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22d and 23d. If this meets the eye of any person acquainted 

 with the fact, either one way or the other, let him commu- 

 nicate it to the world. New facts connected with any of 

 the storms here investigated, would possess a very high de- 

 gree of interest. 



It appears from the logs of the Clydesdale and the Cas- 

 tries, that the storm passed over them about the same time, 

 though the latter ship was near 200 miles to the N. E. 

 of the former. Now this can only be accounted for on sup- 

 position that the centre of the storm is not a point, but a 

 line, lying in the direction of N. E. and S. W., and moving 

 side foremost, or obliquely. There is another circumstance 

 which favors this idea, namely, the storm lasted a much 

 shorter time with all the vessels on the 21st, 22d, 23d, and 

 24th, than on the 18th, though the storm was much greater 

 in diameter on these days from N. E. to S. W. than it had 

 been before, even with those ships near which the centre 

 passed; for instance, the Columbus and the Delos. But 

 it is useless to conjecture. The data are not yet sufficient 

 to demonstrate whether there were two storms or one. I 

 will merely add, that if the line joining the Clydesdale and 

 the Castries should be prolonged, it would pass a little E. 

 of the place where the Wanstead experienced a severe gale 

 on the day before, . lat. 43 34', Ion. 54 20', which also 

 favors the idea that these two storms were one and the 

 same, with a long diameter from N. II. to S. W. 



Raleigh's Typhoon of the 5th and 6th of August, 1835, in 

 the China Sea. 



161. As Mr. Redfield, of New York, has given a more 

 full account of this storm than Col. Reid, I extract the fol- 

 lowing details from him. 



" H. M. Brig Raleigh, August 1, 1835. Working out of 



