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blew furiously with every few minutes terrific gusts threatening to 

 dismast us. Sea running tremendously in every direction and perfectly 

 white with foam. At noon a perfect hurricane." Bar. 2 a. m. 29.35, 

 Simp. 29.20, Ther. 81° ; at 4, 29.30, Simp. 29. 16 ; at 6, 29.30, Simp. 

 29.16; at 8,29.20, 29.5. At 12, 29.10, and 28.95; Simp. 29.95. 

 p. m. hurricane, wind veering from W. S. W. to W. b. N. Bar. 29.10, 

 Simp. 28.95. At 6 p. m. the same, wind marked W. N. W. and at 

 9, N. N. W. ; Bar. at 6 p. m. 29.30, Simp. 29.20. 



27th March, — a. m. hard gale N. N. W. ; squalls not so strong ; 

 Bar. 29.40, Simp. 29.30. 5 a. m. moderating fast ; Bar. 29.50, Simp. 

 29.40. 9 a. m. bore up to S. b. W. and made some sail ; Bar. 29.65, 

 Simp. 29.55. 10 a. m. squally, thunder, lightning and heavy rain. 

 11 a. m. hove to again and furled every thing, Bar. having fallen to 

 29.60, and Simpiesometer to 29.50, in a run of 15' to the S. b. W. 

 p. m. fresh gale, North, hard squalls and heavy cross sea. 6 p. m. Bar. 

 29.60, Simp. 29.50, Ther. 80°. 9 p. m. bore up again and made some 

 sail, steering S. W. with wind North. 



28th March. — a. m. steering S. S. W. and South. 6 a. m. hove 

 too again on account of the weather and sea ; noon wind North ; Lat. 

 Indiff. Observation, 12° 33 y S. Long. Acct. (worked back from the 29th) 

 76° 54 ; East ; Bar. not noted, p. m. bore up ; wind North ; course South, 

 and at 5 p. m. S. W. b. S. 6 p. m. Bar. 29.60, Simpiesometer 

 29.50, Ther. 80^°. Midnight hard gale, " very threatening appearance 

 in the weather, not wishing to run more to the South as the weather 

 got worse every mile" and Bar. falling again to 29.50, and Simp. 29.43, 

 hove too at 1 a. m, on the 29th, having run 86 y South and S. W. b. S. 



2§th March. — A. m. wind at N. N. W. 6 A. m. hard gales with 

 squalls and rain and a very high sea running in all directions ; Bar. 

 29.55, Simp. 29.50; noon more moderate ; Lat. 14° 36' S. Indiff. Ob- 

 servation ; Long. 76° 28 y East. p. m. wind North. 4 p. m. bore up 

 again. 8 p. m. wind N. N. W. Lightning to the South at 10 p. m. ; 

 midnight severe gusts. 



30th March. — a. m. wind N. W. moderating to noon, when fine ; 

 iftt. 15° A 1 S. Long. 75° 45' East; 8 a. m. Bar. 29.80, Simp. 29.78, 

 'her. 80i Noon Bar. 29.87, Simp. 29.77. 



3lst March. — Light Westerly breeze ; 7 a. m. Bar. 29.90, Simpieso- 

 meter 29.80, Ther. 82° ; Lat. Obs. 15° 46' S. Long. Chr. 75° 14' East. 



