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of seeing the limits both of the outer circumference and of the vortex 

 of a circular storm so clearly defined, eleven Telegraph posts being 

 thrown down on one side of the centre in the direction of its course 

 and nine Telegraph posts being thrown down on the other side of its 

 centre in an opposite direction, its greatest diameter was about one 

 mile, and the diameter of its vortex about 200 feet, its progress was 

 at the rate of about 10 miles an hour or less, the velocity of its revolu- 

 tions I have no means of ascertaining, but its disastrous effects, when 

 at its height, appear to have almost equalled those of the great 

 cyclone in October last, only of course within much smaller limits." 



The following is a description of the Whirlwind. 



" The cyclone commenced about 3 miles on the south-west part of 

 the Ranagore village at about 18 o'clock with very slight violence ? 

 and did not cause any damage to that portion, but when it got to 

 about half a mile distance from Ranagore, it took its greatest violence at 

 about 18 h. 15min., it went whirling round through Ranagore village and 

 put that village to thorough destruction, and then it went towards the 

 north-east corner, passed the Railway about 18 h. 20 min., blew down 

 20 Telegraph posts, and broke some bricks off the parapet walls of 

 the bridges Nos. 131 to 133 without doing any material injury to 

 them. Then it went on in the same direction, passed through a portion 

 of the village named Tinnah, blew down about 40 houses, some trees, 

 &c. &c, went on about three miles further than Tinnah village ; at last 

 it got to a marsh land where it blew a lot of fishes with the water out 

 of the marsh, &c, then stopped about 18 h. 30 min. 



" In Ranagore village 300 houses, of which one was a pukka building 

 and the rest of clay built walls and strong thatching of timber and 

 bamboo work, have been blown down and afterwards set afire. Seventeen 

 men were killed, of whom 15 died the same night, and 2 died two days 

 after the occurrence, on account of the walls of their houses falling on 

 them ; and in Tinnah village about 40 houses were blown down and 

 through that there were three men killed. A donation for the relief 

 of the sufferers has been sent by the Government." 



Mr. W. Theobald, Junior, read the following note on the discovery 

 of stone implements in Burmah and a memorandum on additional dis- 

 coveries in India. 







