998 A Seventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 131. 



Log of the Persian during the Gale. 



1 Extract from the Bark Persian's Log, June 3d. — Commenced 

 with strong N. N. E. winds, dark cloudy weather, and heavy rain. 

 Lying at No. 7, Company's Moorings off Calcutta. Barometer 28.40. 

 Sympiesometer 28.0, had fallen 2-10ths through the night. 10 a. m. 

 increasing to hard gale. About noon a hurricane, the tier ahead adrift, 

 the Regina coming into our larboard bow, carrying away jib-boom, and 

 long boat, and sweeping us with her, and dragging the moorings. We 

 drove into the David Malcolm's hause, carried away the larboard bul- 

 warks, stancheons, &c, and stove the gig. About 1 p. m. it lulled, found 

 the Barometer had failed 3-10ths to 28.10, Sympiesometer 27-60 ; got a 

 stream cable ashore and hove taut. 2-30 p. m. light S. W. wind and 

 rain ; 3, increasing fast, our bowsprit locked in with David Malcolm's 

 masts and another ship's. 4, got clear by letting go, and cutting stays, 

 &c. &c, swung along side the Warrior, when the stream cable parted, 

 and we drove up the river striking the ground, till the main rigging 

 caught the Regina 's cathead ; got hawsers from our main and mizen 

 masts to her bow ; she being aground, cut the main rigging and swung 

 alongside and lashed. 8 p. m. found the Bar. risen 4-iOths or 28.40, 

 Sympiesometer 28.00, but blowing hard as ever ; dark dismal night, 

 with heavy rain. Midnight moderating ; glass the same. 



' June 4th.— Commenced with strong S. W. gales, blowing in 

 squalls, with showers of rain ; found the ship at daylight nearly a 

 complete wreck. The glass has been gradually rising all day, and at 9 

 p. m. stood Barometer 28.80, Sympiesometer 28.60. Midnight blowing 

 hard, with showers of rain. 



' The Persian lay outside the Regina, taking the ground at half 

 tide till 1 p. m. Monday, the 6th June, when after considerable diffi- 

 culty a Harbour Master and boats were got, and the vessel moored in 

 the stream to her own anchors and cables.'— Englishman, June 9. 



Range of Barometer on board the Barque David Malcolm. 



TO THE EDITOR OP THE ENGLISHMAN. 



Dear Sir, — In your editorial remarks in your paper of yesterday, 

 I observe you call on Ship Captains for the variations of the Barome- 



