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LIST OF VESSELS WHOSE POSITIONS AKE 
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Alla (Br. 8.8.) .520..2ccesee ba 7 74.5° \%4 
Avo (Br, 5. 8.) 0 5 72. GK AZ H 
Aleno (Br. 8. 8, +.| 9. i S Lis 
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Arab Steed (SWed. Bi)...20. 000.0000 
Arizona (Br. 8. 8.) oe L Ly 
Armonia (Am. Sp.). on 
Barrowmors (Br. 8. 8.).. 
Barracouta (Br. 5. 8.) 
Benito Estenger (8p. 8.8.) .. 
Bluchor (Ger, Bk)....-..---.. 
British Princess (Br. S. 8 
Caribbean (Br.8. 8.) 
Caspian (Br. 8. 8.).... 
Catania (Ger. 8. S.).... 
Onerokee (Am. 8.8.)...- 
Circassian (Br. 8. 8,).. ..... 
City of San Antonio (Am. 8. 8.). 
*Claribel (Br. 8. 8.)-.......0.0-++ 
Colon (Br. 8. S.).......- 
Comet (Am. Sch.)...... 
Constellation (U. 8.8,)....... 
Crown Prince (Br. 8. 8.).....-.. 
Denmark (Br, 8, 8.)..... 
Dorian (Br. 8.8.)..... 
Dryden (Br. 8. 8.)........ 
E, ©, Knight (Ptlot-boat) 
Eclipse (Am. Sp.) 
Edam (Dutch 8. S.)... 
*Effective (Br. 8. 8.) 
Elbe (Ger. 8.8.),...--. ieee 
Elbridge Souther (Am. Sch.).......00...04 
Emma C. Knowles (Am. Sch.) 
Engineer (Br. 8. 8,)..... 
Ethiopia (Br. 8. 8 
Etruria (Br. S. 8. 
Excelsior (Am. 8. 8.) 
Exeter Oity (Br. 8. 8, 
Explorer (Br. 8.8.)... « 
Fanita (Am. 8. 8.) 
Fort William (Br. 8. 
France (Br, S. 8,).... 
Grecian (Br. 8. 8.) 
H. B, Hussey (Am. 
H. ©. Sibley (Am. Bg.) 
Henry Hilliard (Am. Sp). 
1. L, Skolfield (Am. Bi. 
Jamatcan (Br. 8. 8.).. 
J.P. Loubat (Pilot-bost). 
Kepler (Br. 8. 8.). 
Konoma (Br. Ble). 
Lady Lisgar (Br. BI 
Lampasas (Am. 
Letimbro (It. 8. §.)...... 
Linnie Carter (Am. Bk.). 
Lord Clive (Br. 8. 8.)..... 
Lorenzo D. Baker (Am. 8. 
Loulatana (Am. 8. 8:)..... 
Luther A. Roby (Am. Sch.)... 
Maggio Abbott (Am. Sch.) 
Manhattan (Am. S, 8,),....- 
Main (Ger. 8.8.) ....... : 
FERN GREUG. cece THE HURRICANE OF NOVEMBER 25, 1888: NOON, G. M. T. 
Martello (Br. 5. 5.),.. 
Messongor (Am, 8ch.), 
Miranda (Br. 8. S.)... 
Mondtta (Br. Bktn)....... 
Neajid (Br. 8. 5.). 
New York (Am. 8. 
Oregon (Br. S, 8, 
Polynesia (Ger. S. 
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Pomona (Br. 8. 8.) . 3 ; Scandinavian (Br, 8. 8.) Sceessetty | V4 Telefon (Nor. Sp.) TT 86 Werte (Ger. B. 8.) {| 4.0 bos 
Winter Quarter Shoal Lightship. m0 TOI 
Prinw Frederik Hendrik (Duteh 8. 8.)...| 30.2 74. Scythia (Br.8.S,)o.cceecececcceceeeveese| 42B O43 ‘Trinidad (Br. 8. 8.) U6 67 
Afiynland (Bolg. 8. 8.).-.0..66.ece scree. | 40 Sea Witch (Am. Sp,)........ d ‘Tropic (Br. 8. 8.)....0...06 2.9 HO Wyanoke (Am. 8,8) 
"Richmond (H. B. M. Light-house Tender) ) Servis (Br. Sp.)........... : ‘Twilight (Br. Bgtn.). 180 63,1 Sauume Data obtained by interpolation 
Rlo Grande (Am. 8. 8.)........- owed State of Pennsylvania (Br. 8. 8. : Vancouver (Br. 5. 8.). ? 3 0.7 ata obtained by interpolation. 
Santiago (Am. 8. 5.)........ Venetian (Br. 8. 8.). wee oo 40 
8. B, Hubbard (Am. Scb.). M40 737 
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State of Texas (Am. B. con a 
Tari Topan (Am. Bk)....... .-.......— 4 Venturer (Br. Bg),.... 
THr HURRICANE SEASON.—June may be fairly said to be the first of the five hurricane months in the North Atlantic, and the above diagram is presented in order 
to call special attention to the Law of Storms, especially to certain important modifications of the old laws. The spiral lines indicate the general wind-circulation in 
this particular hurricane, and the complete data presented on the Chart must convince any one that conclusions based upon such evidence must be worthy of the most 
careful consideration. This hurricane was one of the most severe on record off our Atlantic coast, and, though much larger than a hurricane in the tropics, siroilar 
evidence can be presented to show that the 8-point rule is seldom a safe guide for obtaining the bearing of the center; a 10-point or even a 12-point rule is generally 
better, although the 8-point rule is fairly correct if applied to the direction of the low clouds, rather than the wind. The long sweep of NE'ly winds along the coast, 
When there is a hurricane below Hatteras, is a very characteristic and important feature. With a NE'ly wind off Block Island, for instance, it should not be assumed 
that the center bears SE.: the Chart shows that it may be almost duesouth. ‘here is likewise a wide region where the wind is from the SE., and a vessel running before 
this steady SE. wind would plunge deeper and deeper into the hurricane. Similarly in the trades, to windward of the track of a hurricane: not until the atv: 
has fallen about 6-tenths of an inch is it safe to assume that, because the trade-wind increases in force. and remains steady in direction, you are on the trac 
of the storm; by attempting too early to cross its track, running free as soon as the wind begins to freshen, you are liable to plunge directly into the vortex. 
