At dawn, some of the lighter clouds had risen into the more lofty regions of the air.

In a few hours the wind had changed from a hurricane to a fresh breeze, that is to say, the rate of the transit of the atmospheric layers was diminished by half.

It was still what sailors call "a close-reefed topsail breeze," but the commotion in the elements had none the less considerably diminished.
Towards eleven o'clock, the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer.

The atmosphere threw off that chilly dampness which is felt after the passage of a great meteor.

The storm did not seem to have gone farther to the west.