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ing to a tornado. Same paper says the wind changed round 

 by N. E., suddenly about 4, P. M., of the 16th, at Charles- 

 ton, and S. to N. W. 



Same paper, Aug. 2Sth. Schooner Packet, 30 miles S. E. 

 of Tybee light, experienced the gale on the 16th, from S. 

 S. E., shifting to W. S. W. Aug. 30. Capt. Hipkins ex- 

 perienced the gale on the 18th, in lat. 34 45', long. 73, but 

 sustained no injury. 



Same paper of Aug. 31st. Ship Hellespont, off Sable 

 Island, experienced a severe gale from S. W. to N. N. W., 

 which lasted eleven hours. Sept. 1. A tremendous hurri- 

 cane from N. N. W., on 17th, in lat. 40 14', long. 70. 

 Also ship Brilliant, lat. 40, long. 71, experienced a heavy 

 gale from the N., for 4 hours, on the 18th. 



Hospital, Philadelphia, August, 1830. 



These are all the documents which we have of this storm. 

 They are very imperfect ; yet they furnish proof of these 

 three things : 



1st. The storm was several hundred miles longer from 

 N. N. E. to S. S. W., than it was from W. N. W. to E. S. E. 



2d. It moved eastwardly with a velocity not exactly 

 ascertained; much less, however, than if its velocity 

 should be estimated from its appearance along the coast of 

 the United States. 



