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north as shewn in the painting. Our place was completely flooded 

 and after it was over we carted thirty loads of sand and rubbish 

 out of our stable yard. I have lived in India for thirty years 

 and have seen many water-spouts, but I never saw one with such 

 a large body of water as this one." The photograph of the painting 

 {Plate 3) shews the water-spout as it appeared during a few seconds 

 of a lull in the storm. 



Same day, March 21st 1891 — At Jervis Bay Light House a 

 large water-spout was observed at 9*25 a.m. five miles south and 

 moving to south-west. At 10 a.m. three more were seen, two 

 eight miles north and one three miles east. These water-spouts 

 all started from very heavy rain clouds ; the longest was straight 

 up and down and the top seemed to be four times as high as a 

 full rigged ship (say 650 feet). 



October 14th, 1891. — "At 8 a.m. this morning," writes Mr. Sur- 

 veyor Sloman, "I observed a water-spout off the Waverley 

 Cemetery distant about a quarter of a mile; the spray caused by 

 its contact with the ocean rose to a considerable height. The 

 water-spout descended from a dark heavy-looking cloud, which 

 was high up and the long snake-like water-spout seemed to sway 

 about with the wind." 



May 13th, 1894.— On this date the Signal Master, Sydney, 

 reported that a very large water-spout was seen descending from 

 a dark heavy mass of cloud coming towards the observer with 

 the south-east wind. When it was about four miles distant, 

 he could see it distinctly by the light-house revolving light; it 

 appeared to be very bulky and wide at the top and tapered down 

 to a point close to the water, it was slightly curved, directly 

 under it the sea was all white foam. It was visible for nearly 

 half an hour. Thick heavy rain fell directly after it was broken 

 up. 



June 6th, 1894. — At 1*30 p.m. a large water-spout was seen by 

 the Signal Master, South Head, Sydney, its direction was south- 

 south-east, distance fifteen miles ; it appeared to be fifty feet in 



J— Aug. 3, 1898. 



