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perhaps only about 500 miles N. E. from there, the barometer 

 was stationary, or nearly so, during the whole progress of 

 the storm. It is worthy of note, that the river at Coringa, 

 began to rise when the wind was N. W. This rise was no 

 doubt produced by the fall of the barometer, together with 

 the influence of the south east wind, which was then prevail- 

 ing, at no great distance from the coast. Instances have been 

 known, on our own coast, where the tide has risen to a very 

 great height, with a violent N. W. wind and low barometer. 



Dr. Piddington thinks this storm and the two others which 

 follow, were whirlwinds, moving in the direction that Mr. 

 Redfield contends for, but the reader will perceive that there 

 was a decided inward motion, if not exactly to a central 

 point, at least to a central space or line, in all these storms. 

 It may be added that the irregularities which appear in 

 these storms, may well depend on the wide extended rains 

 which seem to have accompanied them all. 



The first chart below exhibits the course of the wind on 

 the night of the 15th, till about midnight; the second, the 

 course of the wind, on the morning of the 16th. 



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