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22nd September.— 7 a.m. Wind S.W. b W. Noon about S.W. b W. 

 hard squalls, p.m. S.W. b W. at half past 3 more moderate. At 5. S.W. 

 bore up. At 8, Camden N. E. 3 miles ; at 10, S. W. b S. moderating 

 as with the Camden to S. by E. at 7 a. m. and to midnight. 



24tk September. — Fine wind. In company with the Camden. At 

 11 a.m. on 24th, saw the Coutts under jury-masts, and without a 

 bowsprit. 



No. 6. — Abridged Log of the H. C. S. Ganges, Captain Moffat, 

 reduced to civil time. 



20th September.— At noon Lat. 16° 59' N. Long. 114° 53' E. wind 

 N.E. by N. Hard gales, severe squalls and thick weather till midnight. 

 Ship standing to the Eastward under treble-reefed top-sails. 



21st September. — At 1 a.m. the wind, from the courses marked was 

 N.|W. and N. b W. at 3, continuing till noon when veering to N.N.W. 

 At noon hove to with wind marked N. W. b N. At 1 p.m. under storm 

 stay-sails, the Coutts bearing E.S.E. Latitude by indiiferent observa- 

 tion and by double altitudes 16° 41'. Longitude per Chron. 1 16° 31' E. 

 p.m. wind N.W. by N. drawing round at times, as appears by the log, 

 (for the wind is not marked, and this is deduced from her coming up 

 and falling off,) to W. N. W. By midnight wind increasing to a heavy 

 storm. At 5 p.m. lost sight of the Coutts. Staysails blowing to pieces 

 between this time and midnight. 



22nd September. — At 6 a.m. wind about West, and at 9, W.S.W. 

 At noon wind about S.W. by W. blowing a violent hurricane, ship lying 

 to under the storm mizen only, weather so thick with drift and haze 

 cannot see a ship's length a~head. Lat. double altitude 16° 17-J' lon- 

 gitude per Chron. 117° 17'> find the drift made by time-keeper from noon 

 yesterday S. E. by E. ^ E. 50 miles, p. m. wind marked as S. W 

 blowing a violent hurricane, ship lying to under storm mizen staysail 

 and falling off into the trough of a very heavy sea, made sail and bore 

 away. At 4 p. m. steering N.W. to save the masts. At J past 5, the fore 

 and main staysails blowing to atoms, got tarpaulins and boats' sails 

 lashed in the weather fore-rigging to keep the ship off the wind, which 

 however aided very little till 9 p. m. when the storm began to abate ; 



