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coming on board from all quarters which caused the ship to labour most dread- 

 fully, both ship and rigging suffering much. At Noon in Lat. 18° 4' N. ; 

 and Long. 87° 22' East ; Bar. 29.2 ; Ther. 86°. Wind E. N. E. At 2 p. m. 

 wind East, blowing heavily ; at 3 p. m. the wind decreased suddenly to light 

 airs first S. E. and from East and West alternately. Bar. 28.75 ; Ther. 86° ; 

 which made us fear that we were in the centre of a hurricane; at 5 p. m. it 

 again began to blow from W. S. W. with heavy rain, thunder and lightning, 

 laying to the S. S. E. with the larboard tack on board under the same sail to 

 steady the ship. At 7 p. m. the wind suddenly became so violent that the ship 

 went over on her beam ends on the larboard side. Immediately on the bursting 

 of the hurricane the storm fore staysail and close-reefed main topsail were 

 blown away and the ship rose a little. The hurricane increased so much in 

 intensity that all the topmasts and jibboom were carried away and fell overboard, 

 remaining hanging by the rigging alongside the ship. The fore topsail yard 

 had previously been broken in the middle. The violence of the wind was so 

 great that nothing could be done, any verbal communication being rendered 

 impossible. 



At 9, the wind began somewhat to slacken although the sea still continued 

 steadily to rise, several successive seas broke on board carrying away part of the 

 bulwarks, ship in great distress and making much water, sky overcast with dark 

 clouds, every thing together contributed to make this night one of the most 

 dreadful to describe. As soon as the wind slackened, got a studding sail in 

 the starboard mizen rigging under which we remained lying to. At 10 p. m. 

 the Bar. had risen to 29.5 ; the Ther. remaining the same. 



27 th April. — At daylight wind decreasing but the sea high yet, began imme- 

 diately to clear the wreck. At noon in 18.2 N. ; Long, by Chr. 87° 59'; Bar. 

 29.8 ; Ther. 86°. 



Sunday 28th. — Clear weather light tpp gallant breeze from S. and S. W. fine 

 weather. 



Abridged Log of the French Ship La Me use, Captain Hauvet, 

 from Havre bound to Calcutta, reduced to Civil Time. 



25th April. — a. m. a fresh 7 knot breeze from the N. E. (to which it had 

 gradually freshened since noon of the 24th), with threatening appearance; mak- 

 ing all preparations. Noon increasing and sea getting up. Wind about N. E. 

 to N. N. E. Lat. 17° 1' N. ; Long. 84° 40' East of Paris; 87° 00' East of 

 Greenwich, p. m. wind variable from N. E. and unequal in strength. Sea 

 increasing. At 4 p. m. hove to. Wind N. East. 



26th April. — a. m. heavy squalls and sea from N. East with dismal appear- 



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