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14. E.N.E., moderate breeze. 15. E.N.E., fresh breeze. 16. 

 E. to S.E., fresh and squally. 17. S.S.W., moderate breeze. 

 22. S.S.E., strong gales ; heavy rain. 23. S., moderate breezes. 

 24. N.N.E., strong breezes." 



Islay. — Bowmore. — " Nov. 2. N.E. 10. S.W., blowing hard. 15. 

 N.E. 16. S.E., a gale. 21. S.S.E. 23. N.W. 25. N.E. , fresh." 



Bute. — Rothsay. — " Nov. 1. W., blowing strong. 9. S.W., blow- 

 ing strong. 20. S.W., blowing strong." 



Greenock.— 1 ' Nov. 1. W., fine. 7. S.W., fine. 11. N.N.W. and 

 S.E., moderate. 12. S., light airs; calm. 14. W., moderate. 

 18. S.E., moderate. 19. S., light airs; rain. 22. S.E., snow 

 and sleet. 23. Variable; light airs and calm. 24. E., fresh 

 breezes with showers." 



Glasgow *' Nov. 3. E., moderate. 6. N.E., fine. 8. 6 p.m. wind 



veered round to S.W., and blowing a gale outside. 10. Shortly 

 after we had posted our letters (on the 8th) it began to blow a 

 heavy gale, which towards night became a hurricane with rain, 

 which continued all day (the 9th). Today (10th) wind N.E., 

 fair. 14. 6-30' p.m., wind since Saturday last (12th) chiefly 

 from N. to N.E., light. 17. N.E., light." 



Leith Roads. — "Nov. 14. N.N.E., fine. 17. Variable; fair." 



Ireland. — Donegal. — " On the night of the 8th, about 8 o'clock, there 

 was a heavy gale of wind from W. to S.W. 26. W.N.W." 



Strangford.—" Nov. 1. W. 2. E.S.E., fine. 3 and 4. E.S.E., 

 fresh. 5. E. by N., fine. 14, 15, 16. E., strong breeze. 17. 

 E.S.E., strong. 18. W.S.W., heavy breeze with rain. 19. W. 

 21. E. 22. W.byN. 23. W.S.W. 25. E.S.E., strong; rain. 

 26. N.W., rain." 



Arklotv. — " Nov. 6. E.N.E., fresh breezes. 9. a.m. S.W., gtrong 

 gales with rain : p.m. strong gales. 10. At day-break, E., strong 

 gales with rain: p.m. S.S.W., blowing hard. 11. a.m. S.W., 

 strong gales. 12. a.m. S.W. , strong gales and rain : p.m. W., 

 fresh breeze. 13. a.m. W.S.W. , fresh gales with rain: p.m. 

 S.W., moderate. 14. a.m. N.E., strong gales : p.m. E.N.E. to 

 E.S.E., a gale after sunset with heavy incessant rain. 15. E. by 

 S., a heavy gale with torrents of rain. 16. E., heavy gale. 17. 

 E., strong gales : p.m. E.N.E., fresh gales. 18. a.m. S.W., 

 strong gales : p.m. S.W., strong gales. 19. S.W., strong gales. 

 20. a.m. E.N.E., fresh gales : p.m. S., hard gales and rain. 21. 

 E.N.E., a.m. moderate : p.m. freshened to a gale. 22. W.N.W., 

 fresh gale. 23. a.m. W., moderate : p.m. S., squally. 24. 

 W.S.W., fresh gales : p.m. W., more moderate. 25. a.m. W., 

 moderate : p.m. W.N.W. , moderate. 26. W. by N., moderate." 



Waterford.— " Nov. 2. W.S.W., S.E., and S.S.E. 3. S.E. to S.S.E. 

 4. E. to S.E., E., and N.E. 14. W. by N. to W.S.W., S.S.W., 

 and W." 



Youghall. — "Nov. 11. N.E., light breeze; hazy with rain. 12. 

 W.S.W., fresh breeze ; rain. 20. E. by S., fresh breeze, with 

 rain." 



Galway.-~ " Nov. 3. E.S.E. 5. E., fine. 6. E.S.E., moderate. 21. 



