S64 Mr Redfield on the Jmiv of Stcrvu. 



"^ 21. At Litchfield, Ct., according to the Litchfield Enquirer, the wind 

 during the storm from Saturday niglit till Sunday night, was high from,: 

 the north-east to north. 



" 22. Near New Haveii, Ct., off the light-house. Captain Woolsey, of 

 the steamboat Providence, informs me that on Sunday afternoon till near 

 sunset the wind was stong at N.NW. ; but at 9 p. m. it had veered to 

 NW. and was very heavy. 



" 23. At New York, as appears from my own observations, carefully 

 taken, the wind during the 15th, and before sunset, had veered from 

 ' N. by AV., strong ;' — to ' NW. by W.,' a ' hard gale ;' — which con- 

 tinued in the evening. 



" 24. A t Cape May, N. J., as appears by the marine reports, the wind 

 at this time was blowing a gale at NW. 



" The storm of wind and snow was severe throughout New England, 

 and its limits on the 15th extending greatly beyond the Hudson. 



" 25. The ship Morrison, on the 15th at sunset, 125 miles south of 

 Rhode Island, Lat. 39° So', Long. 71° 38', had the gale violent from 

 W.NW. 



The erroneous statement, that the steamer Providence had 

 the f?ale at SW. near Nevvhaven on the 15th, which Mr Espy 

 has used in at least one of the New York papers in support 

 of his theory, he has since found occasion to correct : But I 

 do not perceive that his correction has been given to the New 

 York public. 



I have brought together below, the chief of the foregoing 

 observations, on a small map ; in order that it may now be seen 

 at a glance, whether the wind in this gale blew inward from 

 all sides, towards the centre of the storm, according to the fa- 

 voiurite hypothesis of Mr Espy : or whether, on the contrary, 

 it was actually blowing in a great circuit, around its central 

 portion, in the direction which is contrary to the hands of a 

 watch which lies with its face upwards : as is found to be the 

 case in all gales which 1 have examined ; not excepting even 

 those upon which Mr Espy is accustomed to rely, in his at- 

 tempts to sustain his centripetal theory. 



The circular lines on the map are drawn from a centre lo- 

 cated on the southern border of Cape Cod Bay ; and whether, 

 or not, this is to be considered as the exact place of the axis, 

 about sunset on the 15th, and the arrows near the several 

 places as representing the exact course of the wind, is unim- 

 portant. These will at least serve as approximations ; and the 

 general result could not be materially affected by greater ac* 



