22 Eleventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 157. 



The Bark Ward, Chapman, from Bombay, reports having experienced 

 a hurricane in Lat. 12° 30' S. and Long. 84° 30' E. commencing on 

 the 30th November from S. W. and blowing right round the compass. 

 It abated however on the 3rd December, Lat. 14° S. and Long. 

 79° 30' E ; she lost a few sails. 



Abridged Log of the Barque Flowers of Ugie, Captain Annand, 

 from Madras to the Mauritius, reduced to civil time. 



24th November, 1843. — The Log worked back from 25th, gives for 

 this day, Lat. 4° 57', Long. 84° 33' E. with light Southerly and S. S. 

 W. airs and breezes, from noon to midnight. 



25th November. — a. m. heavy squalls and rain, wind S. and S. b 

 W. to noon when strong gale about S. S. W. Lat. 5° 36' S. Long. 85° 

 27' E., Bar. 29.80, Ther. 81° high cross sea. p. m. to midnight strong 

 gale S. W. by S. with squalls and rain ; preparing for bad weather. 

 Midnight Bar. 29.68. 



26tk November. — To Noon gale increasing from S. W. Lat. 6° 5' S. 

 Long. 86° 21' E., Bar. 29.62, Ther. 81°. p. m. increasing and S. W. b. 

 W. 6 p. m. hove to under bare poles. Heavy sea running, midnight 

 the same. 



27^ November.— 4 a. m. weather a little clearer, noon heavy gales 

 Lat. 6° 20' S. Long. 88° 4' E„ Bar. 29.57, Ther. 83°. Easterly current 

 of 60' since noon of the 26th. p. m. wind W. N. W. At 10 N. W. to 

 midnight. 



28lh November. — 4 a. m. wind hauling to the North, being N. N» W., 

 at 2 a. m., when the ship bore up and ran 27' to the S. W. by S. when 

 hove to again, having sprung the fore-topmast in rolling. Noon wind 

 about N.N.W. Lat. Obs. 7° 41' S.Long, 88° 49' E, Bar. 29.63. Ther. 

 84°. p. m. wind North. Strong gales and heavy sea to midnight. 



29^ November. — a. m. apparently moderating, noon strong gales 

 Lat. 8° 46' S., Long. 87° 40' E., Bar. 29.67, Ther. 83°. 10 a. m. 

 bore up and steered S. W. b S., p. m. strong gale N. N. E. Ship 

 running to the S. W. b. S. to midnight. Bar. at 4 p. m. 29:66 and 

 wind at 10 p. m. N. E., midnight strong gales and Bar. 29.69. 



30/^ November. — At 8 a.m. wind N.E.bE., strong gale heavy 

 squalls, turbulent sea, and Bar. falling, 9 a. m. hove to again, hav- 



