34 Fifteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [Jan. 



20th April.— Wind was S. b. W. ; at noon W. S. W. ; at 2 p. m. got 

 under way for Cannanore, and at midnight she still found the current 

 setting strong to the northward. 



The ship Atiet Rohoman, Capt. S. Steward, lying at Alleppee. Civil 

 Time, from the Chamber of Commerce. 



On 14th at 5 p. m. came to with the flagstaff bearing E. by S. 3 f . 

 Wind E. S. E. ; 15th 2 a. m. heavy squalls from S. S. E. ; 8 a. m. wind 

 easterly. Noon moderate at N. E b. E. ; 2 p. m. N. E. b. E. ; 4, 

 E. N. E. ; 6, East ; 10, E. S. E. ; 12, S. E. moderate breezes and driz- 

 zling rain. Midnight dark and cloudy. 



16th April. — Cloudy and rain to noon ; 2 a. m. wind S. S. E. : 4, S. 

 E. ; 6, E. S. E. ; 8, East ; 12, E. N. E. ; 2 p. m. wind east ; 4, E. S. 

 E. ; 8, S. E. ; midnight E. S. E. having increased to a strong breeze 

 with heavy squalls. 



17 th April. — To noon the same wind from E. S. E. to S. E. and 

 South ; 2 p. m. S. b. E. strong gales, rain and heavy sea ;4p,m, S. S. E. 

 to S. E. b. S. ; 12, S. E ; midnight heavy gusts and sea. 



18^ April. — More moderate, noon dirty weather, wind S. b. E. ; 6, 

 South ; midnight S. S. E. after which the ship shifted her birth fur- 

 ther in shore. 



No Barometric observations are given. 



Abridged Log of the H. C. Steamer Sesostris, Captain Carless, 

 from Aden to Cannanore, with troops. Civil time. From the 

 Govmment of Bombay. 



16th April. — a. m. wind N. N. E., N. by E., and N. N. E. again ; 

 ship running east 7 and 7\ knots per hour ; a long S. Easterly swell. 

 Noon, Lat. 13° 15 7 N. Long. 70° 28' E. p. m. windN. N. E. Course the 

 same to midnight. Lightning to the eastward, and vivid lightning to 

 the eastward and southward are noted. 



17th April. — 1.40 a. m. taken aback by a hard squall from the 

 East. Soundings 1 to 2. 17 fins, to 30, no ground ; to noon. Wind N. 

 E. to North, N. N. E., andE. N. E. at noon, when Lat. Acct. 13,28. N., 

 Long. Chr. 72. 1\ E., 1 p. m. wore to N. W. Wind N. E., stood back 

 to midnight, going from 1 to 3 knots ; moderate gale and heavy sea 

 with hard squalls. 



\Sth April. — Daylight decreasing breezes 8 a. m. stood again to the 

 E. N. E., wind being from N. N. W. a. m. to 7 a. m., and North to 



