1010 A Seventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 13L 



May 30th, cloudy, . . . . . . . . . . no observation. 



„ 31st, ditto, wind East, 90° 



June 1st, in the afternoon a shower, wind East, . . .. 86° 



„ 2nd, a little rain, strong East wind, . . . . no observation. 



„ 3rd, a tremendous gale from N. E. ; beginning at 9 a. m., 

 shifting to the North, in the afternoon returned to 



East, at 5 p. m. most furious, . . . . . . . . 78° 



„ 4th, the gale abated ; soft rain day and night, . . . . 80° 



„ 5th, rain and wind all day from S. E., . . . . . . 80° 



„ 6th, cloudy with little rain, wind S. W., . . . . 85° 



„ 7th, ditto ditto W. and S., 88° 



„ 8th, ditto ditto S 90° 



„ 9th, clear, with sunshine, wind S. . . . . , . 94° 



Note. — Rain very moderate, there was no lightning and thunder during the gale. 

 On the 3rd June there was scarcely any rise of the river at flood tide. On the 5th, the 

 river began to rise uncommonly, said to have been occasioned by an extraordinary 

 rise of the Adjye river at Cutwa. 



Subsequent to the spring tides of the new moon on the 9th instant, the river has fall- 

 en a good deal. 



P. HERKLOTS. 



It will be remarked here, that while at Chandernagore the gale veer- 

 ed to S. W. after an interval of calm, it veered by the East at Chinsu- 

 rah. The two stations are four miles apart only, and lie nearly North 

 and South of each other, Chinsurah being to the Northward ; I shall 

 further allude to this in tracing the course of the storm. 



The following letter is from about latitude 24° 48' N. longitude 

 88° 50' E. I was not able to learn the writer's name, but I am 

 assured that this is not far from the true position of the factory. 



Effects of the Gale. 



TO THE KDITOR OF THE ENGLISHMAN. 



The gale commenced here on the morning of the 3d, with strong 

 Easterly winds increasing to a perfect hurricane. On the 4th, wind 

 veered a little to the Northward with occasional tremendous squalls; 

 towards evening temporary lulls, but rain pouring in torrents. On 

 the 5th, wind veering about from E. to S. E. and South, blowing 

 tremendously with torrents of rain. The 6th, still blowing tremen- 



