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marked S. S. W, strong breeze and threatening weather, which increased to 

 midnight, when wind is marked at S. b. W. ; continued squalls and heavy 

 rain. 



20th Oct."— The same, but moderating a little at daylight. 10.30 a. m. 

 violent squalls from S. W. and S. b. W. At Noon a heavy sea coming up 

 from the N. Westward with a very heavy appearance, Lat. Acct. 16° 28' N. ; 

 Long. Acct. 86° 58' E. ; Bar. 29.75 ; Ther. 84°. 1 30 p. m. rounded to ; 

 wind S. S. W. increasing gale and more squalls. Barometer gradually fall- 

 ing. 2 p. m. Bar. 29.67- Midnight hard gale and torrents of rain. 



2\st Oct. — 4 a. m. bore up. Noon more moderate. Lat. Obs. 17° 6' N. ; 

 Long. 87° 50' East; Bar. 29.70; Ther. 84°. Wind South at 5 a. m. and 

 S. S. W. at noon ; p. m. S. S. W. to midnight. Moderate gale, ship running 

 7 and 8 knots to the N. b. W. but by sunset hard squalls from the southward. 

 Midnight, hard gale and squalls ; 10 knot breeze ; wind about South. 



22nd Oct. — 3 a. m. wind South ; 4 a. m. close reefed. Daylight hove to 

 again and made all preparations for a hard blow. 10, gale increasing and 

 squalls more severe from the south, "A dense hlack bank hanging to the west- 

 ward.'"* Bar. 29.62. "At 11, a hard dry gale" with a heavy sea ; Noon 

 hard gale, Lat. Obs. 19° 10' N. ; Long. Chr. 88° 2' E. ; Bar. 29.66 ; 

 Ther. 87°. P. M. wind S. W. b. S.f hard gales lying to. The same to mid- 

 night. 



23rd Oct.— 9 a. m. wind marked S. S. W. hard gale. Lat. by Indff. Obs. 

 19° 30' N.; Long. Acct. 88° 04', Bar. 29.68; Ther. 86°. At 3 p. m. 

 wind S. W. b. W. ; 6 p.m. W. S. W. moderating and wind hauling to the 

 westward. 



24>th Oct.— 3 a. m. wind W. N. W. ; 6 a. m. N. W. ; at 2, in 47 fathoms 

 mud. Daylight fine ; Noon Lat. 20° 32' north ; Long. 88° 10' east ; Bar. 

 29.74 ; Ther. 86°. 



Abridged Log of the "Barque Easiteain, Captain Cloitghton, from 

 Penang to Calcutta — reduced to Civil Time. 



The Easurain was at Noon on the 20th Oct. 1851 in Lat. 15° 25' N. : 

 Long. Chr. 91° 56' E. p. m. moderate breezes (7 knots S. East and fine.) 

 Bar. corrected to that of the Surveyor General's Office, 29.95. A heavy S. W. 

 swell. J Midnight the same and ship rolling very heavily. 



2lst Oct.— Moderate 7 and 8 knot breeze, South to S. S. W. to Noon with 

 a very heavy S. W. swell. Wind S. E., ship endangering her masts by rolling 



* Italics are mine, this bank was the body of the Cyclone. 

 f See remarks. 



