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forty-six fathoms water. — p. m. Winds light and veering to the South- 

 ward and South-westward. — Midnight. Light NWesterly winds and 

 fine weather. 



2nd. — a. m. Light Northerly and NEasterly winds and fine weather. — 

 Noon. Winds variable and light : Latitude 8° 48' North : twenty-six fa- 

 thoms. — p. m. Calms with occasional light variable airs. — Sunset. Wind 

 NW. and increasing ; the weather very unsettled ; heavy clouds hanging 

 over the land with lightning. — At 8, Light breeze and cloudy, with rain ; 

 tacked off shore. — At 9. Increasing breeze with squalls : Barometer 

 29*80 : Sympiesometer 29*20. — At 10. Hard squalls with a heavy swell : 

 Barometer 29*75: Sympiesometer 2912.— At 11. Wind NNW. and 

 increasing, and sea rising. — Midnight. Blowing a perfect gale NW., and 

 high sea. Barometer 29*62: Sympiesometer 28*90. 



3rd. — a. m. Hard gale with severe squalls, and high sea, — At 2. Hard 

 weather with thick heavy rain : Barometer 29*56 : Sympiesometer 28*86. 

 — At 4. Wind veering to WNW. and Westward: the topsails blown 

 from the bolt ropes, leaving the ship under bare poles, the sea running 

 very high: Barometer 29*50: Sympiesometer 28*78. — Daylight. The wind 

 veering to the South-westward. Wore ship and set the mainsail ; ship 

 labouring much in the high confused sea, the rain ceasing. — At 7. The 

 wind lulling at times, and weather clearing over the land, but a very 

 high confused sea ; the ship pitching and labouring much, in which we 

 carried away flying-jib-boom, spritsail yard and dolphin-striker, and stove 

 in the jolly boat, hanging at our stern: Barometer 29*70: Sympieso- 

 meter 29 0. — At 8. Wind decreasing at SSW. : enabled to bend new 

 sails, and to set the fore- topmast staysail, and storm mizen, to steady the 

 ship: Barometer 29*86 : Sympiesometer 29*16. — At Noon. Weather much 

 more moderate with less sea. Latitude 8° 58' North ; in forty-one fathoms 

 water. — p. m. Decreasing SWesterly, and Southerly breeze, and fine 

 weather. — Sunset. Light Southerly breeze and fine: Barometer 29*86: 

 Sympiesometer 28*20.* — Midnight. Land breeze, light and variable. 



Ships along the Malabar Coast, and Magnetic Storm at Bombay. 



By the zealous care of Mr. Scott, Secretary to the Bombay Chamber 

 of Commerce, I have been furnished with several logs of ships along the 



* The Sympiesometer is always 0*50 to 060, below the Barometer. 



