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and by a series of ingenious experiments, 

 that the waterspouts of the land and sea are 

 electrical phenomena. 



This had been suspected by BECCARIA a 

 hundred years before. 



The hurricane which occurred in the Bar- 

 badoes in 1831, was the most remarkable on 

 record. In the actions of the hurricane and 

 the electrical displays, there was abundant 

 evidence of cause and effect. 



The lightning for hours played in flashes 

 and forked darts, and moved frightfully be- 

 tween the clouds and the earth, with a most 

 surprising action, and the earth was felt to 

 tremble. The moment this singular alterna- 

 tion of the lightning passing to and fro ceased, 

 the hurricane burst forth with a violence 

 which exceeded all that had yet been ex- 

 perienced. The winds blowing with appall- 

 ing velocity, changed their course frequently 

 and almost instantaneously, occasionally abat- 

 ing but only to return in gusts from S. W.-W. 

 and N. W. with accumulated fury. 



These alternations of wind and violent 

 electrical phenomena, were something more 

 than coincident, more than a casual connec- 

 tion. Here we observe a manifest inter 

 dependence. 



