9th Ap 



•il. 







6-30 a. 



M. 



29.975 



80.5 



9 





30.010 



80.75 



10 





30.010 



81.0 



12 





29.980 



81.0 



2 P. M. 





29.910 



81.5 



4 





29.925 



81.5 



6 





29.920 



81.0 



8 





29.950 



80.5 



332 Account of a Cyclone in the Andaman Sea. [No. 4. 



During the night wind conti- 

 nued N. E. until about 7 a. m., 

 after that hour it turned easterly 

 and about noon became S. E. 

 strength 3 — 1. At noon we took 

 the pilot on board in sight of 

 Amherst and anchored at 2 p. m., 

 raining with interruptions all day ; 

 during the night following the 

 9th, lightning was observed all 

 round, but principally to S. E. 

 andS. 

 Latitude at noon on 9th 1G° 4' N. by account. 



Longitude, 97° 35' E. 



10th April. 



The wind after midnight of the 

 9th changed from S. E. to S. and 

 remained so,increasiug in strength 

 (8 — 9) till about noon, when it 

 diminished, the wind gradually 

 changing in the afternoon to 

 S. W\, left Amherst at noon and 

 anchored Maulmain about 2 p. 

 M., raining with interruptions all 

 day. 

 11th April At Maulmain, wind S. W. and 



calm, clouds from N. W. 

 Memo, from the log of the Brig Mutlah, Lt. Sweney, 1. N. 

 7th April. 



Aneroid Temp. At anchor off North Button, 



Bar. Diligent Straits (middle Anda- 



4 A. M. 30.00 84.5 man.) Overcast, slight showers, 



10 30.02 83.5 wind from E. N. E. in the morn- 



1 ing turned after 10 a. m. towards 



4 p. M. 29.93 82.5 S. E. strength increasing as it 



10 29.98 81.5 changed from 2—7 and 9, squally 



in the evening. 



7 A. M. 



29.860 



78.00 



8 



29.900 



78.50 



10 



29.870 



80.50 



11 



29.875 



81.75 



12 



29.850 



81.00 



2 P. M. 



29.S30 



84.50 



4 



29.805 



78.50 



6 



29.815 



79.00 



8 



29.800 



79.00 



