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mast and main royal mast; cut away the jib and flying jibboom ; 

 made the fore topgallant mast fast to the topmast rigging; at 11 

 hard squalls with a high sea running. At midnight ship's head 

 SWbS. wind NW. At 2 a. m. severe gale, with a tremendous sea 

 running; at 3 ship's head SW. wind WbN. the fore topmast stay- 

 sail blew to atoms, ship lying with the lee bulwarks under water; 

 at 4 heavy gales with severe squalls and constant heavy rain; at 

 8 bent another fore topmast staysail ; at 9 a. m. ship's head SbE. wind 

 WSW.) at noon hard and severe gales, the fore yard arm at times in 

 the water. 



Wednesday, 5th June. At 1 p. m. ship's head south ; wind WSW. 

 at 3 a heavy sea filled the quarter boat, the fore davit gave way, let 

 the boat in the water, cut away the after fall the boat being stove ; a 

 heavy sea with severe squalls; at 5 p. m. ship's head SbE. wind 

 SWbW. more moderate; at 6 wore ship to the NW. ; at 7 set 

 fore trysail; at 8 ship's head WNW. ; wind SWbS. ; at 11 more 

 moderate, set the foresail; at 1 a.m. ship's head NW., wind SW. 

 brisk gales with passing squalls and rain ; at daylight got the fore 

 topgallant mast and royal mast on deck ; at 8 set fore topsail ; at 9 

 out 3rd reef of the main topsail ; at 1 1 got all clear, at noon moderate 

 and cloudy. Lat. by Obs. 18° 15' N. long, by Chron. 85° 11' E. 



No. 14. — Ship " Ann Lockerby," Capt. Burt.— Extract sent. 

 Tuesday, June the 4th. In lat. 18° 55' N. and long. 86° 30' it com- 

 menced to blow heavy; the wind from N. to NNW. the height 

 of the barometer was 28° 75' and raining heavy ; the gale still kept 

 increasing till the morning of the 5th at 8 a. m. when it blew a com- 

 plete hurricane, the wind at NNW. and it shifted round to WSW. ; 

 about noon the barometer was standing at 28° 15'; the ship at that 

 time was in lat. 19° 5' N. and long. 87° 6' E. J. BURT. 



No. 15.— Ship " Eden," Capt. W. D. Cook. 

 3rd June, Civil Time— Lat. 18° 22' N. long, 86° 1' E. p. m. strong 

 winds variable WSW. to WNW. with rain. Barom. 29° 40'. 4 p.m. the 

 same ; with a heavy sea running ; wind west ; 8 p. m. increasing winds, 

 in jib, mainsail, and mizen. Barom. 29° 30' ditto weather, wind N. ; 

 4 a. m. strong winds and squally ; wind NWbN. ; 8 a. m. hard gales, 

 wore ship to the southward, Barometer 29° 10' ; noon ditto weather, 

 sun obscured ; wind West, under bare poles ; 4 p.m. hard gales with 

 heavy squalls and a tremendous sea running ; wind SWbW. Baro- 

 meter 29° 00'. 4th June. Midnight blowing a perfect hurricane at 

 WSW. without intermission. Barom. 28 c 80' 4. a. m. ditto weather 



