1849.] Seventeenth Memoir on the Law of Storms, 9 



birds threw themselves on the deck. In a short time the wind rose again from 

 the S. W. and soon increased to a terrific hurricane. Anticipating the change 

 of wind, they set the close-reefed foretopsail and foretopmast stay-sail just in 

 time to catch the wind as it struck the vessel, by which means she was payed off 

 before the wind, when all sail was taken in, leaving her scudding under bare poles 

 till 5.30 p. m.. when the easterly swell having gone down considerably and the 

 wind abating a little, the Cacique was hove to with her head to the S. S. E. un- 

 der a close-reefed maintopsail and balanced mizen. At midnight the weather 

 became moderate, and the barometer, which at 1 p. m. was down to 28.25, 

 had risen to 29.20. The Cacique stood the tempest remarkably well, and lost 

 nothing of consequence ; made no water, and did not ship a single sea. She 

 saw the Brig William off Oksue apparently beating away for Chimmo, and 

 arrived at Hongkong on the 13th, after a remarkably short passage of 19 days. 

 In another notice in the Friend of China, it is said that this Cyclone occurred 

 in 27° N. Long. 122 East and that, the ship's barometer gave 8 or 9 hours 

 warning, the calm lasting only about 5 minutes. 



I have not been able to obtain any farther notice of this Cyclone, 

 but there is no doubt that it was travelling like the former from the 

 S. E. to the N. W. 



Track E. 

 Tyfoon of the Atiet Rohoman and Shah Alltjm, November 1843. 

 These two vessels experienced a severe Tyfoon in November 1843. 

 The following are the abridged logs, with some additions, from the 

 Singapore Free Press of 29th November. 



Abridged Log of the ship Shah Allum, Captain Evans, reduced to 



Civil Time, 



The Ship Shah Allum, Capt. Evans, from China to Bombay, was at Noon 

 31st Oct. 1842 in Lat. 19° 30' N. ; Long. 112° 25' E. ; Barometer 29.70, and at 

 10 p. m. 29.60, having left the Grand Ladrone at sunset the preceding evening. 

 She was running to the S. S. W. 9 knots with wind N. Easterly and cloudy 

 weather, 2 p. m. wind marked N. N. E. course S. S. W. | W. 142 miles to 3 

 a. m. on the 1st Nov. when she hove too. Midnight strong gale; 1st Nov. 

 3 a. m. heavy gale from the Northward (N. N. W.) hove too. Daylight tyfoon 

 from the N. W. 8 a. m. Bar. 29. 10 a. m. wind veered suddenly to the westward 

 with greater violence. Mountainous sea; carried away quarter gallery, boats, 

 &c. 10.30 a. m. lost main and mizen topmasts. Noon Bar. rising from 29.10 

 o 20, but tyfoon still blowing with great fury. 



p. m. wind veered to S. W. " with extraordinary gusts at times ;" 1. p. m. Bar. 

 29.30. Gale moderating. At 3 wind South and clearing up ; Bar. 29.40. Sun- 



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