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and squally with less sea, all hands employed clearing away. At sunset 

 pumped ship at two feet, squared the fore yard, and made all clear for 

 getting some sail up. Midnight moderate winds at E. S. E., ship's 

 head from N. N. E. to N. E. 



24th October, — Day-light bent the fore sail, and fore top mast stay 

 sail, set them, the mizen gaff towing astern got it in, and rigged it for 

 a fore try sail. Noon moderate weather, with occasional squalls of 

 rain. Lat. observed 13° 16' N. long, by Chron. 86° 85' E. Course 

 made from Saturday at noon N. 16° W. 32 miles. 



The following abstract of the Log of the Ship Whitby, alluded to by 

 Capt. Biden, was subsequently forwarded to me by that gentle- 

 man, but unfortunately the place of the vessel is nowhere noted. 

 Captain Biden thinks, she must have been about 30 leagues to the 

 Eastward of the London, but how far South we are ignorant. 

 I have thus not marked her position on the chart. It is possible 

 that the Brig alluded to was the Ann Metcalfe, though in her Log 

 the loss of the fore topmast is not alluded to, and a note indorsed 

 on the extract says only, that she had " Sprung a topmast, and 

 put in to refit." / suppose " lost" may have been intended. With 

 the Ann Metcalfe also, the shift takes place at noon, and with 

 the Whitby at about 9 a. m. though in such weather the time is 

 seldom exactly noted. 



On the afternoon of the 22d October, the weather was hazy, with 

 moderate breeze at N. N. E. The appearance to windward was such 

 as North country seamen call " greasy." The Barometer fell in the 

 course of the day from 30*10 to 29*90, the breeze increased during the 

 night with occasional showers, and veered to N. N. W. At midnight, 

 the Barometer 29.78. About 3 a. m. 23d, the storm commenced at 

 N. N. W., increasing until 7 a. m., when it blew a perfect hurricane, 

 veering to N. N. E. and N. E. with lightning ; the Bar. now fell 

 rapidly, and at 8 a. m. stood at 28.45, having fallen 1.65 in 20 

 hours. At 9 a. m. after a most violent gust at E. N. E. it suddenly 

 fell a dead calm. A Brig was then in sight without a fore topmast.* 

 A large number of birds of the Petrel genus alighted on board, and 

 * Possibly the Ann Metcalfe, as above. 



