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gales till midnight of the 20th ; wind W. a few hours in the 

 afternoon of 19th, and then S. W. from 6, P. M., and on the 

 20th, W. S. W. all day, and also 21st. On the 19th, lat. 

 33 7'. Ion. 75 37' ; on the 20th, lat. 33 47' Ion. 74 52'. 



Extract from the Log of the Ship Castries, from St. Lu- 

 cia to Liverpool, M. Mondel, Commander. At noon, 24th, 

 lat. 34 56', Ion. 57 45', strong winds E. by S., and cloudy. 

 At 3, P. M., increasing gales. At 6, E. by N., blowing a 

 hard gale with heavy rain. At 10, N. E., and at 11, blow- 

 ing a hurricane. At 12, N. N. E., and at 2 in the morning 

 of the 25th, wind N., at 4, W. N. W., and at 6, N. W., and 

 so it continued till the 26th, clearing at 10, A. M., with 

 strong breezes. At noon, of the 25th, lat. 35 37', Ion. 

 57 42'. 



NOTE. We had a sudden lull at 4, P. M., of the 24th, 

 whilst reefing topsails. 



The Victoria was upset and dismasted on the 24th of Au- 

 gust, in lat. 33, Ion. 58. 



The barque Clydesdale, on the 24th August, encountered 

 a very severe hurricane, in lat. 32 30', Ion. 59 30'. On the 

 23d, about noon, came on to blow fresh breezes from E. S. E. 

 At midnight, atmosphere dark and wind S. E. At noon, of 

 24th, blew a complete hurricane, and at midnight gale mode- 

 rated. 



To these logs, which are extracted from Col. Reid, I am 

 enabled to add a few particulars from the newspapers. 



From the United States Gazette, of 28th Aug., 1837.- 

 Brig Cicero, on 18th, in lat. 32 20', Ion. 76 40', was struck 

 with a hurricane from the N. E., shifting to N. W. and 

 round to S. W. in 24 hours, and was hove on her beam ends. 



Same paper, of 29th. Severe gales at Washington, N. C., 

 commencing on 18th, and continuing till Sunday, evening, 

 20th. Five or six vessels driven on shore and wrecked. 



Same paper, of 30th. Delaware, on 17th, lat. 31 30', 

 Ion. 76 2CK, had a severe gale E. S. E., and then W., which 

 continued till 20th. 



