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404 A Twenty ^fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms. [No. 5, 



Course. 

 S. b. W. hard gale. 

 South ditto ditto and heavy rain. 

 S. b. East heavy gust with moderate 



rain at 4, hove to on Port tack. 

 S. S. East ditto with much lightning to 



the N. W. 

 S. E. b. S. ditto ditto ditto. 

 S. East. 

 S. E. b. E. 



15th May. — "Wind S. W. and decreasing gale to Noon when stormy 

 breeze and clear. Lat. 19° 27' N. ; Long. Acct. 87° 12' East. Bar. at 

 8 a. m. 29.50 ; Noon 29.58. A set of 40 miles to the W. b. N. from Noon 

 of the 13th, supposed to be occasioned by the Cyclone. 



Abridged TlxtraGt from the Log of the P. and 0. Steam Ship 

 Pbectjksoe, Copt. A. Grifein — Civil Time. 



IWi May, 1852.— a. m. moderate breezes with occasional heavy squalls 

 from the Southward, weather looking unsettled. Noon Lat. 15° 28' ; Long. 

 83° 01' ; 6 p. m. Bar. 29.68 ; Symp. 29.48 ; Ther. 88° . Heavy dull-look, 

 ing weather with leaden appearance. Wind falling light and hauling round 

 to the Northward and N- Eastward. Not liking the look of the weather, 

 took in and furled all sail, made preparations for bad weather by secur- 

 ing every thing on deck with extra lashings, &c. Slight swell from North- 

 ward, 7-30 p. M. Bar. 29.74 ; Symp. 29.44 ; Aneroid 29.64 ; Ther. 87°. 

 Gloomy looking weather, a few stars visible to the Eastward and West- 

 ward. Wind very light from N. Eastward, every thing snug before 

 night. 



9.30 p. m. Bar. 29.74 ; Symp. 29.48 ; Aneroid 29,67 ; Ther. 85°. Mo- 

 derate Easterly breeze, weather looking much clearer. Stars bright 

 overhead, and to within 16 or 18 of the horizon, where they were obscured 

 by a bank. 



11 p. m. Bar. 29.70; Symp. 29.55; Aneroid 29.65; Ther. 84°. Clear 

 overhead, hazy about the horizon. Wind moderate from S. Eastward. 

 Stars steadily bright. Steering to the N. Eastward. 



14*7* May.— 3 a. m. Bar. 29.65 ; Symp. 29.50 ; Aneroid 29.56 ; Ther. 

 87°. Light breeze from N. Eastward. A head swell rising. Very 

 squally appearance from North to E. N. E. with lightning. Stars visible 

 to the Southward. Steering to the N. Eastward. 



