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Table showing the hourhj chavge of loind, the course steered, the height of 

 barometer, thermometer and sympicsometer, and. temperature of water during 

 the cyclone. 



Wind. 



SE. by E , 



SE.} E 



SE.J E , 



SE 



SE.iS 



SE.i S 



SE. by S 



SE.by S 



SSE.i E 



SSE. i E 



SSE. ^ E 



SSE , 



S.by E 



•S.byE 



S.bv E 



South 



South 



South 



S.i W 



S.i W 



S.by W 



S.by W 



S.by W 



S.byW , 



Course. 



East 



Eiist 



East 



East 



E.A N... 

 E. iN... 

 E. by N . 

 E. by N . 

 E. by N . 

 E.J N... 

 E. i N... 

 E. i N... 

 E.i N... 

 E. by N . 

 E. by N . 

 E. by N . 



East 



East 



East .... 



East 



East 



East 

 East 

 East , 



Thermom- 

 eter. 



72.5 

 1:J. G 

 72.6 

 72.5 

 72.5 

 72.5 

 72. 5 

 75.0 

 75. 3 

 75.0 

 75.0 

 75. 

 7.3.0 

 7.5. 

 7.5. 

 75. 

 75. H 

 75. ] 

 7.5. 1 

 75.2 

 70. 2 

 7(i. 2 

 7(i. 2 

 76.2 



Sympiesom- 

 eter. 



0.026 



0. 027 



0. U27 



0. 028 



0. 027 



0. (26 



0. 020 



0.018 



0.010 



0.010 



0.016 



0.015 



0.015 



0.015 



0.015 



0.012 



0. 10 



0.08 



0.08 



0. 08 



0.08 



0. 07 



0.07 



0.07 



Teropera- 

 tuie. 



74.3 



7-1.3 



74.3 



74.8 



74.8 



74.8 



74.2 



74.3 



74.3 



74. 3 



74.1 



74.3 



74.3 



74.3 



74.3 



74.5 



74.5 



74.5 



74.5 



74.12 



74.12 



74.12 



74. 12 



75.0 



Remarks. 



Cloudy. 



Do. 

 Rain. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Cloudy. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Rainy. 



Do. 



Do. 

 •Do. 

 Strong gale. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Thn greatest height of barometer 30. 21 



The lowest stand of barometer 30. 1 



The lowest stand of sympiesometer 0. 07 



SOME OBSERVATIONS OX THE GREAT HURRICANE OF OCTOBER 29, 1S67, AT 

 TORTOLA, (OR PETER'S ISLAND,) ST. THOMAS, AND PART OF PORTO RICO. 



By Gf.orge a. Latimer. 



What is usually called the great liurricane of 29tli October, 1SG7, should, it 

 seems to me, rather be called a tornado, or a number of tornadoes, almost joined 

 and moving nearly together, for the following reasons : Ilun-icanes extend far 

 and are wide ; this occuiTcnce on the 29th October was short in extent and 

 narrow. It appears to have begun at Tortohi, (Petei's island,) at 9 a. m., with 

 wind at northeast, and lasted until 1.20 p. m., wind going all round the compass, 

 the hardest being from northwest. 



At St. Thomas it began at 10 a. m., with wind from northeast, and a heavy 

 rain; at 11.15 a. m. calm until 12.15 p. m., when wind came furious from west, 

 and blew until 2 p. m. ; then a dead calm until 2.30 p. m., when the wind came 

 with fuiy from the east, accompanied by a heavy rain and a white atmosphere. 

 This, the second and most terrific part, lasted until 4.15 p. m., when it fell calm, 

 and the night following was clear, with a bright sky. While the wind was 

 blowing so hard from the east, the barometer fell 14 lines, and remained so for 

 30 minutes. 



At east end of Porto Rico, say Fajardo, Naguabo, and Ilumacao, it began at 

 11 a m., with wind from northeast, sliifting 1o southeast and south until 1.15 p. 

 m., then calm until 2 p. m., when the wind came from northwest, and at 4 p. in. 

 it entirely ceased, and tlie evening and niglit following were calm. During the 

 violence of the wind, (but the hour is not given,) the sea rose in Fajardo and 

 Huinacao about four feet, overflowing the beaches and all the store yards for a 

 very great distance. 



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