256 PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



16th, the storm was from an eastern quarter, then changed 

 to S. W., and blew till eight, A. M. 



" Off Tybee, and at Savannah, Georgia, on the night of 

 the 15th, changed to N. W. at nine, A. M. on the 16th ; and 

 blew till twelve, M. 



" At Charleston, S. C. on the 16th, the gale was from the 

 S. E. and E. till four, P. M., then N. E., and round to N. W. 



"At Wilmington, N. C., the wind was from the E., and 

 veered subsequently to the W. 



In the interior of North Carolina, the storm was felt at 

 Fayetteville. 



" In the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, at sea, the storm was 

 very heavy from the S. E. and shifted to N. W. 



" A vessel bound from New York to Hayti, in the middle 

 or outer part of the Gulf stream, about lat. 33, Ion. 72, 

 experienced the gale moderately from the S. W. and S. S. W., 

 but with a heavy sea from a very westerly direction, and is 

 supposed to have been on the outer margin of the storm. 



"Another vessel, at about the same distance from the 

 coast, experienced similar effects. 



" Early on the morning of the 17th, the gale was felt se- 

 verely at Norfolk, and also in Chesapeake Bay from the N. E. 



" Off the Capes of Virginia, on the 17th, in lat 36 20', 

 Ion. 74 2', ' a perfect hurricane,' from S. to S. S. E., from 

 5, A. M., to 2, P. M., then shifted to N. W. 



"On the 19th, (17th?) in lat. 37 30', Ion. 74 30', near 

 the coast of Virginia, the gale was severe at E. N. E., and 

 changed to W. N. W. 



" Off Chincoteague, Md., precise distance from the coast 

 unknown, the gale was severe between S. S. E. and 

 N. N. E. 



"Off the coast of Delaware, in lat. 38, Ion. 72, 'tre- 

 mendous gale,' commencing at S. E., at 1, P. M., on the 

 17th, and blowing six hours, then changed to N. W. 



" At Cape May, N. J., the gale was N. E. Off Cape May, 



