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greater part of the twenty-four hours, and their drift made good in 

 such weather, could scarcely he better than East at most. I have 

 however given the evidence as it stands. 



For the centre of the 23d we find that the Coutts, bearing up 

 with the wind at S. S. W. a little after noon on the 22d, was utterly 

 dismasted by the violence of the hurricane, by 4 a. m. on the 23d, 

 and that at daylight it was moderating. She steered N. N. W. \ W. 

 when she bore up, and ran for 31 miles on this course before she 

 broached to. The centre of the hurricane bore at noon 22d, as 

 we have shown, about N. W. by W. \ W. from her, and it was 

 certainly travelling to the westward, so that the Coutts, steering 

 N. N. W. \ W. and drifting when dismasted between W. S. W. 

 and W. N. W. was pretty nearly chasing it ! and its rate of travelling 

 does not seem to have been high. The Ganges also bore away, 

 but two hours later, and she fortunately did not reach so far towards 

 the centre as the Coutts. The storm, as I have remarked, does not 

 seem to have moderated till about day-light, on the 23d, with the 

 Coutts, while it moderates at 9 p. m., on the 22d with the Ganges. I 

 have taken the centre of this day, the 23rd, to be in about lat. 17° 40' 

 N., long. 112° E. 



The Camden and Bombay Castle also bore up about 3 p. m., but 

 as they were going only four-half and five knots, and had the weather 

 moderating from that time, they may almost be considered as out of 

 the storm. 



If we now refer back to the table and logs, we shall find that be- 

 tween noon and midnight of the 22d, the wind on the Coast of China 

 was setting in for a gale there, which may be fairly said to have 

 begun at 10 a. m. on the 22d, with the Warley, which ship was 

 then about on the meridian of St. John's, in thirty fathoms, or twenty 

 five miles off shore. 



She had the wind at N. by W., and with but little variation 

 it continued to hang about thus, or North, (judging from her coming 

 up and falling off,) till 4 a.m. on the 23d. 



With the Royal George, at anchor under the lee of the Grand 

 Ladrone, it also may be said to have commenced at the same time. ] 

 She marks the wind at North, and the Alfred, at anchor farther in I 

 amongst the shelter of the Islands, had the swell rising from the j 



