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Northward; prepared for a gale; 14th and 15th, fine Northerly winds 

 and clear weather. At midnight on the 16th, being then in latitude 

 14° 30', longitude 114° 40', the Barometer fell from 30 to 29. Sent 

 down top-gallant yards, close-reefed and furled the top-sails, reefed 

 and furled the main-sail. At 3 a. m., blowing a hurricane from the 

 Northward ; furled the fore-sail; spanker blown away; sea making a 

 breach over all ; 8 a. m., clouds rolling on, and the wind like the 

 noise of thunder, sea confused and running mountains high ; hove 

 the ship to under bare poles ; 9 a. m. thrown on our beam-ends, 

 ship settling fast; and put the helm up, which she refused; little 

 after 9, cut away the masts, and ship righted, sea at the time 

 nearly swallowing us up ; but the ship did not make an inch of 

 water. Now under jury masts, and hope to make Manilla, as wind 

 has been from the Westward for three days. Cabin filled with water ; 

 letters, chronometers, sextants, &c, all destroyed ; cargo all right.' 

 Ardaseer, at Sea, latitude 14° 50', longitude 117° 15'. 



Singapore, 10^ December. 



Another Tyfoon. — On Tuesday afternoon the Clipper Ardaseer, 

 which left this port for China on the 2d ult. returned into the roads 

 under jury-masts, having on the 16th November experienced a 

 severe tyfoon in the China seas, in latitude 14° 36' North and longi- 

 tude 14° 40' East; during which she was compelled, as a last resort, to 

 cut away all her masts. At 2 in the morning, the Barometer gave in- 

 dications of the approaching tempest by falling from 30 to 29 inches, 

 when thus forewarned, the hatches were battened down and every pre- 

 paration made to meet the gale. In a few hours more, it was blowing 

 a perfect hurricane, with the sea rising in pyramids in every di- 

 rection, and making a clean breach over the vessel ; which was now 

 nearly on her beam ends, with both of her quarter boats carried away. 

 They now attempted to heave over the guns, but could only succeed in 

 getting one of them overboard, while they had to beat out the lee port 

 to give a passage to the heavy body of water on the decks, tried to 

 put the vessel before the wind, but she refused to answer her helm. 

 At about half past 8 a. m., an awful gust accompanied by a tremendous 

 sea threw the ship on her beam ends, the sea coming up to the coats 

 of the masts, and the lee bulwarks, and part of the forecastle being 



