196 .PHILOSOPHY OF STORMS. 



Log of the Egmont. At 10, A. M., of the 10th, squally 

 and wind variable. At 12, northwardly, squally and hard 

 rain, sailed from the Careenage in St. Lucia in company 

 with the Blanche and Alcmene. At 1, P. M., wind N. 

 by N., fresh gales and squally, with rain. At 6, P. M., 

 E. N. E. At 7, came on a heavy squall of wind with 

 rain, which parted the small bower cable at twenty fath- 

 oms from the anchor. At 9, wind N. At 10, N. by W. 

 At 11.30, cut away the best bower at a whole cable and 

 went to sea. Midnight, N. E. by N., split the main top- 

 mast-stay sail. At 4, A. M., of llth, strong gales with 

 hard squalls of rain. At 7, carried away the main-stay 

 sail. At 8, A. M., wind N. by W. At noon, St. Lucia, 

 N. 19 E., distance thirteen leagues. At 1, P. M., of llth, 

 wind N. E., very strong gales with hard squalls and rain. 

 From 10 at night, till 8 next morning, while the storm was 

 most violent, the wind was from all quarters. It then be- 

 came S. S. E. and S. E., and so continued till the end of 

 the storm. At noon, of 12th, St. Lucia, N. E. by E. f E., 

 distance eleven leagues. 



Log- of the Montagu, lying off the entrance of the Ca- 

 reenage, St Lucia. On P. M., of 10th, wind N., strong 

 gales with heavy squalls of rain and a heavy swell from 

 N. W. At midnight, parted or slipped ship Ajax. At 3, 

 A. M., of llth, slipped and put to sea the ship Egmont. At 

 5.30, in preparing to slip and put to -sea, we parted our 

 stream and small bower cables ; stood out W. N. W., till 8, 

 A. M. South end of St. Lucia, then bore S. S. E., nine or 

 ten leagues, wind N. N. E., brought her to with her head 

 to the northward, up N. W., off W. by N., very strong gales. 

 At 1, P. M., wind N. N. E., a very heavy storm, with rain. 

 At 3.30, in cutting the main and fore-topmast, the main- 

 mast, fore and mizzenmast, all went over the side ; a heavy 

 storm of rain. At 4.15, the bowspit went by the outer 

 gammon, and carried away the greater part of the head. 



