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APPENDIX. 



[The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, of January 8th.] 



At Aheravon, Wales, the wind shifted from S. S. W. to S. S. E. At 

 10, A. M. of (3th, blowing hard, with rain, very dark, barometer 29.22, 

 having been on the 5th, 29.65. 



At Deal, it blew very hard at night of 6th, and also on 7th, W. S. W., 

 with squalls of rain. 



At Kamsgate, East of London. 7th. Throughout the whole of last 

 night and to day, it has blown hard from S. S. E. to W. At 8, P. M., 

 W. N. W., more moderate. 



Scowrie, Scotland, from George Ross. Upon the 6th and 7th, it blew 

 a complete hurricane in this quarter, with frequent showers of hail. 

 Upon the 6th, the wind blew from S. W., in the evening, it veered round 

 to N. W., and continued to blow from N. W., until J2, at night. 



I have further to add, that for many days before the 6th and 7th of 

 January, it was a continuation of stormy weather, the wind constantly 

 blowing from S. W. and W., and sometimes N. W. 



Journal kept on board H. M. Packet, the Doterel. From Kings- 

 town, the 6th of January, 1839, to Liverpool. 



