  We have found and analysed 16 multi-peaked type-I bursts from the
neutron-star low mass X-ray binary 4U 1636$-$53 with the Rossi X-ray Timing
Explorer (RXTE). One of the bursts is a rare quadruple-peaked burst which was
not previously reported. All 16 bursts show a multi-peaked structure not only
in the X-ray light curves but also in the bolometric light curves. Most of the
multi-peaked bursts appear in observations during the transition from the hard
to the soft state in the colour-colour diagram. We find an anti-correlation
between the second peak flux and the separation time between two peaks. We also
find that in the double-peaked bursts the peak-flux ratio and the temperature
of the thermal component in the pre-burst spectra are correlated. This
indicates that the double-peaked structure in the light curve of the bursts may
be affected by enhanced accretion rate in the disc, or increased temperature of
the neutron star.
