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Rain falling in torrents ; 9-30, furled the fore top sail and hove the 

 ship to, with head to N. N. Westward, wind then settled at West. 

 Noon no rise in the mercury, secured every thing, and made snug for 

 bad weather. Latitude account 17° 10' N., longitude 85° 30' E.; p. m. 

 squalls very heavy, but clouds more broken. It had previously been 

 very thick and very oppressive, wind W. N. W. At 2, the mercury which 

 had been stationary since 10 a. m. began to rise. At 5 p. m. moderating, 

 squalls less severe, and not continually raining as it had previously 

 done; made a little sail and bore up to the E. N. Eastward, wind settled 

 at W. S. W. clearing up. Night fine and starlight, with passing light 

 squalls, made all sail, sea going down fast. — 8 p. m. Bar. 29.836, mid- 

 night 29.336. 



Monday. — Fine weather; Noon latitude 19° 10' N., longitude 89° 

 25'.— Barometer 29.886. 



Extract from the Log of the French Ship Lion, Captain E. Bonnet. 

 Reduced to civil time. 



The Lion left Karical on the evening of the 30th September, passed 

 in sight of Pondicherry, and at noon 1st October was in lat. 13° 0' N., 

 long. 19° 21' E. of Paris, (80° 41' Greenwich.) p. m. and to midnight 

 cloudy, an 8 knot breeze from W. N. W. 



2nd October. — Weather and sea increasing, steering 9 knots per hour 

 to N. E. with winds from S. W. to W. S. W. Noon latitude 15° 9' N., 

 longitude 83° 01'. p. m. (85° 21' Greenwich.) p. m. bad appearances, 

 shortened sail at midnight ; going 7 knots to N. E., wind S. W,, less 

 sea and wind. 



3rd October. — Wind to noon S. S. W. At noon fine weather, very 

 heavy sea, latitude 17° 20^', longitude E., Paris 85° 21' (87° 41' 

 Greenwich). From noon 2nd, a current of 90' to the Eastward.* 

 p. m. fine weather to midnight; out reefs. 



4th October. — a. m. squally but fine, a good deal of sea. At -J past 

 9, saw a ship which we passed at 10; she had lost her foremast, but 

 made no signals ; stood on. Noon latitude 20° 23' N., sounding 80 fa- 

 thoms, mud. 



* This is worth remarking, as probably the effect of the storm wave. 



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