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'Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. 



[Aug. 



It began from the N. "Westward. The natives never knew such 

 a rise of tide before. At Puttamundy and Hall and Sunkse, to the 

 North and Eastward, the tide rose 19 or 20 ft. in all, or about 11 ft. 

 above its usual height. These places are on the North side of False 

 Bay ; about 6 or 700 natives were drowned : all their huts destroyed 

 and cattle drowned. Water remaining for about three days, all the while 

 the wind was to the S. E. not falling more than 4 ft. and it was only 

 when it veered to the Westward that it went down very rapidly." 



It would appear from this very valuable note that the centre passed 

 over the False Point Light House on the night of the 1 3th, at 11 p. m. 

 In stating the date from which the track is laid down, and in the 

 observations, I shall advert at length to the evidence we have here of 

 the storm wave. 



Balasore. 



From this station I have the following report, through the Superin- 

 tendent of Marine, by A. Bond, Esq. the Master Attendant there. 

 Report of Weather at Balasore, 10th to 15th October, 1848. 



Month. 



October. 



Date. 



10th 



11th 



12th 



13th 



14th 



Mean 

 Bar. 



29, 



29. 



29. 



29. 



29, 



72. 



64. 



GO. 



49. 



Bar. per 

 hour. 



r.74. 



29.2 .72. 



(..70. 



f .72. 



< .68. 

 (..64. 

 r.66. 



< .65. 

 (..61. 



.63. 

 60. 

 57. 



53. 



48. 

 .47. 



Ther. 

 Mean. 



84°. 





82i 



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Remarks. 



S. E. to N. W. with rain, cloudy. 



S. E. to N. W. lightning a S. E. 

 Eastward and West; rain from 

 S. E. with heavy clouds. 



N. W. breeze, very cloudy and 

 rain a N. E. with heavy gusts 

 of wind. 



Wind shifting a E. N. E. to E. S. 

 E. with heavy rain ; another tier 

 of clouds above travelling from 

 S. W. 



Rise of water at the Tide Gauge 

 21 J'eet, being 8 ft. above spring 

 tides. W 7 ind E. N. E. at 6 p. 



M. 



Shifting to East and E. S. E. at 

 high water \ past 9 wind in- 

 creasing in stronger gusts with 



.60. 

 15th 29.168. \ .69. 8 

 .75. 

 Wind S. W. and fair. 



heavy rain till 1 a. m. of the 15th October, when the wind gradually veered 



round from S. E. to South, and cleared up at S. W. with passing showers; 



Barometer 29.60 at 8 a. m. 



