410 A Secotid Memoir with reference to [No. 100. 



to be seen in every direction bat dead bodies and drowned cattle. 

 Sixty native vessels which were in the roads, laden with paddy, have 

 disappeared, and it is not known what has become of them. The 

 " Union" although she had four anchors and chains out, was carried 

 away, and is now laying at a short distance from the middle of 

 the river of Nellapilly. The " Catherine," which was in a mud dock, 

 and well secured by the earth, was also carried away, but fortunately 

 got into the " Charles Dumergue's" dock, which the last named vessel 

 had left a few days before. The " Charles Dumergue" was drifted into 

 the large river of Yanam, and is now half buried in a sand island, 

 opposite where the ferry boat crosses over ; but no news at all of 

 her captain who was on board, and also of the commander of the 

 " Catherine" his brother-in-law, and a few other people. They might 

 have been all drowned, as all over the country was nothing but 

 like the sea. You can have an idea of it when I tell you, that 

 I see from my house a Choolia sloop lying quite near the white 

 pagoda of Onagalo, which is four or five miles from Coringa in 

 the interior of the land V — Madras Herald, 27th Nov. 



Vizagapatam. — The first five days fresh NE. monsoon, — the two 

 last days a heavy gale, as hereafter described. 



' The appearance of the weather on Friday evening, the 15th, be- 

 tokened a gale, which commenced increasing during the night, when 

 it blew hard on Saturday morning the 16th, with heavy squalls of rain 

 from NE. to North, which continued, mostly from the North during 

 the day — The barque ( Indian Queen' put to sea in the course of the 

 night on Friday ; and in the strength of the gale on Saturday, about 

 11a. m., four Native craft (lately from Arrakan with grain on board) 

 put to sea. Two others in a most unaccountable manner having 

 cut their cables and made sail came on shore against the Northerly (off 

 shore) gale ! — The gale veered back to the Eastward, and blew hard 

 during Saturday night from ENE. to East without much rain ; and 

 on Sunday morning it moderated a little, shifting to the SE. when 

 it became more moderate, with occasional showers, and veering to 

 South still more so, but continued to blow a fresh breeze from 

 that quarter during the night. Monday morning the gale had sub- 

 sided, and the wind was light and variable, with squalls of rain from 

 W. to NW — Noon, light variable winds from the Westward with 

 unsettled and cloudy weather. It is said that nine hands are missing 





