To the Editor of the Sim,—The notice in your issue of the 'AOth instant, of the storm that visited Ningpo on Saturday and Sunday last, is, I think, a little exaggerated. The storm was certainly severe, nor would it be an exaggeration to call it "terrific." But it quite a mistake to say that none equally 80 are within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The writer of this can recall many such. Not to mention others, the typhoon that occurred on the 28th August, 4881, though shorter in duration, was 1 severer while it lasted, and far more destructive, There was, however, one feature of the storm last Sunday that was, so far as I can recollect, "unparalleled"—the tide in the river rose higher.
The barometrical report of your Correspondent, I judge to be fairly correct.
Yours truly, Epw. C. Lorp.
Ningpo, 10th August,
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