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set made a little sail. During the night the weather became fine. Wind at 10 

 p. m. marked East. 



2nd Nov. — At noon had made from 8 p. m. on the 1st to noon 2d, 66 miles 

 on a S. b. W. course, Lat. 16° 39' N. ; Long. 110° 12' E. The newspaper 

 quoted above adds to this : — 



" Captain Evans says that the Barometer rising so high the day previous to the 

 gale and falling so gradually, confirmed him in the opinion that they were going 

 to have a strong N. East monsoon, and he carried on a press of sail to get well 

 clear of the Paracels, but from observations taken the day after the gale they 

 were during the worst of it about 20 miles W. N. W. from the North Shoal and 

 drifting to the South East, but the wind veering to the Southward, S. E., and 

 latterly to E. N. E., they were drifted to the W. S. W., 40 miles off the North 

 Shoal by noon of the 2nd, when they had good observations. He is not cer- 

 tain whether the Barometer fell below what he has mentioned above, as he did 

 not leave the deck from 10 p. m. until the sea washed the stern windows and 

 boats away, but he thinks it did not, as about 10 and 11 it blew exceedingly 

 severe from west and W. S. W." 



Abridged Log of the Ship Atiet Rohoman, Captain LuGRiN,yro»2 

 Macao bound to Singapore — reduced to Civil Time. 



The Atiet Rohoman left the Dome of the Grand Ladrone bearing N. E. \ E. 

 and that of the Little Ladrone N. E. in 16 fs. water at 5h. 50' p. m. on the 30th 

 October, 1843, with a N. N. easterly wind, 5, 6 and 7 knot breeze and a heavy 

 S. E. swell to midnight. 



31st Oct.— Wind N. E. b. E. andN. E. b. N. 8| knot breeze, steering to the 

 S. S. W. ; at noon Lat. 19° 10' N. ; Long. 111° 42' ; strong gales and cloudy ; 

 p. m. hazy and increasing. At 10 p. m. a sudden gale from the N. N. E. Ship 

 running 8 knots to the S. S. W. 



1st Nov. — 1 a. m. blowing a severe typhoon N. N. E. ; 3 a. m. typhoon 

 veered to N. E. Sails cut away and blowing from the yards. 9 a. m. wind marked 

 N. E. Noon vessel half swamped, at 5. a. m. the wind is said in the remarks to 

 have veered to E. S. E. 9 a. m. lost maintopmast, mizenmast, boats and an 

 anchor. Noon severe typhoon ; 3 ft. water in the hold; Lat. about 17° 03' N. . 

 Long. 110° 39' E. p. m. wind marked S. b. E. severe gale. Ship's head west; 

 carried away the head of the rudder ; at 6^ p. m. moderate and veered to the S. E. 



2nd Nov. — a. m. clearing up and repairing damages ; noon Lat. 17° 32' N. ; 

 Long. 109° 13' E. 



REMARKS. 



It is evident from the veering of the wind that these two ships were 

 on opposite sides of a Cyclone, the Shah Allum on the 1st at 10 a. m. 



