1839.] of the 3d, 4th, and 5th of June, 1839. 569 



3rd June. — a. m. squalls from NE. and ENE. ; at noon strong 

 breezes and a heavy swell from SE., but wind N. ; gale freshening, 

 and at midnight from NE. 



4th June. — Increasing fast from NE. ; at noon NE. ; 8 p.m. ENE. 

 a hard gale at E. and heavy sea at midnight. 



5th June. 4 — a. m. wind E. ; noon ESE. ; hard gale veering to SE. 

 and SSE. ; moderating at midnight. On 6th June a. m. wind South. 



No. 11. — Pooree, or Juggernaut Pagoda, 19° 48' N., 85° 45' E. 



Letter from Dr. Cumberland, Surgeon of the Station, who after 

 regretting that he can give but imperfect information, says, — 



" The 2nd of June was very cloudy ; about 11a. m. we had a heavy 

 squall from the E. afterwards a succession of others, from almost 

 every point of the compass. At night it was blowing hard from the 

 NE. ; and on the 3rd, we had a hard gale from the N. with heavy 

 clouds and rain. On the 4th, still blowing a hard gale from the N. 

 with heavy clouds and incessant rain; at 5 p. m. the wind shifted 

 suddenly to the W. and gradually veered round to the SW. after 

 which it moderated, still however blowing a gale. On the 5th, the 

 gale continued from the SW. very cloudy but no rain. On the 

 6th and 7th, fresh breezes from SW. with very cloudy weather. 

 On the 8th, light winds. The quantity of rain which fell on the 2nd 

 of June was 1 inch; on the 3rd, 2 inches and l-10th; on the 4th, 

 4 inches and 9-10ths. 



Pookee, 6th July, 1839. 



No. 12 — Letter from Captain Hookey of the ship " Mary Somerville," 

 15th June, 1839, accompanying his log. 



I have much pleasure in communicating any information in my 

 power respecting the gales in the Bay of Bengal on the 3rd, 4th, and 

 5th June, in which the " Mary Somerville/' and several other vessels 

 happened to be. Although the gale with us appears to have been of 

 short duration, it was very severe. We experienced ever since cross- 

 ing the equator, (which we did on the 20th May) hot sultry weather, 

 with variable winds from N. to W. chiefly. On the 3rd June, at 

 noon, latitude 19° N. longitude 85° 29', wind very unsteady, both in 

 strength and duration, with heavy squalls chiefly from NW. ; occa- 

 sional heavy rain. Ther. 86°, Bar. 29° 25', Simp. 29° 40'. 



4th June. — Fresh gales from W. with heavy rain ; at noon Ganjam 

 NWbW. twelve miles. Ther. 86°, Bar. 29° 15", Simp. 29° 30'. It 

 continued to blow a fresh gale but not a severe one, wind from W. to 

 WSW. ; at this time a heavy sea from SE., ship lurching very much. 



