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J. Eliot — The SoiUh-Wcst Muiisouu Slonns 



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ceding 10 A. M. of the 29th, and 576 miles during the succeeding 48 hours 

 (with southerly winds). At Rajkot, the amount of north-westerly 

 winds during the 24 hours preceding 4 p. m. of the 2nd was 272 miles, 

 and at Bhuj 390 miles. During the next 24 hours, when south-westerly 

 winds blew at these stations, 391 and 760 miles respectively were re- 

 gistered. The amount of wind (mainly from N. W.) recorded at Kur- 

 rachee for the 24 hours preceding 4 p. m. on the 3rd was 406 miles. For 

 the succeeding 24 hours, when easterly winds prevailed, 933 miles were 

 registered. 



There are other and less important features, to which it will be 

 Bujfficient to refer briefly. One of these was the comparative smallness 

 of the storm area proper. If we estimate it by the area in which strong 

 winds prevailed and heavy rain fell, it almost certainly did not exceed 

 250 miles in length by 100 to 150 miles in breadth, at any time during 

 its passage across the continent. The smallness of the storm area and 

 the slight barometric depression in all storms of the rains are cognate 

 features due probably to the peculiar conditions of their formation, as 

 cyclones of high elevation. Another feature was the very great irre- 

 gularity of the winds. This was shown (at Saugor Island, for instance) 

 by intervals of comparatively feeble winds during the middle of the 

 storm, and also by the apparent occurrence of much feebler winds at 

 stations nearer to the centre than at those at a greater distance. As, 

 however, anemometric observations are confessedly not intercomparable, 

 it is not possible to establish the fact of this irregularity on such 

 evidence. 



APPENDIX I. 



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Extract from the Log of tJie F. L. V. Comet, giving observations during 



Storm of June 27th to SOth. 







Wind. 



1-5 



Weather. 





1 





6 



% 



Eemarks. 





8 



N. 



4 



29-321 



Thunder. 



Commences with dirty threatening 

 weather. Lightning all round the 

 horizon. A long heavy swell from 

 E. S. E. 3 A. M. Squally with 

 passing showers, ugly appearance 

 of weather. 



8a.m. Weather the same. A large 

 circle round the sun. 



