520 Sixteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [June, 



Abridged Log of the French Ship Le Grand Dusquene, from 

 Calcutta to the Mauritius. Civil time. 



25th March, 1846. — Noon wind N. N. W. ship standing to the 

 S. W. ; Lat. 10° 4' S. Long. 81.22, East (of Paris ?)and thence 83° 42' 

 East of Greenwich. For the preceding 24 hours the weather cloudy and 

 a high confused sea, the wind from N. N. W. to N. W. p. m. squally 

 wind N. N. W., ship standing to the S. W. under double reefs. 



26th March. — a. m. wind N. N. E. to North; heavy sea ; noon Lat. 

 11° 19 ; Long. 79.54, E. Paris; 82.14, Gr. p. m. wind North. 5 p. 

 m. N. N. E. to N. E. weather and sail as before to midnight. 



27th March. — Heavy squalls, dark weather with torrents of rain. 

 a. m. wind N. E. and East to noon, when Lat. by Acct. 12° 20 ; S. Long. 

 77.54, E. Paris, 80° 14' Gr. p. m. to midnight heavy gale, apparently 

 increasing to hurricane violence, from the N. E. to 4 p. m. N. E. 

 to E. N. E. to 7 p. m. and E. N. E. to midnight ; ship scudding 

 right before it under foresail, and double-reefed maintopsail. 1 1 p. 

 m. hauled up the foresail and the maintopsail blew away. Hove or 

 broached to (it is not noted which). 



2Sth March.^A. m. wind N. N. E. ; vessel buried in the sea. At 3 

 A. m. cut away the mainmast, which carried away the foretopmast and 

 head of the foremast, the foremast, foreyard and bowsprit also went 

 with them. At noon wind marked N. N. E. ; Lat. Acct. 13° 18 ; ; 

 Long. 77° 15 ; E. Paris, or 79° 35 ; Gr. v- m. wind N. N. E. ; threw 

 120 bags rice overboard; 5 p. m. wind N. N. W. and variable to 

 midnight. 



29^ March. — Weather the same ; 5 a.m. wind N. N. E. ; 8 a. m. 

 more moderate. Noon, Lat. 13° 43 ; S., Long. 77° 38 ; E. Paris ; 79° 58 

 Gr. p. m. wind N. N. E. At midnight fine. 



30th March. — Weather continuing fine ; rigging jury-masts and 

 throwing cargo overboard. 



Noon Lat. 13° 47 1 Long. 78° 00' E. Paris, or 80° 20' E. Gr. 



On the 31st Lat. 14° 54' S. Long. 74° 4' E. Paris, 76° 24 of 

 Greenwich by observation and Ohr. by Acct. Lat. 14° 42 ; and Long. 

 77° 37' East of Paris, or 79° 57' of Greenwich. The vessel and 

 having been drifted, as would appear from her log, 213' to the westward 

 and 12 miles to the Southward, or about 71 ' per day for the three days 



