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29th.—Had a strong gale from the N.W., increased until 
midnight, and then moderated. Ship during this storm was 
in 61° 30'S. 154° 9’ E. (P:). 
This is the best example I have met with of a well- 
observed revolving storm in a high latitude. It appears to 
have moved slowly to the westward. At(V,) the Vincennes 
had entered the comparatively calm cenire, with clear sky, 
the “eye’ of the storm : she then re-entered the storm, 
passing to V, into the most dangerous quadrant; and, toge- 
ther with the Porpoise, sailed in this quadrant along with the 
storm to the westward for some days. During the same 
period the Flying Fish had sailed into and along with the 
S.E. quarter of the storm. The Peacock passed out of it. 
The barometrical fluctuations on board the Vincennes from 
January 28th to February 2nd inclusive are given for inter- 
vals of an hour, with a few exceptions. 
I have expressed these in a curve (fig. 3), which forms a 
eraphic and instructive record of the various phases of the 
hurricane. 
In July the same year, the English discovery ships Lrebus 
and Terror were lying in Christmas Harbour, 48° 41’5., 
69° 3' 85” E. Sir James Ross remarks, that the westerly 
winds prevail there almost as steadily as do the trade winds 
in the equatorial regions. 
During the passage from Christmas Harbour to Hobart 
Town, between the parallels of 47° and 48° 5., they met 
with a gale, which is thus recorded :-— 
Jury 24th, 1840.—Wind more moderate, still from 
westward. 7 p.m. Strong south-westerly gale and snow 
showers. The rise of the barometer to 380 inches, re- 
markably high for these latitudes, was followed, at 8 P.M. 
on the 25th, by a gale from the N.W. of twelve hours’ 
duration. 
