286 A Twenty -first Memoir on the Law of Storms. [No. 4. 



Extract from the Log of H. M. S. Fox, Commodore Lambert ; from 

 Trincomalie bound to Madras. Civil Time. Log forwarded by 

 Capt. C. Biden, M. A.Madras. A few additions from the news- 

 paper abstract. 



At Noon 1st May, 1851.— H. M. S. Fox was by Acct. in Lat. 8° 57' N. ; 

 Long. 81° 17' (Madras bearing N. 13° W. 256 miles) standing to the N. \ 

 W. and N. \ E. to midnight 1\ to 2-| knots. Wind variable from W. b. 

 N. to W. N. W. force (6) to (9).* Weather thick and squally with thunder, 

 lightning and rain. Bar. rising from 29.67 at 3 p. m. to 29.74 at mid- 

 night ; Ther. 82°. The direction in which the lightning was seen is not given* 



2nd May. — A. m. wind variable from North to W. b. N. Force (5) to (9) 

 at noon marked N. N. W. (9.) Ship standing to the N. East. Bar. 8 a. m. 

 29.67 ; at noon 29.60 ; Ther. 82°. Squally, thick rainy weather through- 

 out. Noon, Lat. Acct. 10° 0' N. ; Long. 81° 38' E. p. m. gale increasing to 

 a hurricane ; force marked (10) and (11.) Wind N. N. W. to 8 p.m. when 

 W. N. W. again ; at midnight ship heading to the N. E. Bar. 5 p. m. 

 29.53 ; at 8, 29.50 ; midnight, 29.47 ; ship lurching heavily and lying to 

 under a close-reefed main topsail. 



3rd May. — A. m. wind N. N. W. very heavy squalls (9) to (11). Bar. 

 29.37; at 6 a. m. W. b. N. (8) to (10). Bar. fell to 29.30: Symp. 29.20; 

 at 9 (10) ; and at 9h 45' (12) when the ship was obliged to bear up for the 

 safety of her masts ; running 12 knots under the remnants of her close- 

 reefed main topsail having previously lost the jibboom while lying with the 

 lee quarter deck guns at times in the water :f heavy and confused sea on. 

 At 4 a. m. the Bar. is marked 29.33 ; and at noon 29.37 ; Ther. 82°. 

 Heavy squalls sea rain and thick weather. Noon Lat. 10° 21' N. ; Long. 

 82° 40' East. Wind W. S. W. To midnight, ship scudding to the East 

 and E. b. S 70.3 miles in the 12h. Wind W. N. W. W. S. W. and 

 S. W, (9) to (11) throughout.* Bar. 29.40 at 4 p. m. and 29.50 at 10 p. m. 



4ith May. — A. m. wind S. S. W. (11). Ship standing at 7 a. m. to the 

 E. b. S. and at 8 hauled to the N. West. Wind till noon S. S. W. (9) to 

 (10). Squally but clearing at times, Bar. 29.57 to 29.70 at 10 a. m. Noon 

 Lat. Acct. 10° 22' N. ; Long, by Chr. 84° 35'. P. m. wind South to 

 S. b. W. (8) to (10). Ship standing to the Westward. Gale decreasing, 

 cloudy and squally. Bar. 29.70 to 29.72 at midnight ; Ther. not marked. 

 5th May. — A. m. wind South, to noon (7) to (9). Ship standing to the 

 Westward, squally with cloudy and blue sky. Bar. 29.74 to 29.80 at 



* Admiral Beaufort's numbers. f From a notice in the Nautical Magazine. 



X So in MSS. Log ; though this must be an error. 



