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Ther. 81°; fresh gales, but made some sail. Lat. by indifferent observa- 

 tion 12° 34' N. long. 83° 44' E. p. m. wind E. S. E. strong breeze. 

 At 8 p. m. more moderate. Midnight fine. Bar. 29.50. 



25th October Fine wind S. E. Lat. 13° 20' N. long. 84° 70' E. 



Bar. 30.05. Ther. 82° or 84°. 



Abridged Log of the Barque Sarah, Capt. Walker, reduced to civil 

 time. Forwarded by Capt. JBiden. 



The Sarah by her log worked back from noon of the 24th, appears 

 to have been at noon 22d October in about lat. 14° 52' N. long. 

 83° 24' E. At 1 p. m. of which day a steady breeze from N. E. 

 sprung up, increasing to a fresh breeze with cloudy weather, and a 

 heavy sea at midnight ; wind N. E. 



23d October — Daylight increasing N. E. wind, with a turbulent 

 sea. Noon, Bar. 29-73. Lat. account 14° 07', long, account 84° 24' E. 

 Squalls increasing in rapidity and violence, till a little after noon she 

 hove to. p. m. wind N. N. E., blowing a gale. 6 p. m. N. E. tre- 

 mendous sea, vessel laboring greatly. 



Barometer as follows ; viz. 



1 p. m 29.70 



2 „ 29.65 



3 „ 29.62 



4 „ 29.56 



6 „ 29.60. 



24^. October.— a. m. wind veering from N. E. by E. to East. 

 At 4 p. m. Bar. 29.63. At 7, 29.68. At 8, 29.73. At 8 a. m. 

 moderated a little, and veered to E. by S. wore and scudded ; wind 

 East. Noon strong gales E. by S. Lat. observed 13° 34' N. long, 

 observed 83° 53' East. At 2 a. m. passed a large ship, which had 

 lost all her topmasts. 



Abridged Log of the Barque Stalkart, Capt. A. R. Dixon, from 



Colombo to Madras. 



22d October.— At noon in lat. 12° 10' N., long, account 80° 33' E.* 



Fresh breeze N. by E. and cloudy, high sea from the N. E. At 4 p. m. 



* This longitude and those of the 23d and 24th are obtained by working back the 

 loo- from the 25th, on which day only the longitude is given. 



