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and moderate weather. Then having the wind at ]N". E., veering to 

 E. N. E., he brought his Ship upon the Starboard tack, in order to 

 return to Mauritius which Port she reached uninjured. By compar- 

 ing extracts from the two Logbooks, it appears that the Ariadne in Port 

 Louis Harbor, Avas in the centre of the Hurricane, and had the Storm 

 very severely ; whilst the Andromache, by putting to Sea, and being 

 steered so as to keep the wind on the Port Quarter, had comparatively 

 moderate weather. 





