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Eighth Memoir on the 



[No. 137- 



Winds during the past Week. 



Weather during the past Week. 



23rd 



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24th 

 25th 



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26th 



27th 

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28th 

 29th 



October 1842. 

 Light breezes, the Westward, 



Light breezes variable, N. W. to S. 

 W., and S. E. during the night 



Light land and sea breezes, 



Light breezes variable, N. W. to S. 

 W., and S. E. during the night, . . 



Moderate breezes, the Westward dur- 

 ing the day, 



Strong breezes, the S. W. during 

 the night .... •••• 



Strong breezes variable, S. E. to 

 South during the day, 



Strong breezes, the S. W. during 

 the night, 



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Fresh breezes, S. W. during the day, 



the 

 night 



Fresh breezes, S. W. during the 



Fresh breezes, S. W. during the day, 

 Fresh breezes, S. W. during the night 

 Light breezes, the Westward during 



the day, .... .... 



Light breezes variable, S. W. to W. 



during the night, 



II 



Tellicherry. 

 Fine during the day, towards evening 

 squally over the land. 



Cloudy, with lightning at intervals. 



Fine during the day, towards evening 



squally over the land. 

 Cloudy, with thunder, lightning and slight 



showers at intervals. 



Cloudy, with drizzling rain. 



Cloudy, with lightning and slight showers 

 at times. 



Cloudy, with slight rain. 



Cloudy, with drizzling rain. 



Cloudy. 



Cloudy, with lightning and drizzling rain 



at intervals. 

 Cloudy. 

 Cloudy. 



Fine. 



'With passing clouds and lightning. 



From the Bombay Times of 9th November. 



The Madras Hurricane. — We gave in our last numerous extracts 

 from the Madras papers of the 25th, in reference to the hurricane 

 which occurred on the preceding day. On examining the meteorolo- 

 gical records of the Observatory, we find that the first manifestation 

 of this atmospheric disturbance prevailing in our neighbourhood — for 

 here, unless in the heavy swell which extended* to the harbour, we 

 had no actual symptoms of storm till the evening of the 30th — became 

 apparent on the 25th ; we had then some lightning in the evening, 

 with a rather troubled sky towards the eastern horizon, and the baro- 

 meter fell about .030. This state of depression continued till the 29th, 

 long before the thunder-storm and rain of the 31st, of which scarcely 

 any prognostication was given, when the mercury had rallied to its usual 

 level. The following note gives the means, the maxima and minima, 

 and the range of a large standard barometer by Newman ; the obser- 



