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23rd April. — a. m. Squally. Noon, strong N. E. breeze with dark gloomy 

 weather. Lat. Acct. 11° 45' N. ; Long. Chr. 88° 24'; Simpiesometer 8 a. m* 

 29.76; noon 29.76. p. m. fresh breeze N. Easterly, with hard squalls moder- 

 ating at 9 and increasing again at midnight with constant rain ; ship standing 

 to the N. W. with all preparations made for bad weather. 



24th April. — To 4 a. m. wind N. E. ; at 6, N. N. E. ; at 10, North to noon. 

 Increasing from a hard gale to " a perfect hurricane"* at 9.30 a. m., when ship 

 lying to very badly, bore up and scudded S. S. W. ; wind North, ship under 

 bare poles " blowing an unadulterated hurricane." At noon the same, with a 

 great deal of thunder, sails blowing from the yards. Position not given. Sim- 

 piesometer at 29.58, " but it does not appear to act at all." p. m. hurricane and 

 dreadful thunder with constant deluges of rain. Ship running 9 knots to the 

 S. b. E. i East; wind now N. b. W. ; at 3, N. N. W. ; at 5, N. W. b. N. ; 

 at 8, N. W. ; and at midnight W. N. W. At 8 p. m. weather moderating* 

 " We fancy the centre of the hurricane is now past us." Midnight decreasing 

 with a high sea from the Northward. 



25th April. — a. m. moderating and clearing up " having now run out of the 

 storm circle" wore ship to stand on her course. Noon wind W. S. W. could 

 not carry much sail on account of the very heavy confused sea, mostly from the 

 Northward. Lat. Obs. 9° 45' N. ; Long. Chr. 87° 10' East, having experienced 

 78 miles of storm current to the South, p. m. moderate W. S. W. monsoon, 

 but heavy sea from the Northward ; exchanged Nos. with the ship Duke of 

 Wellington who signalised " A gale is coming on, I think ; we have had a 

 very heavy sea from the Northward." To midnight the same. Ship making 5§ 

 knots to the North with the same swell. 



26th April.— To noon, when in Lat. 11° 54' N. ; Long. 87° 05' East. A brisk 

 monsoon and clear weather, ship making 7 knots, but the heavy confused sea is 

 still complained of and it continues to noon of the — 



<Zlth April. — When the ship is in Lat. 13° 45' North; Long. 87° 22' East. 



Abridged Log of the Brig Nereid, Capt. Escott, /rom Akyab bound 

 to Antwerp. Civil Time. 



I print, nearly entire, the summary of this very able log as sent me 

 by Capt. Escott. The italics are mine. 



The Nereid left Akyab, April 18th, and carried light winds Westerly and 

 N. W. with fine weather until 23rd being then only in 16° lo' N. and 90° 11' 

 E. ; Bar. 29.85 ; Ther. 87°. 



21th April.— Light winds N. N. E. throughout (3-4 c. o.)f Sun obscured. Acct. 

 14.50 N. ; 89.20 E. ; Bar. 29.80 ; Ther. 87°. Slight rain. p. m. light baffling 



* These words between commas are copied literally from the Log. 

 •f Admiral Beaufort's figures and letters. 



