The information received at the Sicawei Observatory shows that the exceptionally violent thunderstorm of the 30th May wasn't a merely local pheno. cuon, but displayed its wasteful power along a relatively long track of country.
It. probably originated to the North of the Yangtzokiang, in the plains, interspersed with Inkes, near the big Hungtzibu. At all events, it was entirely constituted when it reached
about 340 pin.
Cinkiang, travelling from N.W. to SE, Harbour-Master's report states that the squall lasted about 20 minutes, and was aggravated with a
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