Right and Left Center of the Antje's Gale. a 7 
Abaco, lat. 25° 51’, lon. 77° 11’,} tem. of air 82°, water 8149, wind i increasing, in sudden 
gusts ; sails reduced and well secured. Shortly after noon of the 3d, passed Stirrup Key 
and entered upon the great Bahama Bank. The wi ind, from E. N. E., continued to in- 
crease, but was fair for crossing these smooth shallow waters. Appearaivces now altered 
the clouds flew to the west with great velocity and low elevation ; ship reduced to 
close-reefed topsails and ara fore courses. At half-past 8 p. m., departed from the Bank 
and encountered, in the Gulf of Florida, a ere Sindhi sea. The night was dismal in 
the extreme, but the ship soe with safety 
After daylight on the 4th, the sea ran va dangerously, and during the morning the 
By 10 a. m. the Florida Reef, near to Loo Key, was seen, over which the sea was breaking 
inet ta the wind blowing E. by S. About noon the wind had increased to a perfect 
h 
me a storm mizen — which soon blew ~~ Sone mar Psi 6 ?. *, aan Hiaegs into 
8. with increasing violence. “Towseds bad of the Sth it veered gradually to +e 
S. E. and moderated toa hard gale, with heavy rain. Finally, the morning of the 6th 
es in oe Gulf of eres a Se ~ and a gentle breeze. —(Jour. of 1B pest F OSTER, ) 
ng 
westerly ba which in the later oa coincided with the course of the storm.] 
23. Brig Florida Banca, at noon of Sept. 2d, was in Jat. 29° 30’, lon. 75° 54’; took the 
first. of _ ing about 10 p. m., wind N. E., veering afterwards to E., at which point it 
stood of the 3d, about six miles south of the Hole in the Wall. Had the hardest 
of the A 3 pitas Stirrup Keys and the Banks in the afternoon and night of the 3d. 
(Journal 4d og ELprRinae.) 
24a. ue Rapid, Warp, bound for Havanna, Sept. 2d, a. m., wind E., five and six knot 
breeze; rt obs. 26° 31’. p. m., wind N. E,, begins fresh gales aad clear weather. At 4p, m. 
made the Hole in the Wall, S. W. by a 15 miles. At 8 p.m. the Hole bore N.E. ’ 
appearance. 
t. 3d, at 1 4. m., made the Berry Islande bearing W. S. W., five miles, fresh gales 
and squally, seek in main-ten gallant sails. p.m., fresh gales oul squally ; at 2h. 30m. 
P. M., went off the Bank ; wind N. E. by N.; atmidnight t made the Doubled-Headed Shot 
Keys and haaled up west, 
Sept. 4th, at 24.m., the Double Shots bearing E. N. E. about nine miles distant, close 
topsails and sent down fore-royal yard; at5a.m., findin ng the gale increasing 
sent down top gt. yards and took in flying-jib boom ; conied all sails and furled them 
fast mid. running before the wind under bare poles, wind N.N.E. At 8 a. m., still 
and judging the land of C ube at mot more. than ten miles rabies brought the 
barque Seieder the e main spencer. I beam ends, 
the wa bin, and every thing was soon washed from the deck. Find- 
ing no pen eut away the mizen topmast to get her off before the wind, rather than 
founder. Lost the fore-topmast staysail, fore-topmast and head of the fore 
d the 
t the barque before the wind, stantly breaking heavily over her. By 
this time it was. » and the had Ul wing a tremen- 
us hurricane from S. to S. W, At 1 p.m. the force of the hurricane began to , still 
blowing very heavy and in squalls. At 4 Pp. . more moderate, and * 6 ba: Ms kept away 
8. r foresail, the wind at S. E. Sept. 5th, 
diaghoo 
[It will be seen that the Rapid was further south while — to the gale, than 
either of the three vessels last mentioned. The sudden shift of the wind to an opposite 
direction shows that the barque ee at that time near to the axis of the gale, and that this 
axis passed near to the north coast of Cuba in its wester 
; progress, 
. Capt. Warp states that a “te ship was dismasted at Ginger Key, [lat. 220 
53’, lon. 78°,] the hurrican e shifting “round the compass 
