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from the east and south easJ, on the 29th July, which con- 

 tinued until two P. M. of the 31st. 



2. The packet Sea Gull, on the night of the 30th July, in 

 coming through the narrow part of the Florida channel, ex- 

 perienced a very heavy gale from the north west, which in- 

 creased on the morning of the 31st, with torrents of rain. 

 About ten, A. M. the wind was west, and the vessel was 

 anchored, lat. 24 40', long. 79 west, twelve miles south of 

 Orange Keys. On the morning of August 1, the wind in- 

 creased and blew a perfect hurricane for about four hours, 

 when it moderated a little, and veered to the south west, 

 and at three, P. M., she made sail off the reef. 



3. Barque Baltimore, from Havana, experienced heavy 

 gales from the westward, on the 31st July, which continued 

 till the first of August. She was over the reef, on the Ba- 

 hama banks, by the Cat Keys, and compelled to anchor, 

 and ride out the gale. When the weather cleared, on the 

 second, she saw three vessels on the reef, wrecked ; but she 

 was unable to lend assistance. 



4. Probable direction in which the centre moved. 



I now take leave of Col. Reid for the present, thanking 

 him most sincerely for the many interesting facts with which 

 he has enriched the science of meteorology. 



As to his water spouts I hope I shall be able to prove, in 

 Sec. VII., by numerous facts, that the wind blows inwards, 

 at the sides, upwards in the middle, and outwards above, in 

 this meteor, as well as in the great storms above investigated. 



Dr. Piddingtorfs Storms. 



166. In the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, for 

 1840, p. 397, Dr. Henry Piddington gives an account of a great 

 storm, which did much damage at Coringa and Vizagapa- 

 tam, on the east coast of Hindoostan on the afternoon and 

 night of November 16th, 1839. 



