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•violent gale from the E.NE., which lasted till 7 p. m. Another Boston 

 account says, — in the afternoon the wind ' became strong from the east- 

 ward.' The Boston Watchman says, ' the wind was strong from the 

 eastward, accompanied by moist snow and sleet, which gradually changed 

 to a driving rain, and continued during the day.' In view of all this, we 

 may safely infer, that the direction of Avind at Boston immediately before 

 sunset, differed not greatly from E.NE. 



" 13. At Providence, R. /., according to the observations of Professor 

 Caswell, of Brown University, the wind on the loth was ' brisk at NE., 

 which continued till 2 p. m. The barometer continued to fall till 4 p. m., 

 and remained stationary till near 7 p. m„ the wind still at NE., and 

 cloud^'.' The Professor adds, ' I am not particular to mark the exact 

 point of compass, nor, indeed, have I any means of doing so.' It appears 

 probable that this locality was in or near the border of the central lull, 

 after 2 p. m. 



" 14. At MiddletowR) Ct., as I am informed by Professor Smith of the 

 Wesleyan University, the gale set in at N.NE., and continued to snow 

 and blow very hard during the loth, the wind rather veered round to N., 

 in which quarter the wind was very strong at the close of the day. 



"15. At Hartford, Ct., according to the Daily Courant, this storm, du- 

 ring its continuance, was " accompanied by a strong wind from the 

 north and the north-west," The latter was probably the driving wind of 

 Sunday night and Monday. 



" 16. At Northampton, Mass. as I am informed by the editor of the 

 Northampton Courier, the wind during the storm of the 15th was from 

 NE. Mr Espy, I perceive, states it to have been north at this place, 

 but on what authority- he docs not inform us. We will, however, take 

 N.NE., the mean of the two statements. 



" 17. At Amherst, Mass. according to the observations of Professor 

 Snell, the wind in the latter part of the 1.5th was N. by W., — " severe 

 storm of wind and snow." His place of observation is on low ground a 

 little SW. from the college, which stands on a hill. Perhaps this may 

 have slightly affected its local direction. 



" 18. At Hanover, on the Western border of New Hampshire, as I 

 am informed by Professor Hubbart, of Dartmouth College, the wind 

 veered on the 15th from NE. to N. The facts here are furnished from 

 the meteorological journal of Professor Young ; and as the winds in this 

 journal appear to be all referred to the eight principal points of the com- 

 pass, as is common, there is room to infer that in the latter part of the 

 day the wind was somewhat c;istward_of the true north : but this need 

 not be insisted on 



" 10. At Alhany and Troi/, whi( h places I visited on the I7th, the 

 wind late on Sunday afternoon, according to my best information, was 

 somewhat eastward of north. 



" 20. At Athens, IJudson, anfl Cjitsldll, from information on which I 

 can place implicit reliance, the wind at this time was at north. 



