CONTENTS. Tii 



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 8. Thb Anti-Trades, or Passage Winds, 170; Definitions, 170 — 171 ; 

 The Winds between 55° and 40° N., 172—177; Captain H. Toynbee's 

 Remarks on Eight Logs, kept by Captain J. A. Martyn, in Passages 

 over the North Atlantic, 177 — 178 ; Notes by Captain R, Inglis, 

 178 — 180 ; Effect of Sea Temperature on the Passage Winds, 180. 



Storms in the North Atlantic Ocean, between lat. 40° and 55° N., 181 ; 

 General Tendency from West to East, 181 ; Remarks by Captain 

 Toynbee and Professor Buys-Ballot, 182 — 183 ; Description of Cy- 

 clonic Wind Systems, 183 — 184 ; Anti-Cyclones, 185 ; Various 

 Remarks on Cyclonic Gales of the North Temperate Zone, 185 — 187 ; 

 On Ordinary Gales, 187 ; Information from New York, Danish, and 

 London Meteorological Offices, 189 — 196 ; Records of Storms ex- 

 perienced by Steamers of the North German Lloyd, 196 — 198. 



Winds of the British Isles, 198; Weather, in Cyclonic and Anti-Cyolonio 

 Systems, 200 — 203 ; Winds at Greenwich, 203 ; Winds at Liverpool, 

 208—206; EngUsh Channel, 206; Diagrams explahaed, 207; Bay of 

 Biscay, 208 — 211 ; North and West Coasts of Spain and Portugal, 

 211 — 213 ; America, Gulf and River St. Lawrence, 218 — ^215 ; Nova 

 Scotia, &c., 215 — 216 ; South Carolina, &c., 216. 



9. Hurricanes, 217 ; Defined, 217—223 ; Season, 223 ; Regions, 223— 

 226; Indications, &c., 226 — 228; The Storm Centre, and how to 

 avoid it, 228 — 231 ; Investigations by Padre Vines, of Havana, 231 — 

 232 ; Rules, &c., for Avoiding their Violence, 232—248; Storm Card, 

 by Lieut. Evans, 234 — 241 ; Remarks by Captain Leighton, 241 — 243 ; 

 Short Rules for Action, 243 — 245 ; Practical Hints by Padre Vines, 

 245—248; The Storm Wave, 240; Oil on Rough Seas, 248; Examples 

 of Famous Hurricanes, 248 — 258 ; On Making Use of Hurricanes, 

 258—259 ; Squalls and Tornados, 259—264. 



10. Waterspouts, 264 ; Definition, 264 ; Principles of their Formation, 

 264; Description by Malte-Brun, 265 ; by Mr. M. Downie, 265— 267 ; 

 by Mr. G. Maxwell, 267 ; by the Hon. Capt. Napier, 268 ; Examples 

 of Cas^ialties caused by them, 270. 



II.— The TIDES 271 



Explanation of Tidal Phenomena : — The Action of the Moon, 271 ; Of 

 the Sun, 272; The Tidal Wave, and its Velocity, 273; The Establish- 

 ment, and the Corrected Establishment of the Port, 274 — 275 ; The 

 Semi-menstrual Inequality, 275 ; The Age of the Tide and Difference 

 of Two Diurnal Tides, 275 ; Height of Mean Water, 275 ; Action o£ 

 Atmospheric Pressure, 27*6 ; Various Phenomena, 276 — 277. 



Tide Table : — River Thames, and South and West Coasts of England, 

 278 ; Scotland, &c., 278—279 ; England, East Coast, 279 ; Ireland, 

 279—280; Norway, France, Spain, and Portugal, 280—281; Atlantic 

 Islands and the West Coast of Africa, 281 — 282 ; Newfovmdland and 

 the St. Lawrence, 282; New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, &c., 282 — 

 283; United States, 283—284; Gulf of Mexico and West Indieg, 

 284; Remarks on the Tide Table, 284—293, 



