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Tuffoon means Obsolete form of typhoon..
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Obsolete form of typhoon..
In September the Rain and Wind are moderate generally, and yet in that Month and October, happen the Tuffoons (Typhones) which are such violent Storms, that no Ships venture out of the Harbour, during that Time.
But without entering upon this equally dry and useless disquisition, sufficient it is that those Tuffoons, Typhons, or violent gusts of winds and storms, happen near the full or change of the moon, preceded usually by fair weather[…]
The Gulf of Tonquin and the adjacent seas are noted for dreadful whirlwinds, called tuffoons or typhoons. After calm weather, they are announced by a small black cloud in the north-east, with a copper-colored margin, which[…]
Tuffoons are a particular kind of violent Storms, blowing on the coast of Tonquin, and the neighbouring Coasts in the Months of July, August, and September. They commonly happen near the Full or Change of the Moon, and are usually[…]
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Tuffoon means Obsolete form of typhoon..
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In September the Rain and Wind are moderate generally, and yet in that Month and October, happen the Tuffoons (Typhones) which are such violent Storms, that no Ships venture out of the Harbour, during that Time.
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