Espy, James P. (James Pollard), 1785-1860, author · Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown · leaf 265
ordered all the vessels in the harbor to prepare for stormy weather, although the fall of the barometer was not great. At 8 P. M. barometer at 29.6 At 12, midnight, barome. 28 00 9 “ “ 29.5 1| A. M. “ 29.17 10 “ “ 29.4 4 “ “ 29.50 11 “ “ 29.3 At 9, P. M. the wind was strong N. N. E. At 11 veer¬ ing… … 151. It appears, from these accounts, that the wind, from some time before 2, P. M. till 2, was blowing inwards to a central space between Antigua and St. Martins, from four different localities, Antigua, Nevis, St. Martins and St. Bartholomew.
