Antje’s Hurricane of August and September, 1842. 3 
course and in the lower latitudes.* To this group I have now 
to add the observed route of the storm which appeared in the 
American seas at the end of August and in the early days of Sep- 
tember, 1842, the route of which is marked XII on the same 
chart 
This hurricane is distinguished as having | a course 
which is nearly due west, so far as it has been successfully fol- 
lowed by our inquiries, and its progress and observed phenomena 
will now be considered. 
Our earliest notice of this gale is August 30th, in lat. 25° 
54’ N., lon. 63° W., where the schooner Antje was dismasted by 
it, and our latest is September 8th, in Mexico, lat. 23° 28’ N., 
lon. 102° W.; the meridional distance between these points be- 
ing equal to thirty nine degrees of longitude. 
In submitting a condensed statement of the various observa- 
tions obtained, I shall first exhibit the reports from places which 
were on or near the right margin or border of the gale as it pro- 
ceeded westward ; second, those reports which relate to the ee 
margin or southern border of the storm’s path ; and, lastly, th 
which relate to the right center and left center of the adviailien 
gale. 
Right Margin of the Gale. 
1. From Bermuda, which is over 400 milest N. 13° W. from 
the position assigned to the Antje on the 30th of August, and 
apparently beyond the direct influence of the gale, we have the 
following observations. 
Date. | Hours. | Winds. Loe ae 
August 30. noon. |w.N. w. ‘ (light breeze. ) blue 30-07 inches. 
- |noon. w. pr nae K tb Re 
September 1. 5 a.m. N.E. by N. é (ip le ini gale.) |clo nay. S005. . 
** Inoon. N. E. pedenine breeze.)|clou 30:09 “ 
ee Med NR é (single reef gale.) ae and rain. |30°09 
2. ; N.E. |5 (fresh breeze.) (blue sky. 30:13 « 
[We find here a moderately high barometer throughout, with light and faint winds on 
the 30th and 3lst. On the Ist of September, pes, the gale should have passed far to the 
westward in its course, we have fresh winds drome, porthneet, oh ee NE 
* See Chart I. 
t+ The ea. salen to in this paper will be statute miles of 5280 English feet, unless 
otherwise 
