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on larboard tack ; wind veering to the Northward and N. W. Barometer 

 steady on the 10th, 11th and 12th, at 29.48, but when the hurricane com- 

 menced, it fell gradually to 28.50, and stood at that point for four hours. 

 At lOh. 30' p. m. a complete hurricane to midnight. 



l'Sth May. — At 2h. 30' a. m. lost mizen mast and head of main mast ; 

 wreck of the mizen mast getting under the ship's bottom ; 4 a.m. Wind 

 marked N. W. and at .9 a. m. West. Cut away the main mast which dis- 

 abled one pump and injured another.* At 11 a. m. Wind is marked W. S. 

 W. Hurricane still continuing and the ship in the utmost distress ; p. M 

 Kudder head split ; 2 p. m. Pumps choked with rice. Throwing cargo 

 overboard. Found channel bolts and planks started and rent. Hurri- 

 cane to midnight. 



14th May. — 4 a. m. more moderate, cargo heating and steaming, rudder 

 useless ; 10 feet water in the hold and excessively hot. Noon Lat. D. R. 

 16° 41' N. ; Long. 89° 40' East. Crew unable to stand the heat of the 

 water and steam. 



16th May. — Ship settling fast, pumps choked, and crew completely 

 exhausted. At 3.38 p. m. abandoned the ship in the longboat. Lat. at 

 Noon 17° 35' North ; Long. 90° 40' East. Fresh breezes from S. W. 



Abridged Extracts from the Log of the Adelaide, Capt. Stephens, 

 from Adelaide to Calcutta — Civil Time. 



13th May, 1852. — a. m. Calm. At 10, increasing breeze and a head 

 swell on, ship standing E. b. N. Wind marked North. Noon Lat. 19° 27' 

 N. ; Long. 86° 15' East. 2 p. m. stormy, wind increasing to a gale with 

 heavy swell from the Eastward ; 6 p. m. severe gale ; close reefs. Increas- 

 ing sea as before ; 8, heavy gale and stormy gusts ; 8 p m. made all snug 

 and put the helm up to run out of the limits of the hurricane. At 10, Wind 

 N. N. W. and at Midnight N. W. b. W. Euuniug to S. b. E. to Midnight. 

 Barometer and Sympiesometer as follows : 



Bar. Symp. and Ther. May 13#A, 1852. 





Bar. 



Symp. 



Ther. a. m 



12h 



29.57 



29.25 



86° 



1 P. M. 



00.00 



00.00 







2 



29.50 



29.17 



85 



3 



29.47 



29.15 



85 



4 



29.45 



29.12 



85 



5 



29.38 



29.12 



85 



6 



29.44 



29.10 



85 



* The liability to this accident I have already pointed out elsewhere, but it can- 

 not be too often urged upon owners, builders, and seamen. — H. P. 



