4 _ . W. W. Mather on the Meteorology 
blast from the land, and large flakes of fire from ~ burning for- 
est were carried entirely across Lake Fanny Hooe, so that it was 
with great a the buildings at Fort Wilkins, half a mile off, 
could be preserved from the fire. 
»17-to 28. one Presque Isle, eighty miles south by east of ne 
wena Point. A rise and fall of the waters of the lake were ob- 
served in the bay, and the captain of the Schooner Swallowiton- 
sequently looked for‘a blow, though the weather was pleasant 
calm, excepting a slight ‘off shore breeze. The vessel sailed 
at 4 p.w., but’in the night a severe blow came from the north and 
lasted two days, and the vessel with difficulty was kept off the 
shore. 
28, 29. Rainy part of the day, ‘but without heavy wind at 
Presque Isle; the wind was from the south. A-heavy gale and 
severe rain set in in the al from y.z., and continued till next 
(30th) morning, when the “waves were from ss to twenty 
31 to Aug. 7. ~ Weather pleasant but very warm, ‘except on 
the lake shore, where the cold waters temper the heat. ‘There * 
was little wind, except warm stsfrom the shore during 
the middle and latter parts of the day, off the reéntering of the 
coast. During these days I was coasting between Presque Isle 
and Huron River, encamped on the shote, or exploring in the 
interior from five to ten miles from the. 
On the evening of the 6th, at the mouth of Huron River, the 
water flowed rapidly into the mouth of the river for fifteen min- 
utes, and was raised twelve to sixteen inches above the usual lev- 
el, after which it flowed out until it teached*the-usual level. 
Aug. 7. Similar variations in the level of the’ lake and river, 
were observed in the morning: Severe Pe ay from 
n.w. succeeded, with very strong winds, uprooting tre 
8. Heavy eo and ‘showers through the “night and 
persis of to-day. 
asant day; wind east-at six in the afternoon 
; another 
rise in he. water of the lake of eighteen inches, and a. sudden fall 
again in fifteen or twenty minutes, about 1 p.m. Heavy thunder- 
gust and some rain at 4p.m. Strong n.w. wind (7 to 9) all night, 
with some rain. ‘Trees uprooted by the gale. 
10. Pleasant day; wind strong from east in afternoon ; calm 
in evening. 
1. Pleasant day; calm till 8 a.m; wind ‘south out of Huron 
Bay at 83; n.w. 5, at Point Abbaye, 9 to 10 a.m; calm at 10; 
south on the side ‘of. Kewena Bay at 10$ a.m., and s.w. 4, near 
Traverse Island. Sailed from re middle of Kewensw Bay, 
with this wind eonstantly increasing in force till evening, when 
I reached Bete Gris Bay, and landed with diffien ulty throug 
although the wind there blew off shore, and the waves 
