128 WAVES OF THE SEA 



very wild sea with the waves spraying very much, 

 from which must have emerged a very long swell." 



After making this memorandum I referred to 

 the notes on page 6 of the publication, and found : 



" On February 2nd . . . the Quernmore, in 

 N. 41, W. 46, reported that during the storm 

 the atmosphere was so heavily charged with 

 spoondrift as to appear as a heavy snowstorm." 



My reason for diagnosing an exceptional amount 

 of spraying was that the locus of the hurricane - 

 force did not advance, so that the wind would 

 not have been able to develop the longer waves. 



The Effect of Squalls and Gusts upon Waves 



On December 22, 1906, I was on board the 

 Leyland S.S. Jamaican, bound for Puerto Colombia 

 from Liverpool, in N. Lat. 38 21', W. 

 Long. 35 43. There was a heavy sea and a 

 moderate gale. At 4 p.m. a violent squall of 

 wind, with rain, occurred, lasting about 4 minutes, 

 which was accompanied by very big waves, and 

 succeeded by comparatively calm water. I guessed 

 the largest waves during the squall to be 7 feet 

 higher than those which preceded or followed. 



On the following day, December 23rd, we were 

 in N. Lat. 35 47^', W. Long. 39 4$', with a 



