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



Abridged Log of the Barque Charles Kerr, Capt. H. T. Apple- 

 ton, (No. 21 on the Chart) from Mauritius hoound to Calcutta, 

 reduced to Civil Time. 



-12th October, 1848. — Midnight 11th— 12th moderate Northerly breeze and 

 clear. Black Pagoda N. W. b. W. distant 3 miles. At 2 a. m. increasing breeze, 

 ship standing E. N. E. ; 4, dark gloomy weather; 8 a. m. wind N. E, to noon ; 

 by 10 a. m. fresh gale and showers of rain; noon hard gales, heavy squalls and 

 rain and confused sea; Lat. by Acct. 19° 36'; Long. 87° 52'; Bar. 29.60; 

 Simp. 29.30; Ther. 82°. p. m. hard gales N. N. E. ; making all snug; 8 p. m. 

 the same; midnight wind North ; Bar. 29.50; Simp. 29-20 ; Ther. 80°. 



13th Oct. — Gale increasing to noon when heavy ; veering by 10 a. m. to W. N. 

 W. pumps choked by sand ballast, and kept ship before the wind to 9 a. m. Had 

 made since noon 12th, 32 miles due South ; noon dense atmosphere, torrents of 

 rain and sleet;* all hands bailing ; Lat. Acct. 19° 02' ; Long. 87° 27' ; Bar. 28.90 ; 

 Simp. 28.70; Ther. 79°. p. m. wind S. W. b. S. 2 p. m. glasses began to 

 rise. 7 p. m, wind South. 8 p.m. Bar. 29.20; Simp. 29.10. Heavy gale 

 throughout ; ship running to N. N. E. and N. E. 6 and 7 knots. Lost main- 

 topmast and mizen topmast, at midnight more moderate. 



lAth Oct. — a. m. wind South. 5 a. m. S. S. VV. to noon; by 10 a. m. fresh 

 breeze; Lat. noon 20° 14' N.; Long. 88° 42'. Bar. 29.60; Simp. 29.40; 

 Ther. 83°, After which made the Pilot. 



Capt. Kerr's private note book, kindly placed in my hands, says, 

 after describing the veering of wind. " Throughout there was a dense 

 atmosphere and torrents of rain and sleet when blowing from the 

 N. W. The Bar. and Simp, gave timely notice, but nothing was re- 

 markable in the sky prior to its commencement, with the exception 

 of an unusual bright appearance and twinkling of the stars on the night 

 of the 12th. The Bar. 28.9 ; and Simp, 28.7 at noon on the 13th, 

 when at its height, and a few hours afterwards, they began to rise. On 

 the night of the I3th,f a very heavy swell was setting in from the 

 Eastward, which broke very high on the beach near the Black Pagoda. 

 The sea very luminous and occasionally some thin white clouds passed 

 rapidly over the moon from the N. Eastward. 



* This sleet was, Capt. Appleton informs me true sleet, i. e. rain and snow with 

 small hailstones, while the wind was between N. and W. When it hauled to the 

 Southward it ceased. 



f So in MSS. ; 11th and 12th meant. 



