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heard from. Perhaps some gentleman in Toronto, or some 

 place on the north side of the Lake, will have the goodness, 

 on seeing this report, to send us the desired information. 1 



107. Tornado of June l$th, 1835. On the 19th of June, 

 it rained all day at Oxford and New York, with the wind 

 south in the morning, south west in the afternoon. 



North of Albany there was a very great rain, beginning 

 ahout eleven, A. M., as we have been informed by Mr. 

 Guynne, who was travelling there that day, and at Albany 

 it rained 2.45 inches in the afternoon and evening; wind 

 south in the morning, north in the afternoon. 



Brown University. June 19th was clear in the morning, 

 with the wind light from the south west. The wind fresh- 

 ened towards night ; the air very damp, with heavy fog 

 clouds from southerly. Began to rain from eight to nine, 

 P. M., with wind very brisk from south west. Rain 0.4 

 inches. 



Middletown, Connecticut. June 19th, wind south all 

 day; very strong in the evening: rain at noon, and a thun- 

 der shower commenced at six, P. M. The barometer was 

 lowest on the morning of the 20th ; a gale all the next day 

 from the north west. 



Portsmouth, N. H. June 19th, wind south at seven, A. M., 

 south east at two, P. M., and E. S. E. at sunset. On 

 the 20th, gale from half past eight, A. M., till half past seven, 

 P. M., west by north, with rain from seven, P. M., till three, 

 A. M. of the 21st ; at seven, A. M., of the 20th, lower clouds 

 west by south, upper W. N. W. ; barometer lowest on the 

 morning of the 20th. 



At Mr. Bloomfieltfs, four miles east from Piscataway, 

 New Jersey. June 19th, about ten, P. M., the wind began 



1 I have not been able to learn any thing more of this storm, and a diagram 

 is merely given at the end of this report, showing the course of the wind at 

 three places where it was very violent, with the original documents. 



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