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the S. W. lying to, hove to again. At \ past 9, one bore up across 

 us, gale much increased since daylight. At 10, bore up again, steering 

 North 10| miles. At 11, fore staysail blew to pieces, sea prodigiously 

 high, rapid, and violent, hove to again, several seas breaking over 

 the ship ; set mizen storm stay-sail which blew to pieces, much water 

 between-decks. Noon, water increasing fast, set the weather clue 

 of the fore-sail to wear, but it blew to pieces ; latitude by log worked 

 back from 30th 18° 4', longitude 115° 22' N. p. m. " an inconceiv- 

 able increase in the fury of the storm and violence of the waves, ship 

 almost water-logged, apparently settling fast. At half-past one, cut 

 away the mizen-mast, but the ship not wearing, yard arms in the 

 water, and being deadly water logged, cut away the main-mast 

 at \ before 2, when she paid off, though she heeled gunwales in ; hove 

 the starboard upper guns overboard. All hands at the pumps, steer- 

 ing N. E. At 10 p. m. wind S. by E. 



30th September. — At 5 a. m. steered North for an hour, but hauled 

 up again to N. E., moderating gradually. Noon latitude 19° 05' N., 

 longitude chronometer 11G° 26' E. 



No farther logs are given, but the ship had afterwards fine weather 

 like the rest of the fleet.* 



Abridged Log of the Hon'ble Company's Ship Woodford, Captain 

 John Martin, reduced to civil time. 



26th September, 1810 — Latitude 17° 30' N., winds light and vari- 

 able from N. b E. and N. N. E., at midnight very black to the N. N. E. 



2Jth September. — A great head sea N. E., out all reefs, noon lati- 

 tude 17° 40' N. Barometer 29.80. Thermometer 82°. p. m. wind E. by 

 N. and N. E., at 8 p. m. fresh breeze increasing. 



28^ September. — Increasing from midnight, at noon hard gale, 

 three ships only to the N. b E. in sight. No observation. Barometer 

 29.20. Thermometer 82°. p. m. wind North and N. b W. very hard 

 gale to midnight. At 2 a. m. wind veered to W., at 4 to S. W., set 

 mizen topsail and foresail, and bore up, steering North, but at 6 it 



* The Barometer is not marked in the extract sent, but we learn from Horsburgh, 

 Vol. ii. p. 267, that it fell in this storm from 29-85 to 28-30. 



