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hazy, the sky covered with light fleecy clouds, and there were light 

 airs, with occasional gentle breezes from the East, the quarter from 

 which the wind almost invariably blows in Behar during the rainy 

 season. The force of the gale would appear to have expended itself 

 among the Rajmahal hills. 



Tirhoot, Amooah. Latitude 26° 33' N. Longitude 85° 24' E. from 

 J. B. Higginson, Esq. 



Knowing that you gladly receive any information respecting winds 

 and weather during the late hurricane, I send the following extract 

 of a letter from Amooah in Tirhoot : — 



" During the late dreadful storm you had in Calcutta, we had a 

 steady, but rather strong easterly wind, with dark hazy, sultry and 

 very oppressive weather, with every appearance of bad weather setting 

 in ; and although the light scud went with the wind, the upper dark 

 masses of clouds were whirling about in a most extraordinary man- 

 ner, but driving towards the S. E, The sun was not visible for two 

 days." 



Gya. Latitude 24° 47' N. Longitude 85° 12' E. 



I have been favoured with a report from this station from W. St. 

 Quintin, Esq. the Magistrate, as follows : — 



2\st May. — At 20 minutes before 9 o'clock a. m., we had two smart 

 shocks of Earthquake, from West to East ; for some days before, and 

 after this, the sky had a white, thick, hazy appearance. The heat 

 of the weather was very oppressive. Thermometer never under 90°, 

 and after at 95° in the house, and 115° in the shade of the outside 

 verandah. 

 22nd May.— Hot, thick, and cloudy, slight rain, wind, storm and 



thunder. Wind Westerly. 

 23rd „ Cloudy and hot wind from the West. 

 24th „ Dreadful heat, wind S. W. 

 25th , , Ditto, 



26th „ Ditto, wind N. S. E. and W. 

 27th „ Ditto, wind W. and N. 

 28th „ Ditto. 



