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^Q Prof. Farrarh account of tie Storm of Sept. 23; 1815. 



The wittd gradually subsided in the afternoon of the SSd, and 

 before night the sky bore its usual appearance. It was observed 

 soon after^ that a singular effect had been produced upon the leaves 

 of vegetables near the seacoast; their vitality was destroyed, and 

 they exhibited an appearance similar to that, which is produced by 

 a frost, except that they retained more of their original colour, and 

 in some instances they assumed a darker hue. This was as- 

 cribed to the spray from the salt water, which was known to have 

 extended many miles into the country from the circumstance of 



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window glass being covered with a thin coat of salt. The bt- 

 rometer descended very fast during the morning of the 23d, and 



It be- 

 gan to rise as the wind abated, and recovered its former eleva- 

 tion, about S9.00, by the time the air was restored to its usual 

 tranquillity. 



It is thought that there is no account of such a storm as this to 

 be found in the history of this part of the country. We have had 

 hurricanes that have laid waste whatever came in their way, but 

 they have been very limited. There was a remarkable storm of 

 wind aud rain on the 9th of October 1804, which in some respects 



It destroyed a number of hous- 



\yhen the wind was highest had fallen about half an inch. 



resembled that above described. 



es, overthrew trees, chimneys and fences, but it was much less 



violent and less destructive. 



A very remarkable gale occurred in some parts of North Car- 

 olina on the 3d of September 1815, twenty days before the one 



hich is so often referred to amongst us. It was preceded by 



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of several days with the wind from the N. E. The wind 



shifted on the 3d to the N. aud W. increasing 

 gan to subside as it approached the 8. W. 



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