710 Thirteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 166. 



2Zrd February. To noon wind NNW. and weather becoming settled, 

 latitude 16° 26' S. longitude 62° 44' East. Barometer 29.75 ; thermo- 

 meter 80° 40'. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Sophia, Captain Saxon, from Mauritius to 

 Calcutta, reduced to Civil time. 



The Sophia left Mauritius on the 16th February. — 



\9th February,— ht noon in latitude 16° 4' S., longitude 58° 44' E., 

 Bar. 29.65. Thermometer 84°, and fine weather, with three to five knot 

 breezes, from East to ESE. p. m., decreasing breeze and cloudy to mid- 

 night. 



20th February. — a. m. winds variable SE. to noon, with squalls 

 and heavy rain. 8 a. m, dark, squally, threatening appearance. Noon 

 latitude observation 14° 40' S. longitude 59° 13' E. Barometer 29.88. 

 Thermometer 62°. p. m. wind Easterly, variable, and NE. Towards 9 

 p. m. Northerly, and weather very threatening, making preparations for 

 bad weather, at 10-30. p. m. sudden shift to the East. 



2lst February. — a. m. winds to noon South, SE. East and NE. 

 Noon, heavy squalls and thick rain. Bar. falling, and all preparations 

 for bad weather. Latitude account 12° 5 1' S. longitude 59° 38'. Baro- 

 meter 29.60. Thermometer 81°. 1 p. m. tremendous heavy squalls, 

 wind N. Westerly, every appearance of a hurricane. 7 p. m. Barome- 

 ter 29.30. At 10 p. m. blowing a fresh gale, ship standing to the NE. 

 7 knots per hour* with wind at NW. to midnight. 



22c? February — Midnight more moderate, and Barometer rising. Day- 

 light out all reefs, wind North, latitude noon by account 11° 21' S. 

 longitude 61° 00'. Barometer, 29.79. Thermometer 81°. Weather squal- 

 ly, p. m. weather still thick, but by midnight clear. 



Abridged Extract from the Log of the Ship Ranger, Capt. Stepney, 



from the Mauritius bound to Madras, reduced to Civil time. 



At Noon 19th February, 1845, the Ranger was in latitude 13° 34' 



S., longitude 60° 20', light winds N. calms with a heavy appearance to 



the NE. and hazy horizon. Midnight sea smooth, cloudy and squally. 



* The right course in the Southern Hemisphere, for she was on the NE. quadrant 

 of the Storm.— H. P. 



