1842.] A Sixth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. 647 



about the meridian of 109° E. We shall subsequently notice other in- 

 stances of the N. E. monsoon tyfoons about this latitude. 



" The Lord Castlereagh left Whampoa on the 24th November, 1820, 

 and on the 29th, in about latitude 12° N. about 9 a. m., she encounter- 

 ed a heavy gale of wind, which soon increased to a severe tyfoon from 

 the North. She was kept before the wind till about half-past 9, 

 when she broached to. The mizen-mast was then cut away, and she 

 scudded again. At noon she again broached to, when the crew could 

 do nothing. The wind abated a little about I p. m., but in half an 

 hour veered to the Southward, and soon increased to all its former 

 violence ; so that the vessel became unmanageable and a mere wreck, 

 with every sail blown from the gaskets, the crew could not keep the 

 deck. At 5, the gale began to abate, and between 11 and 12, the 

 weather became moderate. — Calcutta Journal, February, 1821. 



TRACK No. X. 



Tyfoon of the \§th October, 1821. 



Documents from the East India House. 

 18th and 19th October, 1821— The H. C. Ships General Kydd and 

 General Harris, bound to China, and in company with each other, 

 experienced a severe tyfoon in about latitude 18° N., long. 1 12° 30' E., 

 or upon the meridian, and a little to the Northward of the Paracels. 

 The following are their logs : — 



Abridged Log of the H. C. S. General Kydd, Captain Alexander 

 Nairne, reduced to civil time. 



15th October.— Noon latitude 19° 28' N. Hainan Head, bearing 

 N. 11 W. toS. 76 W. 



17^* October.— By noon latitude 17° 59' N. A smart breeze from 

 N. E. p. m. wind N. E. by N. standing eight knots to the E. S. E., 

 increasing to a gale with hard gusts before midnight. Wind about 

 N. N. E. 



18th Oct. — a.m. increasing to noon, (wind about N. N. E.) making, 

 all snug for bad weather. No observation, p. m. increasing from NbE. 



* Log of the 16th is not given. 



