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ISLES OF SUMMER. 



This list, includes those hurricanes only concerning which Gov. 

 Rawson had reliable information. Probably there Avere others 

 during the period covered by his table. We suppose also that 

 many of the hurricanes mentioned visited only a portion of the 

 Bahamas. The terrible hurricane which inflicted such serious 

 damage upon Nassau in August, 18G6, desolated many other 

 islands, and damaged and destroyed a very large number of ves- 

 sels. The recent hurricane that caused such a destruction of 

 property in Jamaica, and wrecked the steamer Vera Cruz in the 

 Gulf of Florida, with great loss of life, must have been felt to 

 some extent on the island of New Providence. Very favorable 

 official reports have since been received from Nassau in regard to 

 the health of that city. 



