NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE. 
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Manila. 
Manila, the Capital of the Philippine Islands, and the most ancient European 
town in the East after Goa, has been so much visited and so well described that it is 
unnecessary to say much respecting it. 
The Jesuit fathers at Manila were kind enough to furnish a copy of the meteoro- 
logical results, taken at their well-known magnetic, meteorological, and seismographic 
observatory, from which the following table, showing the climate, has been compiled : — 
Meteorological Table compiled from observations made at the Jesuits’ College, Manila, 
from 1866 to 1871 inclusive. Position of observing station, lat. 14° 35' 58" N., 
long. 120° 58 / E. Barometer reduced to 32° and sea level. 
BAKOMETEIt. 
& 
•si 
c'S 
Rain. 
WIND. 
MONTH. 
Mean 
bO 
« | 
S-! 
S ^ 
1 ’3d 
?! 
Total 
faU. 
No. 
f* 
No. OF 
DATS FROM 
T3 K 
. of daj 
Fogs. 
Height. 
3 
|.S 
s° 
v 
~ % 
1 1 
ss 
a.l 
<3 > 
N. 
E. 
- 
, W . 
w. 
— 
C’lm 
§ 
Iz; 
JANUARY, . _ . 
29S92 
0-54 
79-2 
14-9 
92 
61 
inchi s. 
1-32 
7 
5-6 
6 
5 
5 
2 
i 
2 
4 
3 
3 
FEBRUARY, 
29-897 
0-40 
80-3 
16-2 
94 
63 
0-40 
2 
5-5 
3 
5 
6 
3 
l 
2 
4 
1 
3 
MARCH, .... 
29-873 
0-30 
83-4 
16-8 
96 
61 
0-39 
2 
7-4 
1 
5 
9 
4 
i 
3 
4 
2 
2 
APRIL, .... 
29-827 
0-37 
80 -0 
16-9 
100 
68 
0-66 
3 
7-5 
1 
4 
8 
6 
i' 
2 
4 
2 
2 
MAY, .... 
29-822 
0-38 
85-0 
16-2 
97 
68 
3-62 
10 
7-1 
2 
3 
5 
6 
2 
6 
4 
2 
1 
JUNE, . 
29-782 
0-44 
83-7 
13-9 
97 
66 
11-74 
16 
7-3 
2 
2 
5 
5 
2 
7 
3 
2 
2 
JULY, .... 
29-780 
0-38 
81-7 
12-5 
92 
6S 
. 11-73 
20 
66 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3 
8 
3 
3 
3 
AUGUST, 
29-748 
0-41 
82 T 
13-1 
92 
67 
13-00 
21 
9-0 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
11 
3 
2 
2 
SEPTEMBER, . 
29-743 
0-50 
81-6 
13-2 
91 
67 
22-70 
23 
90 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
10 
4 
3 
3 
OCTOBER, 
29-788 
0-45 
80-3 
14-1 
93 
63 
11-60 
18 
6-1 
5 
4 
3 
2 
2 
6 
3 
2 
4 
NOVEMBER, 
29-810 
0-60 
so-i 
14-3 
92 
61 
6-65 
12 
5-5 
8 
5 
3 
1 
1 
3 
3 
5 
1 
DECEMBER, 
29-855 
0-44 
78-9 
16-0 
90 
54 
1-55 
10 
5-9 
9 
5 
4 
2 
1 
2 
2 
3 
3 
Means and Totals, 
29-818 
0-60 
81-9 
14-8 
100 
54-0 
95-36 
144 
6'9 
45 
45 
55- 
38 
20 
62 
41 
30 
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Manila to Hong Kong. 
On the 11th November, at 2.30 p.m., the ship left Manila for Hong Kong, passing 
Corregidor Island at 11 p.m., and proceeding to the northward along the coast of Luzon, 
sometimes under sail and sometimes under steam, the wind being variable with a nasty 
swell. 
On the 13th, at 6 a.m., Mount St. Thomas (7000 feet high) bore S. 85° E., Mount 
Calvario S. 54° E., and Mount Piedra S. 74° E., showing a strong northerly set. At 
