206 = Hurricanes of 1838.—New Jersey Tornado of 1835. 
deflected courses, near the windward islands, of the Barbadoes 
hurricane of July 26,-and of the Antigua hurricane of August 
2d, 1837, as laid down by Col. Reid, will ultimately prove to 
have been more symmetrical ;* and that the westerly recurvation 
of the track of the latter storm, across the shores of Georgia and 
Florida, to meet-the case of the gale at Pensacola, will give place 
to a regular continuation of the track in a northeasterly direction. 
Was the gale at Pensacola, on the 7th or 8th of August, an 
offset from the Antigua hurricane? or’ will it not prove to have — 
been another storm ? 
Although I deem it probable; Mr. Baitor, that: “your correspond 
ent will find oceasion to abaridon his former views of the sup- 
posed lateral motion of the main body of the hurricane, as well 
as its alternate contraction and dilatation, yet these views appear 
to be sometimes applicable, or, at least, partially so, to the avis or 
nucleus of the great whirling stratum which constitutes the hur- 
ricane. In the columnar whirlwinds, or water-spouts, also, these 
contractionsand dilatations of the diminished portion which sweeps _ 
upon the earth’s surface, are often made sufficiently evident. The 
suggestions of your correspondent, therefore, are very far‘from be- 
ing unsuited to the inquiry, and it is hoped that he will continue 
to-bestow his attention on such faets relating to these storms, aS 
may aid us in gaining further light upon the subject. For his 
commendations of my imperfect labors, he is desired to: accept 
my acknowledgments. In the further progress of the investiga- 
Soetes believed that he will find reason-to abandon all reliancé 
‘Upon ‘ s’ or ‘local disruptions,’ in the great aerial 
page, as causes of the origin or eo rg of these ea peso 
Hurricanes of 1838. 
Two hurricanes of the present season, (1838,) appear to 5 init 
ow our investigation j;—that of the middle of June, in the North At- 
antic, and also that which swept the American coast, from Flor- 
a to Newfoundland, in the early part “of September. 
as and instructive.. 
New Jersey Tornado of 1835. 
At the late meeting of the British Association, when Col. Reid’s 
paper on storms was under discussion, Prof. Bache of Philadel- 
* Reid on the Law of Storms, Charts V. and VI. 
Those 
who have zeal for the padesabing; will find the jnaiy both in- 
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