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tinuing with strong gales N. E. by. E. ; heavy squalls and 

 torrents of rain; bearing a heavy press of canvass to get off 

 shore ; at 4, P. M., took in main sail ; 23 fathoms water ; at 

 6, P.M., 30 fathoms water; took in fore top sail; at ten 

 minutes past 6, fell start calm ; left a very heavy sea ; mid- 

 night calm ; cleared off, very heavy swell. At 2, A. M., of 

 18th, light air from south, set the fore sail and fore top sail ; 

 shut in thick ; at 4, A. M., light airs and thick weather; at 

 5, A. M., set single reefed top sails, jib, and. spanker main 

 sail, wind still south ; at 8, set the top gallant sails ; thick 

 weather ; noon, moderate breezes, wind baffling. 



Batavia, N. Y., (near N. W. corner of the state,) 42 58' N., 76 2(X W. nearly 

 (From W..H. WEBSTER, Esq.) 



Wind on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of March, fine acicular 

 crystals of snow falling all day of the 16th, but now lying 

 on the ground. Sun seen through the clouds all day on the 

 17th. 



37. Catskill, N. Y., 42 1<X N., 73 52' W. (From the Postmaster.) 



Between the 16th and 19th of March, about three inches 

 of snow fell ; wind southerly at first, soon veering about 

 S. E., N. and N. W. ; a heavy gale on the 18th and 19th, 

 wind northerly. 



38. Pottsdam, N. Y., 44 38' N., 74 W W. (From DAVID S. SHELDEN, 

 communicated by H. ALLEN, Esq., P. M.) 



March 16th, wind all day N., with a little snow in the 

 morning. On the 17th, cloudy in the morning, clear in the 

 afternoon ; wind all day N. E., light. On the 19th, clear 

 in the morning, a little rain in the afternoon ; wind N. E. 

 in the forenoon, and S. W. in the afternoon, very light. 



39. Montreal, Canada, 45 31' N., 73 35' W. 



From the journal of James McCord, Esq. it appears that 

 it neither rained nor snowed here during 16th, 17th, 18th, 

 19th, or 20th of March, and the wind blew steadily, but not 



