1839.] on the 3d, itfi, and Uh of June, 1839. 637 



2nd, and part of the 3rd, the John William Dare had a severe gale from 

 S. to SSE. the gale being then deflected by the mountains of that 

 coast. At the harbour of Akyab No. 27- we find that our meagre 

 notices give us "Easterly winds with hard gales" on the 2nd; on the 

 3rd, and 4th, " brisk ;" on the 5th, " gales ;" and on the 6th, SW. winds. 



At Dacca* Dr. Lamb's Register gives as follows : — 



Winds. Bar. 10 a. m. Ther. Noon. 



June 1st. 



SE. East SE. 



29-68 



90 



2nd, 



SS. East, 



„64 



90 



3rd. 



East South SE. 



„ 64 



91 3 inches of rain. 



4th. 



East SE. South, 



„ 68 



88| 6 inches of rain. 



5th. 



South SE. SbE. 



„71 



85 



So that here the winds were varying between South and East. 



At Jellinghee, in lat. 24° 8', long. 88° 42' E. about 140 miles WbN. 

 of Dacca, and about 100 NbE. of Calcutta, at the spot where the river 

 of that name branches off from the great Ganges, a memorandum in- 

 forms me as follows : — 



June 6th, strong Easterly gales with frequent showers. 

 ,, 7th, ditto ditto. 



,, 8th and 9th, Frequent showers and cloudy weather. 



The following is an extract of a letter and memorandum from H. B. 

 Beresford, Esq. Deputy Collector, Purneah. 



" The observations from 4th to 10th inclusive, in the following 

 memorandum, were made on the Ganges, some miles south of Pur- 

 neah — at least so I understand Mr. Palmer to say :" 



Transcript of Extract of Day Book, 1839. 

 June 1st. Wind E. blew hard and rained in the morning. 

 2nd. Wind E. a warm clear day. 

 3rd. Wind E. clear morning, rained heavily in the afternoon, and blew hard 



from South at night. 

 4th. Wind E. blew fresh. 



5th. A strong gale from the East— rained a great deal — a wet rainy night. 

 6th. Blew hard the whole day from the East, and squalls accompanied with 



rain came frequently. 

 7th. Wind SE. in the morning— East at noon ; died away in the afternoon, 



rained a little. 

 8th. Wind S. and SE. 



9th. Wind East — rained a great deal and blew fresh. 

 10th. Wind ESW. and E. again— rained a great deal. 



* The Indigo planters of the district of Dacca and the Eastern part of Jessore are 

 well aware of "the tendency of strong Easterly winds to cause rapid rises of the river, 

 and severe loss to them by inundating their plant. If we suppose the Easterly gale to 

 be a Southerly and South Westerly one in the Bay, we obtain an additional reason 

 for this, to the common one of the Easterly gale being partly against the current 

 ©f the Gauges; i. p. the waters of the ocean are driven up into the NE. corner of 

 the Bay, 



