1840.] the Theory of the Law of Storms. 411 



from the crews of the two vessels wrecked here, and apprehensions are 

 entertained for the safety of the Native craft that put to sea: two 

 men were saved by the six tide-waiters and their catamarans off the 

 VovV—Madras Herald, 27th Nov. 



Report to Government, by Charles Hawkins, Esq. Master Attendant, 



Vizagapatam. 



For several days previous to the 16th and 17th November, it 

 had blown a fresh North-east Monsoon wind, and two days previous, 

 the sky had assumed a reddish, brassy, and cloudy appearance ; par- 

 ticularly so, on the evening of the 15th, it still blowing fresh from the 

 north-east, which increased steadily from the same quarter, during the 

 night, to a decided gale, which blew hard on the morning of the 

 16th, when it veered to the northward and blew hard the whole 

 day, varying from NE. to north, (mostly north) with occasional 

 heavy gusts of wind and rain, the strength of the gale blowing about 

 10 o'clock a. m. In the evening the wind veered back to the east- 

 ward, and blew hard, and steadily during the night from ENE. 

 to East, without much rain. On the 17th, morning, it moderated a 

 little, and shifted to the south-east, and veering to south, it became still 

 more moderate with occasional showers of rain during the day. It 

 blew a fresh breeze from the southward during most part of the night 

 of the 17th, and on the morningof the 18th the gale had subsided; wind 

 light and variable, with squalls of rain from West to NW. Noon, 

 light variable airs from the westward, with cloudy unsettled weather. 



N. B. — This gale was not felt at the Military Cantonment of Vizi- 

 anagram, distant N. by E. thirty miles, nor was it felt at a Military 

 post forty miles west, where they had but a few squalls of rain with the 

 monsoon strength of wind. From reports from the adjoining south- 

 erly district of Rajamundry, those parts must have experienced much 

 heavier weather than has occurred in this district.,. I have seen it blow 

 much harder here, during twenty- three years service at this port, but I 

 have never seen a heavier sea ; the surf breaking in nine fathoms water. 



Extract from the log of the Barque " Indian Queen" in Vizagapatam 



Roads. Civil time. 



15th November, 1839. — Strong breezes and cloudy weather, but 



discharging cargo. 



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