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and Bermuda Gale of Oct. 1842. 
though doubtless it f Mist have been met with by many naviga- . 
tors. We may now take a cursory view of the weather. on - 
two borders of the path of the storm. bse 
From the Caribbean sea, we have no accounts that afford 1 th le 
slightest indication of the presence of the storm, either before or 
after its appearance in the Gulf. 
ber, the Brig H’cho sailed, with other vessels, from Kingston, Ja- 
maica, for Philadelphia, and met with no storm in those seas. 
So also the Effort, from Jamaica, as we have seen, made her first 
In front of the gale, we find, that in F 
mild state of the winds preceded the arri 
successive localities ; and further eastward, in its route on the At-— 
lantic, vessels were spoken in mild weat immediately before 
its arrival, 
From the left margin of the storm, we * the following re- 
ports; some of which afford indications of 4 effects or influence 
of the storm. 
60. New Orleans Barracks, Oct. 2d, wind N. E—N. W., sloudy and light rain; _ 
W., light rain; 4th, N., eleady ; 5th, N. E., cloudy. 
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61. Fort Pike, (nearer the storm,] lat, 30° 10’, lon, 89° 38, Oct. 2d, wind E. dedi 34, : 
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63. MY Vernon Arsenal, lat. omy 12, lon. 88° 15’, Oct S. W., fair; 4th, N. E,, fair, — 
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66. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, lat. iy sy lon. 76° 367, Oct. beh, N. W., y Seley: - and 
7th, N. E., fair; 8th, N. W,, fair; 9th, N. W., rainy. — 
' At New York, from the 4th to 7th of Cetabir: nates: in 
which time the storm had passed this meridian, the winds were 
light and variable, the sky perfectly cloudless, with the barometer 
ranging from 30-10 to 30-46, averaging 30-289; and no stormy 
weather occurred till the 14th of the month. 
. At the magnetic observatory, Toronto, lat. 43° 39’, lon. 79° 21’, 
Sein the 3d to 7 th, inclusive, calms and light winds prevailed, 
of Mexico. On the 2d of Octo- — 
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