416 On the Cyclones of Tasmania, cc. 
24th.—Strong gale W.N.W., hard squalls. 6 A.M., more 
moderate. Noon 45° 10'S., 51° 5’ W. 
25th.—Variable, clear, out reefs. 6 P.M., calm. 10 P.M. 
increasing breeze, N.E. Noon, 45° 58’ S., 50° 81’ W. 
26th—Fresh breeze N.E. and hazy. 10 p.M., wind 
K.N.E. 6 a.m, strong East wind and rain, in studding 
sails, &c. 10 a.m., E.S.E. Noon, S.E. 47° 85’ S., 
58° 45’ W. 
27th.—Strong S.E. gale, and heavy rain. 6 P.M., wind 
S.S.E. 10P.m.,8., hove-to under main-topsail. Midnight, 
more moderate. Noon, light 8.S.W. wind, out reefs. 47° 
7S. 54° 88’ W. 
Afterwards a heavy swell from 8.W.” 
By marking off on a chart the successive positions of the 
ship, it will be seen to have actually described a track, nearly 
semicircular, to the eastward, while the successive shifts of 
wind from W.N.W. to 8.S.W. show that it was carried 
through three-quarters of a circle relative to the moying 
centre of the Cyclone. ‘This relative track may be conceived 
by supposing, in Fig. V.,* the Berwick Castle to start from 
D, and to be carried round the right-hand portion of the 
circumference until it reaches a point near to C1. 
In nearly the same position, in March 1849, the Berwick 
Castle met a Cyclone in which the successive shifts of wind 
were N.E., E.N.E., E. by 8., with a lowering barometer 
and rain; $.E. and §.S.E., a heavy gale and a heavy cross 
sea running from South; W. by S. with a heavy cross sea 
from S.W. Hove-to. W.S.W. and S.W. gales, squalls, 
and showers of hailstones. ight days afterwards sighted 
the Falkland Islands. The centre passes to the eastward, 
and North of the ship. 
* See Australasian Cyclonology.” 
