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consultation with the officers, bore up for Singapore at 3 p. m., run- 

 ning West till midnight. 



20th November Midnight gale increasing again, and heavy seas 



breaking fore and aft, hove to again till daylight, when severe gales 

 from N. N. W., bore up and scudded under the storm staysail. Noon 

 more moderate, but blowing hard with an awful sea. p. m. strong 

 gales from N. E. with heavy rain, sea falling a little. Midnight 

 more moderate. 



2\st November.— Noon fresh breezes from N. E. to midnight, with 

 dark squally weather, but decreasing wind and sea. 



22d November. — Decreasing to light breezes from E. N. E. and 

 fine; a long, heavy, turbulent sea on. Noon, light Easterly winds and 

 a heavy sea. Latitude 12° 38' N., longitude 112° 5' E. 



Memorandum of the Vansittart's Storms off the Coast of Luconia, 

 Y]th to 22d November 1837, by Capt. Macqueen, then commanding 

 her. 



From the East India House. 



"IJth November, 1837 In latitude 15° 55' N., longitude 119° 



30' E., my ship, the Vansittart, encountered a severe gale of wind, 

 commencing at sunset with tremendous gusts from the N. W. with 

 lightning and rain. About midnight it blew a perfect hurricane, 

 the wind gradually veering round to the S. W., which caused a very 

 heavy sea. Next morning the weather moderated with the wind 

 at S. E. ; made sail, and at noon on the 18th, sighted Cape Bolinao. 

 At 6 p. m. on the 19th, the gale recommenced with increased fury 

 from the N. E. and continued with little intermission for the four 

 following days." 



I should observe here, that I have copied this memorandum literally, 

 for reasons which will hereafter appear. 



In considering the foregoing storms, I shall first commence 

 with those of the Ariel, (for as I shall afterwards shew, they are 

 different from those of the Vansittart,) and of course with that first 

 in date. 



