Storms in the Southern Hemisphere. 107 



scudded to the NNW., before the wind at SSE. She was 

 now within the compass of a whirlwind, which revolved like 



the hands of a watch, thus, ' A being in the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, in latitude 16' 42" south, and longitude 57' 45" east. 

 Scudding round in this whirlwind, the wind from SSE. be- 

 came south, and continued to the brig constantly veering as 

 she sailed round and round. Thus, in the log-book it is next 

 recorded, that she scudded north, thenHo NNE., next, NE. ; 

 her course changing to ENE., to east, to ESE., to SE., to 

 SSE., and then to south, when the wind in the log-book is 

 marked at north. The log-book goes on to shew, that the 

 Charles Heddle's course was changed from south to SW., to 

 WSW., to west, to WNWo to NW., and to NNW., the wind 

 throughout being marked in the opposite quarter, as she was 

 scudding before it, at twelve knots an hour. Thus she com- 

 pleted her first entire revolution round the vortex of the storm. 

 By this time she was reduced to bare poles, for her sails had 

 blown away. Scudding under bare poles, she continued chang- 

 ing her course from NNW., to north, to NNE., to NE., to 

 ENE., and round again through all the points of the compass, 

 to NNW. ; being marked nearly throughout as running at 

 the rate of eleven knots, and the wind always recorded as 

 being exactly in the opposite point to the course she was 

 scudding. In marking this second circuit, it is stated in the 

 column of remarks, that she broached-to several times. 



In this manner did the Charles Heddle make five complete 

 circuits, wanting only four points of the compass round the 

 vortex of a storm, by steering always before the wind. Scud- 

 ding before the wind, the brig was prevented from getting 

 out of the whirlwind as she would have done had she been 

 steered either towards the east, the north, or the south-east. 



Allusion is made to this hurricane, and to circuit-sailing in 

 storms, in papers recently published by Mr Redfield in the 

 American Journal of Science. He says : — 



" In the slow progression found in storms of the eastern 

 seas, as already noticed, not only a complete circuit of revolu- 

 tion, but more than one circuit might sometimes be made, in 



