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broached to, (the rudder head it was found afterwards had split) and 

 was laid on her beam-ends, mainsail main top-sail, boats, &c, blown 

 or being swept away, the sea being up to the hatchways. At 10-45 

 hurricane increasing, and vessel always on her beam-ends, cut away 

 the mizen-mast. Bar. falling to 26.7 F. 28.46 E. At 11 am. cut 

 away top-masts, when the ship righted a little ; Bar. having been 

 at 10 a.m. 27.6 F. 29.41 E. ; at lOh. 40m. 27.00 F. 28.78 E.; and 

 at lOh. 50m. 26.7 F. 2846 E. (a fall of nearly an inch in two hours ! 

 and this note is from Captain Dufourg's private memorandum), Lat. 

 by account at noon was 15° 47' N., Long. 88° 12' P. 90° 32' G. At 3 

 p.m. the wind shifted in a heavy gust with torrents of rain to the SE. 

 with the same violence,* and being then to starboard, righted the vessel 

 completely; but she did not lie over to port, which confirmed the 

 opinion of the Captain and officers that the cargo had shifted. 



At half-past 3 the wind suddenly fell, but the Barometer always 

 remaining at 26.7 F. (28.46 E.) a renewal of the storm was expected. 

 At 5 p.m. the hurricane began again more violent than before, from the 

 SW*. and continued till 9 p m. the ship always heeling to starboard. 

 From 9 p.m. it was moderating. 



15th November. — p.m. Weather moderating fast; at day-light sav- 

 ing and clearing the wreck, Lat. noon by account 16° 40' N. Long. P. 

 88° 37' E., G. 90.57 E. ; Bar. 27-00 F. 28-78 E. p.m. moderating to 

 light airs SW. and S. and heavy sea continuing. 



16th November. —Daylight calm with a heavy sea, saving and clear- 

 ing wreck. Noon Lat. Obs. 17° 00' N., Long. Obs. 88° 49' E. P. 

 91° 09' E. Bar. 27-8 F. 29.63 E. to midnight calm. 



\*]th November. — Calms which continued to 5 a.m. on the 19th 

 November. Noon Lat. Obs. 17° & N. Lon. Obs. 88° 58' F. 91° 18' G. 

 p.m. Bar. 28.00 E. or 29.85 E. 



The ship made no water, and arrived safely at the Pilot station on 

 the 25th. November. 



I now give a tabular view of the positions of the ships on different 



days beginning with the 9th, as on the 8th we may say that there was 



no bad weather, the Clown having it only a little squally, all the others 



with light baffling winds and slight squalls from the North. 



* The ship having drifted to the NE. and the hurricane passed on to the WN West- 

 ward. 



