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oftJie Bay of Bengal hi 1883'. 



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est reading is not given, but when corrected, it probably slightly exceed- 

 ed 29'5. She was about the same distance as the Chanda from the centre 

 The Mount Stuart and Scottish Hill were in the south-west quadrant, but 

 at considerable distances from the centre. The former, which was in 

 Lat. 14° 19' N. and Long. 91° 41' E. at noon, had winds of force 5 to 6 

 during the day. The Scottish Hill was nearer to the centre. During the 

 morning, she had cloudy weather with rain squalls, and a heavy sea* 

 Occasional shifts of wind occurred in heavy squalls, which passed over the 

 vessel from the N. W. She was just on the margin of the storm area. 

 The force of the wind varied from 4 to 5. The Captain describes the 

 appearance of the cyclone area crossing to the N". W. in front of his ship 

 as a mass of heavy black cloud and rain. During the remainder of the 

 afternoon, fierce squalls passed over the vessel. The wind was of force 

 10, and hauled to W. S. W. at 4 p. m. The weather moderated a little 

 afterwards, but she continued to have fresh squalls, heavy rain, and a 

 high confused sea, during the remainder of the night. 



The Asia was about 400 miles to the W. N. W. in Lat. 17° 42' and 

 Long. 87° 42' E. at noon. She had fresh to strong N". E. winds during 

 the day, and a heavy swell from the S. E. The Bancoora was 260 miles 

 to the W. N. W. in Lat. 16° 40' N. and Long. 89° 11' E. She had 

 northerly winds of force 5 until noon, and N. N". W. winds of force 4 

 during the remainder of the day. The weather had a squally appearance 

 in the morning. As she advanced eastward, a heavy swell set in from 

 the E. and E.N. E., which increased during the day. The logs of the 

 Bhandai'a and of the light vessels near the mouth of the Hooghly show 

 that light northerly winds were blowing at the Head of the Bay, and 

 that the weather was fine, sky clear, and sea smooth. 



A comparison of the position of the vessels at noon with respect to 

 the storm indicates that the centre was approximately in Lat. 15° 30' N. 

 and Long. 93° E. at noon. 



On this supposition, the following were the distances and bearings 

 of the vessels from the storm centre at noon : — 



Diamond Island 



Byculla 



Chanda 



Satara 



Scottish Hill 



Mount Stuart .. 



Bancoora 



Asia 



Bearing of 

 centre of 



Distance of 

 centre of 



Barometer 



storm. 



storm. 



at noon. 



E. N. E. 



90 



29-64 



N. N. W. 



45 



29-41 



N. 



75 



29-64 



N. E. 



75 



29-61 



S. W. 



85 



29-72 



s.w. 



120 



29-75 



W. N. W. 



260 



29-81 



W. N. W. 



400 



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