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her. Unfortunately we have nothing of this vessel's position beyond a 

 bare notice and an imperfect log. The direction of the wind does not 

 agree however very well with her position, the log giving SSE. veering 

 to South, the point from which the hurricane commenced, and our centre 

 shewing SSW. as the wind with her at noon. I think it however not 

 improbable, and indeed most likely, that this vessel had a separate 

 storm, for it is difficult to suppose that she could have fallen into the 

 Charles Heddle's and gone through the veerings and scud dings her log 

 shews, without the vessels having seen each other, but an ignorance of 

 where she was when the storm terminated, makes every thing uncertain 

 about her. 



For the centre of the 24th February. — We have the Charles Heddle 

 on the northern periphery of one of her circles, of which on this day the 

 radius does not appear to have exceeded thirty-five miles. She had the 

 wind about WbN. at noon, which places the centre SbW. from her, and 

 this agrees perfectly with the Appolline's log, which ship had a furious 

 hurricane at East and EbN. veering to NEbE. or three points, by 3 

 p. m. or in three hours, which with her low Barometer 28.4, shews she 

 was also very near to the centre. 



For the centre of the 25th February. — We have the Charles Heddle 

 scudding on the West side of one of her circles, with the wind at about 

 SbE., and the radius of the circle about twenty-six miles for this day, 

 the bearing of the centre being therefore EbN. of her. This agrees 

 perfectly with the position of the Arpenteur, with which vessel the hur- 

 ricane begins this day at SE. ; our circle making it SE.fE. We 

 have not the Appolline's wind, and but an indifferent position for her on 

 this day, so that she may well have been a little farther from the verge 

 of the circle than she is marked. The Northerly veering of the wind 

 with her from noon 24th, though without any marked rise of the Baro- 

 meter till the next day, is exactly what should occur with a vessel hove 

 to in her position, and a storm (in the Southern Hemisphere) passing 

 her to the westward. 



For the centre of the 26th February. — We have the Charles Heddle 

 on the NE. quadrant of a circle of twenty-five miles radius, with the 

 wind about NWbW. placing the centre to the SWbS. of her. The 

 Appolline had now fine weather. The Arpenteur, which vessel had the 

 hurricane from the SE. and SSE. and was hove to, had the wind SSE. 



