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and in the evening threatening, made preparations for bad weather, 

 wind marked N. E. At 3 p. m. Wind " variable" to midnight, though 

 the course is constantly E. by S. ; midnight fine. 



23d October. — 2-30 hard squall ; 3, sea increasing ; lat. by Rigel in 

 Orion 12° 03' N. ; by 5 a. m. hard gales N. N. E. 7-10, very threa- 

 tening weather, secured every thing. Noon squally, and high turbu- 

 lent sea, sun obscured. Lat. by account 1 1° 33' N. long, account 80° 58'. 

 The wind Northerly, hard gales, every appearance of a hurricane. By 

 10 p. m. blowing a hurricane from N. N. W., sea rising in pyramids. 



24^ October 4 a.m. wind veered to the Westward. At 6, marked 



West, blowing with great violence, sea making a clear breach over all, 

 hove to with a tarpaulin in the mizen rigging. 10 a. m. wind W. S. W. 

 Noon more moderate, sea not quite so agitated, thick and cloudy. No 

 observation. Lat. by account 11° 33', long. 81° 31' E. p. m. strong gales 

 South, squally unsettled weather. At 6, more moderate. At midnight 

 pleasant breeze. 



25th October — 4 a. m. lat. by moon and Sirius 12° 13' North. At 

 noon lat. 12° 46' N. long. 80° 55' E. 



Abridged Log of the Bark Favorite, Capt W. F. Wilkins, from 

 Madras to Vizagapatam, reduced to civil time. Forwarded by 

 Capt. Biden. 



22d October.— Lat. at noon 12° 12' N. long. 81° 40' E. wind N. E. 

 to 6 p. m. and N. by E. to midnight, squally at times with dark 

 threatening weather. 



23d October. — 2 a. m. wind N. N. E. ; day- light to noon increasing 

 to strong gales with dark threatening weather and every appearance 

 of an increasing gale, for which all preparation was made; wind from 

 8 a. m. to noon marked N. E. by N. No observation. Lat. account 

 11° 49' long, account 83° 35'. 8h. strong gales N. by E. At 6 p. m. 

 very heavy, a man washed overboard from the poop, hove to with head 

 to the Eastward. At 10-15, vessel laid on her beam ends with the 

 top-rims in the water, cut away the lower masts, and righted her with 

 4 feet water in the hold, ballast and cargo shifted, and deck torn up 

 by the fall of the masts, pumps choked, and rudder gone. 



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