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fell during the month, but no one which continued longer than from five to ten 

 minutes." Santa Cruz, then, may be considered as beyond the limits of the 

 storm, though, perhaps, not wholly beyond its sensible influence. 



The following is extracted from the journal of the ships Mary and Susan, 

 bound from Calcutta to New York : — 





Latitude. 



Longrtu 



de. 



Barometer. 



Thermometer. 



Wind. 



Dec. 22, 



8° 



5G' N. 



44° 



36' 



W. 



28.58 



79° 



N. E., light and variable 



23, 



9 



43 



45 



41 





.59 



78 



N. E., " " " 



24, 



10 



41 



47 



57 





.60 



78 



N., light and steady. 



25, 



11 



11 



49 



19 





.60 



79 



N. W. by W. 



26, 



11 



12 



50 



8 





.50 



79 



Variable — calm. 



27, 



11 



34 



50 



22 





.56 



78 



Variable — calm. 



28, 



12 



28 



50 



49 





.60 



77 



Variable — calm. 



It will be observed that the barometer was lowest on the 26th ; and this is 

 about the time that the wave which passed over the United States might be 

 expected here, if felt at all. 



I have obtained from the navy department at Washington a copy of the Me- 

 teorological Journal of the United States ship Peacock, for December, 1836. 

 The greatest height of the barometer during the month was, on the 7th, 30.00 

 inches. Greatest depression, on the 18th, 29.88. Total range for the month, 

 .12 inch. The ship was on the eastern coast of the Pacific, between latitude 

 16° 50' N. and latitude 2° 19' S. The preceding range is little, if any, greater 

 than the diurnal oscillation at the equator. The hour of observation is not 

 stated, so that we cannot decide whether the observations are affected bv the 

 diurnal inequality. The following is an extract from the register : — 





Latitude. 



Longitude. 



Thermometer. 



Barometer. 



Wind. 



Remarks. 





8° 52' N. 



960 34' W. 



8, A. M. 



■2, P. M. 



6, P. M. 



29.90 



N. E. md East. 





Dec. 16, 



78 



79 



77 



Moderate and pleasant. 



17, 



7 40 



96 49 



79 



80 



79 



90 



(t (C a 



II II II 



18, 



5 42 



96 59 



79 



81 



78 



88 



North and East. 



II II II 



19, 



tt a 



97 3 



76 



80 



77 



90 



South and East. 



Squally, with rain. 



20, 



a ii 



97 16 



74 



75 



75 



90 



Variable and calms. 



Cloudy, with rain. 



21, 



4 45 



97 4 



77 



78 



76 



90 



Cl (I II 





22, 



;< it 



96 3 



77 



80 



78 



90 



fl II i: 



Showers, pleasant. 



23, 



3 11 



94 23 



76 



77 



75 



90 



II (I II 



" squally. 



24, 



1 56 



91 .54 



74 



77 



76 



93 



S. E. and South. 



Pleasant. 



VII — 2 L 



