Inter-tropical Hurricanes of Eastern Atlantic. 179 
strong,—and encountered a very heavy gale; although so near 
the equator.”"* ‘This is likely to have been one of the gales of 
August which afterwards visited the western and northern por- 
tions of the Atlantic, with great severity. Indeed, I strongly 
Suspect this to have been the gale which passed St. Thomas on 
the 12th, and New York on the 17th of the month; as shown in 
rst paper on the character and progress of these gales. 
Capt. Fitzroy states, also, that at Port Praya, [lat. 14° 53’ N., lon. 
23° 30’ W.,] no vessel should deem the bay secure during July, 
August, September and October,t because southerly gales some- 
times blow with so much strength, and the rollers sent in by 
them are so dangerous to ships ; and having experienced the force 
of these gales in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands, he con- 
fidently warns those who are inclined to be incredulous about a 
gale of wind being found in 15° of north latitude ; beyond the 
[supposed] limits of the hurricane regions. 
Se m this inter-tropical field we extend our inquiries 
northward to the Canary Islands, in lat. 28°, near the African 
Coast, we may learn of other active cyclones that have crossed 
these Islands, in pursuing their orbital course to the shores of ° 
northern Africa and sonth western Enrope. The route of one of 
these storms which passed near the Island of Madeira in October 
842, as shown by Col. Reid, is seen on the Chart. 
. [ find record of another great storm, which passed over the 
Island of Teneriffe, on the 6th of November, 1826. 
rack xviit, seen further westward on the Chart, is the infer- 
ted route of a severe hurricane, in 1828, which was reported to 
me by Capt. Corning : long known as an intelligent merchant and 
r. 
‘* Voyage of the Adventure and Beagle, (Surveying vessels), vol. i, pp. 1 and 3, 
Fee gigs First Series; vol. xx, p. 34-3! q 
ae are the months which const: ; 
Islands of the West. died where, as we have formerly shown, the hurricanes arrive 
on rm portion of the Atlantic. We have now, more than presumptive 
"evan of peg! hbacan origin, ray 
eof Adventure and Beagle, vol. 1, p. 59. 3 
wee Col Reid’s Piosruie’ of the Development of the law of Storms, p. 275—279: 
“ @ & 38 found also an account of a gale in the S. E. part of the Mediterranean. 
at For a fi) account of this hurricane, see Col. Reid’s Attempt to Develope 
W of Storms: 2nd Edition, p. 444-448. 
itute the \« hurricane season” of the Windwar 
