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TRACK No. XX. 



The Moffatt's Tyfoon. 

 The October tyfoon was experienced by the H. C. Chartered ship 

 Moffatt, Captain Cromarty. The following is from a Singapore paper, 

 and sent me by Captain Biden. I have here and there abridged those 

 parts which are not essential to our research, and reduced the whole to 

 civil time : — 



Singapore, Thursday, 8th November, 1832. 



The Company's Chartered ship Moffatt, Captain Cromarty, bound 

 for China, put in here the day before yesterday, having lost her main 

 and mizen-masts, and fore-top-mast, and having suffered many other 

 injuries during a violent and protracted hurricane, which she encoun- 

 tered in the China seas within a very few degrees of her destination. 



We have been favoured by the Captain with the perusal of the log- 

 book kept during the period of the tempest, from which we are at 

 liberty to give the following details of the various disasters which the 

 ship sustained. The hurricane lasted five days : — 



Monday, 22d October. Course E. by S. 



" Wind N. E. by N. hard gales, vessel going under close-reefed top- 

 sails. Furled fore and mizen- top-sails and courses, set the storm 

 mizen and main-try-sails. At 11 p. m., heavy hurricane; split the 

 main-try-sail, and furled the main-top-sail. At 1 a. m., increasing 

 hurricane, with much sea, the ship labouring very much, carried 

 away the main-top-mast. At 2, a heavy sea struck the ship, and 

 carried away the starboard quarter boat ; the wreck of the main- 

 top-mast in swinging about stove the cutter, and injured the long 

 boat severely. At 5, a dreadful hurricane; the mizen-mast went 

 by the board. At 9, the main-stay gave way, replaced it with much 

 danger and difficulty. At 11, the hurricane continued, the ship 

 labouring very much, and the sea making a continual break over her. 

 p.m., wind veering from N. to East, hurricane still continuing, making 

 every effort to get the wreck of the main- top-mast on deck ; the reefed 

 mainsail got adrift, and blew to pieces. 4 p. m., ship labouring very 

 much. The sea washing over the ship's deck incessantly. At 8, ship 



