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one of a peculiar class ; being of small extent — of great violence, — of 

 very moderate progressive motion — and probably not one travelling 

 any distance to sea, so far as we are informed. There is no doubt 

 that a considerable atmospheric disturbance was taking place aH 

 over the head of the Bay, as our Calcutta Barometers shewed ; and 

 it appears to have resulted in the two or three violent little Cyclones 

 which we have above recorded. 



No. IV. 



Peepaeis Cyclone oe Novemp.ee, 1850, 

 With a Chart. 

 This Cyclone is a second, and a very instructive instance of the 

 occurrence of these meteors in the Andaman Sea and Preparis Pas- 

 sage ; where the little sea room renders them doubly formidable. It 

 will be remembered that the first notice we had of Cyclones within 

 this narrow Volcanic sea formed the Twelfth of this series of 

 Memoirs, which detailed the wrecks and miraculous preservation of 

 the crews and troops on board of the ships Briton and Eunnimede. 

 We have fortunately obtained for this brief Memoir, some very good 

 logs of ships at no great distance from each other, and are thus 

 enabled to say with considerable certainty what the track of the 

 Cyclone was. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Cowasjee IVmily, Capt. Dekeam from 

 Calcutta towards Singapore. Civil Time. 



Nov. 17th, 1850.— A. m. wind E. N. E. and N. E. Daylight saw 

 the land ; Working round the North end of the Cocos Islands. 9.15 

 a. m. centre of the Great Coco S. W. b. S. f S. Noon steady 

 E. N. E. breeze and rain. Lat. Acct. 14° 10' N. ; Long. 93° 59' E. ; 

 Bar. 29.90. p. m. hard squalls N. E. 7 p.m. saw Narcondan bear- 

 ing S. E. b. E. | E. and at 9.30 it bore E. N. E. At 10 p. m. Bar. 

 29.50. At 10.30 wind "flew into the S. E. with terrific a'usts " 

 Midnight, every thing blown or blowing to shreds, a perfect hurri- 

 cane, and the sea making a clear breach over the ship, and clearing 

 the decks, Bar. 29.20. 



Nov. 18th. — a. m. " Still the same terrific gale, ship at times on 

 her beam-ends. Daylight— ship a perfect wreck. Noon— a little 

 more moderate. Bar. 29.35. Still a very hard gale. Ship lying very 



