Right Side of the Gale. 347 
31° 24’, lon. chr. 70° 06’. . [Had run 40 miles to poe. -nestharent snes os P, me Mihi besides 
drift in lying to. Probable position at , 213 m 
Ship ple otomac, Oct. 6th, at 4 a. M., reefed ye _ sails with he ial tee at 
E, ; at 6 a. m. took in fo tog gale S.S. E.; M. took in maintopsail, gale S. S 
E.; ~ .M. hare from 8. S. E., lying ae — a at 11h. 30m. was hove on 
Wind s ptt to all — of the compass. t. 32° 30’, lon. 71° 30’. (60 miles R.—I infer 
that the gale blew from the western quarter after these shiftings near the center, but the 
close of <i ania is not mentioned.] 
64. Ship St. Cloud, Oct. 4th, in, 33° 01’, lon. 70° 40’, cloudy and light breeze from S. 
S8.E.; om pi and aanally barometer low, and appearance of an ae aching storm. 
Oct. Sth, A. M., wind S. 8. —_ E. and calm ; lat. 32° 13/, lon. 70° 55’; ., light breeze 
from W. and W. S. W., gradually veerin gt to N. E.; barometer ling till sidgigeis 
when it ste a reefed rate gale. Oct. 6th, gale still increasing, from E. N. E. toS. 
barometer 28-70, and falling. At6 a.m. the hurricane had com ts furled all sail; 
s head to the southward; wind, apparently, nearly steady. At 9 a.m. barometer 
40, and at a stand ; at 11h. 30m. wind had veered to S. E.; noon, no abatement; lat. D. 
R. 32° 20’, lon. 70° 25’, (2?) P.M. commences wind 5 more S., barometer steady at 
28:35 to 28-40; lp. m. wind S. by E.; 2r.m. 8S. S. W. and still —e as = as ever, 
and enatiNy ouwanis about 3 p. M. the ade began to ei he S. W. the gale 
to abat p. M. wind S. W. by W., got ship’s head to S. S. E, ok seta little sail, wind 
neering and veered N. W. and N. N, W, in 12 heures 3 then in lat. 31° 53’, lon. 71° 40’. 
g position on the 6th with the observed positions 
R. 
“3 65. Brig — Oct. ce lat. 32°, lon. 70°, [150 miles R.,] was thrown on her beam 
- ends and totally dismaste 
66. ‘Barque H. W. wae Oct. 6th, lat. 31° 30’, lon) 68°, [265 miles R.,] experienced a 
tiers gale from the S. which blew away the reefed topsails and foresail, and did other 
damage. _ 
67. The Clara and Emma was Seeenares in this gale in lat. 32° 23/, lon. 68° 49’, [195 
miles R.] and was abandoned in lat. 32°, 76°. 
68. Brig Falcon, encountered the gale i “6th, i in lat. 32° 50’, lon. 65° 40’, [315 miles 
S.S.E. 
R.] commencing from as hove to from 4p. m. till midnight. Two = after pe 
commencement, the gale aegiies - apt eredosily. anges ag Ss. ne ad s. We and abated ai 
It commenced blowing up in the eee 
A very heavy and irregular sea was running on the 7 
69. At Bermuda, lat. 32° 15’, lon. 64° 40’, [380 a J the following observations 
were made by James Irwin, signal director at Mt. Lan 
Date. Hour. Winds. | Force. | Weather. Ther. ; Barom. 
Oct. 1, a. M. S. W. 4 c. 77 30°12 
we A. M. S. 8S. W. : c. m. Sg 30°11 
oe ) A. M. Ss. < c.m. p 30°19 
“ 4 aie 4c Se by Ww. 5 | emd ~ 30.0 
' 4 ) A. M. Ss. W. “ 5 ; “0 
“6 | Om | Ss 8 | om. 76-5 | 29-86 
a, ) A. M. Ss. W. 2 b. 76 29° 
aeeey & Bop, Ni Wi 3 “ 78 30-02 
An interruption occurs in these observations, Oct. 5th and 6th, but a daily series by an 
officer at the naval station; sent me by Col. Retp, shows that the barometer at 10. M., of 
both 5th and ane was Oe t little below the mean for October, and the wind is given, on = 
6th, as 0-27 in. on the Sth, and 0-28 in.on the 7th or the “— previou 
f the 7th, was generally ded. 
and attenti é cheers at Bermuda promptly anpounced that a great ala had pass sed to 
Me iedewvark of the ‘alond, j in the direction of Newfoundland. 
Having followed the gale thus far, on the right side of its 
path, we may now return and trace its progress and character on 
