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THE CYCLONE AT BOMBAY, 1854.
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Monday, 30th Oct.—1. a. m. Fresh breeze and squally, with rain.— 2.50. Latitude by Rigil
T 13 North.—4. Strong breeze and squally with rain. Bar. 29.90, Symp. 29.35.-5. Strong
weather, in all fore and aft sail—Daylight. More moderate and clearing up set fore and aft
sail—9. Bar. 29.93, Symp. 26.25.-10. Crossed top gallant yards, hands employed as required—
Noon- Fresh breeze and hazy weather, Bar. 29.95, Symp. 23.18.
00.15, a. m—O bserved the high land about Cape Como’rin bearing N. N. \V about 16
miles—3. Moderate breeze and cloudy, in all rquare sails—4. Examined the hold • saw the
Crocodile R.. c k N. W. i W. S miles, Bar. 29.93, Symp. 29.35—4.50. Crocodile Rock Nortli
U miles.—6. Squally with rain, in main trysail—Sunset. . Set the night watches on bridge
and forecastle—7. Bar. 29.95, Symp. 29.32—8. Squally with heavy rain.-9. Squally with
heavy rain, in outer jib—10.30, Squally with heavy rain Midnight. Squally with heavy rain
Bar. 29.94, Symp 29.40. *
Tuesday, olst October.—! a. m. Strong breeze and squally, with constant rain.— 3. Hardsquallg
with heavy rain, in all sail.—4. Squally with constant rain and thick cloudy weather with a
heavy S W swell up, Bar. 29.92, Symp. 29.43—Daylight. Turned the hands out, employed
variously—8. Squally with rain, Bar 29.93, Symp. 29.45—9.30. Set all fore and aft sail —
10 . Set all square sail and fore top sail— 11.30. Squally with rain, in fore and topsail—
Noon. Split foresail, up foresail and furled top gallant sails and outer jib. Bar 29 93
Symp. 29.45. • • »
1 p. m—S trong breeze and squally, with thick rain, hands employed variously as required —
2. Set outer jib—3.30. Exchanged colours with a French Ship from Bordeaux bound'to
Cochin ; examined the holds.—4. Fresh breeze and squally with rain, Bar. 29.99, Symp. 29.42—
Sunset. Set the look-out on bridge, and forecastle.—8.30. Latitude by Formalhant 10.40. N.—
9-30. Set all plain sail.—10. 30. Squally with rain, out lights Midnight. Falling calm, in all
sail Bar. 29.37. Symp. 29.37-
Wednesday, November 1st.—1. a Fresh breeze and squally with constant rain, in all
sails and stowed them— 2.40 Latitude by Rigil lio 40' N — 4 . Squally with heavy rain, Bar.
29.93, Symp. 29.35— Daylight. Squally with rain, set fore and aft sail, employed cleaning ship
fore and aft, examined the hold.—7- Wind drawing aft, set all square sail and fore topmast
and lower studding sail.—3. Moderate breeze and cloudy, set main top mast studding sail, Bar.
30.00, Symp. 29.38.—10. Hands emloyed variously as required, carpenter on boats yards, his"
mate upon lockers under the forecastle.—Noon. Squally with heavy rain, Bar. 29.99, Symp.
1, p m— Passing squalls with heavy rain, in all studding sails, and more moderate, unbent,
the foresail being split.—4,Moderate breeze and cloudy, Bar. 29.91, Symp. 29.45. Sunset. Set
the night waiches on bridge and forecastle—8' Light breeze and cloudy, Bar. 29.95, Symp.
29.35.—Sunset. Set the night watches on bridge and forecastle.—8. Light breeze and clou.ly.
Bar. 29.95, Symp. 29.35.—8.25. Latitude by Formalhant 14.00 N.—10.30 Steady breeze and
cloudy, set topmast studding sails, latitude by Areties. 14° 27 N.—Midnight. Moderate breeze an d
fine, windsail set, Bar 29.93, Symp 29.34.
Thursday, Nov. 2nd.—1 a. m Set main topmast studding sail.—2. Latitude by Aldabaram I40
49 N—2.40. Latitude by Capalla 14 0 57’ N. —3 50. Latitude by Canopus 15. 5 N.—4. Moderate
breeze and squally, Bar. 29.91, Symp. 29.32.—5.20. Latitude by Pole star 5 0 18’ N. Daylight.
Turned the hands out, cleaned ship fore and aft, trimmed sails and examined the hold.— 8.
Fresh breeze with passing squalls, hands employed repairing fore and other work. Carpenter
making Boats yards, Bar. 29.92, Symp. 29.31.—12. Squally with rain, in studding sail, Bar. 29.9Z,
Symp. 29.29.
Extract from Log of the Ship Futta Moomharuck, J. L. Wadge, Com
mander, from China to Bombay.
Friday, 6th October.—1 p m. Strong winds with frequent head squalls, double reefed fore and
mizen topsails, furled jib and mainsail, Bar. 29.70.-^-6. Fresh gales, a high sea on, ship labouring
heavily.—8. Do. weather, frequent severe squalls, Bar. 29.68.—Midnight. Strong gales ; in
foresail and mizen topsails, down mizen top gallant and royal yards, double-reefed the main
topsail, a high sea on, ship lurching heavily.—2.30 a. m. Mi 0( i erat i n 8" —4. Light breeze at E. S.
E. and cloudy ; squally appearances at N. W.—5. Wind shifted to the S. W.—Day light. Light
breeze and fine ; out all reefs and made all plain sail.—8. Moderate breeze and squally appear
ances at Westward,—9. Wind increasing in heavy squalls, single reefed the topsails, in mizen
topsail and up mainsail, which blew away, down jib; sea rising very rapidly and ship labouring