7 



29.38 



29.10 



8 



29.40 



29.10 



9 



29.38 



29.05 



10 



29.43 



29.10 



11 



29.45 



29.10 



12 



29.39 



29.10 



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, Although there appears to be a great variation in the readings of the 



Barometer, it is perfectly correct, as I was particular in taking it myself 



every hour of the gale. 



D. H. Stephens. 



May lUh. — a. m. wind N". W. b. W. Tremendous heavy gale ; running 



under close-reefed main topsail and fore-topmast staysail. At 4 a. m. 



having run 48 miles to the S. b. E., S. E. b. S. and S. East, hove to with 



wind at N. W. ; 5 a. m. wind W. N. W. ; 9 a. m. West JSoon Lat. 18° 4b 



N. ; Long. 87° 23' East. p. m. hard gale ; midnight hard gale with a great 



deal of lightning and thunder. 



Table of the Instruments and Remarks for the 14th May, 





Bar. 



Symp. 



Ther. 



Remarks 14th of May, 



1 A. M. 



29.34 



29.2 



83 



Heavy gale, a. m» 



2 



29.32 



29.5 



81 





3 



29.28 



29.2 



80 





4 



29.12 



28.97 



80 





5 



29.15 



29.2 



81 





6 



29.27 



29.7 



81 





7 



29.28 



29.10 



81 





8 



29.32 



29.12 



81 





9 



29.37 



29.15 



81 



,.*_ 



10 



29.37 



29.15 



81 





11 



29.30 



29.5 



81 





12 Noon 



29.34 



29.00 



81 





1 



29.38 



29.5 



81 





2 

 3 

 4 



29.40 



29.10 



82 





5 

 6 



7 



29.41 



29.12 



83 





8 



29.47 



29.20 



84 





9 



29.48 



29.22 



83 





10 



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• • 



, , 





11 



. , 



. t 



, . 





12 



29.48 



29.25 



83 





As the wind shifted in much more curious and greater regularity than 

 is marked in the ship's Log, which was not written up till noon of this day, 

 and being on deck myself, with the exception of a few minutes each hour, 

 to note my glasses and make my remarks, I give a short statement of the 

 actual winds and courses 9 p. m. 13th until 4 a. m. 14th. 



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