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from E. S. E. on the night of the 2d. On the 3d, at noon, 

 the gale began to abate. Also, the Atalanta, off Cape Hat- 

 teras, experienced a severe gale from S. E. At Ocracock, 

 at daylight, wind E. S. E., blowing a gale ; after hauling 

 round to S. S. W., ceased between 10 and 11, A. M., both 

 at Ocracock and Portsmouth. 



NEW HAVEN. 



" On the evening of the 3d, between 7 and 12, P. M., the 

 most violent storm of wind occurred that has happened 

 since 1815." During the evening, Mr. Herrick thinks the 

 wind was from S. E. to S. 



These observations, made at New Haven, Connecticut, 

 are furnished by Charles Rich, Esq., of that place. 



NEW BEDFORD. 

 Extract from Mr. Samuel Rodman's Journal. 



I will now add, that the reader will perceive, by a care- 

 ful examination of these facts, that all the generalizations 

 given above are fairly deduced ; and that they all, when 

 combined, form a most satisfactory demonstration of the 

 theory advocated and developed in the preceding papers. 

 Moreover, as the wind on the S. E. side of the storm had 



