826 Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [Aug. 



Kabul Dost Mohummud, 32,02,338 



Cashmeer Gulab Sing, , 29,90,800 



Scinde English. 



Tutub, „ 17,32,908 



Bhukur, „ 6,59,931 



Shewan, „ 2,90,740 26,83,579 



Grand Total, three crores, thirteen lacs, twelve 



thousand, five hundred and fourteen rupees, 3,13,12,514 



An Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India, being the 

 Cyclone of \2th to \Ath October 1848 in the Bay of Bengal. By 

 Henry Piddington, President of Marine Courts. 



[Throughout this paper the word Cyclone designates a Circular Storm.— H. P.] 



Part I. 



Between the dates above — stated a Cyclone of excessive violence which 

 probably originated in the China Sea on the 7th* settled down in the 

 middle of the Bay of Bengal in about Lat. 17° 47'; Long. 88° 18'; 

 and travelled up to the N. 41°, West to Point Palmiras. From this 

 spot, and on this rhumb, it exactly crossed the track of both the out- 

 ward and inward bound ships, and this at a busy season, so that much 

 destruction of life, and loss of property took place amongst those who 

 were ignorant, neglectful, or despisers of the Law of Storms ; seven ves- 

 sels having disappeared and fourteen being dismasted. But on the other 

 hand, as will be seen in the Logs and in the Summary and Notes which 

 follow them, we can now adduce numerous and striking examples in 

 which ships have distinctly and unquestionably been saved from severe 

 straining and damage, and in some instances probably from foundering, 

 by the careful attention of their commanders to the precepts of the new 



* Of which I have little doubt. It may have come in from the Pacific Ocean ; the 

 term settled down will be subsequently explained. 



