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said, the time when the day would have dawned, the wind 

 was south west, and a sea stove the fore scuttle ; all attempts 

 to stop this leak were useless, for when the ship pitched, the 

 scuttle was considerably under water. The wind, from 

 about noon of the 16th, till about 10, or noon, of the 17th, 

 blew with nearly the same violence. There was no lull ; 

 neither did it fly, from one point of the compass to the other, 

 but backed from east northeast to south west, and then died 

 a\vay gradually. 



" On Sunday, the 20th, while beating off Rum Key, the 

 wind was variable and squally. On Monday, in lat. 24 40', 

 Ion. 74 45' ; we had fine steady winds from the eastward." 



The Mary, Sharp, from New Orleans to Barbadoes, was 

 abandoned on the 5th September, lat. 32, Ion. 80. having 

 been dismasted and thrown on her beam ends, with six feet 

 water in her hold, in a gale on the 16th August, in lat. 27 

 30', Ion. 73 53'. 



"The brig Yankee, on the 16th August, in lat. 24 30', 

 Ion. 70 30', experienced a severe gale of wind from the 

 N. E. to S. W., which lasted till the 20th." N. Y. General 

 Advertiser. 



The Rosebud, Dick, from Havana to London, was cap- 

 sized and dismasted on the 18th August, in lat. 34 Ion. 74. 



Wilmington newspaper, Aug. 25. "On the afternoon of 

 Friday the 18th, the wind shifted to the north east, and rain 

 began to pour heavily. Before midnight the storm increas- 

 ed, threatening ruin, &c. The tide rose six feet higher 

 than usual." 



The Westchester, from Havana, experienced a heavy 

 gale from the north east on the 18th, arid on the 20th, in lat. 

 32, Ion. 74. 



The Maria, from Honduras to London, on the 20th Au- 

 gust, in lat. 33, Ion. 74, capsized. 



Log of Ship Sophia. On afternoon of 15th, wind E. N. E., 

 steady and moderate, with a heavy lowering ; at 4, P. M., 



