Account of a Voyage of Discovery Part 18

8 |29 .80 | 77 | 78 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .80 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .74 | 80 | 78 | SE | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .74 | | | | Off Cheatow, |After noon it hauled to the 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |Southward.

4 |29 .74 | 78 | 78 | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .72 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .72 | 77 | 78 | SSE | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Friday, August 23, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |During the night the wind has 4 |29 .70 | 78 | 78 | NE | | |been moderate, and steady 5 | | | | | | |from the Southward.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 80 | 78 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .72 | 81 | 78 | | | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | |SE by E| At anchor in |In the forenoon it veered to 3 | | | | | Cheatow Bay, |the NE, and towards night to 4 |29 .70 | 80 | 78 | SE | Yellow Sea. |the Southward.

5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .68 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .66 | 79 | 78 | Calm | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .66 | 77 | 78 | South | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | South | | |_Sat.u.r.day, August 24, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .70 | 77 | 78 | | | |During the morning the wind 5 | | | | | | |was steady from the Southward.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .68 | 78 | 78 | S by E| | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .70 | | | | | | 11 |29 .68 | | | | | | Noon.|29 .68 | 79 | 78 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 |29 .68 | | | | | 2 |29 .66 | | | | Che-a-tow, | 3 |29 .66 | | | | Yellow Sea. | 4 |29 .66 | 79 | 78 | | |Towards night the wind hauled 5 |29 .64 | | | | |to the Eastward, blowing a 6 |29 .64 | | | | |moderate breeze, and steady.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .62 | 78 | 78 | East | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .62 | 78 | 77 | E by S| | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Sunday, August 25, 1816._ 2 | | | | E by S| | | 3 | | | | | | |The wind continued to blow 4 |29 .74 | | | | | |from the NE quarter all the 5 | | | | | | |forenoon.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .64 | 78 | 78 | N by E| | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | NE | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .66 | 79 | 78 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | NE | Che-a-tow, | 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |In the afternoon it hauled 4 | | | | N by E| |more to the Northward.

5 | | | | | | 6 | | | | E by S| | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .64 | 78 | 77 | | |At midnight it hauled to the | | |-1/2| | |SW, with fine clear weather.

9 | | | | | |A heavy dew falling.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | SW | | |_Monday, August 26, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .56 | 77 | 77 | WNW | | |After midnight it continued | | |-1/2| | | |to blow a moderate breeze from 5 | | | | | | |the SW.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .56 | 78 | 77 |W by N | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .56 | | | | | | Noon.|29 .56 | 79 | 78 | | | | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | |About 4 A.M. it s.h.i.+fted to 2 |29 .64 | | | | Che-a-tow, |the NW, from which quarter it 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |blew the whole of the day.

4 |29 .52 | 79 | 78 | NW | | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .52 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .54 | 79 | 78 | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .56 | 78 | 78 | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, August 27, 1816._ 2 | | | | NW | | | 3 | | | | | | |Towards noon the wind hauled 4 |29 .58 | 77 | 77 | North | | |more to the Westward, with 5 | | | | | | |rain, thunder, and lightning.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .62 | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .64 | 78 | 78 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .62 | | |S by W | At anchor in | 3 | | | | | Oie-hai-oie | 4 |29 .62 | 76 | 77 | | harbour, | 5 | | | | | Yellow Sea. | 6 |29 .62 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .61 | 76 | 77 | NNE | |In the evening the wind came 9 | | | | | |to the NNE.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .64 | 75 | 77 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, August 28, 1816._ 3 | | | |NE by N| | | 4 | | | | | | |To-day the wind has been 5 | | | | | | |moderate and steady from the 6 | | | | | | |North-eastward.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 75 | 77 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .72 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .72 | 77 | 76 | | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | NE | Oie-hai-oie | 3 | | | | | harbour, | 4 |29 .70 | 77 | 76 | ENE | Yellow Sea. | | |-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 7 | | | | | |Towards night the breeze 8 |29 .70 | 77 | 76 | NE | |freshened, and the sky became 9 | | | | | |cloudy, a.s.suming a threatening 10 | | | | | |appearance.

11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .74 | 79 | 76 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Thursday, August 29, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |After midnight the wind hauled 4 |29 .78 | 77 | 76 |E by N | | |to the Eastward, blowing fresh, 5 | | | | | | |the weather still looking very 6 | | | | | | |black.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .78 | 78 | 76 |S by E | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .80 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .80 | 81 | 77 | South | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .92 | | | | Oie-hai-oie |After 4 it moderated, and the 3 | | | | | harbour, |weather cleared up and became 4 |29 .90 | 81 | 78 | SSE | Yellow Sea. |quite fine.

5 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 7 | | | | | |About 8 P.M. the wind came 8 |29 .92 | 78 | 77 | SW | |to the Southward. Towards 9 | | | | | |midnight it drew round to the 10 | | | | | |SW, and then to South again.

11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .94 | 79 | 77 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Friday, August 30, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .96 | 78 | 77 |S by W | | |All the forenoon the wind 5 | | | | | | |has been light from the 6 | | | | | | |Southward and SW.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .98 | 78 | 77 | SW | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .98 | | | West | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .96 | 80 | 76 | Calm |37 .58 |122 .58 |About noon it fell calm.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .94 | |Calm| | Yellow Sea. | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .92 | 80 | 81 | NNE | | 5 | | | | | |At 2 a breeze sprung up from 6 |29 .90 | | | | |the NE, with small drizzling 7 | | | | | |rain, and thick weather.

8 |29 .90 | 79 | 79 | ENE | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------ 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, August 31, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 |29 .90 | 79 | 79 |W by N | | |After midnight a light breeze 6 | | | | | | |from the Eastward, inclining 7 | | | | | | |to calm.

8 |29 .92 | 80 | 79 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .94 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .96 | 80 | 79 |NW by N|37 .55 |123 .37 |About noon a breeze sprung up -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+from the Westward; weather 1 | | | | | |cloudy.

2 |29 .94 | | | NW | Yellow Sea. | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .94 | 80 | 79 | | | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | |In the afternoon it died away 6 |29 .92 | | | | |quite light.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .92 | 79 | 79 | Calm | | | | |-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |Towards midnight a moderate 11 | | | | | |breeze from the Northward.

Mid. | | | | NW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | |NE by N| | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sunday, September 1, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 |29 .90 | 76 | 78 | N by E| | |During this day there has been 6 | | | | | | |a steady breeze at North and 7 | | | | | | |North by East.

8 |29 .90 | 76 | 76 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .92 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .90 | 76 | 76 | |37 .45 | 124 .48| -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | North | | 2 |29 .98 | | | | Yellow Sea. |Towards night the wind 3 | | | | | |freshened up.

4 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .98 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .98 | 75 | 75 | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Monday, September 2, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |About 2 A.M. the wind s.h.i.+fted 4 | | | | | | |to the Eastward, where it 5 | | | | | | |freshened.

6 | 29.82 | 78 | 79 | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 | 29.82 | 80 | 79 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | 29.82 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.| 29.82 | 81 | 80 |NW by N|36 .45 |124 .51 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | |S by W | West Coast of | 2 | 29.96 | | | | Corea. | 3 | | | | | |In the afternoon it freshened 4 | 29.98 | 80 | 80 | SSE | |and s.h.i.+fted to the Southward, 5 | | | | | |accompanied by a slight shower 6 | 29.98 | | | | |of rain.

7 | | | | | | 8 | 30.04 | 80 | 80 |S by W | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. | | | | South | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, September 3, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | 30.02 | | | South | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |The wind during all the night 6 | | | | | | |has been steady from the 7 | | | | | | |Southward, and remained so all 8 | 30.04 | 77 | 79 |S by W | | |day until the evening, when it 9 | | | | | | |s.h.i.+fted to the Westward.

10 | 30.04 | | | SSW | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.| 30.00 | 79 | 78 | |36 .18 |126 .09 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | 29.98 | | | SW | | 3 | | | | WSW | | 4 | 29.95 | 81 | 78 | West | |About sunset it fell calm.

5 | | | | | | 6 | 29.94 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 | 29.92 | 80 | 77 | Calm | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+---------+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, September 4, 1816._ 2 | | | | Calm | | | 3 | | | | | | |It continued calm all night.

4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 |29 .95 | 78 | 78 | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .95 | 79 | 78 | West | | |About 8 A.M. a light breeze 9 | | | | | | |from the Westward.

10 |29 .95 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .92 | 80 | 82 | NW |36 .13 | 126 .34| -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+At noon it freshened, hauling 1 | | | | | |from W to NW.

2 |29 .85 | | | West | West Coast of | 3 | | | | | Corea. | 4 |29 .84 | 81 | 82 | WSW | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .84 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .84 | 79 | 80 |N by E | |Towards night the wind s.h.i.+fted 9 | | | | | |to the Northward, and 10 | | | | | |continued to blow steady.

11 | | | | N | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | N | | |_Thursday, September 5, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 |29 .82 | 78 | 79 | | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | 7 | | | | | | |About 7 it fell calm.

8 |29 .82 | 80 | 79 | Calm | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .82 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .82 | 80 | 80 | WNW |36 .05 |126 .42 |Towards noon a breeze sprung | | |-1/2| | | |up from WNW, with fine clear -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+weather.

1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .82 | | | WNW | | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .80 | 80 | 79 | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .80 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 80 | 79 | | | 9 | | | | | |Towards midnight the wind came 10 | | | | | |to the Northward.

11 | | | | | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Friday, September 6, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | |N by E | | | 4 | | | | | | |The most part of this day the 5 | | | | | | |wind has been from the 6 |29 .86 | 78 | 78 | NNE | | |Northward, blowing a steady | |-1/2| | | | |moderate breeze.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .86 | 79 | 78 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .88 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .88 | 79 | 78 | |35 .17 |126 .24 | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | |North | | 2 |29 .89 | | | | West Coast of | 3 | | | | | Corea. | 4 |29 .90 | 79 | 77 | | |Towards night the wind drew | | |-1/2| | Corea. |round to ENE, and became quite 5 | | | |N by E | |light.

6 |29 .90 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .88 | 77 | 74 | ENE | |At midnight it fell calm.

| |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | Calm | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | |NNW | | |_Sat.u.r.day, September 7, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |After midnight a light breeze 4 | | | | | | |sprung up from NNW.

5 | | | | | | | 6 |29 .82 | | |N by E | | |About 4 it hauled round to NE, 7 | | | | | | |and at noon it was at North.

8 |29 .82 | 76 | 75 | | | | 9 | | | |ENE | | | 10 |29 .82 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N. | E. | Noon |29 .88 | 79 | 78 | |34 .32 |125 .50 | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | N | | 2 |29 .80 | | | | | 3 | | | | NNE | |At 2 the wind s.h.i.+fted to NE, 4 |29 .82 |80 | 72 | Calm | |and by 4 it fell calm.

5 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | |Towards 8 P.M. a breeze sprung 7 | | | | | |up from the Northward, and 8 |29 .82 |78 | 82 | N | |continued so the remainder of 9 | | | | | |the night.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | Calm | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | NNW | | |_Sunday, September 8, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | North | | |Shortly after midnight it fell 4 | | | | | | |calm; this did not last above 5 | | | | Calm | | |half an hour, before a breeze 6 | | | | NNW | | |sprung up from the Northward, 7 | | | | | | |which continued so all day. In 8 |29 .86 | 74 | 70 | North | | |the night a heavy dew fell; and 9 | | | | | | |much lightning was observed in 10 |29 .82 | | | | | |the NE quarter.

11 | | | | | N | E | Noon |29 .81 | 78 | 71 | |34.22.30|126 .03| -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+ 1 | | | |N by E | | 2 |29 .80 | | | |Moored in | 3 | | | | |Murray's Sound, | 4 |29 .80 | 76 | 70 | |among the | 5 | | | | |islands which | 6 |29 .80 | | | |lie off the SW | 7 | | | | |extreme of | 8 |29 .79 | 74 | 70 | NNE |Corea. | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+------------------------------ 1 | | | |N by W | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Monday, September 9, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |In the forenoon the wind came 5 | | | | | | |to NW, and continued so all 6 |29 .78 | 74 | 70 | | | |day, with a steady moderate 7 | | | | | | |breeze, and fine clear weather.

8 |29 .78 | 76 | 70 | NNW | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .80 | | | | N | E | Noon |29 .80 | 75 | 78 | |34.22.30|126 .03| -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | NW | | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .80 | 74 | 71 | NNW | |A heavy dew fell during the 5 | | | | | |night.

6 | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .78 | 74 | 70 | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .78 | 73 | 69 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, September 10, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |The breeze continued at NW 4 |29 .76 | 72 | 68 | NW | | |until the afternoon, when it 5 | | | | | | |drew round to the Northward, 6 | | | | | | |and freshened up from that 7 | | | | | | |quarter, looking threatening 8 |29 .76 | 73 | 68 | | | |and squally.

9 | | | | | | | 10 |29. 77 | | | | | | 11 |29. 76 | 73 | 68 | | N | E | Noon.| | | | |34 .19 |126 .05 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29. 74 | 72 | 68 |North |Got under weigh | 3 | | | | |from Murray's | 4 |29. 78 | 76 | 80 |N by W |Sound, and stood|Midnight, strong breezes with 5 |29. 90 | | | |to the Southward|occasional showers of rain, and 6 |29. 90 | | | |into the j.a.pan |a very high irregular swell from 7 | | | | |Sea. Saw |the NE. This seems to be the 8 |29. 74 | 76 | 80 | |Quelpaert. |NE monsoon, which sets in to 9 | | | | | |the Northward much earlier than 10 | | | | | |in lower lat.i.tudes.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29. 76 | 76 | 80 | North | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | _Wednesday, September 11, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |To-day we have had a strong 4 | | | | | | |breeze from the N by W, with 5 | | | | | | |a high irregular swell setting 6 | | | | | | |after us. In the afternoon the 7 | | | | | | |wind hauled round to NW.

8 |29. 73 | 80 | 80 |N by W | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29. 72 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29. 71 | 81 | 83 | NNW |31 .41 |126 .44 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29. 71 | | | | j.a.pan Sea. | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29. 71 | 82 | 82 | NW | | 5 | | | | | |Towards midnight it 6 |29. 71 | | | | |moderated: weather cloudy.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29. 73 | 79 | 82 | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29. 80 | | |North | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------ 1 | | | | | | |_Thursday, September 12, 1816._ 2 | | | | North | | | 3 | | | | | | |During the night the wind 4 | | | | | | |s.h.i.+fted to the Northward, with 5 | | | | | | |a moderate breeze, and fine 6 |29 .74 | 80 | 82 | | | |clear weather.

7 |29. 75 | | | | | | 8 |29. 75 | 82 | 82 | | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 75 | 82 | 83 | |29 .38 |127 .56 | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | |In the afternoon it became 2 | | | | | j.a.pan Sea. |squally, with a heavy shower 3 | | | | | |of rain.

4 |29. 70 | 83 | 83 |N by E | | 5 | | | |NE by N| |This wind, though not fixed, 6 |29. 72 | | | NE | |has much the appearance of 7 | | | | | |the monsoon.

8 |29. 78 | 83 | 83 | | | 9 | | | | | |Lat.i.tude by Polaris 30 3 min.

10 | | | | | |30 in. at 2 h. 57 min. A.M.

11 | | | | | |13th.

Mid. |29. 78 | 82 | 82 | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------ 1 | | | | | | |_Friday, September 13, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | |The wind continued at NE, 3 | | | | | | |with a steady fresh breeze; 4 | | | | | | |which towards noon freshened 5 | | | | | | |considerably, and a swell got 6 |29. 72 | | | N by E| | |up from the NE. At noon 7 | | | | | | |observed in 27 48' N lat.i.tude.

8 |29. 70 | 83 | 84 | | | |stormy 2 30' it became dark 9 | | | | | | |and in the NE, and the signal 10 |29. 70 | | | | | |being made to shorten sail, we 11 |29. 76 | | | | N | E |brought the s.h.i.+p under the main Noon.|29. 78 | 84 | 84 | |27 .48 |128 .20 |topsail and foresail, and made -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+preparations for a gale. At 4 1 |29. 60 | | | NE | |we saw the Loo-choo Islands SW 2 |29. 74 | | | | Off Sulphur |by S 20 miles. At 5 the wind 3 |29. 75 | | | | Island, j.a.pan |s.h.i.+fted from N to NE, and the 4 |29. 80 | | | | Sea. |mountainous swell which we had 5 |29. 90 | | | | |experienced during the day 6 |29. 95 | | | | |rose still higher. The wind did 7 |29. 94 | | | | |not blow fresh except in short 8 | | | | | |rainy squalls. After 8 P.M. it 9 | | | | | |blew at times very fresh, and 10 | | | | | |also in the night, but when the 11 | | | | | |moon got up it became clear.

Mid. |29. 52 | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, September 14, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |During the night the wind 4 | | | | | | |s.h.i.+fted from NE to NW, and 5 | | | | | | |continued to blow fresh with a 6 |29 .52 | | | | | |high irregular swell.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .52 | 83 | 82 | NW | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 |29 .54 | | | | | | 10 |29 .54 | | |NW by W| | | 11 |29 .56 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .60 | 83 | 82 | |27 .44 |127 .35 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 |29 .58 | | | | | 2 |29 .60 | | | | Off Loo-Choo, |Towards evening it became 3 |29 .64 | | | | j.a.pan Sea. |moderate and clear.

4 |29 .52 | 83 | 82 |NW by N| | 5 |29 .54 | | | | | 6 |29 .66 | | | NW | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 82 | 82 |NW by N| | 9 | | | | | |In the night fine clear 10 | | | | | |weather.

11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .74 | 81 | | NW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------ 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sunday, September 15, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |A moderate breeze from NNW, 5 | | | | | | |with a clear sky; the swell 6 |29 .80 | | | NNW | | |much less, though still 7 | | | | | | |considerable.

8 |29 .78 | 80 |83 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .76 | | | | | | 11 |29 .71 | | |NW by N| N | E | Noon.|29 .75 | 83 |84 | |26 .44 |127 .32 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .75 | | | | Off Loo-Choo, | 3 | | | | | j.a.pan Sea. | 4 |29 .75 | 83 | 88 |N by W | | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | |Towards night the wind veered 6 |29 .75 | | | | |to NNE.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 81 | |North | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 |29 .81 | | | NNE | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. |29 .80 | 81 | 84 |NE by N| | -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, September 16, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |The wind continued at NNE.

4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |About 4 A.M. we had several 6 |29 .84 | | | NNE | | |showers of rain, but soon 7 | | | | | | |cleared off.

8 |29 .84 | 81 | 83 |N by E | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .90 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E |About noon the breeze Noon.|29 .90 | 82 | 83 | |26.13.39|127 .38|freshened.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .80 | | | | At anchor in | 3 | | | | | Napakiang | 4 |29 .80 | 82 | 83 | NE |harbour, Great |In the afternoon we had a 5 | | | | |Loo-choo Island.|shower.

6 |29 .80 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 80 | 83 | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |Midnight, clear weather, with 11 | | | | | |lightning in the SW.

Mid.| 2 9.8 | 80 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, September 17, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |The wind continued at NE, with 5 | | | | | | |a moderate breeze. At 4 there 6 | | | | | | |was a slight shower of rain 7 | | | | | | |but it cleared up again in a 8 |29 .79 | 81 | 82 |NE by E| | |short time.

| |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .82 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .82 | 83 | 82 |E by N | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .78 | | | | Moored in |After noon the wind s.h.i.+fted 3 | | | | | Napakiang |to the Eastward: squally with 4 |29 .77 | 82 | 82 | | harbour. |showers of rain.

5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .78 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 81 | 82 | ESE | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |Midnight, clear: moderate 11 | | | | | |weather.

Mid.|29 .78 | 81 | 82 |E by N | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | _Wednesday, September 18, 1816._ 2 | | | | ENE | | | 3 | | | | | | |To-day the wind has been at NNE.

4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |After 4 A.M. we had several 7 | | | | | | |showers of rain.

8 |29 .72 | 80 | 82 |NE by E| | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29. 75 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | |Towards noon the breeze Noon.|29. 75 | 82 | 82 | ENE | | |freshened.

| | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29. 70 | | | | Napakiang | 3 | | | | | harbour. | 4 |29. 72 | 82 | 82 |NE by E| | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29. 74 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 | | 82 |82 | NE | | 9 | | | | | |At night squally, with rain.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid. |29. 72 | | | NNE | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------ 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Thursday, September 19, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |After midnight it continued to 5 | | | | | | |rain, with occasional squalls.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29. 63 | 81 |82 | NNE | | |As the day advanced it cleared 9 | | | | | | |up.

10 |29. 62 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29. 62 | 82 |83 | | | |At noon quite moderate.

| |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29. 50 | | | | | 3 | | | | | |In the evening it looked very 4 |29. 58 | 82 | 83 | NE | |black all round, and fell calm.

| | |-1/2| | |About 7 a breeze sprung up from 5 | | | | | |the Eastward, and it commenced 6 |29. 56 | | | Calm | |lightning. About 8 the wind 7 | | | | | |s.h.i.+fted to SSE, and freshened, 8 |29. 54 | | | East | |with squalls.

9 | | | | | | 10 |29. 54 | | | SSE | |Towards midnight heavy squalls, 11 | | | | | |with rain: thunder and Mid. |29. 54 | | | | |lightning.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Friday, September 20, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |After midnight the same 4 | | | | | | |squally weather continued. As 5 | | | | | | |the day advanced it cleared up.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .60 | 80 | 83 | SSE | | |In the afternoon it became | |-1/2| | | | |squally, with slight showers 9 | | | | | | |of rain. Towards evening it 10 | | | | | | |looked very black all round.

11 |29 .62 | | | | | | Noon.|29 .63 | 84 | 83 |S by E | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | Napakiang | 3 | | | | | harbour. | 4 |29 .63 | | | SSE | | 5 | | | | | |It seems probable that this 6 |29 .64 | | | | |is the breaking up of the 7 | | | | | |monsoon. We were so completely 8 |29 .69 |82 | 82 |E by S | |sheltered by the land, that we | | |-1/2| | |did not feel the wind much; 9 | | | | | |but it was evidently blowing 10 | | | | | |hard outside.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .69 | 81 | 82 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, September 21, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .68 | | | | | |During the day the wind has 5 | | | | | | |been South-easterly, with 6 | | | | | | |occasional squalls and showers 7 | | | | | | |of rain, and lightning.

8 |29 .69 |80 |82 | SE | | | 9 | | | | | | |In the forenoon the wind 10 |29 .70 | | | | | |hauled to the Eastward, and 11 | | | | | | |cleared up.

Noon.|29 .70 | 83 | 83 |E by S | | | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .70 | | | ESE | | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .70 | 83 | 83 | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .70 | | |E by S | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 81 | 82 | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .70 | 80 | 82 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sunday, September 22, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |After midnight squally, with 5 | | | | | | |rain and lightning.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 81 | 82 | ENE | | |About 7 the wind hauled to the 9 | | | | | | |ENE, and cleared up, and 10 |29 .70 | | | | | |continued fine all day.

11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .70 | 83 | 82 |E by N | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | Napakiang | 3 | | | | | harbour. | 4 |29 .68 | 82 | 82 | ENE | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .66 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .66 | 81 | 82 | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .66 | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Monday, September 23, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |To-day the wind has been about 4 | | | | | | |NE; squally at times, with 5 | | | | | | |showers of rain, and every 6 | | | | | | |appearance of approaching bad 7 | | | | | | |weather.

8 |29 .62 | 80 | 82 |NE by E| | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .62 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .62 | 81 | 82 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | | 2 |29 .60 | | | ENE | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .58 | 81 | 82 | | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | | |During all this day the 6 |29 .50 | | | | | |barometer continued falling, 7 | | | | | | |in the evening it had reached 8 |29 .50 | | |NE by N| | |29.50. The wind in the early 9 | | | | | | |part of the night hauled to 10 | | | | | | |NNE, and towards morning to 11 | | | | | | |the Northward.

Mid.| | | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, September 24, 1816._ 2 | | | | NNE | | | 3 | | | | | | |In the night the wind has been 4 | | | |NE by N| | |about NNE. About 4 A.M. it 5 | | | | | | |began to blow very fresh, with 6 |29 .43 | | | | | |squalls.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .42 | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |About noon the wind s.h.i.+fted 11 | | | | | | |to NNW, and increased in Noon.|29 .40 | 81 | 81 | | | |strength.

| | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .40 | | | NNW | Napakiang |During the afternoon it blew 3 | | | | | harbour. |hard, and gradually s.h.i.+fted to 4 |29 .44 | 81 | 81 | | |the North-westward, with fresh | | |-1/2| | |squalls of short duration. At 5 |29 .50 | | | | |3 30 P.M. the mercury began 6 |29 .55 | | |NW by N| |to rise, and continued rising 7 |29 .56 | | | | |very rapidly.

8 |29 .63 | 79 | 81 | | | 9 |29 .65 | | | |The weather at sunset a.s.sumed 10 | | | | | |a very stormy appearance.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .66 | 78 | 80 | NW | | | | |-1/2| | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, September 25, 1816.

3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |Shortly after midnight it 5 | | | | | | |cleared up and moderated.

6 |29 .72 | | |NW by W| | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 78 | 80 | NW | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .86 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .86 | 79 | 80 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | |During the day it has been 2 |29 .84 | | | | |blowing a steady moderate 3 | | | | | |breeze from the NW.

4 |29 .84 | 78 | 80 |NW by W| | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .86 | | | NW | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .92 | 77 | 79 | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |Midnight, moderate and cloudy.