1842.] A Sixth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. 675 



28th August — At daylight wind about N. W., thick stormy weather 

 all round, with a heavy confused sea. At 9 a. m. increasing to a hard 

 gale about N. W., at noon no observation. Latitude by account 16° 56' 

 N. longitude account 115° 26' E. p. m. throughout hard gale with 

 squalls and rain, veering from W. N. W. at I a. m., to West at 4, and 

 S. W. at 7j wind about S. W.bS. at midnight. 



29th August. — 1 a. m. wind S. S. W., 4 a. m. South ; daylight dark 

 gloomy weather, scudding under bare poles with a heavy sea. Noon 

 continued gale with thick cloudy weather. No observation. Latitude 

 by account 18° 36' N. longitude 115° 10' E. p. m, wind Southerly 

 throughout, weather moderating, squalls less frequent. Heavy con- 

 fused sea. 



SOth August. — a. m. moderate, noon latitude observed 20° 8', long, 

 account 114° 17'. Ran N.bW. 86J miles to— 



31^ August. — When at 8 a. m. Grand Ladrone bore North 6' or 7' 

 distant. 



Loss of the Brig Bee. 

 Copy of a Letter, dated Canton, September 2\st, 1833. 



I am truly sorry to announce to you the total loss of the good 

 brig " Bee" and all her cargo, on the morning of 30th August, 1833, 

 she having foundered with us, after a series of heavy gales and one 

 tyfoon near the South Coast of China, in about latitude 21° 30' North, 

 longitude 112° 50' East, about 15 miles off the Island of Huilingshan. 

 All hands saved, except one man, who was drowned at the time she 

 filled with water. 



On the morning of the 28th August, we left the Capsing-moon, 

 bound to New South Wales, in fine trim, and, I can safely say, every 

 thing comfortable on board. We had hardly gone 20 miles, when it 

 came on to blow very hard from the N. E., which obliged us to run 

 to sea, and gain an offing before night, which we did, and at 6 p. m. 

 hove to, a tremendous sea running at the time. We most fortu- 

 nately rode out this gale very comfortably without any damage, and 

 next morning, 29th August, it began to moderate a little, and the 

 wind hauled round to the Southward, which was a very good wind 



