570 Researches on the Gale and Hurricane [July, 



5lh June. — Strong breezes ; ship under double reefed topsails, 

 wind SW. ; at noon Juggernaut Pagoda NE^E. eighteen miles; at 

 5° 30' p, m. the Black Pagoda bore NWbW^W. fifteen or sixteen 

 miles ; wind now increasing to a severe gale at S. ; hove the ship 

 too under easy sail ; head from ESE. to EbN. but the wind drew 

 gradually round to the SW. ; the sea continued at SE. and the ship 

 laboured most tremendously ; at midnight it began to moderate, and 

 blew a fresh breeze from SW. which carried us to Point Palmiras by 

 5 o'clock p. m. on 6th June. When the severe part of the gale com- 

 menced at 5° 30' p. m. 5th June, the Black Pagoda bore NWbWJW. 

 sixteen miles; the Ther. was 86°, Bar. 29° 10', Simp. 29° 25' ; the 

 lowest we had it ; and it began to rise at 10 a. m., Simp, first, then 

 Bar. about an hour after. We must have escaped a great part of the 

 gale as the SE. sea was very high, but we never had the wind from 

 that quarter; the severe part with us was from SSW. 



Captain Hookey says in another letter to me — the reason of our 

 laying too so much was not caused by stress of weather, but from our 

 having carried away our fore topmast, and fore and main topgallant 

 masts in a severe squall from the NE. on the 2nd in the afternoon ; I 

 therefore laid too till the ship was again prepared to run for the 

 Sand Heads . 



No. 13. — Ship "Justina," Extract from her log forwarded by Capt. 



T. H. Beniley. 



3rd June, 1839. — Nautical time. — Monday night at 2 a. m. squally ; 

 in royals and flying jib (ship's head NEbE. wind NNW.) in fore 

 and mizen topgallant sails. At 5 a. m. heavy appearance to the N. 

 reefed the driver, sent down royal yards. 



At 8 a. m., ship's head NE. wind NNW., gale increasing; in 2nd 

 reef of the topsails ; at 9 a. m. heavy squalls with heavy rain ; up 

 mainsail; at 10 gale increasing, up foresail, in mizen topsail; heavy 

 squalls with rain ; at noon ship's head ENE. wind N., furled main- 

 sail, wore ship. Lat. Obs. 19° 14' N. 



Tuesday, 4th June. Wore ship to the westward ; at 1 p. m. ship's 

 head WSW. wind NW. strong breezes and squally, close reefed the 

 fore topsail, furled the fore sail ; at 3 p. m. gale increasing, in 3rd 

 reef of the main topsail, in driver ; at 5 p. m. ship's head SWbW. 

 wind NW. heavy cross sea running, ship pitching heavy ; at 6 gale 

 increasing fast with heavy squalls and constant rain. 



At 7 ship's head SW^W. wind NW. ; at 9 ship's head SWbW. 

 pitched bowsprit under, carried away the jib boom, fore topgallant 



