24 A Twenty -second Memoir on the Law of Storms, [No. 1. 



perhaps the greatest loser, it must cause an immense amount of 

 individual suffering, for I really cannot see a native house or shed 

 in the town which has not been either thrown down or considerably 

 damaged. There has not yet been time to ascertain the extent of 

 damage done in the Mofussil. As far as I can make out from 

 accounts yet received, the storm came down from the East, and 

 went away towards the North, if this is not inconsistent with its 

 having gone off when blowing from the North- West. I hear from 

 the Magistrate, that every police station to the North and East of 

 the town as far as the Penny Eiver has been utterly destroyed. 

 The storm seems also to have extended, but with less violence, 

 fifteen or twenty miles South of the Town ; but I have not been 

 able to obtain any accounts yet from places situated still further to 

 the South, and hope that they have escaped. 



" The pucka (brick) houses of the residents, which are all built on 

 the tops of little hills, have suffered as might be expected from their 

 exposed position. Most of them were once surrounded by thatched 

 Verandahs; but now not one can boast of a stick of verandah 

 remaining. The walls seem to have stood in most of the pucka 

 houses, but doors, windows, Venetians, and even brick parapets have 

 all been terribly damaged. Bungalows with their sloping roofs have 

 suffered most, several have been quite unroofed, and some utterly 

 thrown down. Stables and out-houses of all descriptions were over- 

 thrown, and in several, valuable horses were dug out from among 

 the ruins; but luckily uninjured, through some wonderful good 

 fortune. Three out of the four pinnacles adorning the Church 

 tower were also blown down. 



" But the greatest damage was done to the shipping in the river. 

 The jetty at the Sudder ghat has been half broken down, and a great 

 sloop now lies between it and the shore, with its masts stretching 

 across the road. A few yards further down, there are seven sloops 

 all driven against the bank together in one smash. One I saw, with 

 the fiddle heads of two others broken off into its stern. A little 

 further down, there is another party of four sloops driven ashore in 

 similar ruin and confusion. Eour other sloops have sunk in the 

 middle of the river; and the Government schooner, the Cygnet, 

 went down at her anchorage, with one of her crew on board, her 

 topmasts only being now visible. 



