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rather more to the westward, and the gale increased, and 

 from 12 till 4, P. M., there never was such a scene. The 

 wind began to abate at 5, P. M. 



Chart of the Great Barbadoes Hurricane, October 11 /A, 1780, showing the 

 course of the wind at 6, P. M. 



Barbadoes. 



1. Montagu from 6 to 8, P. M. 4. Endymion from P. M. of 10th to 12th. 



2. Amazon at 2, P. M. 5. Albemarle from 4, P. M., till next day. 



3. Alcmene from 5, till 9, P. M. 



The dotted line is the course which the centre of the storm moved in. 



By casting the eye on the map which is intended to 

 represent the locality of the storm at 6, P. M., of the 

 llth, it will be seen that all the arrows fairly within the 

 action of the storm are directed inwards to a central space 

 of no great magnitude. 



This action lasted for several hours of the evening of the 

 llth ; and did not vary until the centre of the storm, to- 

 wards midnight, passed the Alcmene, the Egmont, and the 

 Montagu, in its motion towards the N. W. And it is wor- 

 thy of particular remark, that as the storm passed on, the 

 wind to all these vessels, changed round to the S. E., as it 

 had already done at Barbadoes, and to the Albemarle, near 

 Barbadoes. 



