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farther to the Northward and Eastward, though there is no doubt that it 

 was felt severely in the district of Rungpore, and Eastward into Assam, 

 but I have not carried the track beyond Jeypoor Bogorah on the Chart. I 

 have however measured back from that station over which the centre passed 

 at 3 p. M. 35.2 thirty -five miles, being the distance, at 11.7 miles per hour, 

 of the centre South of Jeypoor at Noon, for its position on that day, which 

 it will be seen falls in Lat. 24° 28' N. Long. 89<> 03' East, giving a N. N. W. 

 wind at Eampore Bauleah and an E. N. E. one at Chilakhal which taking 

 into account the vicinity of high lands and the known irregularities of 

 shore-winds are near enough* for inland reports. The singular fact 

 related in Mr. Cooper's Jessore report of the fall of the trees in opposite 

 directions on an East and West road, whereas the track of the Cyclone 

 was nearly North and South, is a beautiful exemplification of the puzzling 

 shifts of wind which so much embarrassed our forefathers. 



Part III. — Of othee Phenomena, 

 / Thunder and Lightning. — The question of the Thunder and Light- 

 ning experienced in any part, or at any time, of a Cyclone is always 

 one of much interest. We find that the JEneas, Limehouse, Amazon, 

 Adelaide and Precursor had all lightning more or less ; the Limehouse 

 indeed had it of an excessively vivid description, but whether this 

 occurred when the disturbance occasioned by the junction of the 

 two Cyclones took place, we cannot exactly affirm. In the Bagundee 

 report, Mr. Crank, distinctly states that there was no thunder or 

 lightning, nor is there any particularly noticed in any of the inland 

 reports, except from Malda where the lightning was seen at a distance, 

 and the absence of it is also specially stated from Eampore Bauleah. 



Earthquakes. 

 /j There is no room, I should think, to doubt that Mr. Crank has 

 fully established for us that in this instance at least, and at the 

 centre of the Cyclone, earthquake shocks were experienced ; his pecu- 

 liar situation in being with his family in a small brick built edifice in- 

 tended for a pig-stye and his frequent experience of earthquakes 

 in other parts of the worldf give us the best assurance that he 

 could not be mistaken, as persons residing in houses of one or 



* There is some discrepancy in the Rampore Bauleah report, and the table at 

 the foot of it which I cannot reconcile. 



f This is more important than would be supposed : I have also lived some years 

 in earthquake countries and can usually distinguish shocks much sooner than 

 persons who have not that experience. 



