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On the Avoidance of Cyclones. 209 
— except the scud, which flew swiftly at no great distance 
above us. Shortly before noon the weather became thicker, the 
surrounding hills appeared as indistinct shadows, indeed we were 
sometimes so entirely enveloped in mist and fog, that we could 
not see a ship’s length around us. 
Noon, bar. eo wats gh 28° rms an. 29° “tg ee air ir 79°8 
fey until 3°30 P. M. yong in this time from 8. E. ie S. gradu- 
ally to 8, A a ee was no calm at the climax of the 
which dat wave. T found souteasictes e examination and y 
temperature of the rain-water. As the wind turned to the 
westward of south, there came a heavy swell through ssi eg 
of the harbor, which increased as the wind hauled m 
west. After 3:30 p Pp, M. the force of the wind diminished shah 
At5 p.m, bar. 29° 169 > symp. 29°060; an. 29°178; temp. air 
T7°-T; water 77° 7; wi nd W. by 8.458. 10. Pewee sunset 
the het moderated, the clouds assumed shapes again and for 
urid 
4 short time had a remarkably lurid appearance, the whole 
tinosphers, filled with vapor, seemed to be vgs up and gave 
€ surrounding landscape a eh ee. 
a 
the rain from S. W. by S. and W. S. W. ge ed fen 
* (Mr. Schénborn appends an excellent diagram showing the + and rise of the 
dis eter under the suecessive winds of this cyclone as it er the ship, as 
ermined by frequent and careful observations. He adds also the curve indicating 
the movements of the sympiesometer and aneroid during the same per! t isa 
Staphic bition of the ‘effective action of the cyclone, and affords a fair test of the 
relative value of these several instruments, under the successive phases of the storm. 
He adds two other di 
. : d of like aa one of which, ater er with that 
Just noticed, I haye sie Baty) if ie ihe se pages, 80 ‘far as relates to eg pti ter. I 
Sret that t they could not be reproduced entire, on this oceasion. ‘ 
t (The nearest te roach of the axis or center was indicated py heme lowest ob- 
t gradual veering of the wind was in accordance with the a appa- 
of rp dally co Y course ‘K, the sun, and no lull or Seri having occurred at the crisis 
e gale, it is evident that these observers were to the right of lon 2 
around to the southward and eartard of Lloy t h 
time the barometer was lowest here, the cy se oe had partially completed its reeur- 
and was entering upon its northeasterly co rse of progression—w. =) 
SECOND SERIES, VOL, XXIII, NO. 68.——-MARCH, 1857. 
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