898 Fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 119. 



'Thermometer, 851*^ 



Barometer,.... 29. 64 



<j Sympiesometer, 29. 12 



Lat. indifFt. Obsn 16° 20' N. 



.Longitude, 115° 30' E. 



p. M. — Wind increasing at NW. till midnight, and gradually veer- 

 ing to WNW., blowing a violent gale with terrific squalls : Barometer 

 still falling. 



2Zrd September — a. m. Wind veered to West, blowing almost a 

 hurricane. At 4 veered to WSW. still unabated, and at daylight veered 

 to SW., force of the gale still unabated and continued so till noon ; 

 lightning all round, squalls very violent, but some appearance of amend- 

 ment in the weather. 



No observations. Position from observations next day. 

 f Sympiesometer at noon, 28. 70 



J Barometer, 29. 20 



1 Lat. Observation, .... 16° 40' N. 



L Longitude, 116° 15' E. 



r. M. — Gale moderating fast, veering to South ; 5 p. m. made sail, and 

 ran before it, sea rising more than in the height of the gale. Midnight, 

 Barometer 29. 50. 



24^^ September — a. m. Moderating, and veering to Eastward of South. 

 Squalls with rain. Noon moderate winds SSE. 



f Lat. Observation, 18° 2S' N. 



J Longitude, 117° 20' E. 



J Thermometer, 81i° 



L Barometer, 29. 80 



From this time till the 26th, on which day we arrived at Macao, 

 the wind continued S. Easterly and moderate, and the sea very confused. 

 I there heard that vessels which arrived the day before us experienced 

 a gale, commencing at North and veering to East, instead of to the 

 West, as I experienced it, and those who arrived a day or so after us, 

 had experienced a strong steady SW. gale upon the 22d and 23d. 



I also beg further to state, that the Golconda, now missing, sailed 

 24 hours before us from Singapore, also bound to Macao; and the 

 Thetis of Calcutta, which ship arrived sometime after dismasted, I 

 believe left Singapore a few hours after us. Another vessel in com- 



