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LOGS OF THE STEAMSHIPS NATAL AND CHELYDRA.
S.S. Natal.
S.S. Chelydra.
Dec. 24, Noon ..................
.11°08′ 108° 43′ 29.97
4 p. ४
11 43
109 12
NNE .86 NE
.12 26
109 28
.93 NE
Midt..
.13 05
109 40
.92 NNW
25, 4 a.....
.13 39
109 55
.87 NW
8
14 00
109 59
.95 NNW
Noon
15 00 110 16
.95 NNW
4 p.
16 15 110 25
.88
N
૪
.16 28
110 35
.95
N
Midt....
.17 10
110 47
.95
NNW
26, 4 a.......17 45
110 58
.95
N
8
.18 28
111 21
30.01
NE
Noon
.18 57
111 48
.01
NE
4 p. 8
.19 32 112 18
29.97
NNE
.20 12 112 56
30.03
Midt.
.20 52 113 29
.05
NE 4 NE
10 10 10 20 10 10 10 10 2 SO 4 SAIN
1 b 50 5 5 3
Dec. 23, Noon -
24, Noon
7°36′ 108°38' 29.93 NNE
6 oq
.88 N/E
7
4 p. 8
.77
9 od
Ba
"
Midt.......
.80 .79
9
JJ
รา
3 pq 5
5
25, 4 a.
10
.69 N 10 oq
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5 or
3
ཊྛ སྙ མི སྤྱི ནི མི བརྒྱ
8 Noon
4 P- 8
10 25 110 40
.65 WNW 11 .57 NW 11 ""
.45 NW/W 12 "?
.51 W Il 22
Midt....... 26, 4 a.......
.49
11 "
8
.51 WSW 11 .74 S/W
37
6 oqd
Noon
12 57
111 27
.82 SE/S
5 pq
4 p. 8
.81
5 cp
.91 ESE
4 c
Midt......
.94
4 c
"
25th, from 8.30 a. to 4 p., vessel hove to.
This typhoon was preceded by anticyclonic conditious over China where, however, pressure gave way rapidly between the 22nd and 24th. Between the 23rd and 24th pressure decreased quickly in Luzon and Cochin China also, and the disturbance probably had its origin to the West of Palawan in about 9° to 10° Lat. at this time. The French Mail steamer Natal, on board of which vessel was the Director of the Hongkong Observatory, had left Saigon bound for Hongkong at midnight of the 23rd. On the afternoon of the 24th the barometer fell somewhat, the sky became overcast, the wind freshened from the NE and a heavy swell from NE was encountered. The S.S. Chelydra, position at noon is not stated, also had the wind increasing from N by E on the morning of this day. At the same time the barometer commenced to fall and the weather became wet and squally. On the 25th the accom- panying log of the S.S. Chelydra clearly shows that the disturbance was passing from the E to the N of the vessel, the centre probably being situated in about 11°, 112° at noon apparently moving towards NW or WNW. The vessel was hove to from 8.30 a. to 4 p. after which hour her course was apparently resumed, but it was not until next morning, the 26th, that the barometer rose decidedly and the wind backed to the southward and decreased.
The centre would appear to have entered the Annam Coast near noon on the 26th in about 12° latitude. At Cape St. Jaines, the wind backed to NW in the afternoon, but complete observations from this station are not available.