•INDEX. 



691 



Hunt, Capt. E. B., On the 

 Gulf Stream, 388, 410 



Hunt, Mr, T. C, Winds at 

 the Azores, 571 — 573 



Huntley Rock, filO 



Hurd, Capt. T., Surveys, 

 76 



HURRICANES,124, 149, 217 

 —259. (151) Definition. 

 (152) Enumeration of 

 Authorities. (153) Theo- 

 ries of various Authors. 

 (154) Rotation of the 

 Wind Round Low Ba- 

 rometric Area. (15oi) 

 Indraft or Incurvatiirfe 

 of the Wind towards the 

 centre. (156) Similes-. 

 (157) Origin, and Mode 

 of Formation. (158) 

 Direction of Rotation, 

 &c. (159) Form, Vortex 

 or Focus, &c. (160) 

 Capt. Jinman's Views. 

 (161) Season of Occur- 

 rence. (162) Regions of 

 Origin and Occurrence. 

 (163) Path or Track, 

 and Explanation of Re- 

 curving. (164) Remarks 

 by Mr.Redfield. (165) 

 Velocity or Force of the 

 Wind. (160) Indications 

 of Approach, & Action 

 of Barometer. (167) The 

 Storm Centre. (168) 

 Means of Finding Posi- 

 tion of Centre. (169) 

 Padre Vifies on Finding 

 Position of the Centre. 

 (170) Rules for Action 

 on Encountering a 

 Hurricane, & the Eight 

 Point Rule. (171) Line 

 of Progression. (172) 

 Dangerous «fe Navigable 

 Semicircles. (173, 174) 

 Lieut. J. Evans' Storm 

 Card, & Method of Use. 

 (175) Veering of the 

 Wind. (176—179) The 

 Changes in the Direc- 

 tion of the Wind, in the 

 Four Quadrants of the 

 Compass. (180) Circu- 

 lation of the Wind is 

 unchangeable. (181) 

 Lieut. J. Evans' Rules 

 for Action, on Encoun- 

 tering a Hurricane. 

 (182) Capt. Leighton's 

 Remarks. (183) Indica- 

 tions of Storm Recurv- 

 ing. (184)SirW. Reid's 

 Rule for Laying Ships 

 To, with Diagram. (185) 

 Most Recent Rules for 



A'. A. 0. 



{Hurricanes — continued .) 

 Action. (186) Mr. Mel- 

 drum's Brief Rules for 

 Action. (187—189) 



Padre Vines' Practical 

 Hints for Vessels in the 

 West Indies, during 

 the Hurricane Season. 



(190) The Storm- Wave. 



(191) Oil on Rough 

 Seas. (192) List of 

 Examples given on the 

 Diagram, with a Short 

 Description of Each. 



(193) Tracks & Descrip- 

 tion of Ffincipal Hur- 

 ricanes, 1888 — 1892. 



(194) Description of the 

 Great Hurricane of 

 1780. (195) Trinidad 

 Hurricane of 1831. 

 (196) Barbadoes Hurri- 

 cane of 1831. (197 — 

 199) Hurricanes of 1830, 

 Along the American 

 Coast. (200) The Cy- 

 clone of August, 1870- 



(201) Martinique Hur- 

 ricane of August, 1891. 



(202) Experiences of 

 two Steamers passing 

 through the Vortex. 



(203) On Making Use 

 of Hurricanes. 



Hurricanes, Sir John 

 Herschel on the Origin 

 of, 99 ; Fall of Baro- 

 meter in, 110 ; West 

 Indies, 142 ; Bermuda, 

 170 



Ice, 434, 543. 544, 550 ; 

 Between Iceland and 

 Faeroe Islands, 427 ; 

 St. Lawrence, 214 



Ice in the Arctic Cur- 

 rent, &c., 441 — 454. 



(444) Various Forms. 



(445) Field Ice. (446)On 

 Coasts of Labrador and 

 Newfoundland. (447) 

 Icebergs, & their Origin. 



(448) Size of Icebergs. 



(449) Formation of Ice- 

 bergs. (450) Colour & 

 Structure. (451) Ice- 

 land. (452) South Coast 

 of Greenland. (453) 

 Newfoundland. (454) 

 Newfoundland Banks, 

 &c. (455) Collisions. 

 (456) Precautions for 

 Avoiding Ice, Ice Blink, 

 Temperature, &c. (457) 

 Season. (458) Limits. 

 (459 — 463) Experiences 

 of Vessels am«ng Ice. 



Iceland, Positions, 49 ; 

 Tides, 280 ; Tempera- 

 ture, 427 ; Currents, 

 427, 430 ; Ice, 445— 

 446 ; Compass TTnrelia- 

 ble near, 456, 676 

 India Shoal, 609, 610, 611 

 Inglefield Bank, 610 

 Inglis, Capt. R., On North 

 Atlantic Weather, 178 

 —180 

 Ireland, Positions, 16-18 ; 

 Tides, 279—280 ; N.W. 

 Coast, 469 — 470 

 Irminger, Admiral. On 

 Temperature of the Sea 

 Around Iceland, 426; 

 On Greenland Currents, 

 431, 432 — 433 

 Irminger Current, 430 

 Isles de Los, 570, 676 

 Isobaric Lines, 109 

 Ivory Coast, Winds, l5t) 



Jackson, Mr. J. G., On 



Danger of Drifting on 



the African Coast, 319 

 Jacmel, 534 

 Jahncke, Mr. F. A., On 



White Squalls, 260 

 Jamaica, Positions, 82 — 



83 ; Winds, 142 — 143 ; 

 / Currents near, 366-368 ; 

 ' Passages To and From, 



512—514 

 Jaquet Island, 610 

 Jean Hamon Rock, 610 

 Jeba River, 569 

 Jesse Ryder Rock, 591 

 .linman. Captain G., On 



Hurricanes, 218, 222 

 Job Rock, 610 

 Johnson, Capt. E. J., On 



the Compass, 456 ; On 



Magnetism, 671 

 Jones Bank, 597 

 Jordan, Mr. W. L., On 



Ocean Circulation, 648 

 Josephine Bank, 605 

 Josyna Rock, 610 

 Juby, Cape, 567 



Itarlowa, Capt. R., Rules 

 for Use of Oil in Calming 

 Heavy Seas, 655 — 656 



Kay West, 74 ; Winds, 

 150 — -151 ; Formation, 

 382, 388 



Kellett, Lieut. H., Sur- 

 veys, 36, 42 



Kelly, Capt., Surveys, 39 



Kellv, Mr., On Rennell's 

 Current, 303 



Keriiallet, Capt. C. P. de, 

 Surveys, 36 



Kerr, Staff-Commr., Sur- 

 veys, 53 



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