776 Ninth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India., [No. 141. 



The Ship Eliza was outward bound, and put to sea from the Sand- 

 heads at the commencement of the storm. Captain McCarthy has 

 obligingly communicated the following graphic account of it to me 

 through Messrs. Cockerell and Co., of which I have only abridged 

 those manoeuvres and preparations which every seaman under- 

 stands to be matter of course, which would not be intelligible to 

 other readers, and which do not serve to throw any light upon 

 our subject. 



Report of Capt. McCarthy, Ship Eliza, civil time. 



30th September, 1842. — Civil time a. m. Light breeze from the 

 southward and fine weather; at 3 a. m. hove up and made all sail 

 down from Saugor Point, set all studding sails; at noon light winds 

 from N. N. E. to N. N. W. and fine weather. Barometer 29.80. Ther- 

 mometer 84.0. Steering down Channel, a very heavy rolling hollow swell 

 and all possible sail set. The heavy head swell continued all the way 

 down Channel. At 2 hours 50 minutes, Mr. Hand, Pilot, left the ship 

 about two miles above the outer Floating Light, and went up in the 

 steamer. Increasing breezes and cloudy, a strong Westerly set* steering 

 S. S. E. i E. ; at 7 p- m. the Light Vessel North, wind from N. N. E. 

 to N. N. W., a heavy dark appearance from the S. E. ; from sunset to 9 

 p. m. light winds from Northward with much, very vivid, lightning to 

 the S. E., threatening appearance and incessant lightning; at 11 

 Barometer 29-78. Smart squall from S. E. with very heavy rain. 

 The Barometer stationary as well as the Sympiesometer, heavy rain 

 continued. At midnight fell calm, with baffling airs from North- 

 ward and Southward alternately. 



\st October. — An increasing breeze from N. N. E., steering S. S. E. 

 i E. about five knots ; a turbulent cross sea on, but not high. 4 a. m. 

 strong N. N. E. winds with squalls and incessant rain with a cross 

 sea as above ; at 6 to 7 a.m. hard squalls and drizzling rain, ship pitching 

 heavily ; at 8 a. m. squalls increased, attended with constant rain and 

 windy appearance, reduced sail. Barometer 29-78, not fallen any since 



* These italics are mine, as this phenomenon is one to which too much attention 

 cannot be paid. — H. P. 



