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noon when Lat. 13° 52 y N. Long. 71° 13 7 . p. m. squally from North, 

 and at 6, W. N. W., with heavy swell throughout. 



19th April. — Squally weather, with winds from W. S. W. and W. 

 N. W. ; noon Lat. 13.28, N. Long. 73° 14'. Gradually making sail 

 and standing in for Cannanore. 



At the Laccadive Islands. 



By an account obtained from Capt. Young of the H. C. Steam Frigate 

 Auckland, and published by Captain C. Biden, Master Attendant at 

 Madras, in the Madras Spectator, it appears that at Minicoy the gale 

 was not very severe, but at Kalpeni and Underoot, where it is stated to 

 have been most violent from the S. East, the sea made a fair breach 

 over the Islands, and about 250 of the inhabitants were swept away, all 

 the cocoanut trees uprooted or cut asunder by the violence of the storm 



I now add a Log of much interest, as will be subsequently shown, 

 being that of the H. C. S. Essex, in June, 1811. 



Hurricane of the H. C. S. Essex. 



Abridged Log of the H. C. S. Essex, Capt. Nisbett, 3rd to 6th June, 

 1811. Reduced to Civil time. 



The H. C. S. Essex bound to Bombay, was on the 3rd June at noon 

 in Lat. 16° 38'. N., Long, by Chr. 69° 32 y E., with light breezes from 

 the north and fair weather, p. m. the same, freshening with cloudy 

 threatening weather, and " a high confused agitated sea breaking in all 

 directions ;* 5 p. m. windN. E. ; 10 p. m. lightning to the S. W. 



4th June. — 1 a. m. wind N. N. E. ; 5 a. m. striking topgallant yards, 

 and pitched away the foretopmast. 7 a.m. increasing to a hard gale. 

 Hove too under bare poles. 9 a.m. wind marked N. E. ; noon, hard 

 gales ; thick haze, much lightning and heavy rain ; Lat. Acct. 16° 19' 

 N., Long. Acct. 70° 12 ; . p. m. wind about N. N. E. ; at 6 p. m. about 

 N. b. E blowing a hurricane to midnight. 



5th June. — 1 a. m. lost main and mizenmasts. 5 a. m. the wind 

 (hitherto about N. by E. from the ship's coming up and falling off) 

 shifted suddenly to N. W., and at 8 a. m. to W. S. W., also in a sudden 

 shift with a tremendous squall. Ship quite ungovernable. By noon 

 moderate ; p. m. wind marked W. S. W., and at 4 p. m. clearing up. 



From the best consideration I can give to the log of this vessel, 

 aided by a private letter to me on the subject of the flaws and shifts 



* The italics are mine, I shall allude to this passage in the remarks. 



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