Ever since the evening before the barometer, suddenly falling, had indicated an approaching change in the atmosphere;and during the night the temperature varied, the cold became sharper, and the wind veered to the south–east.
It was an inclement night; the southeast wind drove the mingled snow and rain into her thinly sheltered bosom; her satin slippers were wet through and through, as she trod the muddy sidewalks.
Then, a light southeasterly breeze sprang up, and over the next several days, most of the ash cloud drifted over the islands west and northwest of Tambora.
He grew familiar with the outline of Table Mountain, and the fleecy 'Devil's Table-Cloth' which used to settle on its top when the wind was south-east.