1849.] Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. 831 



\Oth Oct. — a. m. moderate breeze. 5 knots, from south. At noon the 

 Enigma was, in Lat. Acct. 15° 17', N.; Long. 93° 10' East, with a fresh gale 

 marked S. S. W. at noon and south p. m. and running to the N. W. 4 p. m. 

 wind S. S. W. 10 p. m. S. W. ; strong gales, rain, and hard squalls. Bar. at 

 noon 29.45. 



Wth Oct. — a. m. strong gales S. S. E. at 8, and S. E. at noon. At day- 

 light moderate, with drizzling rain ; studding-sails set. Noon increasing heavy 

 sea throughout; Lat. Acct. 17° 24'; Long. 90° 55'. p. m. S. E. b. E. 1.30 

 p. m. wind hauled to the S. E. in a tremendous squall; to midnight blowing 

 hard and sea getting up. 



12^ Oct. — a. m. continued heavy squalls ; vessel scudding to the N. W. 

 b. W. Noon Lat. Obs. 19 19'; Long. Chr. 90° 28' E.; p. m. wind marked 

 E. S. E. ; and at midnight S. E. Strong gales. In the remarks the wind is 

 said to be from E. S. E. to S. S. E. (i. e. up to noon of 13th.) 



13^ Oct. — a. m. wind about S. E.; 9 a. m. signalized to go to sea from 

 Pilot brig ; noon bore N. W. to N. E. b. N.; p. m. lying to with the wind 

 at East; midnight E. S. E. ; sunset the gale was tremendous. 



14th Oct.— a. m. moderating a little. Lat. Indiff. Obs. 21° 12' in 17 fs. 

 6 p.m. wind south ; midnight terrific gale ; daylight moderating again, 8 

 A. m. wind S. W.; noon more moderate; Lat. 20° 53'; p. m. ran into the 

 Pilot station, and up to Saugor. 



In a note to me Capt. Connew says : " We brought it up with us from 

 the Sayer Islands (in Lat. 8°. 28' ; Long. 97° 40') ; first in a terrific 

 squall from the S. W. round to south, and then steady, S. S. W. to S. 

 E. till I made the Pilot on the 13th. 



At KyookPhyoo, on the xlrracan Coast, Lat. 19° 26'; Long. 93° 34', 

 from the 9th to the 14th Oct. the Barometer Register with which I am, 

 by the attention of the authorities at that port, regularly furnished, is as 

 follows : — I take only that at noon, as there is nothing notable in the 

 weather, and I give it only to show the limits of fine weather. 



Date. Bar. Ther. Winds. Pressure of wind. Sky. Remarks. 



lbs. per sq. ft. 



9th, 29.90 87° j Ea + Ste ^V- E '} 15, Clear. { Light breezes and 



\ to E. S. E. J ' L hot sultry weather. 



10th, 29.89 86o E.S.E. 19, „ cloudy. { B1 3 y . fre8h ^ 



{Blowing fresh with 

 rain and squally 

 appearance. 

 12th, 29.80 83° East to S.S.E. 22 „ „ Ditto ditto 



13th, 29.80 84° \ S.B.KW.N.W. 1 l7 clear> Moderate and fine. 



£ and N. W . J " 



14th, 29.86 81° N.WtoNN.W 14 „ „ Ditto ditto 



