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wind set in there on the 6th, as it did all over England, 

 from the south east, it is quite probable that Orkney was 

 south of the middle of the storm. The greatest violence of 

 this storm, however, was felt through Ireland and the mid- 

 dle of Great Britain, as it passed from west to east, or pro- 

 bably a little to the south of east. Indeed it is almost cer- 

 tain, that the storm moved towards the south of east, if the 

 indications of the barometer are to be relied on, for this in- 

 strument fell progressively from north of west to south of 

 east. And this accords with what I have remarked in 

 many other great fluctuations. Indeed, so uniformly has 

 this been the case, whenever I have had an opportunity of 

 examining documents, that I am inclined to think it is a 

 general rule in this latitude. 



By casting the eye on the chart, the reader will perceive 

 there is a general tendency of the wind on the south east of 

 a line drawn through the middle of Great Britain, from Ply- 

 month on the south west, through Edinburgh, towards that 

 line from the south of east, and on the western side of that 

 line there is a general tendency of the wind towards the 

 line from the west and north west, especially at remote dis- 

 tances from the line, whilst near the central line there is 

 more irregularity. 



By examining all the documents, the reader will also 

 learn, that there was a considerable fall of snow and rain 

 near the middle of Great Britain on the 5th and 6th ; which 

 no doubt was the beginning of this storm, and caused it to 

 be more violent in this region than it was farther north and 

 farther south. The wind also sprung up fresh and strong, 

 on the 6th, from the south of east in the southern parts of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, about the time that it changed 

 round in the west of Ireland, and began to blow a gale from 

 the west ; and for many hours, in the early part of the night, 

 it was increasing on the eastern coast of England, from the 

 east of south, and at the same time, on the west of Ireland, 



