1034 Third Memoir with reference to [No. 106. 



Kmnaul. Lieut. Baker s Report. 



We had westerly winds at Kurnaul on the 1st and 2nd instant; and 

 on 3rd and 4th, a strong breeze from the Eastward, and 3 or 4 p.m. on 

 the 4th, a heavy bank of clouds appeared to the westward. About 

 sunset we had frightful gusts of wind from the West, North and North-east, 

 the air during the intervals being sultry and oppressive. 



About 8| P.M. the sky became entirely overcast, and a violent squall of 

 wind began to blow from the Westward, accompanied by clouds of dust, 

 and latterly a few drops of rain. The wind continued to blow from the 

 West with more or less violence for about two hours, when it gradually went 

 round to the East, from which quarter it continued to blow till 2 p.m. on 

 the 5th, when it was interrupted by a second (less violent) squall, from the 

 Westward, accompanied by a slight shower of rain. 



The strength of the wind during the first squall must have been consider- 

 able, as it unroofed many out-offices at the station, and blew down many 

 hundred trees on the Canal banks. 



Hansie. Report of Mr. T. Johnson, Delhi Canal Department. 



I have the honor to report, agreeable to the Government Notification 

 dated 11th September, 1839, that this station was visited by a storm of 

 wind and dust on the evening of the 4th May, 1840. 



The storm commenced at \ past 8 o'clock p.m. from the NW. the wind 

 blowing in strong gusts, bringing with it dense masses of dust ; its duration 

 was for I of an hour, when the wind veered round to the NE. and conti- 

 nued to blow a stiff breeze from that point nearly all night, unaccompa- 

 nied by dust. There were masses of clouds with much lightning passing 

 along the northern horizon, but none of the clouds came over this neigh- 

 bourhood, nor did I hear any thunder. I am inclined to think that the 

 storm did not extend much further than this to the South or South-east, for 

 what came here was lateral, and apparently from some heavy storm at a 

 great distance from this. 



The thermometer during the day had been up to 106o and at the com- 

 mencement 90°, At the subsiding of the storm it was down to 76°. 



