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1st. December. — a. m. gale and sea moderating. Winds N. E. to 

 noon when Lat. 11°. 10'. S. Long. 85°47' E. Bar. 6 a. m. 29.61. Ther. 

 77°- Noon 29.62. Ther. 81° Clouds cirro-stratus and nimbi, p. m. 

 squalls of rain at intervals, wind N. E. to midnight. 6 p. m. Bar. 

 29.63, Ther. 80°; midnight 29.64. and 78°; clouds cirro-stratus and 

 ponderous nimbi. 



2d December. — Moderate and passing squalls, sea much gone down, 

 repairing damages. Winds East to noon when Lat. 12° 30' Long. 

 Lunars 85° 26' E. Chro. 85° 34'. Bar. noon 29.67. 



3d December. — At noon quite fine. 



Abridged extract from the Log of the Barque Wellington, forwarded 

 by Captain Biden, Civil time. 



30th November, 1843.— At noon in Lat. 13° 37' S., Long. 84° 7' E. 

 Bar. 29.68. Ther. 82°. Wind marked E. S. E. Increasing to 2 p. m. 

 when hove to, having prepared for bad weather. 



1st December. — Wind marked East; gale increasing, noon Lat. 

 13° 25' S., Long. 83° 47' E., Bar. 29. 58. at midnight and noon, Ther. 

 82°, sea increasing. 



2d December. — Heavy gale N. E. 9 a. m. saw a Barque scudding 

 under reefed fore-sail. Noon Lat. 13° 5' S., Long. 83° 27' E., more mo- 

 derate, 6 a. m. Bar. 29.58.; at 10, 29. 70., Noon 29-77- Sail made 

 gradually. 



3d December. — Noon, N. E. light breeze and rainy, Lat. 12° 34' S., 

 Long. 84° 34' E. Bar. 29.90. Ther. 71. 



Extract from the Log Book of the Ship True Briton, from London 

 to Madras.— -Capt. C. C. Consitt. 

 Friday 1st December 1843. — p. m. Wind E. by S. commenced with 

 a hard gale with occasional tremendous squalls with hail and rain. 

 8, wind increasing to a hurricane nearly, with a tremendous heavy 

 sea, striking the ship severely, washing away the quarter galleries, 

 above and below, and loosening the stern frame, causing the water 

 to come in there rapidly and obliging us to keep a strong gang of 

 hands in the lower after Cabins bailing continually, the lower deck 

 completely afloat fore and aft, ship's sides and water-ways leaking 



