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W. N. W.* 5 p. m. W. by N. moderate, but threatening. At 9, 

 wind West, at 10 W. by S., Midnight W. S. W. increasing ; ship 

 going 7i knots to the North. 



9tk August. — a. m. fresh gale with squalls and rain, and much light- 

 ning to the S. E., wind not marked. 6 a. m. under bare poles with 

 hard gusts and heavy rain* 7> set the main-top-sail. 8 a. m. wind 

 S. W. by W. At 10, set fore and mizen-top-sails. 11, wind S. W. by W. 

 At noon S. S. W., latitude observed 18° 25' N., longitude 114° 4' E. 



I have before observed, that these logs appear to me to relate rather 

 to two storms, and I now proceed to shew why I think they do so, but to 

 afford my readers the same means of judging which I have had, I 

 give here the log of the Lady Melville, and a comparative table of the 

 winds and weather experienced by all the five ships. 



Log of the H. C. S. Lady Melville, Capt. R. Clifford, bound to China, 



nautical time. 

 From the Records of the East India Company. 



H. 



Courses. 

 N.bE. i E. 



K. 



F. 



Winds, &c. 



Sunday, 9th August, 1829. 



1 



6 





N.W.bW 



N.B.— On the 8th Aug. at noon, 



2 

 3 





6 

 6 







lat. 17°3U' N., long. 114°2'E. 



N.bE. 





Fresh breeze down 



First part increasing breeze, mid- 











royal yards, in 1st reef 



dle strong gale, more moderate 



4 

 5 





6 

 5 





topsails. 



toward latter part. 





4 







6 





4 









7 



N.bE. i E. 



5 



4 







8 





5 



4 



Cloudy 



6 a.m. the ship pitching heavily, 

 sprung jib boom,split main top- 

 sail, furled it and fore topsail. 



9 





4 









10 



N.bE. 



4 



4 



Freshening, close reefed 

 topsails, down top gal- 

 lant yards, W.bS. .. 





11 



N.bW. 



5 









12 





5 









1 





2 









2 





2 









3 





5 









4 





5 









5 





5 









6 





5 









7 



North. 



3 



•• 



Struck top gallant masts, 

 in flying jib-boom. .. 





8 



N.bE. 



4 









9 





2 









10 



N.bW. 



2 



•• 



S. S. W. set foresail & 

 fore & mizen topsails 

 3 reefs. 





11 





4 









12 





7 

 109 



• • 



• • . • •• • . 



Lat. account 19° 14' N. 

 Long, account 114° 15' E. 

 Bar. 29-40. Ther. 83°. 



* MSS.— N. W. which is evidently wrong, the courses being marked N.^E., 

 N. by E., and North to midnight. 



