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at 2 a. m. : 29.62 at 8 a.m.: 29.60 at JNoon, when eased the engines and 

 hove to. p. m. N. W. to W. N. W. fresh gale and incessant rain. 9 

 p. m. Westerly. Snnset to Midnight, heavy squalls of wind and rain with 

 a heavy sea. Bar. 29.55 at 2 p. m., to 29.58 at Midnight. 



May Mh. — A. m. fresh gales, heavy sea and constant rain increasing at 

 daylight to heavy gusts and a heavy sea running, all around thick and 

 misty of a dull red colour. At noon the same. No observations. Bar. 

 29.50 at 2 a. m. ;* at 4, 29.50 ; at 6, 29.52 ; at 8, 29.54 ; at 10, 29.58 ; and 

 at Noon 29.57. Wind marked for the twelve hours Westerly to S. W. 

 p. m. wind S. W. very heavy squalls and sea running very high. 4 p. m. 

 moderating to Midnight. Bar. 29.52 at 2 p. m., to 29.70 at Midnight. 



May 5th. — Weather becoming fine. Lat. Obs. 9° 59' N. ; Long. Chr. 

 81° 49' East. 



Register of Winds kept on board the dredging vessel at the Paumbum 

 Channel, by Mr. Colin Gib, Superintendant, and forwarded by Capt. 

 Biden: 



May 1st. — Wind S. W. Blowing fresh all day with heavy rain, thunder 

 and lightning. 



May 2nd. — Wind N. N. W. Fresh breeze during the 1st part of the 

 day accompanied with rain ; at about 5 p.m. breeze freshened considerably 

 with heavy rain ; and at about 9 o'clock it had increased to a hard gale, 

 with tremendous gusts at short intervals ; in one of which the Port chain 

 cable of the steam dredge snapped ; held on, however, with the remaining 

 four ; wind veering frequently from S. W. to IN". N. W. 



May 3rd. — Wind S. W. Blowing a hard gale with violent squalls at 

 times. 



May Mh. — Wind S. W. Blowing a gale of wind ; and although sheltered 

 by the Islands and reef there was a heavy sea running at the Buoy. Dredge 

 riding uneasily. 



May 5th. — Wind S. S. W. Gale still continues, but the squalls neither 

 so frequent nor so violent. 



May Qth. — Wind S. S. W. Blowing fresh ; weather more settled, gale 

 evidently broken. 



Abridged Extract from, the Log of the Barque Sarah from the Nico- 

 bars to Madras, forwarded by Capt. Biden. Civil Time. 



The Sarah was from the 28th to the 30th April with squalls from 

 the S. W. and calms near the Nicobar Islands. 



* So in MSS. though 29.58 is marked at Midnight. 



