100 STORMS ON THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
a weather as in beautiful fine set weather. Whether I am in 
s gooda pape sheltered 9 ay hill as Mr. Russell is in on the 
hill I do not know, but I believe Mr. Russell is free to oe 
he even Sanit now tell ak yous we are going to have to- 
morrow. There is another observation I caught as Mr. Bissell 
read his paper,—it was w a regard to the black north- easter, “we 
know not where it comes from , nor whence it goes.” I would 
point my friend’s nitention to where I think it goes. It doe 
extend south of Cape St. George. I think that thene black one 
easters fringe on our hills, striking off them into eddying winds. 
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the south in the summer with topsails set, as they get off Cape 
St. eveness & “ ier of fern taken aback by the north-easterly. It 
is only i a matter of a few A psa ites. ae north- easter y wind very 
a current aby Bass’s Straits, there is a youd set 
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ead, as was clearly indicated by the compasses. It was owing 
to this current that I think the unfortunate loss of the “ Auckla and” 
was due. ou will remember that one of the Melbourne Steam- 
ship Company’s boats was close in _— * er; both vessels were 
ame course, relying on thei mpasses, W when the 
found themselves in se bight. And this euceed in just such 
weather as I have stated. The dangerous winds for us are the 
noggin ie: and t think as we have now a pee to New tagaak 
we must look there for their source ; I feage shall get more 
ay Heide from there than in relying the divectia of the 
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ind.on our own continent. With sae to the seas that La 
_ on our coast, Mr. Russell observes that some come truly hom 
and others 
do not. This may possibly arise from the fact pot : 
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