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29th September. — Weather continuing, lost the small bower anchor, 

 ship under bare poles at 2 a. m. At 10 a. m. wind S. E. At noon 

 latitude 20° 33', longitude 114° 54'. Barometer 28.65. Thermometer 

 81°, p. m. wind E. S. E., at 11, East. 



30th September.— Moderating apparently about midnight, but the 

 log very imperfectly kept. 9 a. m. wind S. E. by E. Noon latitude 

 20° 58' N., longitude 112° 15/ Barometer 29.20. Thermometer 79°. 



1st October " No observation," is the only record given for this 



day, by an oversight of the copyist no doubt. 



Abridged Log of the H. C. S. Scaleby Castle, Captain John Loch, 

 reduced to civil time. 



2?th September, 1809. — At noon in latitude 19° 48', mean longitude 

 114° 43'. 5 p. m. light airs and calm at midnight. 



28th September. — a.m. " the weather with rather a threatening ap- 

 pearance, though the Barometer has not fallen a great deal." At 

 noon it is remarked again: " The Barometer fell in the last 12 hours 

 from 29.85 to 29.50, but after the gale commenced, it fell very fast." 

 At noon lat. 20° 55' long. 114° 54', wind N. N. W. p. m. N. N. W. 

 to N. b E. at 10 p. m. From noon the gale freshened with squalls; 

 by 2 p. m. a fresh gale, 5 p. m. blowing very hard, and by 9, " a 

 most tremendous hurricane." At midnight boats and sails blowing 

 away, wind marked N. E. by N. 



29th September. — 1 a. m. wind East, at 5 E. S. E., at noon not 

 marked. Of the Barometer it is said : " The Marine Barometer began 

 " to fall fast after 4 p.m. but before that it was not very low. Towards 

 " midnight it had fallen to 28.30, where it continued for near 24 hours. 

 " This was the lowest I ever saw the Barometer. The hardest of the 

 " gale was about 2 a. m. Noon lat. account 20° 26', long, account 

 " 114° 37' E., wind E. S. E." Violent gale still continuing with a 

 high sea, but began to moderate towards noon. At 5 p. m. saw a 

 ship bearing East, with loss of mizen-mast and fore top-mast, which is 

 supposed to be the Neptune. Wind E. S. E., At midnight hard 

 squalls, ship lying to ; wind S. E. since 9 p. m. 



30th September Wind S. E. at day-light, and till noon. " The 



Barometer began to rise after daylight." Noon, latitude account 20° 21' 



