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generally falls during the whole of an ordinary rainy season ! The station is 

 surrounded by and incloses numerous large tanks and jheels ; these reservoirs 

 had not been so full for many years as they were after this one storm ; 3, 

 sudden and dead calm; 4, calm; 5, sudden and strong wind from the West 

 with light rain ; thick overcast weather ; 6, blowing hard from the West; 7, 

 moderating; 8, calm, or rather light airs from the West ; 9, fine weather. 



N. B. — No Barometer, no Thermometer at hand, nor Pluviometer, all of 

 which I regret much. 



p, S. — Rampore Baulea on the Ganges was visited by the same storm, 

 blowing over trees, &c. Several trees were damaged at Berhampore. 



Another letter from Berhampore forwarded to me by Geo. Daly, Esq. 

 House Surgeon, Medical College. 



I beg to send you an extract of a letter from a friend of mine at 

 Berhampore, where the gale appears to have been felt with great 

 violence but only for a short time on the night of the 2/th ultimo, the 

 letter is dated the 28th April, and the writer says : — ■ 



" We had a fearful gale last night, which shook our house (a large brick 

 building) to its very foundation. Indeed such was the violence of the wind 

 that I had serious apprehensions about the stability of the Eastern wall; at 11 

 o'clock, p. m. when the storm attained its greatest degree of violence the whole 

 Eastern side of the building vibrated so fearfully that I fully expected to see 

 it come down. The wind was directly East and blew with such tremendous 

 force that all the doors and windows were forced open, in spite of all our attempts 

 to barricade them up with furniture and everything else we could collect, so that 

 at last we were compelled to take shelter in the other side of the house and 

 wait the result in trembling anxiety. 



. I do not remember so severe a gale in India since 1842. Fortunately it was 

 not of long duration, it only lasted four hours, commenced about 8 and sub- 

 sided suddenly at 12 o'clock. It has caused great damage to the gardens, large 

 trees were blown down like reeds, and were it not for the high wail to the 

 Eastward of our compound I verily believe we should have been blown away 

 house and all. The wind was due East throughout. 



It is calm this morning, but the sky is covered with drift having very much 

 the appearance of a Scotch mist, so that we may not be quite done with it yet. 



P. S. — 2 p. m. No return of the gale, the sky is clearing up a little and the 

 wind has veered round a point or two to the South." 



The following are tabular views of the winds and weather as expe- 

 rienced by the ships and residents at the stations on different days, 

 to bring into one view the various states of the weather, and assist to 

 explain the Chart. 



