Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 331
sailor aninstant idea of the exact state of things. Hereare three or four possible records taken atrandom: i means a very light air — that theship was barely moving; 5, a good, fresh breeze— all sail set; 7, a moderate gale — topsailsdouble-reefed; 12^ a hurricane — the ship under bare poles. A… … DIAGRAM I. CIRCULATION OF hemisphere, for in the southern hemispheretheir course is exactly the reverse, or withthe hands of a watch. In the second diagram, we see how thewhole storm moves along its track. Startingfrom the West Indies, it proceeds in a westerlyand northwesterly direction toward the…
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