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23rd September. — 2 a. m. lost the spare and stream anchors. At 3, 

 the foremast fell into the waist. At daylight moderate ; clearing the 

 wreck, and by noon kept on her course under a jury mast. Latitude 

 observed 18° 08' N. Longitude by Captain Torin's private journal 

 117° 14', Wind S. by W. at 1 p.m. when moderate breezes and fair 

 weather. Wind S. S. E. at 10 p. m. and till midnight. 



24th September.— At | past 8, saw two sail to the South, Camden 

 and Bombay Castle. At noon one ship, (Camden) two miles astern. 

 Latitude observed 18° 51' N. Longitude 116° 52' E. 



To place our deductions from the valuable records of this storm, or 

 storms, in a clear light, I shall preface them, as in my former memoirs, 

 with a synoptical table, shewing for each day the relative positions of 

 the ships, and briefly the weather they experienced. 



