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In reply to some inquiries, of which the purport will be seen by the 

 answers, Captain Hannyngton says, " In making observations on the 

 late storm, I was anxious to note any sudden shifts of wind, and 

 unless they occurred during the nights, (which I have no reason to 

 think probable,) I feel tolerably certain that none such took place. 

 The changes were so gradual, that I could not fix the times to any 

 satisfactory degree of accuracy. 



" The weather here became unsettled and gloomy on the 1st June, 

 and on the 2d, we had a fresh breeze from the East, with nearly con- 

 stant rain. It would seem, that the storm travelled from Calcutta to 

 this place, and lost much of its force in the transit. We had a strong 

 gale, but nothing more; no trees or houses were blown down." 



The following reports embracing, as they do, a large zone from 

 Tipperah to Assam, and thence to the West, through Oude, to 

 Almora, Kurnaul, and Bombay ; and in the South at Sumbulpore, 

 &c, will be read with interest, as comprising good accounts of the 

 effects of these storms, beyond their strict limits. 



It is not intended to assume here, that all the phenomena re- 

 corded, were the effect of the storm, but that some of them may be 

 well supposed to be so, and the whole are worthy of being noted, 

 as giving some idea of what occurs inland, over a large tract of 

 country, on these occasions. The indications of the Barometer at 

 Bombay, and at Deesa, are evidently proofs, that the atmosphere 

 was affected even at this great distance. 



From Comillak, Lat. 23° 28' N. Long. 91° 2' E. by Dr. Foaker, 

 Civil Surgeon. 

 Deeming it of consequence that you should be informed how far the 

 storm that lately raged at Calcutta, extended in this direction, I have 

 the pleasure of informing you, that from the best information I can 

 collect, Dacca appears to be the nearest place at which it was felt, for it 

 did not extend to Doudkandy, a thanah at the mouth of the river 

 Goomty, 32 miles from this in a Westerly direction, nor was it felt 





