524 Sixteenth Memoir on the Laiv of Storms, [June, 



During the whole day the vessel in the utmost distress and people 

 suffocating ; crew nearly all paralysed with fear ; direction of the wind 

 not given. During the night the hurricane sensibly moderated. It 

 is noted that " three strong men were required to carry a hammock 

 rolled up into the mizen rigging," from the excessive violence of the 

 wind. 



29th March. — " Hurricane blowing with unabated violence :" 1 p. m. 

 cut away the mainmast ; some abatement taking place hatches were 

 partly opened and fourteen persons found suffocated! Even in the 

 cuddy the passengers women and children were in a dying state from 

 exhaustion. Direction of the wind is not marked. 



30th March. — " Continued gale and heavy rolling sea ; Barometer is 

 stated to be" rising from 28.20, to 29.20, and the gale subsiding fast ; 

 Lat. observed 16° 55' ; no Longitude given. 



3\st March.— Moderate and cloudy. Head S. W. ; wind S. S. E. 

 Lat. observed 17° 05'; Long. 78° 07, East. 



Abridged Log of the American Ship Loo Choo, Captain Hatch, 

 from Canton to New York — reduced to Civil time. 



28th March. — Noon to midnight running to the W. b. S. f S. 99|- 

 miles, with the wind E. S. E. brisk trade and squally ; position at noon 

 not given. 



29th March. — a. m. to noon the same course, 106 ^ miles. No 

 position given ; p. m. to midnight the same course, 108 miles. Breeze, 

 increasing and sail reduced ; midnight closereefing, blowing very hard 

 in squalls. 



30th March. — At 3 a. m. " gale suddenly increasing," hove too ; 

 head S. S. E., wind therefore about E. b. N. at 6 a. m. and to noon the 

 course (ship's head) is marked as " South off to North." Ship hove 

 too with only a tarpaulin in the mizen rigging 5 daylight t( increasing 

 and veering to the Southward." By noon had lost maintopmast, boats, 

 &c. Lat. 18° 00' S. ; Long. 77° 33' East by Acct. 1 p. m. cut away 

 the mainmast. Wind marked as " about South," and from 1 to 4 as 

 " South to West," and " ship lying West to North." At 4 the wind 

 abated a little. At 5 quite moderate and set the foresail. At 8 p. m. 

 wore, and at midnight fine, being in Lat. 17° 38' ; Long. 76° 00'. 



3\st March.— -Noon, Lat. 18° 04'; Long. 76° 00' E. 



