158 J. E\ioi—Th' South-West Movsoon Storms [No. 2, 



northern quadrants of the cyclonic area. The only marked current 

 at this time in the Bay was in the eastern quadrant of the storm 

 area, where the winds were strongest. This current was continued 

 northwards along the west coast of Burmah. The Satara, which was 

 nearest the coast, experienced a very strong northerly current, which 

 carried her 171 miles to the northward and westward (N. 13° W.) between 

 noon of the 11th and noon of the 14th. Her probable position at noon 

 of the 12th, so far as can be determined from the wind direction and 

 lieight of her barometer, was in Lat. }6° 30' N. and Long. 93° 30' E. 



The Byculla, Satara, Loanda, and Chanda were all in the northern 

 quadrant. The By<;ulla was nearest the centre, which apparently passed 

 a short distance to the east of that steamer, late in the evening (about 

 8 p. M.) Early in the morning, she had a gale with very heavy squalls, 

 blinding rain, and a high sea. The weather grew worse as she advanced 

 southwards. At noon, she experienced a heavy gale with continual 

 heavy squalls. The weather was at its worst about 8 p. m., when a 

 heavy gale was blowing with terrific squalls. Her barometer (cor- 

 rected) stood at that hour at 29"37, the lowest reading taken during the 

 storm. The weather began to moderate at midnight, when she had 

 westerly winds, and the storm was passing to the northward. 



The Chanda also passed to the westward of the storm. She was at 

 least 150 miles from the centre early in the morning of the 12th. At that 

 time, heavy squalls from the E. N. E. passed over the vessel, and a swell 

 came up from the south-east which increased rapidly. At noon, she had 

 a fierce gale with hard squalls, and heavy rain. The barometer fell slow- 

 ly, and the Captain at 4 p. m. judiciously changed the course of the vessel 

 to the south-west, and thus kept clear of the storm centre. At 8 p. m., 

 the squalls were terrific in force, and the sea very high. The barometer 

 was at its lowest at 10 p. m., when the corrected reading was 29*49. The 

 wind at that hour was hauling from N. N. E. to N. N. W. Shortly after- 

 wards, the weather began to moderate. 



The Satara was to the north of the centre during the day, and cross- 

 ed from the western to the eastern quadrant. She, consequently, not 

 only experienced the full force of the hurricane, but was carried a con- 

 siderable distance to the northward by the current, and thus involved 

 in it for a much longer time than either of the preceding vessels. Early 

 in the morning, she had a strong gale from the N. E. with heavy squalls, 

 incessant rain, and a high sea. She continued to experience similar 

 weather during the day. The wind, which was from N. E. at 4 A. M., 

 shifted to E. by N. at noon, and to S. E. at midnight. She was, judging 

 from the unusually small rise of her barometer between 4 p. m. and 8 p. m., 

 probably nearest to the centre between 8 p. M. and midnight. Her low- 



