1854.] A Twenty-third Memoir on tlie Law of Storms. 



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Date. 



Oct. 



20th, 



1851. 



21st 

 Oct. 



Bar. 

 No. I. 



29.91 



29.86 



29.88 



29.84 



29.83 



29.77 



29.68 



29.60 

 29.57 



22nd 

 Oct. 



29.53 



Bar. 

 No. 2. 



29.90 



29.86 



29.89 



29.84 



29.72 



29.76 



29.6; 



29.60 

 29.52 



29.52 



Symp, 



29.35 



29.45 



29.40 



29.35 



29.34 



29.30 



29.20 



29.18 

 29.15 



89 



87 



88 



89 



88 



29.10 



87 



Wind. 



E. S. E. 



E. S. E. 



E. S. E. 



S. E. 



S.E.b.S 



S.E.b.S 



S.E.b.S 



S. S. E. 



Remar/cs. 



Noon moderate and has a soft wet 

 appearance, no observations, very- 

 little current. Lat. Acct. 2lo 4' 

 Long. 88<> 40'. 



p. m. Damp cloudy weather with light 

 squalls. 4 p. m. finding the current 

 again setting strong to the W. S. W. 

 anchored in 10 fms., mud and sand 

 with black shining specks ; sent 

 down top gallant masts. 



Mid. part light airs; a bank to the 

 S. E. with lightning in that quar- 

 ter and a swell from the Eastward 

 and south. 



4 a. m. ditto weather Bar. very 

 unsteady. Daylight, prepared for 

 sea ; breeze increasing and sea 

 getting up. 



10 a. m. looks suspicious to the 

 E. S. E. and South, got under 

 weigh with all possible speed and 

 stood to the S. W. current setting 

 to the noi th ; noon wind and sea in- 

 creasing. Weather very clear over 

 head with a dark gloomy appearance 

 to the eastward round to south. Lat. 

 Obs. 21o 00 N. Long. 88° 30' E. 



p. m. increasing breeze squally ; sea 

 getting up rapidly ; 3 p. m. 12 fms. 

 water. 



4 Weather looks wild, heavy head 

 sea S. W. carrying all possible sail 

 to get an offing. 



6 p. m. ditto increasing ; double 

 reefed ; close reefed mizen and too 

 reefed main sail ; a sea burst the 

 jib and it blew to ribbons. 



8 Tremendous head sea, heavy squalls 

 with lightning, close reefed. 



Midnight, tremendous squalls, inces- 

 sant lightning, heavy cross sea 

 S. E. and S. W. ship very labour- 

 some ; split main sail and it blew 

 to pieces ; forecastle full of water 

 brought crew aft to live ; sounded 

 in 35 fms. stiff bottom. 



4 a. m. gale very severe 4.30 A. M. 

 Foresail and foretopsail blew out 

 of the bolt rope bent another fore- 

 sail by the reef and set it ; got an- 

 other topsail on the forecastle but 

 was obliged to lash it to the Cap- 

 stan, not possible to get it aloft ; 

 seas running over all. 



