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  NEW 
  BRUNSWICK 
  TORNADO. 
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  accompanying 
  representation, 
  figure 
  4. 
  The 
  round 
  was 
  traced 
  by 
  the 
  

   directions 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  having 
  set 
  out 
  atone 
  point, 
  I 
  arrived 
  at 
  it 
  

   again, 
  by 
  following 
  the 
  indications 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  directions 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time 
  Mr 
  Espy 
  explored 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  round, 
  

   and 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  space 
  where 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  lying 
  

   together. 
  The 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  rush 
  towards 
  a 
  central 
  space 
  is 
  thus 
  con- 
  

   clusive. 
  

  

  To 
  generalize 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  diagram, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  that 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  exceptions 
  to 
  be 
  remarked 
  upon 
  directly, 
  all 
  the 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  

   southern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  circular 
  space 
  A, 
  are 
  thrown 
  northward 
  ; 
  those 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  southward 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  westward, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  east- 
  

   ward. 
  

  

  These 
  exceptions 
  are 
  probably 
  to 
  be 
  referred, 
  generally, 
  to 
  the 
  

   forward 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  spout. 
  Thus, 
  while 
  c 
  is 
  thrown 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  

   north, 
  a 
  tree 
  beside 
  it, 
  and 
  many 
  like 
  p 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  it, 
  were 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  moving 
  column. 
  The 
  same 
  is 
  

   true 
  of 
  trees 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  g 
  and 
  h. 
  In 
  selecting 
  the 
  trees 
  to 
  be 
  

   noted, 
  I 
  took 
  care 
  to 
  put 
  down 
  cases 
  which 
  seemed 
  anomalous, 
  lest 
  

   something 
  of 
  consequence 
  should 
  escape 
  observation. 
  The 
  irregular 
  

   positions 
  of 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  trees 
  at 
  i, 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  explained 
  by 
  

   their 
  interference 
  in 
  falling. 
  The 
  tree 
  g 
  may 
  have 
  had 
  its 
  top 
  carried 
  

   northward 
  in 
  falling, 
  and 
  lies 
  almost 
  directly 
  opposed 
  to 
  the 
  directions 
  of 
  

   trees 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  these 
  trees 
  being 
  bent 
  permanently, 
  but 
  not 
  

   broken. 
  Pursuing 
  the 
  track 
  of 
  the 
  storm 
  along 
  B 
  C, 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  

   thrown 
  in 
  its 
  general 
  direction. 
  

  

  Passing 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  we 
  lost 
  the 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  storm, 
  

   and 
  when 
  they 
  appeared 
  again, 
  the 
  circumstances 
  seen 
  in 
  approaching 
  

   figure 
  4 
  were 
  repeated. 
  Figure 
  5 
  represents 
  the 
  recurrence 
  of 
  the 
  effects 
  

   produced 
  by 
  the 
  descending 
  of 
  the 
  column 
  to 
  the 
  grouud. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   think 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  go 
  round, 
  with 
  the 
  compass, 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  circle 
  

   which 
  is 
  turned 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  

   but 
  merely 
  the 
  other 
  portion 
  which 
  presents 
  the 
  curious 
  circumstance 
  

   of 
  trees 
  thrown 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  direction 
  opposed 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  motion, 
  

   proving 
  conclusively 
  that 
  a 
  rushing 
  wind 
  from 
  the 
  westward 
  will 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   plain 
  the 
  effects. 
  The 
  fatigue 
  incident 
  to 
  the 
  previous 
  work 
  made 
  me 
  

   very 
  willing 
  to 
  cut 
  off 
  all 
  that 
  seemed 
  of 
  doubtful 
  utility. 
  

  

  