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Dr. Minto, Civil Assistant Surgeon at Cuttack, obligingly sends me 

 the following account of the gale as experienced there : — 



Being unable to take particular notes of the weather during the 

 last few days I applied to a friend to favor me with his, and as they 

 may be useful to you, I transmit a copy. 



1st October. — First part heavy rain ; noon N. N. E. and N. E. strong 

 breeze; 8 p. m. increasing breeze North, fresh gale and heavy squalls 

 of rain. 



2nd. — First part North, fresh gale and heavy squalls from North, 

 N. N. E. and N. E. noon increasing gale, North and N. N. E. ; 4 p. m. 

 strong gale North, furious squalls from N. and N. E. ; midnight a rasp- 

 ing gale N. and N. N. E ; heavy rain. 



3 a. m. a lull; 6 a. m. a strong breeze from E. S. E. and S. E. ; in- 

 creasing breeze and cloudy ; latter part moderate breeze and cloudy. 



I should say the strength of the gale, which came with heavy squalls 

 of rain, was from noon until sun-set of the 2nd. From the evening of 

 the 1st until day-light of the 3rd, three inches of rain fell. There has 

 little injury been done to property, considering the severity of the 

 weather, I mean in the immediate neighbourhood of Cuttack. 



A. Minto, 

 Assistant Civil Surgeon. 



Englishman, 25th October, 1842. 



ARRIVAL. 



25th October. — Ship Juddah Rohoman, Nacoda, from Muscat 30th 

 August. 



REMARKS. 



The Juddah Rohoman driven out from the Sandheads on the 30th 

 September in a severe gale of wind from the Eastward, lost fore and 

 main-masts by the board, and was obliged to throw a quantity of 

 cargo overboard, to lighten the ship. On the 2nd of October in com- 

 pany with a large ship of 600 tons with nothing left but her bow- 

 sprit, she made various signals, but we could not understand them, in 

 one hour afterwards no trace of her could be seen, supposed her to 

 have foundered, it blowing hard at the time and a tremendous sea 

 running; this took place in latitude 19° U' N., longitude 87° 58' E. 



