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



have been much more violent near its centre. Hence I have given it 

 only 150 miles of diameter for this day, differing herein from Capt. 

 Carless, who in his remarks, while he agrees nearly with me as to posi- 

 tion of the centre, thinks it may have extended to the Faize Bubanys 

 position, but he had not seen the log of the East London, which doubt- 

 less would have altered his opinion. 



For the 17 th of April. — We have on this day the Logs of the Buck- 

 inghamshire, Faize Bubany, Mermaid, and Victoria steamer, to the 

 right, or eastern side of the path of the storm, and the Sesostris on the 

 left or North Western quadrant ; and the winds and weather of these 

 vessels agree fairly enough in placing the centre about 10 miles to the 

 North, and on the meridian of Underoot Island. The diameter of the 

 storm (that is the hurricane portion of it,) I should estimate to have 

 been not more than 250 miles, which allows it to reach to the anchor- 

 age of Cannanore, where the Victoria was riding with a strong gale, 

 which obliged her to slip and go to sea with the wind at E. S. E., 

 veering to S. S. W. at 8 p. m. as the storm passed up ; for at this time 

 the breeze which the Sesostris had cannot be considered, as to strength, 

 as forming any portion of a hurricane, though it was in the right direc- 

 tion, and in fact indicating a distant one by the swell. 



On the \$th April we have the Buckinghamshire at noon in Lat 14° 

 10 7 , Long. 72° 59 7 by Acct, and having been running up with the hurri- 

 cane for the whole 24 hours ! She was now so close upon its centre that 

 at 2 p. m. when about 15 or 20 miles to the North West of this position, 

 she had reached the calm at the centre, which would thus be in about Lat. 

 14° 22 7 , Long. 72° 47 7 at that time or a little to the S. E. of it at noon. 

 This position differs again from that given by Captain Carless, but I had 

 the advantage of seeing Capt. McGregor in Calcutta, who handed me his 

 private Log, and he stated that he thought the ship's run was over-es- 

 timated in the Log Book. Captain Carless further says that the Bucking- 

 hamshire while running to the Northward had a current of two miles an 

 hour in her favour. I do not know, but suppose he assigns this as the rate 

 of the storm wave and current ? though he does not expressly say so ; 

 for Horsburgh says that there is but little or no current in March and 

 April, except with N. W. winds, which give a little drain to the South- 

 ward. Our position it is true places the Buckinghamshire 102 miles from 

 Vingorla, and that of Captain Carless' sketch chart at 35 miles only from 



