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SECTION V. 



From Calcutta Inland. 



Letter from R. J. Homfray, Esq. Midnapoor, Lai. 22° 25' N. 



Lon. 87° 25' E. 

 " I had no barometer, so am unable to enlighten you on that 

 point. I have delayed answering your letter, that I might inform 

 you of the results to the westward of this station, as from the pub- 

 lished accounts of its effects in Calcutta, I was disposed to consider 

 its force less here, and probably more so, as it extended westerly, 

 and which I find to be the case, as on the Subbunreeka river, which 

 separates Bengal from Orissa, and lies in some directions fifty miles, 

 and in other twenty-five miles from hence, its effects were not felt, 

 and only existed in refreshing rain. At daylight on Friday the 3rd 

 instant, heavy squalls following in rapid succession; wind from the 

 N. E., rain plentiful and without interruption, but apparently not 

 falling heavily. Mid-day same, thermometer 78°, strong wind in hard 

 puffs and plenty of scud, wind from N. E., lulled after mid-day till 

 betrteen two and three o'clock, when it came on again from the W., 

 blowing stronger and stronger, with heavy gusts at short intervals all 

 night, with heavy and uninterrupted rain ; during the night I found the 

 wind at N. W. Saturday morning, daylight, moderated, rain by gage 

 since yesterday morning 6§ inches, gradually moderated all day, wind 

 at S. W. thermometer mid-day 78°, occasionally no rain, the wind 

 blowing strong till evening when it became nearly quiet, and put on 

 the usual appearance of monsoon weather. Sunday morning 5th, 

 rain since yesterday morning 1^ inches. No trees of any consequence 

 fell, but 200 houses and upwards in the native part of the town came 

 down, and the verandah or portico of two gentlemen's houses fell, 

 one having a North, and the other a Western aspect. No thunder or 

 lightning. R. J. HOMFRAY. 





Chandernagore. 



Observations on the storm of 2nd and 3rd June 1842, made at 

 Chandernagore, by J. St. Pourcain, Esq. Barometer corrected to 

 that of the Surveyor's General's Office by a subsequent comparison.* 1 



* There is no difference in the level of the two places worth noticing. 



