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PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



Same paper, of 31st. On the 19th and 20th, barque 

 Penelope, in lat. 33 and 34, Ion. 72, experienced a severe 

 hurricane. 



Prom the National Gazette, of 22d. At the Delaware 

 Breakwater, on the 20th, the wind N. E. at 7|, P. M., blow- 

 ing heavy, with rain. At 10, A. M., of 21st, wind hauled 

 to N. W. 



From the Commercial Herald, of 28th. The barque 

 King Philip, on 18th, in lat. 31 12', Ion. 78 W] had a gale 

 from N. N. E. to W. N. W. 



Same paper, of 23th. Brig Oglethorpe, on the 18th of 

 Aug., lat. 32 29', Ion. 78 55' ; had a violent gale from N. W. 



Great rains occurred in the western parts of Pennsylvania, 

 on the 15th, and on the morning of the 16th, in the eastern 

 parts. At Alexandria, D. C., wind S. on 18th. 



Position of Storm at Noon, on the 18th of August, 1837. 



EXPLANATION OF ENGRAVING. 



1. Wind at Wilmington, on P. M., of 18th. 



2. Oglethorp on 18th. 



3. West Indian, all 18th, from 2, A. M. 



4. Rawlins all 18th, from 2, A. M. 



5. Ida, all day of 18th. 



6. Penelope on P. M., of 18th. 



7. Yolof till 8, P. M., of 18th. 



8. Westchester on 18th. 



9. Duke of Manchester till P. M., of 18th. 



10. Delaware on 17th, and probably on 18th, 



changing round to westward on 20th. 



11. Cicero on 18th. 



