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A Twenty-third Memoir on the Laiv of Storms. [No. 6. 



Date 



Bar. 

 No. 1. 



Bar. 

 No. 2. 



Syrnp. 



e 



Wind. 



Oct. 



22nd, 

 1851. 









( 





29.48 



29.47 



29.04 



86 



S.W.b.S. 

 S.W.b.S. 





29.53 



29.52 



29.06 



84 







29.63 



29.62 



29.15 



84 



s. w. 



23rd 

 Oct. 



29.68 



29.68 



29.20 



82 







29.69 



29.69 



29.25 



•• 



s." w. 





29.70 



29.70 



29.25 



•• 



w. s. w. 





29.78 



29.77 



29.30 



•• 



.... 



24th 

 Oct. 



29.81 



29.80 



29 35 



88 



West. 



Remarks. 



6.15 a. m. Wind veering more to the 

 South wore ship to N. E. in 25 fins, 

 mud. Extreme of Palmyras reef 

 S. W. b. W. 15 miles. 



10 A. m. a Tremendous squall of wind 

 and rain, ship almost ou her broad- 

 side, but there was nothing for it, 

 but hold on every thing, Burst 

 the forestorm stay sail, mizen stay 

 sail blew away, wind veered to 

 S. W. ship heading up E. S. E. took 

 the current on the lee beam and 

 at noon, ship is in 35 fms. water. 



p. m. a hard gale and violent squalls 

 ship under reefed foresail and storm 

 main stay sail and making much 

 better weather ; checked the yards 

 and kept ship E. S. E. bent the F. 

 topsail close reefed and handed it 

 4 p. m. ditto ; glasses on the rise. 



Midnight violent squalls, tremendous 

 cross sea, larboard bulwarks wash- 

 ing away. 



4 a. m. 45 fms. 

 broke. 



8 a. m. ditto weather. 



Noon more moderate but the weather 

 has a very dirty appearance, looks 

 very wild, sounded 45 fms. 



I allow the ship to be about 25 miles 

 south of the Floating Light. 



p. M. strong gale and squally, set the 

 top sails close reefed. 



8 p. m. weather breaking up ; light- 

 ning to the westward. 



Midnight squalls with heavy rain 

 thunder and lightning to the east- 

 ward ; sea going down fast. 



a. m. moderate and fine. 



Noon ditto Lat. Obs. 20.34 N. 

 Long. 89.10 E. 



the gale appears 



By a comparison obtained here with the standard, for Capt. Williams's Bars. 

 No. 1 required a correction of -f- 0.130, and No. 2, of + 0.07, to reduce the 

 indications to ours here, and these corrections have been made by me, H. P. 



