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23<a? November. — Threatening dark weather and puffy, to noon, 

 when Lat. 5° 54' S. Long. 80° 30' E. p. m. to midnight, strong 

 breeze and cloudy ; ship standing to the E. S. E. and E., wind S. S, 

 Westerly, throughout heavy head swell ; midnight more moderate. 



24th November. — At 4: 30 a. m. a heavy squall and shift of wind 

 from S. S. E. to W. N. W. when a strong breeze and heavy head sea, 

 ship standing to the S. E. ; noon Lat. account 6° 30' S. Long. 81° 20' 

 E p. m. wind S. W. b. S. ; midnight squally and calm. 



25th November. — Throughout variable, squally and calm ; noon Lat. 

 Obs. 5° 50' S. Long 81° 49'. E. Midnight moderate and squally 

 weather. 



26th November. — Moderate S. S. W. breeze to noon, when Lat. 

 Obs. 6° 24' S. Long. 82° 53' E. 6 a. m. saw the bark Ward, 

 Chapman, from Bombay ; 8 p. m. wind S. fresh breeze and cloudy, 

 ship standing to the West and W. b. N. 



2Jth November. — Wind South to noon. Standing S. E. b. E. to 

 8 a, m. when W. b. N. for 2 hours and again S. E. b. E., strong 

 breezes and a heavy, S. E. swell; noon Lat. Obs. 6° 36' S. Long, 

 not given ; p. m. to midnight hard squalls. 



28^ November.— Wind from S. b. E. to S. S. W. of variable 

 strength, and with thick weather, noon Lat. 6° 23' S. Long. 81° 

 34' E. p. m. increasing with a heavy head sea from the South- 

 ward from 3 p. m. to midnight, wind S. W. and S. W. b. W. 



29*A November.— Wind S. W. b. W. to S. S. W. to noon strong 

 breeze and high head sea. Lat. noon 6° 48' S. Long. 82° 00' E. 

 p. m. increasing in puffs Westerly and W. N. W. " very dirty ap- 

 pearance all round the horizon." 



30^ November. — Wind N. W. throughout, a. m. increasing to a 

 gale with tremendous puffs at intervals ; daylight heavy gale ; noon hard 

 gale, no observation ; p. m. heavy sea in all directions; ship lying to, 

 up S. W. off S. S. W. 1 and 2 knots. 



1*/ December. — a. m. heavy gales and a fearful sea running in 

 all directions, lying to under a close reefed main-top-sail and fore- 

 sail. 6 a. m. moderating a little. Wind marked N. W. throughout, 

 no observation; p. m. still moderating. Midnight heavy sea running 

 from the S. Westward ; wind veering a little to the Northward 

 apparently. 



