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East and southeast in 187G. [ J. W. Du Bose, Montgomery. 



The wind in the month of April is generally from the southeast and south. [J. N. 

 Gilmore, Sumter. 



Variable, but mostly from southwest. [R. S. Williams, Montgomery. 



From southwest to northeast. [ J. A. Callaway, Montgomery. 



April, southeast, 32. [H. Tutwiler, Hale. 



April showers are proverbial. And this year the "borrowing days" did not forget to 

 blow from the west and southwest. And the freshet came on the llth instant. No 

 cyclone here, but pretty hard wind. Cyclone in Lee County, and at Fort Gaines, 

 Ga., with considerable damage. Some loss of life. [Dr. John Peurifoy, Montgomery. 



ARKANSAS. 



rds, Po 

 South and southeast. [E. T. Dale, Miller. 



South and southeast. [T. S. Edwards, Pope. 

 . [E. T. 



Variable and gentle. [J. B. Carrin, Taylor. 

 Chiefly south ; at times north. [R. Gamble, Leon. 



GEORGIA. 



Variable, from land to sea. [William Jones, Clarke. 

 Southeast. [William A. Harris, Worth 

 April, from the west mostly. [E. M. Thompson, Jackson. 

 From southeast. [Timothy Tussell, Coffee. 

 From east and northeast. [S. P. Odom, Dooly. 



Variable and moderate ; moves from south to north by the way of the west, then 

 from northeast to south. [M. Kemp, Marion. 



LOUISIANA. 



In April, from south and southeast. [John A. Maryman, East Feliciana. 

 MISSISSIPPI. 



Southeast and south. [ J. W. Burch, Jefferson. 



From all the points of the compass, with little force. [Dr. E. H. Anderson, Madison. 



South. [Kenneth Clark, Chickasaw. 



Prevailing winds south, maximum velocity 10 miles. [C. Welch, Covington. 



With moderate force from some southerly point. [D. L. Phares, Wilkinson. 



Sooth. [C. F. Sherriod, Lowndes. 



Southwest and generally, about Easter, north. [W. Spillman, Clark. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Northwest and southwest. [J. Evans, Cumberland. 

 Southwest. [F. I. Smith, Halifax. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Southwest and northwest. [James W. Grace, Colleton. 



West. [Paul S. Felder, Oraugeburgh. 



April, south and southwest and southeast. [James C. Brown, Barn well. 



TENNESSEE. 



From the southwest mostly. We have some very hard storms from that direction in 

 the spring. [John McMillan, Decatur. 

 Northeast and west equally. [A. W. Hunt, M. D., Perry. 



TEXAS. 



In April, I860, we had twenty-two days from south and southwest, and eight north, 

 northwest, and northeast ; in 1861, fifteen days south, southeast, and southwest. [J. 

 M. Glasco, Upshur. 



South by east and south. [O. H. P. Garrett, Washington. 



East. [H. J. H. Brensing, Miller. 



Southeast. [Samuel Davis, Hunt. 



South. [R. Wipprecht, Comal. 



Southeast to southwest ; 15 to 25 miles. [ W. Barnes, Cherokee. 



April, mostly south, southeast, and southwest winds prevail; an occasional north 

 wind occurs, frequently the forerunner of a late spring frost. In the year 1859, the 

 latest spring frost, in my recollection, occurred on the night of the 24th April, killing 

 corn badly, but not injuring cotton much ; that year the worm did little damage, a 

 heavy crop being made. The year previous, a norther came up on the llth of April, 



