WINDS. 



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that they extend along the line of the highest temperature of both air 

 and ocean, at the season when they take place. When they recurve, 

 they follow the warm currents of the ocean, or the highest temperature 

 of the atmosphere. 



The action and effect of these storms are well understood by the 

 inhabitants of the countries which are subject to them. They find it 

 necessary to secure their doors and windows from being burst open by 

 the expansion of the air within, and barricade them on the outside to 

 prevent it. This tends to prove, that within the vortex a partial 

 vacuum is produced. In some of the hurricanes which have taken 

 place in our own country, we find every indication that the same 

 effects take place. The falling of trees shows most conclusively intense 

 electrical action, with which the wind has "no connection. 



