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strong 8.W. gales for three days after passing Smoky Cape, 
and a strong set to the N.E. 
The Fantéme sailed from the Auckland Islands on the 
8th, and arrived at Hobart Town on the 13th August. ‘The 
direction and force of the wind show that she sailed into the 
S.B. quadrant of the Cyclone. ‘hese are :— 
On the 7th....8.E. (3); E. (1); N.E. (2). 
»  8th....N.E. (2, 5, 6, 7)- 
9th....N.E. (8); E. by N. (7); E. (7). 
10th...E. (7); N.N.E. (6); N.W. (8); N. (1), 
W. (8) variable. 
'The barometric curves show that the mercury began to 
fall on the 6th at Melbourne, Hobart Town, and Sydney, 
put not until the 8th at the Auckland Islands; demonstrating 
the easterly progressive motion of the Cyclone. In the 
diagram VIII.,* the figures 28, 29, and 1 are the positions’ 
of the Duke of Lancaster on the 28th and 29th July and 
Ist of August respectively. The lower Cyclone (a) is in the 
position assigned to the 80th July, when the weather was 
moderating at 29, where there had been “ hard S.W. gales, 
terrific squalls, hail, and thick snow showers” on the preced- 
ing day. In the Straits, the brig William had furious 
westerly gales, a terrific sea, lightning, &c., on the 29th and 
30th; and at the Auckland Islands the Fantéme had the 
wind from N.N.E. on the 80th and 31st July, and afterwards 
from E. and 8.E. 
The second, or upper, Cyclone (b), is in the position 
assigned to the 6th and 7th August, causing a South East 
gale at Portland, an East gale in the Straits, and N, and 
N.E. gales off the coasts of New South Wales. The Duke 
of Lancaster, off the S.W. Cape of Van Diemen’s Land, 
has had E.N-E. gales, and the Fantéme, on the 7th, has 
* See Dobson’s “ Australasian Cyclonology.” 
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