4 Cape Verde and Hatteras Hurricane. 
24 hours; standing south; 2 P. m. heavy gales furled foresail and hove 
to; 4. M. gale increasing, furled topsail and scud before it under 
storm stay-sail, then bare poles ; 6 P. M. ea ta E.8. E.; broached 
to on port-tack ; 7 P. m. wind truly terrific ; thrown on beam-ends ; 
dismasted about 9 p. M; barometer 28°85: [2894 as compared with 
mine], at 11 p.m, free: of hurricane began to abate, and before mid- 
night gale had veered to E.N. E, At 4a. m. Sept. 8th, gale N. N. E. 
moderating ; 8 a. M. stiff breezes; noon, moderate; lat. 36° 13’, lon. 
72° 40. 
26. Star, Sept. 7th, lat. 36° 10’, lon. 72°, hurricane, from N. E. to 
W.: dismasted. 
27. Addy Swift Sept. 6th, [civil time] fine weather, lat. 37°20’, lon 
71° 30’, bar. 30°10 in., a very heavy swell from S. E. , gradually i in- 
oreasing: wind from 8. W. to N. E.. Sept. 7th, fine; light win 
m. bar. 30.in.; at noon, lat. 36° 30’, lon. 71°; windS.S. E., 
a double reefed topsail breeze ; western horizon very hazy; 2p. M. 
cloudy, wind increasing; bar. 29:90; 5p. m. sails furled, hove to 
under storm try- 2 gale S. 8. E., slight rain, and tre mendous sea 
running ; bar. 29°50; tals hours from gale’s center]. 7 P. M. severe 
hurricane from 8, “i at 8 p. m. vessel on her beam-ends, heading 
within five points of the wind ; remained in this position until 10 Pp. m., 
when I cut away the mast, and she righted. At 11 P. M. it was almost 
28. ation Sept, 7th, lat. 36°, lon. 70°, severe hurricane from 8 ~ 
Pp. M. till next morning, from S whe Mt S. W.; thrown on beam-ends, 
with loss of topmast, sails, rudder 
. L. Swan, night of Sept. sh (ean lat. 37°, = SB hur- 
tithe: from E. 8. E. going round [probably by N.] to N ; dis- 
masted. 
4 eed abana PR 8th, lat. 36° 37’, lon. 69°, hurricane, from S. W. 
dis 
3l. Octavia, — 8th, lat. 37° 05’, bigs ng 04’, severe gale from S. 
and heavy seas; damaged, and one man 
’. alten danse uddecke, diamiasted in te. aie, and foundered: crew 
pinks up on the I1th, lat. 39°, lon. 65°. 
. Adrian and William, Sept. 9th, lat. 39° 50’, lon. 66° 50’, hurri- 
cane ; dismasted. 
34. Nauticon, nt 8th, lat, 33° 15’, lon. 65°, at daylight gale com- 
menced fro he and increased rapidly : boat's bulwarks and spars 
swept from Mina ship. 
. Bessie Grant, Sept. 8th, lat. 37° 30’, lon. 63°, in hurricane from 
N. N. E. was thrown on beam-ends and dismasted. 
hurri t. Berry 
states, that from ie to * p, u. the cards of his compasses van flying round from 
east to west like a top; perhaps at the — of ee times a minute. When the 
gale was from the western quarter the co. ere steady. 
