DECEMBER STORM. 539 



man who left Barnstable in the stage early yesterday morning, informs 

 us that the storm at that place was neither severe nor disastrous. At 7 

 o'clock on Sunday morning, the wind was at N. E., with some snow, 

 which soon changed to rain. It blew freshly during the forenoon, but 

 not sufficiently strong to occasion any damage ; and in the afternoon the 

 wind came round to E. and S. E., *and was S. at sun set, rather mild, 

 and stars were visible in the evening." 



" 31-i. Schooner Friend, from Boston to N. Y., on Saturday the 14th, 

 at 7, A. M., passed Sandy Point, Nantucket, with gales W. N. W. all 

 day, till half past four, when it died away and became calm. At 10, 

 P. M., commenced fresh gales from E. N. E., and continued on the 

 morning of the 15th, with snow and rain, continuing to increase to a 

 hurricane, with snow and hail. At 3, P. M., began to moderate ; 

 breakwater, mile and a half astern. At midnight, on the 16th, N., 

 fresh breezes. At 8, A.M., thickened, wind veering to the eastward. 

 At 8 h. 30, commenced snowing, wind E. N. E. We hauled to the 

 northward for Tarpauline Cove. Continued to storm through the day, 

 wind heavy from N. E. by N. At midnight, cleared up, and wind 

 hauled to N. N. W. At 7, on the 17th, weighed anchor, and at 9 h. 30, 

 passed Elizabeth Islands. Ship all this time was E. of New Bedford 

 and N. of Nantucket." 



This log was kept by Edward S. Johnson, U. S. N. 



32. The Boston Atlas of the 16th Dec., says : " A snow storrn com- 

 menced yesterday morning about 3 o'clock, and continued until 2, P. M., 

 when it commenced raining, with a violent gale from the N. E., which 

 lasted till 7, P. M. The wind then shifted to the S., and the gale abated, 

 but still raining." 



[Dorchester, (two miles and a half south of the State House in Boston.) 1839. 

 Gale of December 15. Civil account.] 



Force of the wind, to 6. Clouds, to 10. 



14th. Saturday noon. Bar. 30.038 Int. Ther. 45. Ext. 36. Wind 

 N. W. Force 2. 



Sunset. Bar. 30.036. Int. Ther. 48. Ext. Ther. 30. Wind N. W. 

 Force 1. Cloudy 4; wane; during the evening, gathering' to nimbus 

 a lunar circle ; hor. diam. 40, elongated toward the southern part of the 

 horizon near two degrees. 



15th. Sunrise. Bar. 29.576. Int. Ther. 47. Ext. 30. Wind N. E. 

 Force 3. Clouds 10. Snow. Min. Ther. 29, Max. 42, for the pre- 

 ceding 24 hours. 



Noon. Bar. 29.422. Int. Ther. 50. Ext. 32. WindE.N. E. Force 

 3. Cloudy 10. Snow storm. 



Sunset. Bar. 29.048. Int. Ther. 49. Ext. 38. Wind E. S. E. 

 Force 3. Clouds 10. Stratus. The greatest force of the wind was 

 from 11 to 13 hours. At midnight, the Bar. indicated 28.942 inches. 

 Wind from E. S. E. to N. E. 



16th. Sunrise. Bar. 29.218. Int. Ther. 41. Ext. 30. Wind N. E. 

 Force 4. Cloudy 10. Snow. 



Noon. Bar. 29.244. Int. Ther. 44. Ext. 30. Wind N. E. Force 

 2. Cloudy 10. Snow. 



Sunset. Bar. 29.338. Int. Ther. 44. Ext. 30. Wind N. N. W. 

 Force 2^-. Cloudy 10. Snow, 



