1843.] Law of Storms in India. 36 



Notes of the Weather at Mangalore in October, 1842. 



24th. — Heavy rain 



25th. — Light showers with strong gusts > Thermometer maximum 



of wind from the N. W S 75°. 



26th. — Cloudy, light showers, strong southerly winds. 



27M,— Ditto ditto. 



Henry Blair, 



Magistrate. 



Abridged Report from the French settlement of Mahe. 



Desirous of obtaining information from every possible point along 

 the coast, I addressed M. Bourgoin, the Governor of the French settle, 

 ment of Mah6, requesting he would kindly collect for me all that 

 could be gleaned there. The substance of his letter in reply is, that 

 there were no regular observations registered by any person at that 

 settlement, nor at Karical ; but that towards the close of October 1842, 

 no person recollects any particular bad weather, or such signs of it as 

 might have indicated that a storm was raging elsewhere, and this is 

 corroborated by those, who from time to time keep detached notes 

 of remarkable changes. At Mahe, between the 23rd and 27th October 

 1842, nothing of note occurred in the appearance of the weather, 

 or of the sea at Karical. The rains began on the 22nd October, but 

 without any wind worth noting : the surf only was rather high. 



Observations from Patcheeroopum in the Amboor Valley , about 34 

 miles S. by W. of Vellore, or about Latitude 12° 22' N. Longitude 

 79° 6' E. 9 and bearing from Madras about S. W. by W. 85 miles, 

 by Lieutenant Robertson of the Madras Army. Forwarded by 

 Captain Campbell^ Assistant Surveyor General* 



2ith October — 8 a. m. Thermometer 73°. Barometer 28.798. Rain 



27 



*guage Yq inches, wind N. E. with drizzling rain throughout the day. 

 Squally at night. 



Ther. Bar. Rain Guage Remarks. 



25th Oct.— 7 a. m. 73° 28.876 Cloudy, wind moderate. 



12 a.m. 15° 28.912 ~ Ditto ditto. 



3 a. m. 75|° 28.886 Ditto ditto. 



