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and that a poor cliuprassee and four of the men have been drowned." — 



Calcutta Englishman. 



Letter from Kishnaghur from Major Lang, 36th N. I. 

 Lat. 23° 26' N.; Long. 88° 35' East. 



I greatly regret that I cannot furnish any Barometer register, but per- 

 haps the following account of the storm, as experienced at this station, 

 may be acceptable. 



Throughout the whole of Friday the 14th instant, the weather was 

 unseasonable, with heavy clouds and the wind hanging to the North of 

 East ; there were occasional squalls during the day. Towards evening, 

 although appearances continued threatening, the wind was moderate and 

 remained so till about 9 p. m. when it began to freshen considerably. 



Up to this time I think the wind was variable, changing a point or two 

 towards the North and falling back again to East. At 10 o'clock the 

 storm may be said to have commenced ; — the wind then blew in strong 

 squalls from about E. N. E. gradually veering to the North. By midnight 

 it was due North, and from this point it continued to blow with great 

 fury for several hours. At times there was heard a low rumbling noise, 

 which might well have been mistaken for thunder, but I believe it was 

 the effect of the wind ; there was no lightning. 



Erom 2 to 4 a. m. of the 15th, the hurricane was at its height ; it then, 

 as far as I could judge, blew from two or three points to the West of 

 North. The gusts at times were crushing, and it seemed as if nothing 

 could withstand their force ; they were accompanied with a continuous 

 driving rain. At day-break there was a scarcely perceptible decrease in 

 the fury of the storm. The clouds lay very low, and the scud was borne 

 along with great velocity, the rain continued at intervals. From sunrise 

 the gale gradually moderated, although up to 12 o'clock there were occa- 

 sional squalls, which, but for what had preceded them, would have been 

 thought unexampled in their violence. 



At 6 a. m. the wind was W. N. W. veering slowly to the "West from 

 which point it continued to blow freshly till the afternoon when the 

 weather cleared up. 



Letter from Katgur rah, from H. P. Sage, Esq. 

 Lat. 23° ley JST. ,- Long. 88° 57' East. 



Saturday, 8th May. — a. m. cloudy. Wind S. W. moderate, very heavy 

 rain i'or two hours from S. E. night strong S. E. wind. 



