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from E. N. E, to East. At noon wind at S. East ; Bar. 29.00. At 5 p. m. 

 Bar. 28.90. At 6, 28.70. At 7, 28.50; secured the sails before dark ; furled 

 the main topsail, and prepared for a hurricane, manned the pumps, and got life 

 lines along the deck. From 7h. to 7.30 p. m. a lull, but the Bar. was still 

 inclined to fall. Expected a shift to the Southward and more wind ; at this 

 particular time, the weather was fine overhead ; 7.30 hurricane from the W. S. 

 W. About 8, the wind drew gradually round to South and S. S. W. and by 

 | past 8 the wind was blowing a perfect hurricane, with hard rain, the wind not 

 blowing steadily, but in gusts ; expected the masts to go over the side every 

 moment; got axes all ready to cut away, sent the carpenter down in the well 

 and ascertained that the ship was perfectly tight, it being of course impossible 

 to sound the pumps with any degree of accuracy, owing to the quantity of water 

 taken in to leeward ; at this time the lee hammock nettings were washed away, 

 the lee quarter boat, and the main and mizen royal masts ; the foretop gallant 

 mast was fortunately housed, but we had not time to house the others ; had the 

 foretop gallantmast been up we should certainly have lost the foretopmast. The 

 Barometer at midnight 28.50, began to rise soon after the shift, and continued 

 to rise through the greatest strength of the gale, I think the hurricane did not 

 last in its greatest strength more than 2 or 3 hours, but of that I cannot be 

 certain. 



Saturday., 14th October. — At 1 a. m. Bar. 29° 00'; not so much wind, but 

 still blowing a heavy gale from S. S. W. At daylight found ourselves in 17 

 fathoms. False Point N. W. 7 miles. Set the foresail and wore to the East- 

 ward. At noon a fresh gale, Bar. rising 29.40. 



Sunday, 15th Oct, — Unsettled weather, blowing fresh from the Southward; 

 at 6 p. m. saw the Pilot Brig at anchor off the South Buoy, passed under his 

 stern, told us he had not got any pilots, and sent us to sea again ; stood to the 

 S. East all night from this time; had light baffling winds till Tuesday 17th. At 

 8 p. m. got up to the light vessel, and received a Pilot on board. The last 2 

 or 3 days saw many vessels totally dismasted ; boarded the Collingwood, to- 

 tally dismasted, and offered any assistance in our power. 



Abridged Log of the Ship Colingwood, Capt. Molison (No. 13 on 

 the Chart,) from England to Calcutta with troops on board — re- 

 duced to Civil Time. The force of the wind marhsdby the Admiral- 

 ty numbers. 

 On the llth October, 1848, at Noon, the Colingwood was in Lat. 16° 21 



N.; Long. 88° 38' East, standing to the N. W. with fine weather, a four and 



five knot breeze from the N. Eastward ; Bar. at noon 29.67; Ther. 83°. p. m. 



cloudy and passing showers — wind variable from the Northward, West and 



N. East, to midnight. 



