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17th. Sunrise. Bar. 29.724. Int. Ther. 38. Ext. 26. Wind N. W. 

 Force 1. Clouds 7. Wane. 



Noon. Bar. 29.740. Int. Ther. 47. Ext. 31. Wind N. W. 1. 

 Cloudy 0. 



Barometer by Gary. Brass scale. Lower surface of the mercury al- 

 ways adjusted. Diam. of tube, 0.18 of an inch. Height above mean 

 level of the sea, 18 feet. 



33. A published letter from Gloucester, north eastern extremity of 

 Massachusetts bay, dated on Sunday night, says : " We have experienced 

 a most disastrous gale of wind here to-day, from E. S. E. The rain 

 continues to pour in torrents, and the gale has not abated any." 



At Salern, 15 miles from Boston, according to the Salem Register, 

 " During the day, at intervals, the wind blew with tremendous force 

 from the eastward, and the rain fell in torrents." 



34. At Newburyport, 30 miles N. N. E. from Boston, according to the 

 Newburyport Herald, the storm commenced on Sunday morning, 15th, 

 and " from 10 to 12 o'clock on Sunday night, the wind, which had shifted 

 a point or two more to the N. E., blew a perfect hurricane." 



35. At Portsmouth, N. H., some 60 miles N. N. E. of Boston, in the 

 Meteorological Journal, published at that place, we find the wind re- 

 corded, during the day, at East, with snow and rain. In a Portstmouth 

 paper, this storm is styled a " heavy N. E. gale. 



[Portland, Maine, by Lemuel Moody. Esq.] 



36. December 14th. Commenced, with moderate N. W. winds, 

 clear and pleasant. Noon, quite calm. P. M., light northern airs, clear 

 but at times a few clouds. Evening, cloudy. Thermometer at sunrise, 

 25 degrees. At noon, 32 degrees, at 8, P. M., 25, in the true current of 

 air. 



Sunday, 15th, at 7, A. M., a fresh breeze from N. E. and cloudy, with 

 flurries of snow, at 11, A. M. Wind east, with moderate rain. At 12, 

 noon, quite a gale, and heavy rain ; wind all the afternoon, E. by S., to 

 E. N. E., rainy, and at times snow ; powerful wind ; snow falling mode- 

 rately through the night, with a strong gale from E. N. E. to N. E. 



The Journal of the Portland Observatory, says : 14th. Light N. W. 

 wind and clear; noon, nearly calm; P. M., light N. W. airs; evening 

 cloudy. 15th. In the morning, strong N. E. wind" and some snow ; at 

 11, A. M., wind east with heavy rain ; P. M., E. by S., gale still contin- 

 ued ; in the evening wind shifted to the N. E. and snow fell most of the 

 night, with no abatement of the gale. 16th, N. E. storm continued 

 through the day, snow not falling very fast but strong wind ; evening, 

 storm ceased. 



37. [Eastport Maine. From the Sentinel.] 



Day. Barometer. Thermometer. Winds. Weather. 



7 A. M. 2 P. M. 10 P. M. 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 10 P. M. 



15, 29.92 29.75 29.63 36 38 37 N. E. Rain. 



16, 29.48 29.45 29.49 34 37 35 N. E. Rain. 



