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in Lat. 8° 21' N. the Bar. fell from 29.2 to 29.00. Long, on that day 

 not obtained. 



Abstract translated from Log of the French Ship La Petite Nancy, 



Captain Dufourg, from Bourdeaux to Calcutta, reduced to civil 



time. 



On the 10^ November , 1844.— La Petite Nancy was in Lat. 8° 2' 

 N. ; Long, by Chro. East of Paris 89° 52' or of Greenwich 92° 12' Bar. 

 F. 2800 or 29.85 English* Wind West, course NNE. 4' per hour; 

 slight squalls and rain at times, p.m. fine, a slight swell from the 

 North ; at 9 p.m. wind SW. to SSW. to midnight. 



Wth November. — a.m. cloudy, and a swell from NE. and to noon 

 variable winds SSW. to West and fine; ship running 7 to 9 knots to the 

 NbW. At noon a heavy squall Lat. 9° 53' N., Long. P. 89° 49' G. 

 92° 09' Bar. F. 27-10 or 28.29 E. p.m. to midnight run 77' to the 

 NNWrd. ; winds West to SW. squally, and wind rising and falling 

 (brise inegale et variable) at 6 sharp lightning with thunder; mid- 

 night finer weather and strong head sea. 



\2th November.— a.m. to noon run 66 miles to NbW. and NNW. 

 Wind WSW. to SSW. heavy sea. 9 a.m. heavy squall ; noon Lat. 

 12° 25±', Long. 88° 55' P. or 91° 15' E. Gr., Bar. 27.8 F. or 29.64 E. 

 wind SSW. p.m. cloudy, wind WNW. to WSW. to 8 p.m. and SW. 

 to SSW. to midnight, p.m. ship's run 41' North a little Easterly ; at 

 midnight finer weather, carrying a top- mast studding sail. 



\Sth November. —a.m. to noon run 102' to the NNW. Winds 

 from WSW. to SSW. 9 am. heavy squalls and head sea; noon Lat. 

 account 14° 25$' Long. 88° 8J' P. 90° 28$' G. Bar. 27.8 F. ; 2963 E. 

 p.m. Run 107i' North a little Westerly. Winds SSW. to SW. and 

 at midnight South. 9 p.m. sharp lightning, high irregular sea. 



14^ November — a.m. to noon, made 104^', North to NNW. up to 10 

 a.m. when she broached to ; winds to 4 a.m. South to SW., from 4 to 

 8 SSW. to South ; 8 to 12 South, SSE. and a shift to SW. From 5 a.m. 

 blowing heavily, preparing for bad weather. 10 a.m. Bar. 27-6. F. 

 29 41 E. ; at | past 10 wind shifted^ to SW. heavy gale and sea, ship 



* I give the French Longitudes and Bar. heights with the reductions, to avoid over- 

 sights. The correction used is +2° 20' to bring the Long, to the meridian of Green- 

 wich, and for the proportional scales of the Bars. 1000 E. : 1066 Fr. 



f The word is saute,' which is our " shifted." 



