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to have entirely changed ; all prostrate timber, &o. lying N. Westerly, the 

 direction of the current being diametrically opposite to that experienced 

 at Jessore. This at once indexes the centre of the Cyclone as being 

 mid-way between the distances I have named. 



Perhaps I have not expressed myself in a very lucid manner, and will 

 venture upon reiterating my statement ; at Jessore and for twenty miles 

 or so on the road to Calcutta, the fallen trees were lying across the road- 

 way from left to right (S. E. to N. W.) then after passing that distance I 

 found them lying from right to left (N. W. to S. E.) The road, as you 

 may be aware, being in a straight line running to the N. E. from Calcutta, 

 and the intermediate distance between the two places being eighty- 

 six miles. 



The points of the compass I have named, you will please to consider as 

 about the direction from whence the wind blew and not restricted to a 

 few degrees. 



Edw. Theo. Cooper. 



P. S. — Great ravages were committed by the storm. At the spot I have 

 surmised as the vortex, I observed a prostrate banyan tree, whose stem 

 could not measure less than 25 feet in circumference. 



Jessore, Lat. 23° 9' ; Long. 89° 12' East. 



The following is from Jessore : — " During Thursday 13th, fresh breeze 

 from the Eastward with cloudy appearances. 6 p. m. wind steady at 

 about E. N. E. with very threatening appearance. At 11 p. m. fresh gale 

 from ditto with occasional smart squalls. From 2 a. m. till 6 a. m. of 

 the 14th, a regular " hurricane" with rain. At 6.30 a. m. wind shifted 

 round to W. S. W. and came down with great fury, carrying every thing 

 before it. At noon moderate Southerly wind, with occasional showers of 

 rain. At 4 p. m. weather fine. During the gale of the 14th, Friday, 

 every hut has been levelled to the ground, killing natives without number. 

 The abkaree office blew to pieces ; all the stables in the station ditto ; 

 pucka houses have suffered greatly, windows, glasses, sashes, &c, all 

 blown away, trees of many years standing are now laid flat on the ground. 

 Such havoc has not been witnessed in Jessore for many a year." 



Extracts from a letter from Muddenclarrie Factory, district of 

 Dacca, Lat. 23° 28' JV. ; Long. 89° 40' East. 

 " I observe by your Monday's Englishman that with you the gale com- 

 menced from the N. N. E. at 1.30 a. m. of the 14th, and your first rain- 

 squall occurred at noon of the same day. With us it was quite different, for 



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