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heart of the gale, as she started with a fresh NE. wind. However, she 

 is ably commanded and well managed." 



Capt. Biden in an additional note adds — " Capt. Maitland, H. M. 

 Steam Vessel Spiteful, reports that the gale was severe at Trincomallee 

 on the 1st instant, and that a complete hurricane raged at Baticolo and 

 to the Southward. Ceylon papers of the 13th instant, report, that the 

 gale though brief, was very severe at Point de Galle on the night of the 

 1st, and during the 2nd instant. 



" The ship Caledonia from Singapore to Bombay, has also put in at Galle, 

 having lost top-gallant masts, top-sails and fore- sail, and quarter boats, 

 and thrown part of her cargo overboard, in a heavy gale from South, SE. 

 and East, on the 30th ultimo, in latitude 7° North, and longitude 88° 

 East. 



" At Tuticoreen the ship Florist, loading for China, was wrecked on 

 the night of the 2nd instant, on a reef off Tuticoreen. 



" The gale was violent at Quilon on the night of the 2nd instant, and 

 at a. m. of the 3rd instant several Dhonies were driven on shore, 

 and beat to pieces. The Charles Forbes encountered the gale off 

 Anjengo, and the time verified by her log may be considered as more 

 correct than that which is reported from Quilon. 



" The hurricane raged with great violence at Tinevelly and at Oota- 

 camund, but I have not been able to obtain the ranges of the baro- 

 meter." C. Biden. 



From Mr. Higgs, Master Attendant of Trincomallee. 



I have the following register of the weather from the 30th November 

 to the 3rd December, but have altered the letters which designate the 

 weather to words, as the former are not generally understood. 



Mr. Higgs, says in his letter to me, " during the night of the 1st 

 and morning of the 2nd instant from Trincomallee on the road to Kandy 

 in a SE. direction, a vast number of large trees were blown down so 

 as to obstruct the road, and at Habboneme, fifty miles distant, the tra- 

 vellers' bungalow was blown down; there has not been a settled gale 

 of wind at Trincomallee for the last eleven years, but we have frequently 

 had in the months of November and December, a heavy swell rolling 

 in from the NE. when there have been gales in the Bay of Bengal. 



