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2Jth May Light airs to noon, when latitude 20° 38' N. p. m. light 



one and two knot breezes 8. S. E., S. by E., and S. E. to midnight. 



28^ May. — Calms and clear weather, current to the N. E. at the 

 rate of two miles per hour. Noon latitude 20° 32' N. p. m. light 

 airs to midnight with cloudy weather. 



29th May. — Light breeze from N. E. at 8 a. m. Noon latitude 29° 

 46' N. Barometer 29.50. p. m. moderate breeze N. E. by E. freshening 

 to midnight, when going six knots. 



30lh May. — Moderate 6 knot breeze, N. E. by E. to noon and 

 squally ; latitude 17° 56', Barometer 29.50 and falling, p. m. fresh 

 breezes N. E. and squally, increasing to a gale at S. E. by E. at 6 

 p. m. At 12, S. S. E. heavy cross sea. Barometer at 6 p. m. 29.30; 

 at 8, hove to. 



ZlstMay. — 2 a. m. wind about South, 6 a. m. a little more moderate, 

 10 increasing again. Noon no observations, wind about South. No ob- 

 servation, Barometer 29.20. 1 p. m. wind S. W. by S. 11 p. m. S. by W. 

 7 p. m. more moderate, heavy cross swell from W. S. W. to midnight. 



Is/ June. — 2 p. m. heavy squalls and heavy S. W. swell. 10 a. m. 

 bore up ; ship being leaky and lascars worn out. Noon no observations, 

 Barometer 29.10 and falling, p. m. wind W. N. W. increasing gale, 

 hove to again. Midnight heavy weather. Barometer 28.80. 



2d June. — a. m. wind W. N. W. fresh gales and heavy squalls. No 

 observation ; current (or drift) three miles per hour. Barometer 29.0. 

 p. m. fresh gales W. N. W. and dark hazy weather to midnight. Ba- 

 rometer 29.00. 



3d June.— a. m. made a little sail. At 7> wind S. S. W. Noon no 

 observations, p. m. fresh gales S. W. and cloudy. 



4th June. — a. m. to noon the same weather, wind about S. W. by S. 

 latitude 19° 12' N. longitude 90° 33' E. Barometer 29.10. p. m. wind 

 S. S. W. to midnight. 



5th June.— Noon latitude 20° 0' N. longitude 89° 3' E. reached 

 the Pilot station at 10 a. m. on the 6th.* 



* The Brig Moulmein, Captain Pratt, from Singapore to Madras, had light winds 

 and fine weather in latitude 4° 24' N. to the East of Acheen Head on the 29th May. 

 On the 30th, a heavy North-westerly swell with Diamond Point W. N. W. Variable 

 winds and calms on the 31st, and from 1st June, beat through the Bengal passage 

 against a strong S. W. Monsoon, which lasted through the 2nd and 3rd June. 



