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still moderating, but the rain increasing. 10 p. m. wind S. W., but 

 the gale evidently broken. Midnight heavy S. W. monsoon breeze 

 and squalls. 



We were steaming between Diamond Harbour and Mud Point 

 on the 2nd ; and on the 3rd, the day of the gale, we rode off Mud 

 Point. 



From the appearance of the clouds and the direction of the wind 



on the 2nd, I fully expected the gale would have come on from the 



Eastward ; indeed at sunset on the 2nd, it looked quite fine to the 



Westward, the sun setting behind a bank of still looking fine weather 



clouds; and the only appearance of bad weather being from the 



Northward and Eastward ; yet from that very point [the Westward] 



that looked so promising on the 2nd, did we have the heaviest of the 



gale the next day.* 



JOHN HIGGINS, 



Comdg. Steamer Forbes. 



Log of the Barque Fairlie, Captain Garrett; from Captain Biden. 



The Barque Fairlie, Captain E. Garrett, left Calcutta at 7 a. m. 

 2nd June, and was at anchor off Hooghly Point at 7 p* m «> having the 

 wind North, and at midnight strong gales and cloudy, with thick 

 rain. 



3rd June. — a. m. hard gales North with thick rain, making all 

 snug, and riding with 100 fathoms and 50 fathoms of cable upon two 

 anchors. 3 a. m. wind N. W. 2 p. m. about West, increasing gales. 

 Midnight S. W. : The lowest indication of the Barometer 28.30 is said 

 to have been at 2 p. m. on the 3rd June. 



4th June. — a. m. wind S. Westerly heavy gales, moderating at 6 a. m. 



At Garden Reach, from 3 to 5 miles south of Calcutta, I have been 

 favoured with the following valuable Notes of the Storm by my 

 friend, Willis Earle, Esq. 



I send you a copy of some very rough notes taken at the Gardens 

 on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th June, which, with one doubtful exception 



* Being in the Southern half of the storm circle, Capt. Higgins necessarily had the 

 winds from the Westward ; though he saw the storm coming in a body from the 

 Eastward, as will be perceived by looking at the Chart. 



