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" The fury of the wind broke up the thatched roofs of the Govern- 

 ment Salt Grolahs, and the rain which fell early on Sunday morning 

 did considerable damage to the salt. But all last night and this 

 morning it has rained again furiously, and I am told that the damage 

 done to the salt is now estimated at about 5 (five) lakhs of rupees. 

 The prisoners, and the few coolies that can be found, are now 

 employed patching up the roofs, in case the rain should come 

 on again." 



The following extract of a letter from Chittagong, is dated the 

 20th instant, and gives some further particulars of the late hurri- 

 cane : — 



" Since my last letter to you, I have been endeavouring to obtain 

 more correct and accurate information, as to the course and extent 

 of the hurricane, which visited Chittagong on the morning of the 

 13th instant. 



" There are only native accounts to be procured of what happened 

 in the Mofussil, but these are quite unanimous in the opinion that 

 the storm came down from the East, and passed over to the South- 

 West. I do not know whether these storms, when on land, are at 

 all guided by the course of rivers, but this storm seems to have 

 come down with its centre along the Kurnafoollah or Chittagong 

 river, which flows towards the sea with a general direction from 

 about ' East by North' to ' West by South.' It seems that the 

 greatest violence of the storm was felt along the North bank of the 

 river. It extended about twenty-five miles to the North of the 

 Chittagong river and town ; the peak of the Seetacoond Hill being 

 its Northern limit. But to the South of the river it was not so 

 violent, although it was felt as far as Sathanya, or full thirty miles 

 from the town of Chittagong. This would give the storm a diame- 

 ter of about fifty miles. 



" I fully expect to hear that it has reached the Madras coast, for 

 yesterday I saw the log of the Yacht Mystery, which was caught 

 and dismasted in a hurricane at 3 A. M-, on the 13th instant, in N. 

 Lat. 17°, and E. Long. 88°. 



" The Mystery was on her passage from Madras to Dacca, and 

 put into this port in consequence of the damage sustained in the 

 storm. The Captain told me that the wind seemed to blow from 



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