[Written By Mr. Strickland, Of Douro.] "In My Hunting Excursions And Rambles Through The Upper Canadian Forests, I Had Frequently Met With Extensive Wind-Falls; And Observed With Some Surprise That The Fallen Trees Lay Strewn In A Succession Of Circles, And Evidently Appeared To Have Been Twisted Off The Stumps.

I also remarked that these wind-falls were generally narrow, and had the appearance of a road, slashed through the forest.

From observations made at the time, and since confirmed, I have no doubt that Colonel Reid's theory of storms is the correct one, viz., that all wind-storms move in a circular direction, and the nearer the centre the more violent the force of the wind. Having seen the effects of several similar hurricanes since my residence in Canada West, I shall proceed to describe one which happened in the township of Guelph during the early part of the summer of 1829.

"The weather, for the season of the year (May), had been hot and sultry, with scarcely a breath of wind stirring. I had heard distant thunder from an early hour in the morning, which, from the eastward, is rather an unusual occurrence. About 10 A.M., the sky had a most singular, and I must add a most awful appearance, presenting to the view a vast arch of rolling blackness, which seemed to gather strength and density as it approached the zenith. All at once the clouds began to work round in circles, as if chasing one another through the air.

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