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I was interested in the use of "drew" and "hauled" to describe the
change in wind direction in this passage (in the southern hemisphere).

> The phenomena of ocean meteorology were interesting studies even here
> in the trade-winds. I observed that about every seven days the wind
> freshened and drew several points farther than usual from the direction
> of the pole; that is, it went round from east-southeast to
> south-southeast, while at the same time a heavy swell rolled up from
> the southwest. All this indicated that gales were going on in the
> anti-trades. The wind then hauled day after day as it moderated, till
> it stood again at the normal point, east-southeast. This is more or
> less the constant state of the winter trades in latitude 12? S., where
> I "ran down the latitude" for weeks.

Seems like we were debating the terms used in this situation a while ago,
though I don't remember whether we reached a conclusion.  Slocum seems to
feel "drew" needs explanation, while "hauled" is treated as self-evident,
though perhaps it's just obvious that it's the reverse of the prior motion.
        -- Bill

   

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