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midnight to 11 a.m., she had run 76 miles SWhS^S. Lat. 17° 15' N. Long. 

 86° 43' E. by acct. at noon. p.m. Gale still increasing, with a very heavy 

 sea, and vessel lying nearly on her beam ends, so much so, that the pumps 

 would not suck water. Wind NW. at 1 p.m. Bar. 28-36 ; At 3 p.m. wind 

 West. At 5, SW. At 8 South, at which it continued till midnight. Bar. at 7 p.m. 

 28-41 ; at midnight 28-19. At 4 p.m. tremendous gales, with heavy rain 

 and gloomy weather ; at midnight gale abating a little. 



ZOth April. — 6 a.m. more moderate, but at noon very heavy gales and bad 

 weather, Lat. 17° 48' N. Long. 86° 53' E. Bar. 29.11. p.m. Strong gales 

 and cloudy ; saw a vessel standing to the northward with loss of foremast 

 and mizen mast. At 9, Noon, moderate, with lightning to the NW. Wind 

 South till midnight,, vessel lying to, head West. 



\st May. — Midnight cloudy weather, wind South till noon, when mo- 

 derate with fine weather, Lat. 18° 23' N. Long. 86° 58' by Acct. 



2nd. May.— hi noon in Lat. 18^44' N. Long. 88° 6' East.* 



Extract from the Log Book of the Ship '■^ La Belle Alliance.,''' Capt. Arkcoll; 

 from Madras to Calcutta. Reduced to Civil time. 



29th April, 1 840. — Midnight ; moderate breezes and squally, latter part a 

 fresh gale with hard squalls and showers of rain. 



28^^. At 3 p.m. the Lighthouse on False Point NWbN, at 4, the lighthouse 

 WbN; at 5-30 tacked to the SE; at 6, the Lighthouse WbS^S. and 

 the land at WbN. At midnight tacked to the Northward; at 3-30 a.m. tacked 

 to the E ; at 5, the light WNW. At daylight, an increasing breeze from 

 NE. and squally. At Noon an increasing gale with hard squalls, distance 

 on the log 71 miles. Lat. Obs. none. p.m. A strong gale with hard squalls 

 and thick hazy weather ; latterly an increasing gale with violent gusts of 

 wind. At Midnight a violent gale, with violent gusts of wind. 



SOth April. — 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. The gale increasing, with violent gusts of 

 wind and heavy rain ; furled topsails ; ship laying to under storm 

 main staysail. At 6 a.m. ship plunging deep, with a heavy confused sea ; 

 carried away the flying jibboom ; cut away the wreck. At 8 a.m. trying to 

 strike topgallant masts; ship laying over and plunging deep could not, 

 and obliged to cut away fore and main topgallant masts to save the top- 

 masts ; in so doing the head of the foretopmast broke above the rigging ; 



* Bar. of the ship " Flowers of Ugie" at noon, 18th August in Calcutta at ten 



A.M. was 29 45 



The Barometer at the Surveyor General's Office 29-56 



Difference to add O'll 



This correction has been made to the Bar. heights given in the log. 



