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yesterday, and Sympiesometer 29.70. It continued steady from 8 a. m. 

 to noon ; strong N. N. E. winds with squalls and much rain, a cross 

 turbulent sea at noon. Barometer fell suddenly to 29.68. ; at 3 p. m. 

 strong breeze from N. N. E. and rain and thick weather, wind falling 

 light at times and freshening as suddenly again.* Made all preparations 

 for bad weather, and brought the ship to the wind under double reefed 

 main topsail and foretopmast staysail ; at sunset strong wind approach- 

 ing to a fresh gale, with unsettled thick weather, wind lulling and 

 freshening at times from North to N. E. with a cross, turbulent, agi- 

 tated sea and constant rain. Barometer falling a little ; from 6 p. m. to 

 midnight fresh gales and hard looking weather, no rain ; midnight 

 Barometer 29.50 falling. Sympiesometer 29.42. Close reefed the main 

 topsail and in forestaysail, hove to under main topsail close reefed, 

 head E. S. E. 



2nd October. — a. m. commences with strong gales, with squalls and 

 light rain again ; sea high and cross, ship easy, and not moving much, 

 shipping no water on deck, lurching at times. Barometer fallen at 1 to 

 29.30. Sympiesometer 29.22. and falling ; blowing a hard gale, pitching 

 hard, and taking water on deck, increasing gale. Barometer falling fast ; 

 at 3-30 increased to a violent gale, steady at about N. N. E. with a 

 high sea from the Southward, making it very cross, shipping a good 

 deal of water on deck when the ship lurched. Barometer fell very sud- 

 denly since midnight from 29.30 to 28.30, and Sympiesometer 28.22, 

 and falling still. Clued up the close reefed maintopsail, and although it 

 was run up quick, before the men could get it well fast, it blew nearly 

 to pieces ; the wind increased suddenly to a violent storm, the drift mak- 

 ing a clean sweep over us for several feet above the deck, the weather 

 quarter-boat blew up to the rigging, got a rope round her to the rail. 

 Just about 5-30 a. m. blowing a violent hurricane from about N. N. E., 

 ship laying over three planks of her lee deck in the water ; wind most 

 terrific, the weather quarter-boat broke the davits, blew up about ten 

 feet up the mizen rigging, and lay across and broke the planks in se- 

 veral places. Stove all the full water casks that were on deck and hove 

 them overboard to ease the ship, now laboring very heavy and burying 

 very much to leeward ; masts bending and buckling with the force of 



* This is exactly the rising and falling of the wind described in the Seventh Memoir, 

 vol. xi, p. 1000. 



