1018 Third Memoir with reference to [No. 106. 



a heavy confused sea. At 9 a.m. a sudden calm, struck main topgallant 

 mast; ship labouring much, from the heavy sea. At 10, a violent gale 

 from SS W. with most awful gusts of wind and heavy rain, the ship laying 

 to under storm main staysail. At noon, gale continuing with equal vio- 

 lence. P.M. A violent gale, with awful gusts of wind, and a heavy sea. 

 Moderating after midnight, with thick hazy weather. At 1 p.m. in a sudden 

 gust of wind and rain, the storm main staysail blew away, the ship 

 lying to under bare poles ; heavy and violent gusts of wind and rain, 

 during the day. At 2 p.m. in a heavy gust of wind, the ship labouring 

 much, the starboard boat's davit gave way. Cut away the boat to clear 

 wreck. — Ship lying to under bare poles. Violent gusts of wind from SSW. 

 with heavy rain and thick hazy weather during the night. 



\st May. At 5 a.m. the weather moderating, set close-reefed topsails. 

 At noon the weather moderating and the sea going down; thick hazy 

 weather. 



30^A April, 10 p.m. Bar. 29-40 



12 29-20 



3 A.M 29-00 



5 28-10 



8 28-30 



12 28-60 



1st May, 4 p.m 28-90 



9 29-10 



12 29-30 



Lat. Obs. 19-19 N. 



The first of the gale was from the NE., and at 11 a.m. on the 30^^, it sud- 

 denly shifted to the southward, and blew if any thing heavier than before. 



I am indebted for this extract, which is so highly interesting, as marking 

 the direct trask of the storm towards Pooree ( Juggernauth) to Capt. Biden, 

 Master Attendant of Madras, but I could not obtain a sight of the ship's log 

 while at Calcutta ; so that her exact position at the time of the shift of 

 wind, is not so certain as it might have been ; neither could I obtain a 

 comparison from her Barometer. 



Abstract of the Log of the ship " Christopher Bawson," Capt. Smellie. Reduced 



to Civil time. 



On the 27th, exchanged numbers with the Marion, Capt. Pope, in Lat. 

 17° 15' 30". K Bar. 29-80; the Bar. down 4 lines, and the weather very op- 

 pressive. Light SSE, winds and sultry. Barometer falling fast. 



