12 THE LAW OP STORMS. 



is distinctly recognized, a run of about two hours toward 

 the center will involve the vessel in a destructive hur- 

 ricane. 



11. A peculiar motion exhibited by small bodies, as 

 branches of trees when agitated by the wind, consisting 

 of an apparent whirling, not a bending forward, as if 

 bent by a stream of air. 



12. Lightning of a remarkable columnar character, 

 shooting up in stalks from the horizon with a dull glare ; 

 also like flashes from a gun, and sparks from a flint and 

 steel. 



METEOROLOGICAL SIGNS RECOGNIZED BY THE EAR. 



1. A distant roar (probably of the hurricane itself) 

 as of wind rushing through a hollow vault. 



2. A peculiar moaning of the wind, indicative of 

 the close proximity of the violent portion of the hurri- 

 cane. 



the meteorological phenomena accompanying 

 a revolving storm may also be enumerated 

 thus: 



1. A very rapid motion of the air constituting the 

 hurricane, and increasing in velocity as the center is 

 approached. 



2. A fitful variation of intensity in the force of the 

 wind, which sometimes blows with fearful violence, car- 

 rying away everything that opposes its progress; then 

 sinking to a gentle breeze, or even lulling to a calm, 

 but almost immediately afterwards springing up with 

 greater violence than before. The hurricane winds are 



