1050 Third Memoir with reference to [No. 106. 



and Light Vessel's having the wind so far to the Eastward as EbS. to 

 ESE. ; while at Balasore it is NE. and puffy. We may on all these 

 grounds I think, assume that the vortex had become wholly irregular, 

 except near the centre. We should remark, however, that throughout 

 there is no contradiction as to the general rule for the direction in 

 which the wind moves ; for all the evidence goes to show that in the 

 open ocean it would have been a circular storm, blowing from right 

 to left. 



For the centre of the 1*^ May, we have to consider that the mon- 

 soon wind was making its way up along the coast ; but we find that at 

 Pooree, though abating from 4 a.m., there were still gusts at times 

 from the SW. La Belle Alliance was on the verge of the southern 

 part of the storm ; but the Christopher Hawson^ close off Point Pal- 

 miras, though the weather is clearing a little, is described as lying help- 

 less. From this vessel's position, the report from Balasore, the wind 

 at Calcutta, and with the Pilot and Light-vessels' logs* I have judged the 

 centre to be about where I have marked it, but we must not forget, that 

 to extend the circle to Calcutta, will make it one of 300 miles in diame- 

 ter ; and that from this point, nearly half way to Calcutta, that part of the 

 vortex nearest the earth had, since before noon of the 30^^, met with 

 all sorts of obstructions ; since it was travelling onwards amongst the 

 numerous ranges of hills which bound the vallies of the Mahanuddee, 

 the Braminy, the Byturnee, and the Subunreeka rivers, to the north of 

 Cuttack as far as Midnapore. From this cause, we cannot on this day 

 expect any great regularity in the direction of the winds, if we project 

 them on circles, and we must be content to take this day's evidence as 

 before, as proof only that the general law of direction has been always 

 followed as far as we have any evidence. 



IL The size of the vortex. 



From what has been before said, and from the chart, it will be seen 

 that the storm appears to have been more extensive about the 27^^, 

 and again to have expanded on the \st May, but our evidence for both 

 these days is incomplete. That of the Tlih, because we have but two 

 ships by which to be guided, and that of the 1 st May, because the only 



* I suspect some inaccuracy in the log of the '' Beacon" for this day, but have not 

 been able to verify my supposition. 



