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15tk. — 2| a. m. wind rising rapidly to a gale at 5 a. m.; at 6 A. M. a 

 perfect hurricane from the N. N. E. and continuing without intermission 

 in gusts till 2£ p. m. with continued rain in sheets — at the latter hour it 

 moderated and the rain ceased ; people in the villages peering out to see 

 the extent of their own and neighbours' losses, but there was not much 

 time afforded for examination, for by 4 p. m. the wind had again got up 

 in the opposite quarter W. N. W. ; and at 6 p. m. was as furious as before 

 till 9 p. m. when it began to subside, until 10| p, m. when it settled into a 

 steady light breeze from S. E. 



16th. — Cloudy, with the same Southerly wind till 9 p. m. when we had 

 another storm (without rain) from the S. West. 



17th. — The sky still very cloudy, country deluged with the rain water. 



Beportfrom Bancoorah, Lat. 23° 14' N. ; Long. 87° 05' East.— 

 By Gr. JN". Cheek, Esq. 



As we are having a gale I send you the particulars of what has occurred 

 here. On the 13th May, p. m. I find in my note book, the following remark : 

 " I shall not be at all surprized again to have a May gale," on the morning 

 of the 14th we had East winds in rather strong puffs, which had been 

 the case during the night of the 13th. 3 p. m. 14th, wind strong in puffs, 

 with occasional showers and heavy masses of clouds going to the West ; 

 wind at 3 p. m. E. IN". E. ; since 5 p. m. the wind shifting about S. E. to 

 S. W. 9 p. m. wind at West, with very slight drizzling rain and wind in 

 puffs. 15th, wind shifted on the night to W. and N. W. with slight rain 

 in the morning, and blowing hard to the W. a little inclining to N. ; 

 half-past nine clearer but wind appears on the increase, wind continued 

 till near 2 strong at times from W. b. K., with heavy clouds. 3, wind 

 lulled and the sun came out, wind rose again at 3^ with dark clouds 

 to the North- West j about 4, it was quite calm with clouds and very 

 close. 



I am of opinion there has been a severe storm in Lower Bengal, and 

 although we had but little here, it may help you, even though what I write 

 may be of little worth. 



Beportfrom Linagepore, Lat. 25° 37i' N. ; Long. 89° 40' East. — 

 By G. Yule, Esq. 



On the evening of the 14th inst. a heavy bank of clouds was seen rising 

 in the South-East, the rest of the sky being clear. During the night a 



