334 _ Telegraphic Warning to Navier cators. 
_ Fig. 7.—For the Southern Hemisphere. 
North. 
Ss 
a, General Course of the storm in low latitudes, south of the seat’ changing, on its 
ar ga to the tropic, to b, which is the general course in the southern Temperate |: 
ons.—Place the figure or storm card as before, with the api pointing to the 
dikes. ot follow y out the directions as before given. The size of the sto for use, 
may be drawn to the common proportions of a storm on the Chart. 
In the Atlantic ports of the United States, the approach of a 
gale, when the storm is yet on the Gulf of Mexico, or in the 
-southern or western. states, may € made known by means of 
the electric. telegraph ; which, probably, will soon extend from — 
Maine to the Mississippi. This will enable.the merchant to avoid 
exposing his vessel to a furious gale-soon after leaving. her port. 
By awaiting the arrival of. a storm and promptly putting to sea 
with its closing winds, a good offing and rapid progress wal be 
secured by the voyager. 
However useful the knowledge of storms may prove, no one 
will expect the tempest to be disarmed of its power.’ Nor can 
disasters in navigation be in all cases avoided, But, contempla- 
ting this subject in its relations to the thousands of lives and the 
mnillions of property which are lost by shipwreck, almost: annual- 
ly, we cannot doubt that much of this loss might be prevented, 
_ by the exercise of timely and intelligent precaution. Indeed, t 
Se value of accurate paeion and. Date wae in all 
