Once during the summer, for several years in succession, Formosa has been visited by 'y 8 terrific typhoon, accompanied by floods, villages in the lowlands. These storms which have wrought, great havoc on the have been. increasing in force for the last. three years, until with the present. summer North Formosa became the unwilling host of a typhoon and inundation, which if the hackneyed phrase be permitted, was. by far the test storm witnessed " during the life of the oldest inhabitant." Heavy rains fell during the early days. of the month and on the Sth we had a cloudy day with light rains. On the 6th-the rain had increased, anda rather stiff wind blowing in gusts, together with a:
barometer, gave evidence of an apg storm of unusual severity. By 5
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