APPENDIX, N° ITT. 
Wednesday, Nov. 5. 
Thick weather — light wind, and a heavy- 
swell. Discovered that the ship made a 
little water — about an inch every four hours ; 
owing to the straining motion. From mid-day, 
till eleven p. m. steered with little wind from 
the East. Afterwards a calm, till two a. m. 
when there sprung up a wind from the n. w. 
Continued our course to the South till six a. m. 
At six, a calm. — Discovered the coast — and at 
day-break observed the land off the mouth of 
the Canal of Constantinople, distant 20 miles. 
Calm till noon, with a heavy swell from the 
East, which worked the ship very much. From 
sun-set of the preceding evening, till noon 
this day, had made 42 ' south. At noon, stood 
opposite the light-house of the Canal, which 
bore only ten miles distant to the West of us. 
— Calm, with a heavy swell. — Thermometer, 53°. 
Thursday, Nov. 6. 
Hazy weather. The wind calm, and a heavy 
swell from the East. Continued to work the 
pumps, the ship making an inch of water 
every four hours. From noon, till five, light 
variable breezes. Keeping the prow to the 
sea, viz. to the South, at that hour the wind 
veered from the South to the s. s.e, which 
caused us to keep the prow to the East ; little 
