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nomena, waterspouts. These are, perhaps, the most 
majestic of all those “works of the Lord, and his 
wonders in the deep,” which they behold who “go 
down to the sea in ships.” They frequently appear 
as perpendicular columns, apparently of many hun- 
dred feet in height, and three feet or more in dia- 
meter, reaching from the surface of thesea to the 
elouds. The edge of the pillar is perfectly clean 
and well-defined, and the effect has been compared 
to a column of frosted glass. A series of spiral 
Warerspoors. 
Jines run around it, and the whole has a rapid spiral 
motion, which is very apparent, though it is not 
always easy to determine whether it is an ascending 
or descending line. Generally, the body of clouds 
