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the two hours preceding midnight. Impossible to keep before the wind ; 

 broached to twice. At 3 h. 30' a.m. blowing a perfect tyfoon from SW. ; 

 hove to under the mizen try-sail. Day-light, tyfoon blowing most furi- 

 ously, with a high turbulent sea, but vessel making good weather. 7 a.m. 

 Gusts more furious, mizen try-sail blown away, and sails blowing 

 from the yards, though secured by lashings. Wind SW. through- 

 out. Ship lying to with head from NW. to N by W. During the 

 morning lost mizen topmast and fore and main top gallant masts. 

 Noon hurricane as before, sea high and cross ; wind veering to 

 the Southward. Lat. account 15° 50'. Longitude account 115° 13' 

 E. Bar. falling gradually from noon of the 22nd to 10 p. m. of 

 the same date, when it was at 29.40, and at midnight fell to 28.80 

 as before mentioned. Midnight the same, but squalls not so frequent 

 or so heavy ; sea very cross ; wind SW. 



2^th September. — a. m. Wind marked SSW. Heavy tyfoon and high 

 cross sea. Vessel labouring much. At 2 a. m. the Bar. at 28.70, 

 the lowest depression. About this time the heaviest of the storm. 

 Towards 4 p. m. Bar. rose gradually. Wind South at 5 a. m. Daylight 

 moderating, but the wind falling fast, caused the ship to roll so much, 

 that by noon she had rolled away her main-mast, and suffered much 

 damage. Noon, Lat. 17° 14' N. Long, account 115° 11' 35" E. Bar. 

 29.40. Gale breaking and wind South. At 8 p. m. SSE. with hazy 

 weather. The foremast was saved with much difficulty by cutting away 

 the topmast and fore yard. At one time the vessel, by the pumps being 

 stove by the fall of the mast, had three feet water in her hold. Midnight 

 moderate and hazy. 



26th September— "Noon, Lat. 18° 25' N. Longitude 115° 57' E. 



Captain Roche remarks, that, '• at the commencement we had a 

 good deal of lightning, with not much thunder or rain, and indeed 

 through the height of the storm scarcely any, till about between 2 and 

 4 a. m. of the 24th, after which the gale was on the decline. The 

 Longitudes are from the means of three watches, which were found 

 correct on making the land." 



I annex a tabular Statement, shewing the relative position of the two 

 ships, as marked on the Chart annexed to the Memoir. 



