246 HuTTicane in New England, September, 1815. 



23. Lat. 41° BV, Ion. 63° 45', Sept. 22. Ship Matidarin, on 

 the 22d, experienced a heavy roUing sea, but Uttle wind ; then 

 about one hundred and fifty miles S. E. of Boston. 



24. Lat. 42° 28', Ion. 66°, Sept. 23. Ship Thomas, wind from 

 N. W. to E. and S. ; part of the day moderate, and part fresh 

 breezes. 



25. Off Cape Ann, Sept. 23. Schr. Two Sisters, sixteen leagues 

 off Cape Ann — felt nothing of the gale. 



26. East of Cape Ann, Sept. 23. Schr. Leopard, when five 

 leagues E. of Cape Ann ; experienced the gale very severely — 

 thrown on beam ends. . Brig Carolitie, two hundred miles N. E. 

 of Boston, a fresh breeze from N. E. to S. 



27. Sept. 23. Ship Prudence, twenty leagues S. E. from St. 

 George's shoals, had a tremendous swell from S. W. and lay to 

 under reefed mizzen stay-sail, expecting a gale, but had nothing 

 more than a balanced reef breeze ; at midnight, set balanced reefs 

 again, with strong westerly winds. 



28. Sept. 24. Brig Fredonia, on 23d in lat. 36° 51', Ion. 73° 

 20', and on 25th, Cape Henlopen, W. N. W. fifty miles ; on 24th, 

 a tremendous gale commenced at E. N. E. but shifted to N. W. 

 Schr. Gov. Shelby, from Bordeaux to New York, arrived October 

 5th. Sept. 18th, was in lat. 39° 40', Ion. 43° 30'; experienced 

 the gale within two days' sail of port, but received no injury. 

 Since then, there has not been at sea a one knot breeze. Schr. 

 Comet, from St. Barts to Baltimore : in the edge of soundings 

 experienced a heavy gale ; lay to ten hours — 25th, took a pilot ; 

 26th, came into bay. 



2. Accounts of the Storm on Land. 



29. Philadelphia. Great part of Friday night (22d) wind, a 

 gale from N. E. with heavy rain. Early Saturday (23d) veered 

 to N. W., and continued a gale, with torrents of rain, for several 

 hours. Between 8 and 9 o'clock wind slackened, rain ceased, 

 and clouds broke away in W. and S. W. About noon weather 

 clear and mild, with a gentle westerly breeze. During the after- 

 noon the sun greater part of the time obscured with flying clouds 

 from W. and N. W. 



30. New York. Thursday night ? (21st) violent storm of wind 

 and rain set in from N. E. and continued till about 2 o'clock at 

 night, when it suddenly shifted to N. and N. W., and blew with 



