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storm depends to a great extent upon the point of its Origin, 

 which indeed may be at any portion of the track. (Of 134 indi- 

 vidual storms examined 84 originated in the first branch of the 

 normal track, 23 in the recurve and 27 in the second branch.) 

 But wherever the storm may originate, for the balance of its 

 existence it will follow approximately the normal path for the 

 month in which it occurs. Thus those that originate far to the 

 east, as they generally do in- August and September, are most 

 likely to move west-northwest for a considerable distance before 

 recurving, while those that originate in the western waters of 

 the Caribbean Sea, as do most of the storms early in the season 

 and also those of October, move northwest or north along the 

 recurve of the normal track. 



The following tables give some of the more important facts 

 in regard to hurricanes. 



Hurricanes of 1876-1900 



