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everything in the cabins destroyed, including Chronometers, Baro- 

 meter, Simpiesometer, &c. Midnight hurricane. Wind marked as 

 "variable" and at 8 a. m. the next day S. East. 



Nov. 19^.— Daylight the South Coco bore E. S. E. Set a sail 

 on the stump of the mainmast and bore away N. N. W. Noon fresh 

 breeze and cloudy North point of North Coco, bearing E. b. S. dis- 

 tant about eight miles. 



Abridged Log of the Brig Erin, Captain Plum, from Singapore to 

 Calcutta. Civil Time. 



At Noon, Nov. 15th, 1850. — The Erin, was in Lat. 11° V N. ; Long. 

 96° 16' East ; Bar. 29.89 ; Ther. 86° with fine weather. At mid- 

 night squally. Standing to the N. N. "W". for the Preparis passage. 



Nov. 16th. — Light variable winds and squally breezes from North 

 to N. E. b. E and E. N. E. At noon Lat. D. E. 11° 47' ; Long. 

 Ace*. 95.26; Bar. 28.59; Ther. 85°. p. M. moderate. Sunset cloudy 

 and. lightning all round; squalls increasing till midnight, when "con- 

 tinued hard squalls with rain, thunder and lightning." 



Nov. 17th. — Continued squalls from E. N. E. to East, with torrents 

 of rain and heavy lightning ; vessel reducing sail, weather very dirty all 

 round ; Noon Lat. Acc fc . 13° 29' ; Long. 95° 5' East ; Bar. 29.89 ; Ther. 

 86°. p. m., wind is marked as S. S. E. to E. S. E. and East ! 9 p. M. 

 to midnight steady, strong breeze and clear ; Bar : marked 29.90 ! 



Nov. ISth. — * Weather and sea increasing to noon. Wind East to 

 S. E. and again at 5 p. m. " from S. E. to East and S. S. E. to 

 E. S. E."* At 10.45 a. m. saw the Preparis Island bearing W | S. 

 hauled up N. b. W. being too near it. Noon it bore S. £ East. 

 Cow and Calf S. b. E. £ E. (distance not given) wind East to 

 E. N. E. p. m. gale increasing with high sea. Wind to midnight 

 marked as S. E. ; East ; and E. S. E. to E. N. E. By midnight every 

 preparation for bad weather was made, but the vessel making very 

 bad weather ; standing to the N. N. W. and North. Bar. at noon 

 29.75 ; at midnight 29.50. Brig always standing to the Northward 

 and N. N. W. 



Nov. 19th. — a. m. wind marked E. N. E. and East, to E. S. E. and 



* So marked in the Log. It will be seen in the summary that there is a proba- 

 ble cause for these remarkable variations. 



