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Report of the Barque Niagara CapU W. Champion, forwarded by 



Captain Biden. 

 Friday 1st December 1843 Lat. 10° N., Long. 87° E., expe- 

 rienced a hard gale from S. W. to E. S. E. with a tremendous high 

 sea on ; lost sails and sustained other damage, strong gales from East- 

 ward on Saturday the 2d. On approaching the coast, found the 

 weather more moderate and a smoother sea ; during the above days 

 it rained incessantly, and the Bar. fell to 29.10, Ther. 78° 40'. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Candahar, Capt. W. Ridley, from the 

 Mauritius bound to Calcutta ; reduced to civil time. 



26th Nov. 1842— Wind variable from N.N.E., N.b. E., and N. 

 E.b.N., Course North 54° W. 94', Lat. account 8° 19' N., Long. 84° 

 38' E., heavy squalls Bar. 29.80. 



27th November. — To noon cloudy, wind N. E., strong wind till 

 midnight when N. E. b. E., Lat. noon 9° 5' N., Long. 83° 50', Sunset 

 heavy squalls, Bar. not marked. 



28th November. — Strong Monsoon N. E. b. E. 2 a. m. veering to 

 Northward 11 a. m. Violent squall ; noon heavy weather, Lat. account 

 9° 15' N-, Long. E. 83° 45', heavy squalls and strong monsoon till 

 midnight. Bar. 29.70. 



29/A November — Heavy breeze N. b. E. with squalls, noon every 

 appearance of a storm, Lat. 9° 26' N., Long. 83° 48' E. 4 p. m. rapidly 

 increasing. At 6 wind North ; laid to, heavy squalls and rain, Bar. 

 29.7- 



SOth November. — Heavy gales, and tremendous squalls. Wind 



1 a. m. N. W.byN. Lat. 9° 40', North, Long. 83° 57' E. 11 a. m. 

 terrific squall of wind and rain. Bar. 29.50. p. m. heavy gale N. W. 

 to midnight. 



1st December.— a. m. heavy gale N.W. with terrific squalls. At 



2 a. m. wind N. b. E. 8 a. m. N. W. b. W. Noon, to 3 p. m. very 

 little wind, Lat. 10° 32' North, Long. 84° 3' E. At 3 p. m. wind 

 shifted to S. W., Bar. fell to 29.40., 5 p. m. shifted again to N. W., 

 9 p. m. set fore-sail; at 10 wind veered again to S. W., midnight, gale 

 appearing steady, shook out close reefs, steering North. 



