Transcriber's Notes: Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered. Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. =PAPER AND STATIONERY= =Warehouse=. =JOHN G. HODGE & CO=., Cor. Sansome and Sacramento sts., SAN FRANCISCO. IMPORTING AND MANUFACTURING =STATIONERS=, Keep Blank Books, Stationery, School Books, Cheap Publications, LOG BOOKS, Shipping Articles, Rolls of Sale of Vessels, etc., etc. =The Best Grades at Lowest Prices=. G. W. BREWER. M. P. McLAUGHLIN. =McLAUGHLIN & BREWER=, =REAL ESTATE= =AGENTS=, No. 328 MONTGOMERY STREET, (Office No. 9,) SAN FRANCISCO. =THE LAW OF STORMS:= THE VARIOUS PHENOMENA BY WHICH THEIR APPROACH CAN BE ASCERTAINED WITH CERTAINTY, AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS TO MARINERS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF THEIR FURY. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BY =CAPT. JOHN ROSS=. [Illustration] A. ROMAN & COMPANY, BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS, 417 and 119 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. 27 HOWARD ST., NEW YORK. 1869. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, BY CAPT. JOHN ROSS, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Printed by SPAULDING & BARTO, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS JOB OFFICE, 414 Clay Street, San Francisco. ON HURRICANES AND THE LAW OF STORMS. In the Northern Hemisphere, when the Polar and Equatorial currents of air are alternating with each other, the regular shifting of the wind round the compass will be through S., S.W., W., N.W., N., N.E., E., S.E., S.—and the changes will take place oftener between south and west, and between north and east, than between west and north, and between east and south.