830 Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [Aug. 



29.14 ; Ther. 86°. At 6 p. m. Bar. 29.72; Simp. 29.10 ; Ther. 85. 

 Wind E. N. E. to midnight ; vessel standing to the S. E. with a heavy- 

 head sea. 



9th Oct.— Steady E. N. E. winds ; increasing at 8 a. m. with cumuli ; Bar. 

 29.71 ; Simp. 29.16 ; Ther. 85° ; heavy swell from E. S. E. made preparations 

 for bad weather. Noon strong gales East; Lat. 14° 47'; Long. 91° 54' East; 

 Bar. 29.65 ; Simp. 29.10; Ther. 85. Cumuli throughout; 8 p. m. to midnight 

 moderate ; Bar. 29.69 ; Simp. 29.38 ; Ther. 85° . 



10^ Oct. — 4 a. m. nearly calm ; by 8 steady S. S. E. winds, cloudy, Cu- 

 mulo-stratus and Nimbi. Noon steady wind South ; Bar. 4 a. m. 29.70 ; 

 Noon 29.67; Simp. 29.10 and 29.05; Ther. 85° and 86°; Lat. 15.37; 

 Long. 92° 29' East ; 2 p. m. wind in a strong squall from arched Nimbi shift- 

 ed to S. W. ; by 3, it is marked W. S. W. strong gales and fierce squalls with 

 heavy rain from arched Nimbi with a very high and irregular swell and 

 sea on. At 6 wind S. W. At 8 Bar. 29.66 ; Simp. 29.12; Ther. 84°, mo- 

 derating a little, but at midnight, as before. Clouds marked as dense stratus 

 and arched Nimbi. 



Will October. — a. m. wind S. S. W. fierce gale and fearful squalls, but 

 moderating to noon when fresh winds and cloudy ; 5 a. m. wind S. b. W. At 

 7 a. m. Bar. 2972; Simp. 29.70; Ther. 84°. Noon Lat. Obs. 15° 21' N. ; 

 Long. 94° 26'; Bar. 29.70; Simp. 29.17; Ther 4°. p. m. wind South, 5 

 p. m. S. b. E«. 6 S. S. W. ; towards midnight increasing again to strong gale 

 and furious squalls at intervals. Dense strata rising S. E. 



\2th October. — a. m. strong squalls and rain, heavy banks of clouds con- 

 stantly rising from S. S. Eastward ; 7 a.m. wind S. b. W. ; 9 S. S. W. Noon 

 very unsettled but wind lighter; Lat. Acct. 15° 25' N. ; Long. 94° 14' 

 East; Bar. at 8 a. m. 29.70, at Noon the same ; Simpiesometer 29.17 and 18 ; 

 Ther. 62 and 63 ; p. m. wind S. S. W. thick gloomy weather, wind veering to 

 S. W. occasionally and from E. to South and S. b. E. Clouds dense stratus 

 throughout. Barometer 1 p. m. 29.63 ; at 5, 29.64 ; and at 8, 29.67- Simp, at 

 the same hours 29.15, 29.17 at 29.22 to midnight ; weather at times inclined 

 to clear up but squalls continuing at intervals. 



13th October.— By noon, Lat. Obs. 15° 50' N., Long. 93° 11' East; Bar. 

 29.73 ; Simp. 29.26 ; Ther. 82°. ; winds variable from S. b. E. 3 or 4 points, 

 with squalls and rain, but weather breaking up and at midnight fine. 



Abridged Extract from the Log of the Schooner Enigma, (No. 3 on 

 the Chart,) Captain Connew, from Singapore to Calcutta. Civil 

 Time. 

 Noon 9th Oct. 1848, in Lat. 13° 4' N. ; Long. 94° 43' East; Bar. 29.45- 



Steering to the N. W. b. N. with a strong S. S. W. breeze and drizzling rain* 



Studding-sails set ; p. m. hard gales from S. S. W. 



