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gale EbN. at midnight, the gale veered to ESE. and became more mo- 

 derate. Glass down in the height of the gale to 28.90. 



The following Memorandum of the Morley's Barometer, was obtained 

 and forwarded to me, by Captain Biden. 



Morley's Barometer at commencement of gale, . . 29.85 



Ditto midnight, 30th November, .. .. 29.30 

 Ditto ditto, 1st and 2d December, 3 a.m. 28.90 



Soon after the strength of the gale, Barometer rose to, 29.40 



and suddenly to, 29.80 



Ship Myaram Dyaram. 



Capt. Biden, notes in a letter, that the ship Myaram Dyaram, from 

 Manilla to Bombay, put into Galle, having lost boats, cut away anchors, 

 and thrown part of her cargo overboard, in a gale from the Eastward in 

 9° North and 86° East, and this appears, by a letter from Capt. Faucon 

 of the Frolic, to the Secretary of the Bombay Chamber, to have occur- 

 red on the 1st December. This vessel is also noticed in a letter from 

 Capt. Twynham, at Point de Galle, as having had the gale at the same 

 time as the Caledonia, and five feet water in her hold.* We are thus un- 

 certain as to the date of the worst part of the storm with her. Capt. 

 Faucon states it to have begun on the 28th ; the two ships, the Caledonia 

 and Myaram having left the Straits together. 



Abridged Log of the Ship John Wickliffe, from London to Madras. 

 Reduced to civil time. Forwarded by Capt. Biden. 



On the 29th November. — From noon to midnight, the John Wickliffe 

 was running up to the NbE. with a fresh WNW. to Westerly breeze, 

 going from five to eight knots, with a heavy head sea. 



* The Captain promised a copy of the low to Capt. Twynham, but left without giv- 

 ing it. Had we not a hundred instances of the kind, we could not believe that, after 

 passing through such peril and loss, men will not take the trouble of desiring any boy 

 or junior officer on board, to copy three days' logs ! for those who are trying to teach 

 them how to avoid such misfortunes in future. 



