1849.] Seventeenth Memoir on the Law of St 011ns. 3 



I give below the abridged log of the Hashmy, reduced to civil time, 

 and then a few brief remarks. 



" On the \8th September 1840, at 8 a. m. the Hashmy sounded in 26 fs. on the 

 Macclesfield Bank; she had light breezes and sultry weather at noon, when she 

 had no soundings at 100 fs. Lat. observed, 16° 20' N. ; Long. Chr. 114o 24' E.; 

 Bar. 29.90; Simp. 29.56 ; Ther. 89|° E. To midnight light winds. 



l§th. Sept. — a. m. and till noon the same winds and fine. Noon Lat. 17° 34' ; 

 Long. Chr. 114° 39'; Bar. 29.89; Simp. 29.55; Ther. 88°. To midnight light 

 winds inclining to calm and hazy weather. 



20th. — Light airs westerly and N. westerly, and fine till noon, Lat. 18° 28' N. ; 

 Long. Chr. 114° 37' E. Bar. 29.87; Simp. 29.55. Ther. 86|° ; p. m. wind 

 light at N. W. ; at 8 north ; squally and so till midnight. 



21st. — Daylight increasing fresh breeze with dark squally appearance. At 8 

 a. m. wind marked N. N. E. and the same at noon, when a strong breeze with 

 a heavy head swell ; Lat. 18° 47' N. ; Long. 115o 48' E. Bar. 29.77; Simp. 

 29.47 ; Ther. 85. p. m. Wind at 2 p. m. N. N. E. and at 9 N. b. E. Increas- 

 ing bad weather and making preparations to meet it. Midnight, fresh gale, and 

 heavy head swell N. ; for the last 36 hours the ship has been standing to the 

 N. E. and eastward ; Lat. about as at noon. 



22nd Sept. — a. m. breeze increasing and north a heavy sea getting up ; at day., 

 light hard gale with heavy squalls ; sails blowing out of the bolt ropes, wind al- 

 ways north; ship hove to on larboard tack ; noon heavy gale with a high and con- 

 fused sea. a. m. pumps constantly going. Lat. Acct. 18° 30' N. ; Long. Acct. 117° 

 18' E. Bar. 29.32 ; Simp. 29.04. p. m. still increasing ; 4 p. m. a perfect hurri- 

 cane from N. eastward ; at 11 p. m. after a slight lull the wind shifted to East and 

 S E. and continued to blow if possible with more violence than before, the glass- 

 es having been, between this time and 8 a, m. of 22rd, down to — Bar. 28.65; 

 Simp. 28.40 ; Ther. 80|°. At midnight wind marked East. 



23rd Sept. — Hurricane still continuing ; at 8 a. m. the glasses shewed indica- 

 tions of rising though still blowing tremendously hard. During the strength of 

 the gale the ship lay buried in the seas which made a clear breach over her, expect- 

 ing at every minute to lose the masts. At 3 a. m. Bar. 28.65 ; Simp. 28.40; Ther. 

 81^° ; at 4 Simp, began to rise slightly. At 8 Bar. 28.90 ; Symp. 28.95 ; Ther. 

 80|°. Noon wind marked S. E. Lat. Acct. 18°16', N. ; Long. 116° 30' E. Bar. 

 29.20; Simp. 29.08. Ther. 81°. p. m. heavy gale, furious gusts and high cross 

 sea; wind S. E. and at 4 p. m. S. E. b. S, At 3.30 bore up and attempted to 

 run under the reefed foresail, but the heavy seas constantly breaking on board 

 and the squalls occasioning the ship to broach too, hove too again at 6.30 p. m. 

 on starboard tack ; wind S. E. b. S. ; head to N. E. 



24th Sept. — a. m. strong gale; at 2 set the reefed foresail again. Daylight bore 



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