234 PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



dark cloudy weather; wore ship to southward; noon, lat., 

 by account, 35 20', Ion. 75 20'. 



In P. M. of 20th, strong gales E. S. E. At four, P. M. 

 wore ship to N. E. 



At nine, A. M., (P. M. ?) gale increasing, and the wind 

 having veered to N. N. W., came to a resolution of running 

 before it, till the gale abated ; at midnight it blew a perfect 

 hurricane from N. N. W. ; at ten, A. M. more moderate. At 

 noon, lat. 34 30', Ion. 72 20' ; at six, P. M. of 21st, wind 

 hauled to S. W. Made up my mind to gain a port to the 

 northward of Gape Hatteras ; latter part of the hurricane 

 from N. N. W. 



Extract from the Log of the Barque West Indian, Simp- 

 son, Master, from Jamaica to London. Aug. 20, at noon, 

 lat. 37 Ion. 64, barometer falling, wind variable these 

 twenty-four hours, from S. W. to E. On 21st, wind variable 

 from S. to S. E., increasing gales and heavy sea from N. E.; 

 at noon hard gales and hazy, barometer down below rain ; 

 lat., by account, 38 23', Ion. 62 40'. At six, P. M., hard 

 gales, wind S. At ten, blowing quite a hurricane ; we are 

 now involved in a white smoke or fog, and the water as 

 white as a sheet. At midnight nearly calm. At one, A. M., 

 the wind came away from about W., and, if possible, blew 

 harder than ever. At six, A. M., it is blowing a hurricane, 

 and continued till two, P. M., when it moderated. Lat., by 

 account, 39 9', Ion. 61 34'. I have always met with more 

 hurricanes and tempestuous weather in the Gulf stream 

 than I have found either to the northward or southward, 

 and I cannot account for it. 



Extract from the Log of the Ship Ida, Tilley, Master. 

 Tuesday, Aug. 15. Light breezes E. N. E., and cloudy 

 weather ; at noon, light breezes and fine ; lat. 27 31', Ion. 

 79 36', ther. 85, barom. 30.10. At midnight, wind E. N. E. 

 At noon on 16th, fresh breezes and squally weather; lat. 

 29 54', Ion. 79 39', ther. 80, barom. 29.80. P. M., strong 

 breezes ; at 3, wind N. N. E. At midnight, strong breezes 



