1847.] 



experienced at Madra$. 



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It appears to have been formed about 300 miles E. by N. of 

 Madras. Had it come further from the Eastward an inspection of 

 the accompanying diagram will show that the Cressey must have 

 fallen in with it between the 24th and 25th, whereas at noon on the 

 24th she was running to the Southward with a main royal set ; and 

 on the 25th, although she had a heavy confused sea from the S. 

 causing the vessel to pitch much, she had fine weather. 



Taking it for granted then that the formation took place about 

 300 miles E. by N. of Madras, it appears to have pursued a straight 

 course towards the coast, which it struck about midway between 

 Bladras and Sadras, soon after which it seems to have abated. 



At noon of the 25th I place the nucleus about 160 miles East- 

 ward from Madras, at which time the ships that left the roads on 

 the 24th began to feel the hurricane from the Northward, from which 

 quarter it rapidly veered to West and S. W. as the centre approach- 

 ed and passed to the North of them. The u4(jincoiirt being fur- 

 ther out had it about West at the same time, veering to S. S. W. 

 and ultimately to S. E. by E. as she passed through the South- 

 Eastern quadrant of the vortex. 



The Macedon and Serwgapatam were both at this time ex- 

 periencing a gale between South and S. W., clearly indicating that 

 they must have been sufficiently far from the nucleus not to feel the 

 sudden shifts of wind that always are, and were on this occasion, 

 found to be so dangerous to vessels in its more immediate vicinity. 

 Only the outer part of the South-Eastern quadrant was entered by 

 them, for although the Macedon subsequently ran to the N. W., 

 and crossed the track of the hurricane, it had passed before she 

 went over the ground. 



The Ayincourt which was the vessel furthest to the Eastward, 

 she having parted on the night of the 23d, felt the greatest fury of 

 the storm about midday of the 25th, when the Barometer showed 

 28-57. The Anna Robertson and Eleanor Lancaster left the 

 roads early on the afternoon of the 24th and experienced its 

 greatest force between 4 and 5 P. M. of the 25th, showing the 

 onward motion of the storm to have been from the Eastward. The 

 Zarah must have been somewhere near these ships, having run 

 out about the same time with them, but the memo, of her proceedings 

 does not show clearly her position. It appears however that she ex« 

 perienced the height of the storm about the aamc time as the two 



