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27th September. — 6 a. m. E. N. E. light winds, steering to the North- 

 ward, latitude 17° 47', N. longitude 115° 14' E. Barometer 29.92. Ther- 

 mometer 81°. p. m. E. N. E. fine weather, but increasing breeze N. E., 

 at 5 p. m. N. E. by N., at 9 high sea from the N. E. 



28th September. — 2 a. m. N. N. E. increasing; making all prepara- 

 tions for bad weather. Noon latitude 17° 30' N., longitude 116°. 

 Barometer at 8 a. m. 29.80, noon 29-70. Thermometer 80°, 1 p. m. 

 hove to, wind about N. N. W. but not marked, blowing excessive 

 hard. Barometer 11 p. m. 29.20. 



29^ September.— 4 a. m. West, 6 a. m. S. W. bore up, and ran 

 36| miles to the N. N. W. and N. by W., hove to again at 10. 

 Noon blowing excessively hard from South ; latitude account 17° 36' N. 

 N., longitude by account and D. R. 116° 11' E.* Barometer 10 a. m. 

 29.23 ? Noon 2936, 5 p. m. wind S. by E., gale moderating, and sea 

 much fallen, at 8 S. S. E. 6 p. m. Barometer 29.65. Bore up at 

 7 p. m. and ran 6 and 7 knots till midnight, steering N. by W. 



30^A September. — By midnight fair, at noon fine, and had run from 

 7 p. m. on the 29th to noon 30th 1 19 miles N. by W. and N. by W. ± W. 

 Latitude observed 19° 54' N. longitude chronometer 116° 00' E. 

 Barometer 6 a. m. 29.80, noon 29.90. 



Abridged Log H. C. S. Elphinstone, Captain M. Craig, reduced 



to civil time. 



27th September, 1810— Noon, latitude 17° 41' N. longitude 115° 6', 

 p. m. fine and variable from E. N. E. to N. N. E. till midnight. 



28^ September. — 5 a. m. N. by E. preparing for bad weather. 

 Noon latitude 17° 16'N. longitude chronometer 115° 53' E. p. m. strong 

 gales N. by E. with hard squalls, 3 p. m. wind N. W. by N. At 5 

 North, and at 10, N. by W. 



29th September.— \ a. m. wind N.N.W. at 3 W.N.W. at 5 S.S.W. 

 at 6 South, at 9 S. by W. at G a. m. bore up under fore staysail to look 

 for the Commodore, and ran North five miles. At 8 saw two ships to 



* The Log worked back from the 30th gives latitude 17° 46', longitude 115° 35', and 

 as she was going free most part of the time, it is far more likely to be correct than a 

 dead reckoning brought forward through the storm 



