Pasa eee 
Left Side of the Axis Line. 355 
bers a P. am. gale Ss. ee vom 7th, grape a — ws about 3 p. Mm. wind abated 
rom N. W., w saledeis increased to a tremendous gale; 
a oe ship to, sea running high from im nh quarters a sable nga eat breach over 
he had seen it, except in the gale in which the steam-ship President was lost. [Its error 
being 0°17 in. gives 28°37 in., corrected.] 
The Cambridge, for Liverpool, was in company with the Me- 
diator before the gale, and in like manner with that ship and the 
St. Nicholas, crossed the axis line during the gale and had the 
wind veer by the South, as follows: 
131, Ship Cambridge, Oct. 6, p. m., wind freshening from E. N. E., veering to E. S. E., 
ship’s course 8. E. to S.; at 4. P.M. ‘topesils were double reefed; 6 p.m. close reefed ; 
furled foresail; gale increasing. October 7th ae by wearing rai to the E. under 
close reefed main-topsail and main spenser ; wind increasing ; at 2 a. M. a complete hurri- 
cane; blew away the main-topsail ; wind hauling pea from 8. 3. E. to westward; & 
7 a.m. bore away* under close reefed fore-topsai ail; 10 a.m. set the foresail; at 6 P. 
More moderate. Soho mate states that the wind hauled gradually from 8.8. E. to Ww. 
and the westw 
132. oe Ment, = ee al Oct. 6, lat. 40° 30’, lon. 65°, [24 miles R.] light winds 
from N. a ea. Towards evening wind increased, and before 10 P.M. 
eavy oy pines in ried from S.E.; 11 p.m. hove to. October 7th, gale increasing, 
and before 4 a. m. blew a hurricane; by 6 a. M. every mast and spar was blown from the 
wreck. 
ip Roscius, for New York, took the gale off N. E. end of George’s Shoal, near 
f the 7th, when the barometer stood somewhat be- 
low deal but _— rose, and ee oe veered ag sag sd it; and thence gradually t 
the northwestward. Att h, the ba- 
rometer sebei at Bey 29° 7 {Its index error, I ain told, was two or - three tenths ; cor- 
rected mapetey y 28°25 inches. 
134. Machine Oct. th, lat. 42°, lon. 67°, [182 miles L.] experienced a severe gale 
m N. a lost main-topsail, foresail, &c., and sprung fore and main masts 
135¢. Fort Preble, near Portland, Me., lat. 43° 30’, lon. 70° 20), na railes L.] Oct. 2d, 
sa lat. 41° 10" lon. 65° og {about se cre .] on the 6th, about 6 or 7 Pp. M., from E. N. E. 
ms viest 
average of gm 30-249 ; Oct. 3d, 30°155; Oct. 4th, 29-739, wind S. E., 6 to 8, rain 
from 7 p. m. of 3d to 4 p. M. of 4th, 0:90 inches; Oct. 5th, bar. 29. 585. ve m. 29-717, poe” 
3, 4; P. 4 W, 6, 4, 1. Oct. 6th, sunrise, bar. 29.937, wind S. W., 2; 94 
bal, 30-059, wind S. W., 1; 3 p.m. bar. 30°055, wind S. W., 1; 9 p.m. bar. 29°977, arte 
S. E. (2) 6. Oct. 7th, sunrise, bar. 29°736, wind N., 6; 9 a.m. bar. 29-862, wind N. W., 4; 
3 P.M. bar. = 961, wit on N.,4; 9 p.m. bar. 30-032, wind N.E.,1; light rain 7th, from 
A.M. to 6 P nches. 
of il owing eee were made at Hampden, Me., on the Penobscot River, 
180 feet above tide, lat. 44° 42! lon, 68° 56’. From journal of J. Herrick. 
Barometer ria, Wind, ond Be faice? 1: (node vsleale sad eparaadiot 
. 9AM. 3. M. 9p.m.iMean.| Ss. R. ja. M.|3 P.M. | 9e. og S. R. 19 M. | 
30°29 30 24/30 40)38 75 [N. W. 1/5. W. LS.S-E. 2/5. Ww. 2 
30°23 |30-10 30-10}47-75 JS. E. 1/8. E. 2\5. EB, 3/5. BE. 2 
29° '99-30[55-75 |S.S.E.6)8.8.E.6E. 6B. 1B. 
29°30) Son 347518. 1s. 3N.W.3iW. 2 
29° S. W. IN. W. 2iN. W.2iW. 1 
5/29°71 N. W. 6|N. W.4\N. W.3\N__ iN. BE, 
Br ost 378 N. W. 1/5. W. 1/8. W. 1|s.W. 1IN.W. 
terms, “ bear up’ and “ - The 
latter term, though not accordant hss autineity, seems best to express the idea of sailing off 
from the wind ; the former refers to the act by which the result is produced. 
t Formulary: of the Surgeon General’s office. + High current. 
