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harbour lyzing towards the horth
que
Cast; this was of the most des- tructive pealetres in the terrible ty - phoons of 18714 which also in regard to duration and intensity has been unequalled in Southern China. There
is
no record of typhoons culmination
ating from the West or
horth West, from this quarter there is happily free- dom from danger, and the mariun
westerly wind
here knows that a
and.
A
falling glass
Juda A
a...
cayelone to the South, polling away
from us in
tion.
覆
South westerly dirie-
From the foregoing it will be
seen therefore that the horth East
of
MA ST.
is the direction
exposure to which the
subgict, and that even
wall is
from here.
the
waved
AAL
onlyy
such
be expected to form in
A
be s
might
land
locked harbour under the les of mountains, and
make over..
that the
entire western half of the leilig poutage
is saved from
their
direct action by the interception of Hung Hom
Pont.
a
As the standards of stability of wall cannot well be determined with
due regard
before
to
economy of
the
Engineer
onaterial
knows what is the severest possible trial to which to strength may regard to the Praga wall at Hong
be
pert,
I consider in
hong that the Great Typhoon of 187/14
may
be taken
0.0
its
In-a
sim
test and I cannot therefore do better then illustrate for the informations
the
f