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ATMOSPHERICAL PHENOMENA. 
to contemplate the solemn scene, and derive a |,;jt ^ 
that sublime and omnipotent decree. ‘ Hitherc 
come, but no furtlier ; and here shall thy p>° 
stayed ! 
WHIRLWINDS AND WATERSPO^’*^*' 
-tlie dreadful Pp°” 
Wliicli shipmen do llie burric.tiio call 
U'liicii siiipnieu uu uic iiuiin..uv — 
Constring’d in mass by the almighty s 
SHARSPEABE (Troilus “I> 
' fJW 
In lumber 302 of the Monthly MagazinSi Jy* 
1 describing a water-spout observed ^ 
idid'la'’ 
Phillips, in 
out the CO nexion between those phenomena, 
■ ^ s Ani r\f fhft lOrB* 
UUL UIC CU *l\/ASVy4A j... 
very philosopn:«l explanation of the tor“ 
latter , .i,„ 37 tli‘’.„|ii' 
“ It happened to him,” he observes, ‘^on tl'® (pif 
wat 
1817 , about seven in the evening, to witness 
operation, and extinction of what is called 
OpcrdUOIly «uu CAUUC.IUJ1J v/j vvAAWA A- ffic3»‘ ■ 
His attention was drawn to a sudden n^ 
nearly tore up the shrubs and vegetables in ,j 
gardens, and filled the air with leaves 
’ ■ ll 
wauic^Li uj cn.^Ts.-»M* w. --Q Q, 11 V 
ricane of wind. The violence lasted a voi’/Vii/j 
the writer being drawn to an eastern 
evident that a whirlwind agitated the 
which had been raised into the air. The s h,^|ir 
from west to east, that is, from HampsteaU 
liuui wcai- vA.A.v i , fii«' 
Town towards Holloway. In about nte , 
direction of the latter place, a magnificent 1 
visible from the clouds, like what is represen 
the plate. It descended two-tltirds of the 
me clouds towards the earth, and evider 
parts of clouds descending in a vortex, 
like smoke from the chimney ot a furnace 
with fuel. It then shortened, and jy i' j. 
4 -.,i»rcvvrlii fhi:* «trntnni nf rlfinds. aild il J 
'viok-t', 
WlUl iVlCl. AL VAA>-1S OXSV/I AW4.V.V*, A..— 
up towards the stratum of clouds, and pres 
the appearance represented by Fig. 2. 
le appearance represeiueo oy rig. r. . s- .,iv 
It finally drew itself into the cloud > j ^gth, ‘’.jr 
It nnauy mew iiseu iiuu me eiuu,. , , ngtii, .j 
or projecting tliread, of varying size and 
for ten minutes. At the time, and for ha 
