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very heavy bank of clouds hung, but there was also an indescribable feeling in 

 the atmosphere. 



At half-past 4, the wind is marked as W. S. W. (force 6). At half-past 6, 

 West ; at 7, S. W. and W. b. S. (force 10), and S. W. again at 8 p. m. to mid- 

 night; force being marked from 10 to 12, but it is said to have been higher than the 

 figures can express, the run at 11\ and 12 h . ; and to 4 a. m. of the 24th is 

 marked at 14 knots. The Bar. at 7 p. m. is at 29.19 ; at 8 p. m. 29.18; at 

 9h. 29.16; at 10\ 29.18; at 1 l h . 29.16; and at midnight 29.16: Ther. 81° 

 and 82° throughout. The Brig was hove to at 5.30; but at 8.40 was obliged 

 to bear up, as she heeled over too much to be safe. She was then steered to the 

 N. E. but at 10.45 broached to and went over (about in Lat. 11° 31' S. ; Long. 

 84° 54' east) and the mainmast was cut away to right her. After this she con- 

 tinued running, under the foremast only, at the rate of 14 or 15 knots till 4 

 a. m. when the gale moderated very rapidly, the vessel being by noon 24th 

 April in Lat. 10° 14'; Long. 85° 50' by Lt. R. The Bar. rose from 29.16 

 at midnight to 29.42, at noon.* 



Abridged Log of the Ship Sultany, Capt. H. H. Handley, from 

 Mauritius to Calcutta. — Reduced to Civil Time. 



2\st April, 1848. — Two days previous to this date the wind was 

 varying from North to N. E. with a threatening appearance and a 

 heavy swell from N. N. E. with the Barometer gradually falling. 

 Noon in Lat. 8° 15' S. ; Long. 86° 22' E. ; Bar. 29.75. Reducing 

 sail and preparing for bad weather. Wind North ; p. m., N. N. E. at 

 4 : N. E. at 6 ; and N. N. E. at 10 p. m. to midnight ; ship running 

 6£ knots to the W. S. W. At 10 p. m. under a close reefed fore- 

 topsail, gale blowing furiously. 



22nd April, 7 a. m. Bar. 29.64. Securing everything for a gale. Noon Lat. 9 

 24' S. ; Long. 84° 35' East ; Bar. 29.63; Ther. 83°. Wind N. E. from 4 a.m.; 

 p. m. N. E. increasing ; and at 3 p. m. hove to under close reefed main topsail. 

 Bar. at 2h. 30' p. m. 29.35; 4h. p. m. 29.12; at 5h. 29.8; 6h. 29.10; 7h. 

 29.12; to p. m. 29.15; 6 p. m. wind N. E. to 9h. p. m. when North with 

 furious squalls : at midnight N. E. 



23rd April, a. m. Blowing a hurricane from N. E. ship lying with her lee 

 gunwale in the water, towards noon wind all round the compass, with a dreadful 

 sea and thick dense atmosphere. Noon Bar. 29.16. No observations. Lat. by 

 Acct. 9° 32' S.; Long. 83° 37' east; Ther. 83°. p. m. wind marked S. W. 

 Set close reefed mizen topsail and reefed foresail and ran 10 miles north ; but at 



* A complete Log is given in the Remarks explaining the singular track of this 

 Cyclone. 



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