LABORS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE. 93 



105. Storm of July 15th, 1835. At twelve o'clock a vio- 

 lent rain, with hail, commenced at Baltimore, with the wind 

 north east, continuing till seven, P. M. The course of the 

 wind in the afternoon not given, but on the next day it was 

 west ; on the same afternoon and evening there fell tremen- 

 dous floods at Woodbury, New Jersey. At five, P. M., when 

 it was raining hard in New Jersey, the wind changed to 

 north at Philadelphia, with very dense black clouds coming 

 rapidly from the south, and at six o'clock a most violent 

 rain commenced, lasting till about eleven, P. M., with the 

 wind from the north. During all this time there was a most 

 violent gale at New York, from the north east ; the rain com- 

 mencing there at nine, P. M., while at Washington City, the 

 wind continued all day and the next from the south 

 west, with rain on the 15th, at what hour not mentioned. 

 At Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the wind was north, with rain, 

 which is not stated to have been remarkable. From the 

 phenomena here recorded, it appears that the wind below 

 at New York, Philadelphia and Washington City, was 

 blowing towards a point in New Jersey, for several hours, 

 at the same time when it was raining there most violently. 

 The same was the case at Philadelphia, at least the clouds 

 were coming thick and dark above, from the same point, 

 while the wind below was going to that point. 



106. Storm of November llth, 1835. The particulars of 

 this remarkable storm will be given hereafter ; at present 

 we will only say that at Oswego, in the south east comer 

 of Lake Ontario ; at the Ducks, in the north east corner ; 

 at Buffalo, and various other parts in the south western 

 part of that Lake, the wind, when it was most violent, blew 

 for several hours towards a point in the Lake, near the 

 eastern end, on the morning of the llth of November, and 

 it changed round by the south, on south side of the Lake, 

 and by north, on north side, to westward. 



The north west corner of this Lake has not yet been 



