'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From December 1854 to March 1856. (New Issue.) Edited by the Secretary. Volume XII.' [‎31] (50/258)

ON THE CYCLONE AT BOMBAY.
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troops hero arc keeping more healthy than the Bengalees used to bo, but not so
the rest of the regiment at Khyouk Phyoo, where both officers and men are suf
fering much from fever.”— Calcutta Englishman, M arch 4.
Bengal.— It appears that during last week there was some very^boistcroos
■weather and a heavy sea at Saugor and in the channels below. It was blowing
hard here at the time from the south west. Such weather is 'very unusual in
February : but both here and on the other side of India the season has been very
remarkable. The S. W. monsoon is not generally considered to commence fair
ly, or rather foully, till the beginning or middle of May ; but last week some of
the pilots thought the monsoon had set in—full two months earlier than usual !
We have since had some northerly wind, and the weather has been so hazy that all
Monday 2Gth, and yesterday, there were no semaphoric reports.— Hurkaru Feb. 28.
IIoSiiuNGAi!AD.—On the 20th February, half a gale had blown throughout the
greater part of the day, the mean of the barometer having descended in three
days from 28 949 to 28 , 6S4 ! Our correspondent continues :—•“Prognosticating
an earthquake at Hoshungabad is somewhat akin to a pig seeing the wind, but I
only hint at such a phenomenon from the consciousness that there is something
very peculiar just now in the atmosphere, and fro n the fact that the instruments
seem as strangely affected as the senses.”— Bombay Times.
Madras.— From our Meteorological Observations the few following notations
are culled. During last week some attention was called to atmospherical vari
ations. The thermometer was observed to be at 84 ° ; rather higher than usu
al in February ; and it accompanied (as some times observable^ a depression of
the barometer. This depression was not greater than customary when the south
west wind regularly sets in, as it did last week. But on Thursday last (22nd,)
the barometer went down so low as to indicate atmospheric disturbance at a dis
tance from Madras. '1 he appearance of clouds, and flying scud from the south
west, on Friday seemed to point out the Western Coast as the probable site of a
gale. The bright appearance in the low horizon, in that direction, has been a
little singular ; and we may perhaps hear of bad weather from the other coast.
For a fortnight past the state of the sky has been not a littleyemarkable. We have
no Cyanometer ; but without it, can state that the blueness of the sky has been
less than usual, with an almost whiteness by day, and haziness by night around
the horizon—indicating that the atmosphere is loaded with highly rarified
vapours. The barometer has again risen, and we can have no immediate apprehen
sions. However the track of the approaching lunar eclipse will be on the west
of the parallel of Truiiqucbar, or thereabouts, and the solar forces drawing
southerly. So that wo are not perfectly secure against a possible gale, from
Ceylon northerly, perhaps as far as Madras, though nothing serious is to be ap
prehended. Seamen however may be cautioned to keep a good look out; and
every thing as snug as possible. It is seldom possible to assert with precision that
such and such thing will occur ; and wo do no more than hint at a possibility
now, because we can sec only dubious indications.— Circulator, Feb. 28.
Thu; Punjaub.— The orders to march were issued at an early hour on the 22nd
of February, and the troops marched about 8 A. m., and kept up the pursuit for
18 miles, under a hot sun, and through a jungly country in the direction of the
Khoree pass. During the night a heavy storm came on. The same storm ap
pears to have ranged all along the outer range of the Himalayas, as it extended
to Mussoorce, and was felt here in the masses of dust that filled the air for two or
three days after the 24th. On the 23rd, the march was resumed, and the force
reached Khoree, the position which the Scikhs occupied in such force after
having evacuated Kussool. A hail-storm occurred as the troops were passing up
the defile, and rain fell in torrents for some timo after their arrival at i’oorau.—
Delhi Gazeite.
This is merely a specimen of the plan of inquiry and publication originally
contemplated ; and 1 had at this date nothing but the Observatory reports,