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the sea rising in bubbles, as if the wind was blowing from every point 

 of the compass, hissing and rising up in bubble like a boiling caul- 

 dron. Here the Barometer fell to 28.60 ; this being excessively 

 low for so low a latitude, induced us to make every preparation for 

 severe weather. From this time until the 1st June, latitude 15° 25' 

 N., longitude 87° 58' E. experienced an increasing gale steady from 

 S. S. W. to S. W. by W. with much lightning, and a very heavy 

 appearance all round. The Barometer rising and falling according 

 to the strength of the squalls, or the preponderance of rain from 

 28° 70' to 28° 56'. On the 2nd, (civil time,) the gale increased so as 

 to oblige us to lay to, the Barometer having fallen to 28.45, (latitude 

 17° 20' N., longitude 87° 6' E.) At 9 a. m. experienced a cross sea, 

 setting in from S. W., N. W., and N. E., the former preponderating ; 

 the rain pouring down in torrents, the gale increasing, and the squalls 

 blowing with fearful violence from W. S. W. and shifting suddenly 

 from that to N. W., N. N. W., and as far as North ; the Barometer 

 gradually falling until it came down to 28.18; at midnight more 

 moderate, the Barometer up to 28.36. Steady gale from S. W. by W. 

 decreasing towards noon. 3 p.m. when latitude 19° 10', longitude 86° 

 42', so as to enable us to make sail until llh. 30m. p. m. of Friday, 

 when the Barometer again fell to 28.20 during a most severe squall from 

 N. W. False Point was then bearing about N. W. 12 miles ; here we 

 were obliged to stand to the S. Eastward for two hours, when we again 

 made sail, and on the following night, at 10 p. m. we were anchored 

 off the tail of Saugor Sand, the wind very steady from S. Westward 

 and decreasing, the Barometer having risen to 28.50. From this 

 time until our arrival at Calcutta, on the morning of the 7th, we had 

 fresh breezes from S. W. mostly; the Barometer rising to 28.85. 



Charles Buckton, 

 Commander of the Brig Algerine. 



Abridged Log of the Barque Ariel, Captain Burt, from Singapore 

 bound to Calcutta, reduced to civil time. 



The Ariel passed the Nicobars on the 21st and 22d May, working 

 against a strong monsoon until the 26th May, when she was at noon 



