, when she experienced fresh breezes with moderate sea and 

 occasional rain-squalls. She doubled Cape Negrais and passed into the 

 Bay of Bengal about midday. The wind began to increase rapidly, and 

 during the afternoon and evening it blew a gale with furious squalls, 

 which carried away her sails and awnings. The wind blew steadily from 

 the S. S. W. during the afternoon with average force 9. 



The remaining vessels were all in the north-west angle of the Bay. 

 They were the India, Himalaya, Star of Albion, Scottish Chieftain, Saint 

 Magnus, British Princess, and Prince Amadeo, and were at noon between 

 Lat. 19° 58' and Lat. 20° 46' N. and between Long. 86° 32' and 88° 5' E. 

 Their observations enable the storm-centre to be approximately identi- 

 fied, as in the majority of these vessels the usual midday observations were 

 taken ; so that the positions of the vessels are known in nearly all cases 

 with approximate exactness at noon of this day. 



The Saint Magnus and British Princess were very near each other. 

 The former was in Lat. 20° 40' N. and Long. 87° 50' E. and the latter in 

 Lat. 20° 38' N. and Long. 88° E. Both experienced strong currents 

 during the day. These two vessels were probably nearest the centre, but 

 in the westerly quadrant. They had squally weather with thick rain and 

 north-westerly winds of average force 5. 



The Scottish Chieftain, which was about 10 miles to the west of the 

 previous vessels, had very variable winds during the day, which increased 

 in force from 1 to 5. They shifted from W. S. W. to S. W., and then 

 hauled to N. W. She experienced a strong westerly current. 



The Prince Amadeo, about 15 miles further to the west, in Lat. 

 20° 46' N. and Long. 87° 35' E., had unsettled weather with light varia- 

 ble winds and heavy rain. She experienced a strong southerly current. 



The Himalaya, which was considerably further to the west and near 

 the Orissa coast, had moderate north-easterly breezes and fine weather. 



2Sth June. — The barometer rose quickly in the Punjab, during the 

 previous 24 hours, and was standing at its normal height at 10 A. M. 

 Pressure continued to give way over the rest of India. The fall was 

 not large in amount, except in and near the depression at the Head of 

 the Bay. The barometer had fallen at Saugor Island from 29-53" at 

 10 A. M. on the 27th to 29-37" at the same hour of the 28th. 



The wind had backed to south-west and south over the Central 

 Provinces, Central India, and Rajputana. This was evidently due to the 

 continuance of strong westerly winds on the Bombay coast and their 



