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tlemen attended at the wreck the whole of the first day, and a great 

 part of yesterday, though it was raining and blowing dreadfully, and no 

 sort of shelter. Mr. Arbuthnot got a guard of two hundred Sepoys 

 to protect the property, and a party of fifty Europeans to save it. Almost 

 the whole cargo was saved, and many of the ship's spars, stores, 

 &c. &c. 



" The Brig Catherine, which put to sea from the Madras Roads during 

 the gale of the 16th, had reached Vizagapatam on the 20th, says the 

 Athenceum, with the loss of her main mast, which it had been found 

 necessary to cut away, in consequence of the vessel having been 

 thrown completely on her beam ends by a sudden gust of wind ; 

 she also lost her long-boat, which was cut adrift in the same emer- 

 gency, at which time an unfortunate lascar was also washed over- 

 board, and perished. In other respects the vessel is uninjured, and the 

 little cargo that she had on board has been landed in good condition. 



Extract from the Log of the Barque John William Dare, from Colom- 

 bo towards Madras, reduced to Civil Time. 



Saturday, 15th May, 1841. — p.m. westerly wind, light breezes and 

 cloudy, with a dark appearance to the westward; sunset moderate breezes 

 and cloudy. At midnight strong breezes and dark cloudy weather. At 1 , 

 strong puffs of wind. At 4, wind from the west. At 7 a.m. was taken a- 

 back in a severe squall from the Eastward, with lightning and heavy rain ; 

 before we could get the ship before the wind, the main topmast went ; af- 

 ter that the fore topmast and mizen mast, flying jib boom, end of the jib- 

 boom, spanker, gaff topsail, and all the rest of the sails more or less split 

 in ten minutes, after which the wind veered round to the Westward. At 

 7h. 30m. Easterly winds ; spoke the Barque Helen Mary, which supplied 

 us with a fore trysail for a mizen. p. m. wind W. by N. commences with 

 squally weather from the westward. At 3 p.m. a violent squall from the 

 eastward, with heavy rain, finished clearing the wreck. Sunset, strong 

 winds from N. E. and a dark gloomy appearance all round, reefed and set 

 the foresail. At 8 p. m. blowing a gale of wind from the N.W. with 

 constant heavy squalls of rain, a heavy sea getting up, ship labouring- 

 much, and shipping a quantity of water on deck. 



Sunday, 1 6th May. — Midnight strong gales of wind with heavy rain at 



