398 On the Cyclones of Tasmania, ce. 
Cyclone. The extreme cold, which is characteristic of the 
central space, extended over the whole of Van Diemen’s 
Land. During the whole of the 30th, and the forenoon of 
the 81st, there were continuous heavy snow squalls. ight 
years had passed since the last snow storm in Hobart Town. 
The hills in the neighbourhood were covered with snow; 
and at Oatlands, Jericho, &c., the snow was two or three 
feet deep. The thermometer at the Observatory was 87° at 
6 A.M., 37° at 2 P.M., and 36° at 10 p.m. of the 80th. 
The newspapers furnish the following corroborative 
notices :— 
“The Charles Carter left Hobart Town for Sydney on 
the 28th July. On the 80th she fell in with heavy gales 
from N.N.W. to §.W., which continued for four days.” 
“ At 2 a.m. of the Ist August, the brig Mary, of London, 
was lost on Kent's Group, Bass’s Straits.” 
“ On the 3lst July, the schooner Spy, of Hobart Town, 
was on shore at Kent’s Group.” 
“The barque Gratitude, of London, from Sydney the 
26th July, was compelled to return to port on the 31st, the 
weather being most terrific.” 
“The schooner Gem left Launceston on the 26th July, 
and whilst trying to beat into Waterloo Bay on the evening 
of the 80th, had nearly the whole of her canvas blown away, 
and was compelled to bear up for Twofold Bay to refit.” 
ELMS. Fantome was then lying at the Auckland Islands, 
in 166° E., é.e., about 18° to the E. of Cape Portland. ‘The 
barometer on board falls rapidly on the 80th, and reaches 
its lowest point early on the 3lst. During this interval the 
direction and force of the winds are :— 
July 80.—N.N.E. 4; N. by E. 5; N.N.E. 6. 7. 
July 31.—a.m., N.N.E. 6, 8, 9, 6. 
showing the passage of the South Eastern quadrant. From 
