88 J. Eliot— The Suidh-West Monsoon Storms [No. 2, 



The position of the Star of Albion is doubtful. The weather was 

 threatening in the morning, and the winds shifted from north through 

 north-west to west in the evening, increasing in force during the day. 

 In the afternoon and evening, as the wind backed to west, a strong gale 

 set in with thick driving rain. 



The Scottish Chieftain was in Lat. 20° 50' N. and Long. 88° 10' E. 

 at noon. The winds were light during the morning ; much rain fell, 

 but it was not until midnight, when the wind bauled to west, that she 

 began to have strong winds and rain squalls. 



The Prince Amadeo was near the Pilot Station and to the west of the 

 centre. Boisterous squalls with heavy rain and a high sea were ex- 

 perienced during the morning. In the evening, the weather had a very 

 wild appearance. The wind shifted round to the south-west, and heavy 

 squalls passed over tbe vessel, bringing up much rain. 



The Liglit Vessels were all in the western quadrant during the day. 



The Captain of the Meteor (Intermediate station) states that the 

 winds were changeable between north and west, and that frequent heavy 

 showers occurred during the day. 



The Captain of the Comet (Upper Gasper Station) notes that the 

 weather appeared very wild. Squalls with rain passed over the vessel, 

 and a very heavy sea came up from the south-east. 



29th June. — The changes of the barometer over India during the 

 preceding 24 hours were partly due to the further development of the 

 depression and cyclonic disturbance off the coast of the Sunderbands, and 

 partly to the appearance of a depression off the west coast. 



The barometer at Sanger Island had fallen two tenths of an inch 

 since 10 A. M. of the 28th, and by considerable amounts at all the Lower 

 Bengal stations. It had risen in the surrounding districts, so that the 

 differences of pressure had become considerably greater and the depres- 

 sion very marked. The disturbance was now giving strong easterly winds, 

 with overcast skies and moderate rain, to East and South Bengal, and 

 strong northerly and westerly winds and incessant rain to Orissa. 



The barometer had also fallen considerably at Kurrachee, where 

 very strong N. E. winds were blowing. The wind had backed from 

 west to south-west along the Bombay coast, thus almost certainly indi- 

 cating the appearance or formation of a depression off the west coast. 



Over the Gangetic plain and the western Himalayas, variable winds 

 obtained, with cloudy weather and light rain. 



The following table gives the observations at the selected stations in 

 the neighbourhood of the Bengal depression :— 



