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24th February, a. m. — Ship buried in the sea; hurricane as before. 

 At daylight trying to collect the wrecks ; the wind continually veering 

 all round the compass, but from 9 to Noon wind is marked ESE., and 

 course WNW. seven miles per hour. p. m. wind marked variable, and 

 going all round the compass ; vessel going seven knots. 5 p. m. to 8, the 

 same wind marked as going round, and vessel steering different courses, 

 but weather moderating a little from 9 to 12; the wind always going 

 round the compass. 



25th February. Wind at 1 a. m. ENE.* Vessel's course as SSW. 

 six knots. At 10 a. m. moderating a little : 1 p. m. the same, but still 

 scudding under bare poles to the WSW., and SW. at 10 to midnight. 



26th February, a. m. — Scudding under bare poles to the SW., but only 

 four and five knots marked ; wind moderating. 9 p.m. the same, but finer 

 weather. 



27th February, a. m. — The weather gradually moderating till noon, 

 when it was fine ; with the wind at NNE., and NE. from midnight. 



From the " Cerne'en" a Mauritius Newspaper, I have extracted the follow- 

 ing notice. 



* " The bark Marie Laure, experienced on the 24th and 25th ultimo, a 

 heavy gale of wind from the SE. Latitude 18° 20' S. and longitude 

 53° 30' E., in which she lost sails and seven bullocks," 



I have also had forwarded to me the Log of the ship Faize Rubahny, 

 from Calcutta bound to Mauritius, but it unfortunately contains no 

 longitudes, and from the weather and latitudes, I judge her to have been 

 too far to the Eastward to have felt any part of this storm. 



I now give a tabular view of the wind and weather from the 21s* to 

 23rd February, as in the former memoirs. 



* No doubt a clerical error, and NNE. is meant, for at 1 p. m. ENE. wind and 

 WSW. courses are again marked. 



