1840.] the Theory of the Law of Storms in India. Ill 



oms. Noon, fresh breeze and cloudy. Lat. obs. 20° 53' N., 

 longitude 88° 35' 30" E. p. m. Steady breeze, and heavy swell 

 to the SW. Vessel rolling heavily, and much water washing 

 on board. At midnight the Floating Light NEbN. 



On the morning of 22nd got a pilot, and stood in with 

 moderate weather. 



Capt. Smith remarks at the close 6f his log — " I do 

 not call the weather we experienced during these dates a 

 gale; should I have been outward bound, I am pretty sure 

 that the ei Spy" would have gone through it with double 

 reefed topsails, reefed courses, close-reefed boom mainsail, and 

 fore topmast staysail. No doubt we should have felt it with 

 this sail, but what I got of it was nothing to speak of, with 

 the exception of a lot of water tumbling in upon our decks, 

 we being deep, and I suppose within the influence of the lateral 

 tides off the Sand Heads at the fall of the freshes, which 

 must have occasioned this. My longitudes, I have reason to 

 know, are perfectly correct." 



No. 4. — H. C. S. ei Amherst," Capt. Paterson, at anchor, Kyouk 

 Phoo Harbour. Civil time. 



18th September, 1839. — At sunset wind south, squally and 

 heavy rain. 8 a.m. Bar. 30.3; midnight SE. light breezes, 

 cloudy and rain. 



19th September. — a.m. Light breezes SE. At 3, a heavy squall. 

 At 4, strong breezes ESE. and heavy rain. At 8 the same ; noon 

 SE. squally and rain. At 3 p. m. Bar. 30.2 ; sunset to mid- 

 night strong breezes and squally. 



20th September, — a.m. Strong breezes SE., and squally with 

 ram. At 3 a heavy squall from SE. with pouring rain. At 4, the 

 same, Bar. 30.1. At 8 squally with rain. At noon wind south, 

 more moderate. Sunset, ESE. squally and rain. Midnight, SE. 

 squally and incessant rain. 



21st September. — a.m. SE. squally, with incessant rain. At 4 

 the same. At 8 moderate with incessant rain and thunder. Noon, 

 south ; moderate incessant rain. Sunset and till midnight cloudy, 

 squally and rain. Bar. 30. 



