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cdracy of delineation, were the latter attainable. — To ine, it 

 clearly appears, that the ^Yind was not blowing, at any time on 

 the 15th, "towards a space or region of country south-west from 

 Boston and north-east 



of New Haven," as was 

 suggested by Mr Espy 

 in the Courier and En- 

 quirer; and the New 

 York Gazette ; nor^ 

 indeed, towards any 

 other central space in 

 the gale. The general 

 course or manner in 

 Avhich this gale did 

 blow about sunset on 

 the 15th, when its 

 centre was perhaps 

 nearest, appears, I think, sufficiently obvious, ft'om the fore- 

 going statement. 



The limited object of the present inquiry restrains me from 

 examining the consecutive changes and relations of this storm, 

 at the various localities ; and much information, for which I 

 am indebted to my correspondents, must for the present be 

 passed over. It should be borne in mind, that our map com- 

 prises but a portion of the area Avhich was covered at one time 

 by this gale ; which was greatly extended on all sides, but 

 mostly on the east and south. It should be noticed, also, that 

 the point of time to which all the observations are referred, 

 approximates, as already intimated, to the time of the greatest 

 fall of the barometer in this storm, in the states of Connecti- 

 cut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. 



The whole series of gales which have occurred, ^veekly, 

 since the 24th of November, are well worthy of the attention 

 of meteorologists ; and the rotative character of each has ap- 

 peared to be developed as clearly as in the case now before us. 



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