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sissippi and Missouri valleys, where, also, the 

 lowest temperature departures were recorded. 

 Six barometric depressions were charted in 

 their progress, and a seventh begun, as the 

 month closed. Of these, one only visited the 

 southern states : this developed in Mississippi, 

 passed off tlie Virginia coast, and across the 

 Atlantic to the Irish coast, being a severe storm 

 all along its passage. Of the other depressions. 



on tlie up|)er lakes on the 22d, and remarkably 

 heav}- rains on the North Carolina coast on the 

 16th. The storms on the Atlantic were espe- 

 cially prominent, and the general character of 

 the weather on the ocean daring the whole 

 month was stormy. Five depressions were 

 traced nearly across the Atlantic, two of which 

 were genuine hurricanes. The first moved 

 north-westward at a considerable distance from 



one developed in the Kocky Mountains, and 

 was traced to the British coast, and another 

 entered the country in the extreme south-west, 

 moved south-easterly to tlie North Carolina 

 coast, au<l in the ocean probably united witii 

 a tropical liurricane which was then moving up 

 the Atlantic. None of the storms were traced 

 from the Pacific coast over tlie Rocky Moun- 

 tains. The storms left no disastrous effects in 

 the United States ; but there were violent gales 



the Atlantic coast, between the I9th and 24th, 

 when it curved to the north-eastward near the 

 Bermudas. Reaching the Banks on the 2Gth, 

 it caused great damage to the fishing-fleet, the 

 reports showing a loss of eighty lives and one 

 hundred dories, while many fisliing- vessels were 

 swamped or disabled. Vessels on the Atlantic 

 report severe gales during its further passage, 

 but its severity decreased as it approached the 

 Irish coast on the 21)th. The lowest pressure 



