

26 Eleventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 157. 



30th November Wind North to noon, at 2 a. m. Bar. 28.90. At 



4, Bar. 28.80.; at day-light blowing very hard with tremendous gusts 

 at times. Noon, Bar. 28.80, Ther. 78° ; tying to with ship's head to 

 the West. p. m. commenced a perfect hurricane, ship on her beam 

 ends, and expecting masts to go at every moment, every thing ready 

 to cut away. 4 p. m. Bar. 28.90.; 6 p. m. still blowing violently. 

 7, wind North, the furled main-sail blown from the gaskets. 8* 

 Bar. 28.90, wind N. N. E. Midnight, weather the same, Bar. 29.00. 

 lying to, head West to W. N. W. 



1st December. — Daylight inclined to moderate, wind from N. N. E., 

 to noon Bar. 29.10, head N. W. ; noon, heavy puffs and lulls with 

 thick cloudy weather, and much rain, Bar. 29.20. Ther. 78°. At 6 

 p m. Bar. 29.30. At 8 p.m. Bar. 29.35., midnight 29.45. p.m. wind 

 N. E. 



2d December*— 6 a. m. Bar. 29.50., noon 29-70. making sail ; Lat. 

 12° 34' S , Long. 81° 55' E., pleasant breeze N. E.; 4 p. m. E. N. E , 

 9 p. m. N. E. 



3d December.— Noon, Lat. 14°. 6' S. Long. 80°. 53' E. Fine weather. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Edmonstone, Capt. MacDougal, from 

 Calcutta bound to Mauritius, reduced to Civil time. 



25th November — At noon in Lat. 6° 15' S. Long. 82° 30' E., p. m. 

 Winds variable from the S. W. to S. S. E. ; to midnight, light breezes 

 and cloudy. 



26th November.— Steady light breeze to noon from S. S. W., no ob- 

 servation, Lat. account 6° 42' S. Long, account 83° 06' E. p. m. to 

 midnight, winds S. S. W. to South, brisk breeze. 



2*Jth November. — a- m. strong breeze about South, with hard squalls 

 and turbulent sea. Lat. Obs. 6° 58' S. Long. 83° 36' E., p. m. va- 

 riable strong breezes from the Southward with hard squalls. Mid- 

 night " strong gale." 



28/^ November.— a.m. strong gale and mountainous sea. Wind 

 about S. S. W. Noon, Lat. Obs. 6° 50' S. Long. 84°04'E. p. m. wind 

 S. W.; gale increasing to midnight. 



29th November — 2 a. m. wind W 7 . S. W. severe gale; 9. a m. hove 

 to under reefed try-sail, wind West, no observation ; Lat. account 

 7° 12' S. Long. 85° 02' E. p.m. " violent gale W. b. S./' heavy cross sea. 



