APPENDIX, N° III. 
wind. Continued thus till six o'clock a. m., 
when the wind veered to the s. s. w., and we 
turned the prow to the West. At sun-rise the 
wind strengthened very much. Reefed the 
sails — the sea having calmed from the East, 
and swelled from the s. w. At this time, 
observed the mouth of the Canal of Constan- 
tinople, and distinguished the light-tower on 
the Asiatic side. At ten o’clock, the wind 
still increasing, and a heavy sea, we were 
forced to take in all the reefs in the main- 
topsail. At twelve mid-day, the wind and sea 
rose to such a pitch, that we were forced to lower 
the topsail, remaining only with the foresail, the 
mainsail, the main-staysail, and the fore-stay- 
sail. The sea rolled over the ship, from one side 
of the deck to the other ; and we perceived, at 
the same time, that the water in the hold had 
risen even to the sentina Immediately we 
pumped the ship. At noon, made the mouth 
of the Canal, bearing s. and by w. distant 
about 20 miles. Heavy sea, and tempestuous 
weather. — Thermometer, 65°. 
Friday, Nov. 7* 
Weather exceedingly thick and dark. Wind 
(l) So the word stands in the original. But scntirifi means the 
pump-well, into which the water must flow in order to be discharged. 
