70 Tenth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 146. 



19^/i May — Rounding Point de Galle, and at noon wind W. by S. 

 and fine; steering N. E., latitude 5° 52' N. longitude account 82° 12' E. 

 4 p. m. strong W. by S. breeze. Bar. 29.56,* increasing to a hard gale 

 W. by S. at midnight. 



20th May. — Gale continuing W. by. S. latitude account 7° 20' N. 

 Bar. 29.26. p. m. continued heavy gale W. S. W. ; squalls, rain and 

 heavy sea; midnight Bar. 29.26. 



21st May. — Day-light more moderate, wind S. W. ; at noon Lat. 8° 

 30' N., longitude 86° 29'. p. m. strong gale South, with heavy squalls 

 continuing to midnight. 



22c? May. — a. m. finer, but gale continuing from the South to noon, 

 when latitude 12° 00' N., longitude 87° 24' E. Bar. 29.36. p. m. 

 South and S. S. E. monsoon gale, to midnight. 



23c? May.— Noon latitude 14° 34' N., longitude 86° 30' E. } wind 

 S. S. W., steady monsoon gale from midnight. 



Extract from the Log of the Ship Rajasthan, Captain Aikin, from 

 Calcutta to Mauritius, reduced to civil time. 



\§th May.-— a. m. brisk breeze E. S. E. and S. E. ; at 7 a. m. S. E. 

 by E. ; at noon, ship standing to the S. S. W. Noon latitude observed 

 9° 1' N., longitude 88° 16' E. p. m. increasing with squalls, and Bar. 

 stated to be " falling."! At midnight more moderate, wind S. E. by E. 

 to East and N. E. 



20*7* May. — 1 a. m. wind N. E. ; 4 a. m. wind shifted to the West; 

 day-light increasing; 6h. 30m. hard gale from Westward; at 10 a. m. 

 wind marked West ; noon, Bar. 29.20 ; from 30.00, at which it had 

 before stood, wind West. p. m. wind W. by S. Ship running from I 

 a. m. from 5 to 7 knots to the Eastward, strong gale W. to midnight. 



2\st May. — a. m. the same ; 5 a. m. hauled up to the^ S. E. by E. 

 Noon, gale had moderated to fresh gale and heavy sea, latitude 8° 12' 

 N. Bar. 29.70. To midnight hard gale S. S. W. 



22c? May, — a. m. the same to noon, when latitude 7° 48' N., longitude 

 91° 45' E. Bar. 29.60. p. m. fresh gale, being on 23d and following 

 days the usual monsoon. 



* Corrected by a comparison in Calcutta. — H. P. 

 f Its height not given at this time. 



