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



12th. — a. m. to noon, heavy gales E. S. E. ; hove too on starboard tack 

 Lat. noon 20° 2' N. ; Long. 90° 30' East. p. m. wind E. S. E. ; Bar. 29.20 ; 

 and at 4 p. m. wind S. E. ; 2 p. m. Bar. 29.15; 8 p. m. 29.05; at 12, 

 28.95. Heavy gales. 



13^.— a. M.Bar. 28.90; 6 a. m. 29.05; 10,29.20; noon 29.20, with a 

 tendency to rise. Noon wind marked S. E. hard gale and squalls with 

 heavy rain ; noon Lat. by Acct. 19° 54'; Long. 89° 12' p. m. wind S. E. 

 Bar. 2 p. m. 29.20; midnight 29.25. At 11 p. m. wind S. S. E. ; Vessel hove 

 too throughout this log ; midnight hard gales S. S, E. ; heavy thunder and 

 vivid lightning to the S. W. 



\4th. — a. m. moderating ; noon wind south; Lat. 19° 56'; Long. 88°57'; 

 Bar. 29.25 and rising. 



Abridged Log of the Barque Ararat, Capt. Rouse, (No. 5 on the 

 Chart) from Penang to Calcutta. Reduced to Civil Time. 



10th Oct.— 15° 41', 92.45, squally, wind S. S. W. studding-sails set. 



Uth Ocf.—Noon in 17° 20'; Long. 91° 37'; Bar. 29.80. Fresh breeze 

 S. E. and cloudy; running 8 knots to the N. W. but at 3 p. m. Bar. 29.60. 

 Cloudy, and ship preparing for bad weather, sea getting up and gale increas- 

 ing ; 5.30 under close reefs. 



Uth Oct.— 6 a. m. wind E. b. N. ; 10 E. N. E. Noon N. E. Increasing 

 gale; 11 saw a ship standing to the S. E. Noon Lat. Obs. 19° 11' East; 

 Long. 89° 6' ; Bar. 29.50; p. m. strong gale N. E. b. E. ; sea getting up, 4 

 p. m. Bar. 29.45 ; 10 p. m. very hard gale, Bar. 29.30 ; midnight cut away the 

 starboard quarter boat. 



13th Oct.— 6 a. m. wind E. S. E. ; gale terrific. Noon Lat. Acct. 19° 31' 

 N., Long. 88° 6'; Bar. 29,00* p. m. wind N. E. ; 2 p. m. Bar. 29.40 ; 3 p. m. 

 Bar. 29.00; cut away starboard boat; 4 p. m. Bar. 28.6: moderate. Breeze 

 dying away; Bar. 28. 70; every thing looking for a "gale or hurricane ;" 6.45 

 p. m. most terrific squall from S.W., sea in a moment very high and the squalls 

 more and more powerful; 8.30 main top sail blew away; Bar. rising to 29.10. 

 Midnight hard gale. 



During the calm, or whilst the Barometer was at its lowest point, the 

 ship was surrounded with birds, butterflies, horseflies and all descriptions of 

 flying creatures ; one snipe was caught. 



14th October. — Daylight more moderate. In 45 fs. water. Noon Lat. 

 Obs. 19° 32' N. ; Long. 86° 44' East ; Bar. 29.55. Wind W. S. W. 



* An error in copying, we might at first suppose beiag an oscillation from 29.30 

 at 10 p. m. 12th to 29.00 at noon, and 29.40 at 2 p. m. ; but seejirst the log of th 

 Bar ham. 



