in the IFest Indies in Sept. 1804. I9 



obliged to lie-to. The weather was turbulent all the night. 

 On the morning of the 8th the rage of the storm was ex- 

 cessive, bevond what any person on board had ever expe- 

 rienced. It increased until two P. M., and continued all 

 night with unabated fury. At day-light on the Mth she 

 was about three and one-half leagues from the breakers on 

 the Roman shoals at Cape Carteret. They were lucky 

 enough to escape these, and to arrive about noon at 

 Charleston bar, which was one continued breaker, so that 

 • no pilot could get out. They were forced to cast anchor 

 en a lee shore, and with the help of two cables and anchors 

 rode it out until the 10th, when she got into Charleston. 

 Capt. Davidson, of this vessel, related, that in the fore part 

 of the 7th, before the gale began, he plainly saw a brilliant 

 star in the zenith. 



4th, In the Latitudes South of the Bahamas. — Capt. Jag- 

 gart, who left .Teremie, in St. Domingo, on the l4th of 

 September, declared, that the gale was not fell or known 

 at that place at all. The captain of a Spanish schooner 

 from Matanzes said, the gale was felt there, but not much 

 damage done. 



The British armed ships Theseus and L'Hercule took the 

 gale first in north lat. 22° 12', and west long. 63° 44', on 

 Wednesday, September 5, about eight o'clock P.M. They 

 were then about sixty miles north-east of the " Square 

 Handkerchief," and about one hundred miles north of the 

 *' Silver Ouays." The gale was in the beginning from the 

 north-east, and by degrees came round to the south-east. 

 Its violence reduced them to the utmost distress. It lasted 

 until Friday the 7th, at five P.M. They afterwards got 

 into Kingston harbour, in the island of Jamaica. 



Capt. Howe,, from Porto-Rico, related, that the gale was 

 experienced there on the 4th of September, and drove ashore 

 every vessel at the west end. 



Capt. Bennct sailed from St. Thomas on September 3. 

 On the 6th, about thirty miles southward of Porto-Rico, 

 he was assailed by a tremendous hurricane. The wind was 

 south-south-east, but frequently varying. The Jamaica 

 papers of the 6th contained accounts of considerable da- 

 mage done on the south-east side of that island by the gale 

 of the 4th. The north side did not feel it. 



5th, In the Latitudes North of Cape Fear. — It appears 

 that the gale did not prevail much to the northward of 

 Wilmington (North Carolina). It was but slightly felt 

 there. On the 9th, a small schooner and periago were 

 driven on shore, but not materially injured. 



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