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the Theory of the Law of Storms in India. 



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Report from the Collector of Coringa to the Government of India. 

 " As it may enable tlie gentleman who has undertaken to investigate the 

 course of storms, to fix with some accuracy the extent to which the late 

 gale of the 30th April and 1st May reached, I have the honor to forward 

 an extract from the Log just received from the Coringa Lighthouse from 

 6 P.M. of the 1st ultimo, till midnight; when the wind died away. This 

 squall appears to have been the tail of the storm, and did not, I should 

 think, extend much farther along this coast. The weather for two or three 

 days before had been very threatening, and I understand the Barometer 

 fell to a considerable extent, but as the instrument for the Lighthouse 

 has not yet been received from Madras, I regret that I am unable to fur- 

 nish you with a more accurate report." 



" G. Smith." 



Extract from the Log kept at the Lighthouse at Coringa. 



Hours. 



Winds. 



Remarks on Friday, 1st May, 1840. 



6 P.M. 



SW. 



Wind moderating, and a squall brewing in the 

 NW. 



The squall, with thunder and lightning, com- 

 menced blowing from this quarter with a 

 smart shower of rain. 



Blowing very fresh. 



7. 

 8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 



Westerly, 

 SW. 



J) 



Wind moderating, weather clearing up. 



The Brig " Union,'' from Coringa to Pondicherry. Forwarded by Capt. Biden, 

 Master Attendant, Madras. 



On the 30^^ Jpril, when she was at Noon in Lat. 14° 19' N. Long. 82° 15' 

 E. had smart breezes from SW. amounting to strong gale, and high sea. 

 At midnight, wind South, strong gales with dark gloomy weather, and a 

 turbulent sea, laid to under bare poles. 



1st May. At 3 a.m. wind SSW. Daylight, moderating ; made sail, wind 

 SWbS. and SSW. till noon, when fresh breeze and hazy weather. Lat. 

 14° 49' N. Long. 81o 18' E. p.m. moderating, but towards, and at, midnight 

 increasing again to fresh gales SbW. to SSW. and high confused sea. 



2nd May. Wind SW. to SE. at noon, when it moderated to light airs from 

 that quarter. Lat. 14° 26' N. Long. 80° 15' E. 



