Hurricanes, thoſe dreadful ſcourges of the Weſt Indies, are ſeldom very ſevere in Dominica; and in compariſon with the miſchief they generally do in other iſlands, may more properly be termed only heavy guſts of wind, eſpecially when compared with the deſtruction done by that in the Leward iſlands the firſt of September, 1772; the moſt dreadful one that for ſome time has been felt in the Weſt Indies. In the hurricane ſeaſon, the damage received in Dominica is principally occaſioned by the very heavy rains, or by the ſea, which ſometimes in thoſe ſeaſons tumbles into the bays, eſpecially that of Roſeau, in a very frightful manner; and making on the ſhore, overwhelms the veſſels that unfortunately happen to be there at anchor; and ſweeps away the houſes, or whatever elſe is in the way of its deſtructive force.
A particular circumſtance of this kind, which happened there the laſt day of Septem-
