was doubtless the same gale that visited Shetland. 
oe ; 
364 Concomitant Gales of the European Seas. 
We may notice that the first of these Cuba storms, which from 
Florida to New York could scarcely be traced, except barometri- — 
cally, has appeared the most active of the two after it passed be- 
yond Newfoundland. These latter observations, however, appear — 
to have been made in positions which were much exterior to the — 
most active portions of the two gales; which could not have 
coincided with each other in their axis-routes, through any 
known portion of their progression. 
On the 11th or 12th of October the steamer took another storm, = 
which we do not recognize as of American origin ; which, at 
1 p.m. on the 12th, changed to N. W. and blew a strong gale, and — 
accompanied the steamer on the 13th, to the coast of Ireland. 
Gales of the European Seas at this period. 
_ So far as relates to the more immediate objects of this inquiry, 
the foregoing recitals may suffice. But the relations of the Amer-— 
ican storms to those of the European seas and coasts are of much ? 
importance in meteorology ; and we may take, therefore, a hasty © 
_ glance at the phenomena exhibited by the storms of this psa, t 
~ on the eastern borders of the North Atlantic ; as consecutive with = 
the foregoing recitals. ee 
At Lerwick, Shetland, near lat. 60° N., lon. 1° 30’ W., “a 
heavy gale of wind commenced at South at 5 a. m. Oct. 8th, and © 
veered on the morning of the 1lthto E.S.E.” “At7s m. of © 
the 10th, during a heavy gale from E. S. E., the Jesmond, from 
‘Archangel for Hull, drove ashore near Lerwick.” —Shipping 
Reports. May not this storm have been identical with oie, 
if not both of the Cuba gales? For we have seen that pot, 7 
these gales were comprised in one extensive barometric depres : 
sion. For my own part, [am somewhat inclined to this opin- | 
ion; which may be verified, perhaps, by observations from Ice- 
land or the Ferro Islands, and by logbooks of ships then in the 
northern portions of the Atlantic. ‘“'The Jane Pope, from Dun- 
dee for Riga, on the 10th October, in lat. 57° 50’ N., lon. 1° 30! 
E., experienced a tremendous gale from 8. by E., and shipped a 
heavy sea, which swept five of the crew off the decks.” ‘This 
: Oporto, flat. 41° 11’, lon. 8° 38’ W.] Oct. 14th. “It blew ve” 
~ ty fresh here on the 9th. The Ostsee, from Lisbon, was driven 
