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30lh Nov. — 11 a. m. Suddenly fell calm. 



,, Noon. Light airs from SW. cloudy appearance all round. 

 Barometer (still falling) 29.35, a very heavy swell. 

 Latitude by account 7° 0' North, longitude by account 

 85° 50' East. 

 ,, From noon till 6 p. m. Light airs from the SW. and SSW., 

 with cloudy weather and a heavy swell. Barometer 

 gradually falling. 

 ,, 6-30 p. m. Increasing breeze from the South. Barometer 



29.25. 

 „ 7-30 p. m. Gale returned with all its former violence, a very 



heavy swell from SW. Barometer 29.20. 

 ,, 10-30 p. m. Barometer commenced rising. Wind South. 



1st Dec. — 1 a. m. Gale decreasing. Barometer 29.40. 



„ 4 a. m. Gale moderating fast, and swell going down, wind 

 drawing round from South to SE. Barometer 29.45. 

 ,, 8 a. m. Fresh breeze, a SE. Barometer 29.60. 

 „ Noon moderate, breeze ESE., with cloudy weather. No 

 observation. 

 The following day we got observations, and found the longitude 

 by account correct to a few miles, but the latitude by account was 

 fifty miles to the Southward of observation, shewing we had experi- 

 enced a strong set to the Northward. 



John F. Burn, 

 Bombay ; 9th February, 1846. Commander, Ship Caledonia. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Alibi, Captain Rhodes, from the Mauritius, 

 bound to Vizagapatam. Log reduced to civil time. 



On the 27th November. — The Alibi was at noon in latitude 3° 6' 

 North, longitude 90° 34' East, with a five knot breeze from the South. 



Throughout the 28th. — To noon on that day ; when she was in latitude 

 6° 9' North, longitude 90° 57' East. She had strong steady South to 

 SSE., winds, latterly the weather rather unsettled, but at noon she had 

 a lower studding-sail set. p. m. the wind hauling gradually to the 



