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'Notice of the Storms 



[No. 32, 



shows a difference of nearly an inch from the height registered on 

 shore, and may perhaps be attributable to the instability of the vessels, 

 as well as original incoincidence with the standard Barometer. The 

 fact of its rising after 4 A.M. of the 21st seems nevertheless to be 

 allowed, which further confirms the supposition that the gale passed 

 from them and Madras about the same time, which would not have 

 been the case had its proper motion been from East to West. 



It now only remains to show that it proceeded in a Northerly di- 

 rection. On the night of the 20th when it was raging at Madras 

 from S. W., no mention is made of the wind having been more than 

 ordinary at Masulipatam and Guntoor. On the morning of the 21st 

 however it blew at both those stations from East to N. E. — at which 

 time, be it remembered, it was still blowing hard at Madras from 

 S. W. to South. The centre of the hurricane must therefore be con- 

 sidered as about midway between these latitudes. It then appears 

 to have travelled slowly to the Northward, making a bold curve to 

 sea-ward ; and by about noon of the 22d, when its influence was no 

 longer felt at Madras, the nucleus must have resumed its course over 

 the land, striking it a little inside false point Devi. At this time 

 Masulipatam had it from the Southward, the Agincoiirt off the 

 Santopilly rocks had it from S. E., and Guntoor from the North- 

 ward. Then continuing its course as before, it clearly passed between 

 these two towns, Guntoor at 10 P. M. of the 22d having it at N. W., 

 and Masulipatam at the same time at S. \V. ; after which it passed 

 away and probably dispersed. 



These data appear fully to warrant the assumption that the hurri- 

 cane was of the rotatory description, although not one in which the 

 violence of the wind was exerted to any great extent. The most 

 remarkable feature in it was the extraordinary fall of rain that took 

 place during its duration. From sun-set of the 20th to sun-rise of 

 the 21st, the Pluviometer showed an amount of 17-5 inches to have 

 fallen, being for a period of about 12i hours: a fall unprecedented 

 in the meteorological annals of Madras. The whole quantity that 

 fell from sun-rise of the 20th to sun-set of the 21st was 24-33 inches. 



The hurricane of the 25th November was as usual preceded at 

 Madras by a murky atmosphere with the wind blowing in squalls 

 from the N. W. to North with heavy rain. After noon it veered 

 round to N. N. E. and N, E., the wind rapidly increasing land the 

 Barometer falUng, 



