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explanation of this phenomena, whatever may be the cause 

 of this rise. 



But the most remarkable irregularities of all, will be 

 found at Meadville, Penn., and Lexington, Ky. 



Here the wind seemed to blow almost in a tangent to the 

 storm. There is an irregularity somewhat similar to this 

 on the south east side of the storm at New Garden, North 

 Carolina, where the wind was north east all day, probably 

 not strong, as the force is not mentioned. In short, by cast- 

 ing the eye on the chart, it will appear, by directing the at- 

 tention to the north west side of the storm, that the wind 

 had a tendency to rotate from right to left; and again, if 

 attention be directed to the south east side of the storm, it 

 will appear that the wind had a tendency to rotate from 

 left to right which precludes the idea of a general rota- 

 tion the same way and shows that there was some cause 

 which induced the wind at the extreme north west and 

 south east and east, to move towards a point in the storm, 

 south of its centre. These anomalies cannot be explained 

 fully by the facts collected, without the aid of hypothesis, 

 and I do not permit myself to hypothesise. We have no 

 barometrical observations south of Washington; yet from 

 the immense quantity of rain and snow which fell in the 

 north west corner of North Carolina, it is not improbable 

 that a much greater quantity fell in the southern part of the 

 storrn than in the northern. 



Besides, as the barometer fell much more at Washington 

 city than at Philadelphia and places further north, it may 

 be that it fell still more further south and west. But I for- 

 bear to conjecture. 



KATIONALE. 



It will not be esteemed by the reader impertinent in me 

 to offer my views as to the modus operandi of nature in 

 producing the various phenomena accompanying the storm 



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