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22nd April.— Wind marked E. S. E. till 2 p. m. when 1ST. East. 

 Strong breezes and hazy weather with severe squalls occasionally. 

 At 10 p. m. weather is noted as " clearing up for an hour, but soon 

 looked as black as before." Preparing for bad weather. 



23rd April. — About 7h. 30m. a. m. commenced blowing very hard 

 from the E. S. Eastward and very shortly blew a perfect hurricane 

 till about Hi. 30m. p. m. when the wind veered rapidly to N. N. W. 

 and blew harder than before. It was not more than five minutes in 

 veering or shifting from E. S. E. to N. East, North and N. N. W. 

 The sea became frightful, tumbling and tossing about in a most dan- 

 gerous and remarkable manner. Tavoy made very bad weather, lost 

 boats, &c. and crew utterly paralysed through fear. At 4, wind 

 West and moderating. At midnight fine. 



Memorandum. — No barometrical observations are unfortunately 

 given with this log. 

 Abridged Report from Capt. H. Lewis, Master Attendant, Rangoon. 



Sie, — I have the honor to report to you the occurrence of a 

 severe Cyclone on this coast ; and am only sorry that I am unable 

 to give you a clear or minute detail of the changes of wind or 

 Barometer, as my presence was required nearly the whole time on 

 the river and its banks. I have examined the Log Books of the 

 several vessels that were within its influence, but from only two of 

 them (the Hannah Kerr and Laidmans) have I been able to obtain 

 any information on the subject, and this but very slight ; no barome- 

 trical notices have been made by the Hannah Kerr. 



At Rangoon, on Friday and Saturday the 2\st and 22nd of April. 

 — We had threatening weather, cloudy with slight rain and occa- 

 sional strong gusts of wind from the Eastward. Barometer fell 

 T 2 -o and Sympiesometer during the afternoon of Saturday oscillated 

 considerably ',* the tide was much higher than usual for the age of 

 the moon. 



Sunday, 23rd. — Commenced with heavy rain, wind blowing in 

 gusts from East to S. E. Barometer falling rapidly; about 11 a. m. 

 wind N. E. ; 1 p. m. North ; about 2 p. m. shifted with great violence 

 to N. W. Barometer at this time 29.42 and Sympiesometer 29.47, 



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