438 A Twenty -fourth Memoir on the Latv of Storms. [No. 5. 



Report from BamporeBauleah, Lat. 24° 22^' East ; Long. 88° 36' 

 East— By J. E. Bedford, Esq. Civil Asst. Surgeon, H. C. S. 



On the I4>th. — At 4 p. m. the Barometer stood at 29.644; at 4k. 30m. 

 p. M. a South-Easter came up in one heavy roll of steam-like clouds 

 which hung low, and occupied but half an hour in travelling from one 

 visible horizon to the other. It was accompanied by a stiff gale. 



At 12 at midnight the Cyclone began from N. E. veering to N. at 2 

 a. m. of 15th ; and between that and 7 a. m. to N. W. It travelled round 

 to W. as the day advanced and blew from S. at 9 p. m. 



I was unable to note the Barometer until 7 a. m. from which time its 

 hourly uncorrected reading was as follows : — 



Hour. 



Newman's Standard 



Attached Thermo- 



Direction of 



Barometer. 



meter. 



wind. 



7 A. M. 



29.240 



77° 



N. 



8 



.214 



77 



N. 



9 



.140 



77 



N. 



10 



.066 



77 



N. 



11 



.036 



77 



N. 



12 



.088 



77 



N. 



H 



.232 



78 



• N. 



2 



.276 



78 



N. W. 



3 



.320 



79 



N. W. 



4 



.354 



79 



N. W. 



5 



.428 



79 



N. W. 



6 



.480 



79 



N.W. 



The wind's force began to diminish simultaneously with the rise of 

 mercury but blew with a force of 6 (Admiralty symbol) as late as 6 p. m. 

 At 9 p. m. it had veered to South and was very moderate. 



Throughout the gale the sky was one mass of nimboid cloud. The 

 total fall of rain during the 24 hours of its continuance, was 3.35 inches. 

 No thunder was heard or lightning seen, but the noise of the gale and 

 density of clouds were sufficiently great to have masked either one or 

 the other. 



About 150 huts have been destroyed, but as far as I am aware there 

 has been no loss of human or animal life on land in this neighbourhood. 



The destruction of property appears to have been much greater in the 

 Southern and Eastern part of the zillah. 



Report from Jeypoor Bogoorah, Lat. 25° 15' N. ; Long. 89° 03' E. — 

 By J. "W. Patter, Esq. 



May UtL—9 r. M. till midnight wind strong from the East, gradually 

 increasing. 



