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brought her to on the starboard tack ; much lightning and dark over- 

 cast weather; heading up N. W. At a little before noon, the wind 

 shifted in a flash of lightning suddenly to the S. S. E. from N. N. E. 

 and blew instantly nearly as violent as it had before done, from N. N. 

 E. Clapped the hands on the pumps, and kept at them sometime ; 

 but they were washed away, some rice coming with the water ; ship 

 apparently a list to starboard ; dark overcast weather, the drift 

 washing right over the ship ten feet above the deck ; not able to look 

 to windward. Cut away the wreck of the mizen mast, it being now to 

 windward, but not before it had struck the rudder and shook it very 

 much ; it struck likewise under the counter before the ship was wore 

 round, and shook the stern frame a good deal ; threw every thing over- 

 board that was about the decks as well as three provision casks that 

 had washed out from under the top gallant forecastle where they were 

 stowed, to prevent them from wounding the people; many having 

 had their legs cut and other bruises. Two feet and eight inches in the 

 well, but could not tell precisely, every thing being so wet; set to work 

 at the pumps, a quantity of rice coming up with the water; pumps 

 working well and heaving a large quantity of water ; blowing very vio- 

 lently from S. S. E., the lee sea coming nearly up to the pumps at 

 times;* secured the foreyard and lashed the yardarm of the mainyard 

 down to the ring bolts in the stanchion and kept it on end, to keep it 

 steady ; tried to get something on outside the quarter gallery, as the 

 cabins were nearly full of water, but could not succeed ; the men were 

 washed away; blew a violent hurricane until about 4h. 30m. p. m. 

 black overcast weather and lightning ; when the extreme violence of 

 the hurricane moderated a little ; all hands at the pumps, continued at 

 them until nearly 6 p. m. when the ship sucked. A large quantity of 

 water in the cuddy and cabins, and some of it getting below as it 

 washed about; succeeded in getting the quarter gallery door barricad- 

 ed with canvass and battens, which kept part of the sea out. At 6 

 p. m. moderating to a hard gale, and glass rising slowly from 27-92 to 

 2830. Sympiesometer 28.22, both rising together. Sympiesometer 

 moved up first. Succeeded in stopping the water from getting in, got 



* The italics are mine, this is partly a confirmation of my remarks on the danger 

 of the lee sea in the First Memoir, vol. viii. Jour. As. Soc. p. 645.— H. P. 



