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2Jth. November — a. m. to Noon strong breeze and cloudy ; no Obs. ; 

 p. m. fresh gale S. S. W., 6 p. m. South, course E. S. E. Midnight 

 heavy squalls and rain. 



28th. Nov. — a. m. Heavy squalls and rain continuing, wind from 

 S. to S. W., course S. E. to S. S. E. Noon Lat. 7° 8' S. Long. 85° lo' 

 E., heavy gales S. W. b. W. and sea. p. m. Wind W. S. W. at 6 

 and to midnight when strong gales and rain ; course marked as S. b. 

 E. to S. b. W. In the Newspaper report Captain Stuart states this 

 to be the day on which the wind became very tempestuous. 



29th. Nov — a. m. Strong gales continuing W. S. W. and at 6 a. m. 

 this day, course S. S. W. Noon heavy gales throughout, p. m. increasing, 

 wind marked N. W. Course S. W. and at midnight S. b. W, 



30th. Nov — Daylight heavy squalls and rain N. W. Course S. W., 7 

 knots. Noon. Lat. 9° 2' S. Long. 85° 9' E. strong gale. p. m. wind 

 N. W. Midnight heavy squalls and rain. 



1st December. — Wind N. W. to noon; course S. W. b. S. and S. 

 W. Lat. 11° 0' S. p. m. heavy gale N. N. W. Course, 7i knots to 

 S. W. and at 6 p. m. to W. S. W. Heavy gale and rain ; midnight 

 increasing. 



2d. December. — Wind and weather as before, course W. S. W. 7i'; 

 Noon, no observation, p. m wind marked Easterly, course W. b. S. 

 Heavy gale and squalls to midnight. 



3d. December. — Wind Easterly, course W b. S. 7i knots. Noon, 

 heavy gale, no observation, p. m. wind Easterly, course W. S. W. 

 6 p. m wind N. E. Hove to at 8 p. m. 



4th. December. — Mizen top-mast went, lost main-yard and sprung 

 main-mast, ship labouring as if in broken water on a reef. No obser- 

 vation, p. m. fresh gale and fine, wind E. N. E. lying to; midnight 

 moderate and fine. 



5th. December. — 6 a. m. bore up to the W. by S. Wind Easterly, 

 noon Lat. Obs. 18° 6' S. Fine weather. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Sophia, Capt. Andrew, from Bombay 

 towards the Mauritius, civil time. 

 On the 22d November. — At noon the Sophia was in Lat. 4° 53'. 

 S. Long. 79° 54' E. standing till midnight to the S. S. E. with a mo- 

 derate breeze from the S. Westward, squally weather. 



