202 A Twentieth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [No. 2. 



At False Point itself, though the centre of the main Cyclone 

 undoubtedly passed over that station, yet there were some anomalies, 

 occasioned I have no doubt by the action of the Atalantas Cyclone, 

 which deserve careful notice. 



The Cyclone at False Point on the 26th had veered from East to 

 S. E. and South, and at 9 p. m. to the S. "West, when it moderated and 

 fell almost a calm with a clear sky, a bright moon and stars shining 

 over-head but a very thick mist surrounding the horizon. At 3 a. m. 

 on the 27th, it began to blow from the N. West " a complete hurricane" 

 till 5 a. m., and at 8 a. m. the wind is again marked S. S. E. and the 

 gale terminates with the wind about South to S. b. W. The time of 

 its becoming a moderate breeze is not marked. 



The Easterly wind veering to S. W. would indicate an average 

 N. N. W. course for the Cyclone, but the calm at the S. West wind 

 point, and the subsequent heavy gale at N. W. though of so short a 

 duration, indicates either that the centre now vibrated to the Eastward,* 

 or that the ordinary action at the centre was in some way disturbed 

 by the Atalantds and Iskunder Shatis Cyclone just noticed, which 

 may (as the smaller whirlwinds certainly are) have been absorbed into 

 it, and have thus augmented its intensity and velocity. 



At Balasore 68 miles to the N. b. E. of False Point we find the 

 Cyclone to have fairly begun (with all the usual and precursor signs 

 on the 26th) at 5 a. m. on the 27th, according to Mr. Bond's careful 

 report ; and to have veered in its passage from N. E. to W. b. S. which 

 will give an average track of N. N. W. \ W. for it at this time, the 

 centre passing up to the East of Balasore, 20 to 40 miles to the W. S. 

 W. of which station the gale is stated to have been moderate, and very 

 moderate. 



Mr. Bond states that there was a brief lull for about five minutes at 

 Balasore, when the wind shifted^ Westerly which seems to have been 

 between 6 and 8 A. m., say at 7 or 7.30 a. m. 



* Was this the effect of the junction of the Atalanta's Cyclone which as we see 

 was travelling up parallel to the principal one and may have for a time produced 

 this remarkable deflection. In my last Memoir, the Jumna's Cyclone, a small one, 

 appears to have vibrated between two large ones. 



t Veered is used in the report and shifted in the letter. It is to be regretted 

 that seamen do not carefully choose at the time between these two words. 



