U'ATER-SPOUTS. 



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apex downwards, consisting of a dense cloud, while the inferior 

 cone, the apex of which is turned upwards, consists of water, 



which is thus sometimes raised to a height of several hundred 

 feet. 



Water-spouts seldom last longer than half-an-hour. Their 



course and movements are irregular ; straight forwards ; in zig- 

 zag lines; alternately rising and falling; stationary; slow; or 

 progressing with the rapidity of thirty miles an hour. The vo- 



