110 Second Memoir with reference to [No. 98. 



\9th. Ditto NNW. winds and dark gloomy weather, with 



rain. Weighed for Bimlipatam. 

 20th. Ditto NNW. winds and cloudy weather. 

 21st. Ditto SW., W., and WNW. winds, and hazy weather. 

 Weighed for Calcutta. 



G. HODSON. 



No. 3. — Abridgment of the Log of the Brig "Spy" Capt. C. R. 

 Smith, from Rangoon towards Calcutta. Reduced to Civil time. 



On the 18th September.— At noon in lat. 18° 40'. N., longi- 

 tude 88° 48'. E. Light steady breeze at east, with cloudy weather, 

 continuing till midnight. Steering to the NNW. and NbW. 

 At midnight wind EbN., squally. 



19th September. — At 4 a.m. threatening appearance to the 

 NE. Daylight, fresh gale EbN. with a swell from the NE. At 

 8h. increasing gale; shorten sail at lOh. ; sounded in 60 fathoms. 

 Noon more moderate ; made sail ; heavy swell from the NE. ; 

 wind EbN. lat 20° 36' N., longitude 88° 01' E. p.m. Moderate 

 breeze, but cloudy ; swell from the NE., stood to the eastward. 

 At 5 p.m., threatening to the NW. battened down fore hatches. 

 At 6, heavy thunder and lightning, wind NE. ; midnight mode- 

 rate and cloudy, with lightning to the westward. Heavy swell 

 from the NE., vessel pitching heavily. 



20th September. — 1 a.m. Heavy gusts from NW. In fore 

 topsail ; hove too. 6 a.m. wind NNW. more threatening ap- 

 pearance ; gale increasing to noon from the NW. ; hove too 

 under close reefed main topsail, in 45 fathoms water. No obser- 

 vation. Latitude by account and soundings 20°44 / N., longitude 

 88° 18' E. p.m. Fresh gale, heavy swell from the northward. 

 At 5 p.m. having stood to the westward, no ground 70 

 fathoms. At 10 set the foresail ; swell from the northward ; 

 much water tumbling on deck with the roll of the vessel. 

 Midnight moderate gale and cloudy ; swell from the NW. 



21st September. — 4 a.m. High confused sea; less wind; 

 vessel labouring very heavily. At 5, wind from SW. with a heavy 

 sea. At 8, no ground 70 fathoms. At 10, soundings in 55 fath- 



