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r20 miles W. S. W. of ditto, gale more moderate, 

 j 40 miles W. S. W. of ditto, very moderate. 



S. S. W. to W. S. ; 26 miles S. b. W. of ditto, (Chooramun) moderate but 

 W. moderate. \ stronger than to the S. W. 



| 50 miles S. W. of ditto (near Pt. Palmyras) heavy gale 

 L. similar to Balasore N. to West. 



Gale taking the range of the hills on their Northerly and Easterly side to 

 Point Palmyras. Balasore being near to the Westerly edge of the Cyclone. 



Gale ceased to the S. b. W. at 9 a. m. 



2V". B. — No gale close in to the hills, taking the direction of them, but 8 miles 

 distant from them, from N. E. to S. b. W. 



We had no lull at Balasore for more than five minutes, when the wind shifted 

 westward with very heavy puffs. 



Rough notes of the direction of the wind during the Cyclone of 27th 

 April, 1850, taken at the Dantoon Staging Bungalow, 10 miles 

 North ofJellasore, Lat. 22° 02' N. Long. 87° 25' E. by Mr. Thos. 

 Campbell, forwarded by Mr. Bond. 



25th April, 1850. — 2 p. m. fresh Easterly gales and rain continuing- during 

 the night. 



At daylight 27th April, heavy gale from North East to East with much rain. 

 At 10 a. m. as usual in these storms, there was a lull for about half an hour 

 during which the wind shifted and the hurricane returned with terrific violence 

 from S. S. W'est, accompanied by a deluge of rain gradually veering round to 

 the Westward and breaking up about W. N. W. at 3 p. m. Height of gale 

 between 11 and 12 a. m. of the 27th. Occasional thunder and lightning 

 during the storm, but not severe. 



No Barometer or Thermometer at hand. 



Abridged Letter from Cajpt. Spens, B. E. Surveying Embankments at 



Hidgellee. 



Dear Sir, — I was during the Cyclone at a Bungalow on the sea coast at a 

 place called Diggea in Purgunnah Beercool. There are two bungalows here now 

 and from time to time there have been others which have been destroyed by en- 

 croachments of the sea. Warren Hastings had a bungalow here. The climate 

 is very fine during March, April, May, and until the rains begin in June. When 

 rain falls to any amount it becomes subject to fevers. The Thermometer dur- 

 ing theiatter part of April last in a house without glass windows and quite open 

 to the S. W. Monsoon, averaged 85° during the day and 78° or 80° during 

 the night. The bungalows are generally called the Beercool bungalows and 

 are about two miles S. W. of the Diggea Mohun. 



