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weather, appearance of a gale. Hard and increasing gale; made 

 all snug, vessel labouring much. 10 a.m. wind ENE. till noon, when 

 hard ENE. gale with very high sea. No observation. Latitude by ac- 

 count 16° 21' N. longitude account 88° 51' E. p.m. Hard gales ENE. 

 dark gloomy weather. 6 p.m. Barometer 29.00. At 8 weather appa- 

 rently moderating. Midnight, strong gales with a high sea. Bar. 290. 



Hth November. — Strong gale at ENE. dark gloomy weather, with 

 a very high sea striking the paddle box, cabins, and sponsons with 

 tremendous violence. At 4 a.m. the same, with heavy rain. At 6 wind 

 east, high sea running. At 7 wind ESE. At 8 put on steam, full 

 power, but could not obtain steerage way, wind EbS. Noon, fresh 

 breezes, with very heavy sea running, drizzling rain, ship labouring 

 much. No observation. Lat, account 15° 37' N. long, account 88° 38' 

 E. Barometer 29*20. 1 p.m. wind SE|S. Weather apparently 

 clearing, made some sail. 7 p m. squally with rain. 8, strong increas- 

 ing gales and dark cloudy weather. Midnight the same. 



\5th November. — SE. wind, hard gales, lightning to the north- 

 ward, and SE. occasionally. Daylight, strong gales and dark gloomy 

 weather. At 8 a.m. decreasing gale and cloudy, but a high sea on. Noon, 

 more moderate. Latitude by observation 16° 17', longitude by Chron. 

 89° 40' E. Barometer 29-20. 1 p. m. wind SE. as before, decreasing 

 breezes and cloudy. 4, fresh breezes with dark gloomy weather, passing 

 squalls, rain, and a heavy sea. At 8, the same. At midnight stiff breeze, 

 with alternately clear and cloudy weather. Barometer 2930. 



16th November — Wind SE. fresh breezes and cloudy. At 2 a.m. 

 light breezes. 5 a.m. Wind SEbE. At daylight fresh gales. At 8, 

 Barometer 29*50. Decreasing strong breeze, with a high sea. At 10, 

 weather clearing up. At noon, moderate and clear. Lat. by observa- 

 tion 18° 16' N. longitude 90° 55' E. At p.m. wind EbS. moderate 

 and fine till midnight. 



Captain Dicey remarks, that " before the gale came on with him, 

 the weather appeared threatening, with a cloudy and gloomy sky, 

 the Barometer fell very suddenly to 29°, and during the breeze the 

 wind was from SSE. to the NE. After the first blow, it broke a 

 Utile, and I put on the steam, and managed to make a little easting, 

 and although it came on again, it was with less violence, ; after which 

 I found as I progressed to the eastward, the gale became less violent, 



