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foresail was blown from the yard, and the vessel was then bronght 
to the wind, but could not withstand the tornado, and was blown 
directly down on her side, or beam-ends. Apprehending she 
would founder, the order was given to put her again before the 
wind, but the attempt was unsuccessful. As a last resource, the 
main-topsail was let go, when she paid off, and dashed away like 
lightning before the tempest. She was kept scndding till the 
hurricane ceased and was then laid to in a heavy gale from S. W., 
which followed the hurricane. 
rom the above we may infer that the cousre 
of the vessel while scndding, was not unlike 4 ‘* 
that shown in the annexed figure. 
The short time in which the brig ran entirely 

round the axis of the gale, after entering its 99 7 ae 
Violent portion, shows that its diameter was i 
smail ; and that its progression was remarkably pha 
Ww is slowness is also shown by the ah Lopes ieee 
manner in 
ion. 
the Amazon 
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which the brig, steering N. for San ¢ Six ot 
This is a slower rate of advance than I have yet found on the 
Atlantic; but it accords well with other cases which have oc- 
t 
hoted in the cotemporaneous in-shore hurricane of the Kingston. 
Hence, we may infer, that the great current of rotation in which 
the cyclones are imbedded was at this period and in this region, 
at least, comparatively sluggish and inactive. We have noticed 
‘similar condition in the Eastern Atlantic, in the previons month; 
Be the case of the Cape Verde hurricane, of Track xxi. ° 
‘. Capt. Bupp’s Gate, or Oct. 1851.—Capt. Budd’s steamer 
from San Francisco, for Panama, was on the 21st of October in 
lat. 220 07’, off Cape San Lucas. At daylight of 22d the wind 
Was very high, hauling to S. E., preceded by a heavy swell from 
the same quarter. The gale blew heavy from S. E., avd then 
commenced hauling to N. E., and blew still more heavy: barom- 
Ster 29:75. He had now crossed the entrance of the Gulf of 
California, to within sixty miles of Cape Corientes. At4 p.m. gale 
'ug, and hauling to the westward, going round by the north. 
Winds in this case appear to indicate that Capt. Budd fell 
the right hand or northern side of the gale, as it first ap- 
