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At 6 and 8, wind N. by W., weather the same, and very 

 high sea. At 5, A. M., wind W. S. W. and more moderate. 

 At 9, A. M., saw the Sugar Loaves of St. Lucia bearing 

 E. \ N., distance four leagues ; the Island of St. Vincent 

 then E. S. E., distance six leagues. At noon, moderate 

 breezes and high sea, cloudy with rain Sugar Loaves E., 

 distance two leagues. 



Log of the Amazon, in the Careenage. On the afternoon 

 of 10th, fresh breezes with hard squalls. At 6, P. M., the 

 Egmont parted, and brought up again under our stern. At 

 9, the Ajax put to sea. At 11, the Egmont cut and put to 

 sea ; excessive hard gales with rain. At 4, A. M., wind 

 northeasterly, the Montagu parted and put to sea. At 7.30, 

 finding the gale increase, slipped the small bower and stream 

 cables, and cut the best and put to sea. Noon, blowing a 

 hurricane with a heavy sea. At 2, P. M., blowing a per- 

 fect hurricane N. E. At 7.30, by the violence of the hur- 

 ricane, the ship overset, and lay in that situation 7 or 8 

 minutes. At 8, the wind N. W., and ship quite righted 

 with 10 feet water in the hold. At 2, A. M., of 12th, 

 pumps choaked with seven feet water in the hold. At 4, 

 A. M., found the wind abate. At noon, wind N. N. W., 

 gale much abated. In P. M., wind E. by S., first part hard 

 gales with rain. At 5, wind had been quite round the com- 

 pass in the last twenty-four hours. On the afternoon of 

 13th, wind still E. by S., with fresh gales and hazy weather 

 with rain. At 6, the body of Martinique E. by S., distance 

 eight or ten leagues. 



Log of the Endymion, N. N. E. of Martinico. On the 

 afternoon of the 10th, wind N. E., strong gales and hard 

 squalls. At 4, saw the N. E. end of Martinico S. W. by S., 

 distance seven leagues. At midnight, strong gales continue. 

 At 8, A. M., of llth, wind E. N. E., heavy gales and 

 strong squalls. At noon, blows strong and violent squalls, 

 N. E. end of Martinico W. S. W., distance four leagues. 



