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after a short calm, the next succeeding wind will be 

 easterly, the first part of a fresh revolving wind 

 coming up from the south-west quarter. 



" A ship at Bermuda, bound to New York or the 

 Chesapeake, might sail whilst the wind is still west 

 and blowing hard, provided that the barometer indi- 

 cates that this west wind is owing to a revolving 

 gale, which will veer to northward. But as the 

 usual track which gales follow in this hemisphere is 

 northerly or north-easterly, such a ship should be 

 steered to the southward. As the wind at west veers 

 towards north-west and north, the vessel would come 

 up, and at last make a course to the westward, ready 

 to take advantage of the east wind at the setting in 

 of the next revolving gale. 



" A vessel at New York, and bound to Bermuda 

 at the time when a revolving wind is passing along 

 the North American coast, should not wait in port 

 for the westerly wind, but sail as soon as the first 

 portion of the gale has passed by, and the north-east 

 wind is veering towards north — ^provided it should 

 not blow too hard ; for the north wind will veer to 

 the westward, and become eVery horu* fairer for 

 Bermuda." 



Yellow Fever. — These islands, which are generally 

 and properly allowed to be healthy, have only been 



