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Second Memoir with reference to 



[No. 98. 



occasions in the last three months, was marked as high as 89° 

 in the shade. 



I am sorry to say, neither of us possess a barometer, so 

 that I am not able to offer any remark upon it. The following 

 day was very close and warm ; and a very considerable quantity of 

 rain fell, and great damage was done by the wind. 



Dr. Edlin's register of the Thermometer at Maldah. 



Sept. 1839. 



Before 

 Sunrise 



10a.m. 



Noon. 



4 P.M. 



Evening. 



Rain. 



ISth. 



82 



85 



87 



90 



85i 





mil. 



82J 



86 



89 



92 



87 





20th. 



80 



80 



80 



81 



78 



11 



2\st. 



79 



80 



82* 



84 



80 



2-8 



22nd. 



79 



84 



85 



87 



84 



2 



23rd. 



80 



84 



85 



87 



83} 





Report from Chilakhal, about 12 miles NW. of the station of 

 Rungpore. By C. W. Russell, Esq. Civil Service. 



Lat. about 25° 53', Long. 89° 00'. 



At daybreak on the 20th instant, the sky became overcast 

 and wild. At lOh. 30m. a.m. a storm commenced from NE. 

 accompanied by rain, and continued, with about the same degree 

 of strength, until 1 a.m. of the 21st, when it lulled ; then recom- 

 menced from the same quarter (NE.) increasing in violence 

 until 8. a.m., from which time until 10 a.m. it blew exceedingly 

 hard, with violent gusts at intervals ; the wind during these 

 two hours continually shifting between N. and NE. It now 

 moderated slightly, until 2 p.m. from which hour until lh. 30m. 

 on the 22nd (when it suddenly ceased) it raged with the greatest 

 violence ; shortly afterwards, the wind went round to SW. and 

 continued in that quarter until 3h. 50m. p.m., when it went back 

 to NE. with every appearance of a recurrence of the storm. 



It is difficult to say precisely when the storm was at its 

 greatest height, but I am inclined to think it was between 

 the hours of 8 and 10 a.m. of the 21st, and the last hour of it 

 continuance. 



