On the prevailing Storms of the Atlantic Coast. 45 
At St. Andrews’, twenty miles north of St. Mary’s, (Geo.) from 
8, P. M. on the 15th, to 2, A. M. on the 16th, the storm was from 
an eastern quarter, then changed to south-west, and blew till 8, A.M. 
Tybee, and at Savannah, (Geo.) on the night of the 15th; 
changed to north-west at 9, A. M. on the 16th, and blew till 12, M. 
At Charleston, (S. C.) on the 16th, the gale was from the south- 
east and east, till 4, P. M.; then north-east, and round to north-west. 
At Wilmington, (N. C.) the storm was from the east, and veered 
subsequently to the west. 
In the interior of North Carolina, the storm was felt at Fayette- 
ville. 
In the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, at sea, the storm was very heavy 
from the south-east, and shifted to north-west. 
A vessel bound from New York to Hayti, in the middle or outer 
part of the gulf stream, about Lat. 33° Lon. 72°, experienced the 
gale, moderately, from south-west and south-south-west, but with a 
very heavy sea from a westerly direction, and is supposed to have 
been on the outer margin of the storm. 
Another vessel, at about the same distance from the coast, experi- 
enced similar effects. 
Early on the morning of the 17th, the gale was felt severely at 
Norfolk, and also in Chesapeake Bay ; from the north-east. 
Off the Capes of Virginia, on the 17th, in Lat. 36° 20’, Lon. 74° 
2’, “a perfect hurricane ” from south to south-south-east, from 5, 
A.M. to 2, P. M., then shifted to north-west. 
On the 17th, in to 37° 30’, Lon. 74° 30’, near the coast of Vir- 
ginia, the gale was severe at east-north-east, and changed to west- 
north-west. 
Off Chincoteague, (Md.) precise distance from the coast unknown, 
the gale was severe between south-south-east and north-north-east. 
Off the coast of Delaware, in Lat. 38°, Lon. 72°, ‘ tremendous 
gale,” commencing at south-east, at 1, P. M. on the 17th, and blow- 
ing 6 hours, then changed to north-west. 
At Cape May, (N. J.) the gale was north-east. 
Off Cape May, in Lat. 39°, Lon. 74° 15’, heavy gale from east- 
north-east, on the afternoon of the 17th August. 
Near Egg Harbor, coast of New Jersey, the gale was heavy at 
north-east on the same afternoon. 
Off the same coast, in Lat. 39°, Lon. 73°, the gale was at east- 
north-east. 
