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PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



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EXPLANATION OF THE WOOD CUTS. 



No. 



1. Arethusa, at 2, P. M., of!5th> increased to 



a hurricane, W. N W., changed at 4, 

 to W. S. W., and at 9, S. S. W,; at 11, 

 moderating, at midnight, S. S. E., be- 

 tween 15 deg. and 16 deg. lat. and 86 

 deg. to 85 deg. long. Wind moderating 

 at 4 A. M. of 16th, at 6, S. E., and so 

 all day of 16th and 17th, much rain 

 from the 12th till the 16th, with the 

 wind N. E. till 3 or 4 A. M. of 15th, 

 changing round to N. at 6 A. M.,on 

 16th, lat. 15 deg. 30 min. long. 85 deg. 

 9 min. 



2. Ripley (Brig) violent gale for 24 hours, 



wind N. N. W. and N. W. on 15th, 

 changing at 4 P. M., W., and at 6 P. M., 

 W. S. W.. moderating a little ; bar. all 

 day from '29.30 to 29.40, midnight, S. 

 W., next morning at 6, S. S. W., and 

 at 9, S. by E., and at 10 P. M, it ceased 

 raining, with strong breeze and fine 

 clear weather; wind S. E., all 17th, on 

 night of 15th, between lat. 14 and 15, 

 and long. 86 deg. and 87 deg. Much 

 rain from 13th till 10 P. M. of 16th. 

 (? A. M.) on 16th, lat. 15 deg. 38 min. 

 long. 86 deg. 57 min. 



3. Le Balguerie, lat. in night of 15th, about 19 



deg. N., long, about 88 deg. E. Much 

 rain and squally P. M. North easterly. 

 On 14th, and squally ,N. E. and N. N. E. 

 on night of 15th, moderating a little at 

 midnight ; at daylight E. N. E. and E., 

 squally and rain. 



4. Duke of Bedford, blowing hard E. from 



noon of 15th till noon of 16th, except 

 a short lull of 20 minutes, at 11 P. M. 

 of 15th. About lat. 18 deg. 25 min., 

 long. 89 deg. 20 min., wind continued 

 light, E. on the 17th, having cleared 



on night of 16th. Barometer on 14th 

 and 15th, 29.80 minim., wind south 

 easterly from the 12th, on which day 

 the lat. was 11 deg. 41 min., long. 91 

 deg. 21 min., wind S. E., fine. 



5. Ship Cashmere, Merchant, lat. 17 deg. 



30 min., Jong. 92 deg. 25 min., gale in- 

 creasing on 14th throughout, E. S. E., 

 continuing on A. M. of 15th, with 

 heavy squalls and rain, and so till mid- 

 night, S. E. On 16th, fresh breezes and 

 clear, E. S. E., same on 17th. Strong 

 easterly breeze from midnight of 12th, 

 on which day the ship was in lat. 16 

 deg. 58 min. long. 92 deg. 25 min., in- 

 creasing breeze from E. N. E. 



6. Barque Sumatra, about lat. 18 deg. 50 



min., long. 89 deg. 20 min. E. N. E. 

 all day and night of 15th, heavy gales 

 with constant rain all night and next 

 morning'till noon, and at sunset heavy 

 squalls and rain at intervals. Wind 

 E. S. E. to 8, P. M., then S. E. by E. 

 till next day, weather moderating all 

 day 17th. On 16th, lat. 18 deg. 40 min. 

 long. 89 deg. 12 min. 



7. Steamer Ganges, lat. about 17 deg., long 



89 deg. 50 min. S. E., hard gales in 

 morning of 15th, decreasing all day, 

 and at midnight stiff breeze, S. E.; 

 next morning and all day moderate, 

 S. E. by E. and E. by S. 



8. Hope Island, off Coringa, on 16th the 



wind commenced blowing from the 

 north eastward with drizzling rain till 

 1, P. M., when itshifted tothe^N. N. W. 

 and terminated in a gale. About 2, 

 P. M. the wind shifted N. W. when 

 the river commenced rising, and at 8 

 the island was under water. At 10, 



