_j_. The barometer falls very little during the passage of the spout. (See the Natchez hurricane of 1827, Espy page 337.) Not more than it _frequently_ does during gentle showers. _k_. Persons have been taken up, carried some distance, and if not projected against some object in the way, or some object against them, have usually been _set down gently and uninjured_. _l_. Buildings which stood upon posts, with a free passage for the air under them, although in the path of the tornado, escaped undisturbed. (Olmstead's account of the New Haven tornado, American Journal of Science, vol. xxxvii. p 340.) _m_. A chisel taken from a chest of tools, and stuck fast in the wall of the house. (Ibid.) _n_. Fowls have had all their feathers stripped from them in an instant and run about naked but uninjured.[5] _o_. Articles of furniture, etc., have been found torn in pieces by antagonistic forces. _p_. Frames taken from looking-glasses without breaking the glass. Nails drawn from the roofs of houses without disturbing the tiles. _q_. Hinges taken from doors--_mud taken from the bed of a stream_ (the water being first removed), and let down on a house covering it completely--a farmer taken up from his wagon and carried thirty rods, his horses carried an equal distance in another direction, _the harness stripped from them_, and the wagon carried off also, _one wheel not found at all_. (American Journal of Science, vol. xxxvii. p. 93.) Pieces of timber, boards, and clapboard, driven into the side of a hill, _as no force of powder could drive them, etc., etc._