1848.] Fifteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. 29 



Abridged Log of the Ship Buckinghamshire, Capt. McGregor. From 

 the Government, and from the Chamber of Commerce of Bombay* 

 (Civil time.) 



The Buckinghamshire was at noon, 14th April, 1847? in Lat. 8° 18 

 N. ; Long 72° 56' East; Bar. 20.85, Simp. 29.84, Ther. 81°. p. m. 

 strong breeze and cloudy from N. W. by N.; at 1.30. Minicoy bore E. 

 N. E. ; 4 p. m. wind marked Northerly, and increasing. At 1 p. m. Bar. 

 29.72. 2 p. m. Bar. 29 72, Simp. 29.74, Ther. 83o. 3 p. m. Bar. 

 29.72, Simp. 29.75, Ther. 84°. 4 p. m. Bar. 29.70, Simp. 29.69. 

 5 p. m. Bar. 29.67, Simp. 29.69. 6 p. m. wind N. b E. 8 p. m. 

 fresh gale, heavy sea from the S. E. and heavy squalls from the North ; 

 dismally dark, with the most vivid lightning. 7 p. m. Bar. 29.71, 

 Simp. 29.71. 8 p. m. Bar. 29. 70, Simp. 29.72. 9 p. m. Bar. 29.75, 

 Simp. 29.76, Ther. 80£°. 10 p. m. wind N. E. b. East. Midnight 

 fresh gale, constant rain and lightning. To 9 p. m. ship standing to 

 the N. E. and E. b. N. and then to the N. W. and N. N. W. 



15th April— At 4 a. m. Bar. 29.67, Simp. 29.71, Ther. 80J°. 6 a. 

 m. Bar. 29.71, Simp. 29.74. Daylight fresh gales N. E. b. E. ; severe 

 squalls and a heavy sea ; ship standing to the N. b. W. to noon, when 

 Lat.Obs. 9. 1. N., Long. 73.4. E., Bar. 29.67, Simp. 29.72, Ther. 

 81|-. p. m. wind N. E. ; ship standing to the N. W. ; Bar. 2 p. m. 

 29.64; at 4. 29.64; at 6, 29.71; at 8, 29.72; at 10,29.73; 

 midnight 29.69. Simpiesometer and Ther. 2 p. m. 29.72, and 81° 

 at 4 ; 29.71, and 81°; at 6, 29.71, and 81^°; at 8, 29.71, and 81°; 

 at 10, 29.73 and 81^° ; midnight 29.70 and 81|°. 



16^A April — a. m. strong gale N. E. b. N. and at noon a hard 

 gale from the same quarter ; ship standing to the S. E. b. E. Bar. 

 2|a. m. 29.58; at 4£, 29.51; at 6, 29.51 ; at 8, 29.60 ; at 10, 29.58; 

 at noon, 29.53. Simpiesometer and Ther. at 2\ a. m. 29.60, 

 and 80i°; at 4\ A. m. 29.55 and 81°; at 6, 29.54 and 81o ; at 7, 

 29.61; at 8,29.63 and 81o ; at 10,29.61 and 82 ; at noon 29.57 

 and 81|-. Lat. by Acct. 8.44 N., Long, marked as 73.3, East. p. m, 

 wind N. E. b. N., fresh gales and rain, with a high sea. 3 p.m. 

 wind North ; 5, N. b. W. £ W. ; 9, W. N. W. Sunset hard gale. 

 Midnight hard gales, constant light rain, and lightning to the northward. 

 [N. B. wind now was about West, being marked W. S. W. at 2 a. m.] 



* There are a few more details in the one than in the other, and I have inserted what 

 v;as essential from both, with notes from Capt. McGregor's private Log, 



