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salt water and no signs of the vessel being in any degree relieved. It was 

 deemed advisable to lighten ship, at 7 p. m. The people at the pumps nearly 

 exhausted. At mid-night the wind moderated, but there was still a heavy sea. 

 The pumps kept going. 



Nov. 11th. — At 6 a. m. commenced to heave sugar overboard ; the passengers 

 all the time working at the pumps and assisting in every way in their power. 

 At 10 a. m. the island of Tinhosa bearing about N. W., at noon kept away for 

 the island for anchorage. At noon, the wind veered to the northward, when the 

 ship bore up for Singapore, having hove overboard 1400 bags of sugar; still 

 making as much water as ever. 



Nov. 12th. — Course S. S. W. p. m. weather more moderate; all hands em- 

 ployed heaving cargo overboard to lighten the ship. About 2,000 bags of sugar 

 were thrown overboard; at 4 a. m. secured a stay from the mizen mast to the 

 fore-mast and set a jib. At 8 a. m. secured a stay from the mizen mast to the 

 stump of the main-mast and set a fore-top-mast staysail. 



Nov. 1 3th. — Moderate winds and clear weather. At mid-night the swell so 

 heavy that the vessel made but little way through the water. 



Nov. 14th. — Course S. E. Wind N. W. p. m. strong winds and cloudy. At 

 8 p. m. very gloomy weather ; mid-night strong winds and rain — the sea rising. 

 At noon Lat. by account 14 deg. N. long. Ill deg. 2 min. E. 



Extract from the Log of the ship General Wood, Captain Stokoe,from Hong 

 Kong to Singapore. Civil Time. 



Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 1847. — At 1 p. m. moderate breezes and fine — weighed 

 and made sail to Singapore. 



At 4 p. m. Fresh breezes and cloudy ; Barometer had fallen in the previous 

 24 hours to 29m. 75. 



Sunset — Fresh breezes and cloudy, with a heavy swell from the N. East- 

 ward ; ship rolling heavily. 



Midnight — Strong breezes and cloudy. Furled the mizen top-sail and reefed 

 the jib. 



At 4 a. m. 10th Noon Blowing hard from the E. N. E. and east with a high 

 increasing sea, and threatening appearances in the weather ; Barometer falling 

 29.63. 



Daylight — Strong breezes and threatening appearances to E. N. eastward 

 and Ed. with a very heavy swell on ; ship rolling heavily at times ; Barometer 

 falling to 29.53 made preparations for bad weather. Fresh gale veering to east- 

 ward. 



At 11 a fresh gale from the S. eastward with a high sea on ; ship rolling and 

 straining heavily. 



Noon gale increasing at S. east ; with threatening appearances, 



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