1884.] 



of the Bay of Bengal in 1883. 



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( Position at 









la g s 







noon. 



Baro- 

 meter 



at 

 Noon. 



Wind (Noon). 



o 



|£ 



II 



5 



Distance fro 

 obable positi 

 centre at Noc 







Lat. 



N. 



Long. 

 E. 



--+3 



s 



to 



2 



Weather. 











n 



m 





a=S 





Sangor Island 



21° 39' 



88° 5' 



29-311 



N. N. E. 



Light. 



S. E. 



56 



Overcast. 



Light House 



















Coramillah ... 



2r04' 



89° 31' 



29-277 



S. s. w. 



6 



W. 



54 



Hard squalls. 

 Very high 

 sea. 



Scottish Chief- 



20° 50' 



88° 10' 



29-250 



N. N. W. 



3 



E. N. E. 



35 



Unsettled. 



tain 



















Saint Magnus 



20° 52' 



88° 3' 



29-290 



N. W. 



4 



E. N. E. 



42 



Strong wind. 

 High sea. 



Prince Amadeo 



20° 52' 88° 5'? 



1 



29-330 



N. W. 



... 



E. N. E. 



40 



Squally. High 

 sea. 



British Princess 



20° 46' 88° 7'? 



29-420 



N. W. 



8 



E. N. E. 



43 



Heavy squalls 

 High soa. 



Star of Albion 



20°14'? 



88°23'? 



29-450 



N. by W. 



5 



N. N. E. 



? 



Threatening 

 weather. 

 Slight sea. 



Pemba 



18° 34' 



90° 59 





s. s. w. 



9 



N. W. 



225 



Strong gale. 

 Heavy sea. 



False Point ... 



20° 20' 



86° 47' 29-309 



w. s. w. 



Mode- 

 rate. 



E. N. E. 



125 



Overcast. 



In examining the above, it should be remembered that the positions 

 assigned to the Commillah, Scottish Chieftain, Saint Magnus, and Star 

 of Albion were determined by observation at noon, and hence are assumed 

 to be approximately correct. The position of the Prince Amadeo is 

 stated to have been a few miles to the S. W. of the Pilot Brig. The 

 position given has been determined from that statement on the assump- 

 tion that the station for the Pilot Vessels during the S. W. monsoon, 

 is at a distance of from 7 to 10 miles to the south or south-west of the 

 Eastern Channel Light Vessel {;oide Elson's Sandheads Sailing Directory, 

 page 156) ; and is probably correct within five or six miles. The position 

 of the British Princess at noon was ascertained by dead reckoning, and 

 is certainly not correct, as all the vessels had drifted considerably with the 

 currents now set up at the Head of the Bay. The noon observations of 

 the barometer and wind direction indicate that she was probably in about 

 Lat. 20° 55' and Long. 87° 45'. 



The preceding table confirms much of the information given by the 

 Light Vessels. The winds in the western quadrant, at distances of 30 to 

 50 miles from the centre, were very light and unsteady in force, as com- 

 pared with those in the eastern quadrant. The barometric observations, 

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