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



May 5th.—2 a. m. Bar. 29.30 ; wind 

 S. W. Port Tack ; 4, 35 S. S. W. ; 

 8, 29.40, trysail ; Noon 29.50 South ; 

 4 p. m. 29.55 ; 6, 29.62. ; 10, 29.67. 



Until 4 a. m. blowing terrific and 

 a heavy confused sea. 8 a.m. more 

 settled and no rain. Noon a hard 

 squall and cloudy. No observation. 

 Up to this time the drift about \\ 

 per hour. 

 2 p. m. more moderate, but blowing a hard gale, wind South ; 3 p. m. 



during the afternoon succeeded in getting a very fair temporary tiller on 



the rudder head ; lying W. S. W. under fore, main andmizen storm trysail. 



8 p. m. Lat. from indifferent observation 12° 20' ; Long. Jupiter 81° 49'. 



Midnight fresh gales to South, and more sea on, chiefly to W. No 



soundings with 75 F. 



Tuesday, May 6tk. — First part a hard gale to South veering at 4 a. m. to 



S. S. W. and cloudy with high sea on, it yet breaking over us. Bar. 4 a. m # 



29.67 ; 8 a. m. 29.78 j Noon 29.75 ; 8 a. m. hard gales to S. S. W. ; Noon 



do. ; the sea very confused. Obs. Lat. 12° 15' ; Long. 81° 15' ; 2 p. m. Bar. 



29.70 ; 4 p. m. Bar. 29.70, wind S. S. W. strong but weather fine. 8 p. m. 



Bar. 29.75, wind S. by W. fresh and fine but sea on. Midnight Bar. 



29.70, fresh wind South and fine. No bottom 75 F. 



Wednesday, May 7 th.— Midnight. Moderate and south and fine, Bar. 



29.78. No bottom 70 F. 2 a. m. sounded in 53 F. 3 a. m. 47 F. ; 4 a. m. 



35 ; Daylight. Sadras Hills West ; 7 a.m. Bar. 29.85. Moderate South 



winds and fine weather. 10 a. m. St Thomas' Mount N. W. wind Southerly 



light and fine, Bar. 29. 80. 



Barque " Slains Castle." 



H. 



4 

 6 



8 

 10 

 12 



2 



4 



6 ! 



8 

 10 

 12 



K. 



Courses. 



In Madras 

 Roads. 



Symjrieso- 

 meter. 

 29.35 S. 



29.375 



29.30 



Winds. 



North. 

 N. b. E. 



North. 



North. 

 North. 



Remarks- 



-Saturday, May 3rd, 

 civil time. 



4 a. m. heavy gale with heavy 

 rain and confused sea. 



10 squalls increasing prepared 

 for slipping. 



Noon slipped from anchor, 

 wind N. 



Heavy rain. 



P. m. do. wind ; running off 

 shore, E. S. E. 



S. E. by E. S. E., S. E. by S. 

 until 6 p. m. 



Wind steady at N. hove too. 



Midnight same weather in 60 

 fathoms. 



