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field's Pamphlet, and I need not say, that the track is that laid down 

 by him : — 



The facts which have been chiefly relied on for establishing a South- 

 western course for this gale, are contained in the report of H. M. S. 

 Raleigh, which was overset and disabled in this gale, in the China sea, 

 when under bare poles, which report I have as follows : — 



" H. M. Brig Raleigh, August 1, 1835.— Working out of Macao Roads at 

 noon S. E., end of Formosa N. 85° E., 340 miles. Fine weather all day. 

 August 3d at noon, S. end of Formosa N. 82|° E., 252 miles. Fine weather 

 all day. August 4th, lOh. 20m. a. m. close reefed top-sails and courses, 

 12h. 30m. p. m. barometer fell from noon 15.100: took in main-sail and fore- 

 sail — at 9h. 30m. got all snug, vessel going through the water between 

 three and four knots ; barometer 29.40, falling ; at 7h. 30m. wind veered 

 to N. N. E. and tyfoon commenced ; at 8 p. m. barometer 29.36 falling ; 

 8h. 30m. tyfoon increasing ; 10 p. m. close reefed fore try-sail and set it, 

 tyfoon veered to N. E. with a heavy sea ; at midnight tyfoon increas- 

 ing ; barometer 29.04, falling. 



" August 5th, 3 a. m. tyfoon veered round to E. S. E. still increasing in 

 violence ; 6h. 30m. barometer 28.25 ; 8 a. m. tyfoon increasing ; 9h. 

 30m. a. m. if possible blowing heavier, ship went over ; in this awful 

 situation ship lay for about 20 minutes ; 9h. 50m. lower masts went by 

 the board and ship righted with seven feet water in her hold ; barometer 

 did not fall lower ; at noon tyfoon moderated a little ; at 6 p. m. tyfoon 

 more moderate, with a heavy sea ; midnight, strong gusts of wind with 

 heavy sea from South." — Abridged from Canton Register of March 14, 1837. 



See also the log of the Raleigh, as it appears in Col. Reid's work, which 

 contains a sketch, shewing the position of the Raleigh as given in the log, 

 and illustrating the direction of the wind. Col. Reid has also given the 

 position of a schooner, which encountered the tyfoon in latitude 18° 2' N., 

 longitude 15° 50' E., of which I had previously received no account. I will 

 now submit such evidence as I possess, in addition to the account furnish- 

 ed by the Raleigh ; adding also a sketch and figure, illustrating the course 

 and progress of the tyfoon, and which was prepared and stereotyped 

 some months since in reference to furnishing an account of this hurricane. 



At Macao, where the tyfoon was experienced on the 5th and 6th, many 

 houses were greatly damaged ; also many lives were lost in the inner 

 harbour, and some vessels driven on shore. The direction and changes of 

 the wind at Macao are not stated ; but we are favored with the following 

 valuable table of the state of the barometer during the period of the 

 storm : — 



