-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, July 17, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .74 | 80 | 80 | SSW | | |The weather is remarkably | | |-1/2| | | |hazy, and there is a very 5 | | | | | | |disagreeable sea coming after 6 |29 .76 | | | | | |us. 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 82 | 81 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .81 | | | SW | | | 11 |29 .80 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .81 | 82 | 80 |SW by S| 26 .1 |122 .6 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 |29 .80 | | | SSW | | 2 | | | | | Straits of |At night hazy with a heavy 3 | | | | | Formosa, |dew; soundings 52 fathoms. 4 |29 .76 | 82 | 81 | | China. |To-day we quitted the Straits 5 |29 .76 | | | | |of Formosa, and stood towards 6 | | | | | |the Yellow Sea. Last evening 7 |29 .76 | | | | |we were among a cluster of 8 |29 .79 | 82 | 80 | South | |large islands near the coast 9 | | | | | |of China, about two-thirds of 10 | | | | | |the way through the Straits 11 | | | | | |of Formosa. Mid.|29 .80 | 81 | 80 |S by W | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SW | | |_Thursday, July 18, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |The wind during all this day 4 | | | | | | |has been from the South 5 |29 .78 | | | | | |Westward. 6 | | | | | | | From noon till midnight it 7 | | | | | | |continued fresh and steady, 8 |29 .80 | 81 | 80 | WSW | | |after which it lulled. 9 | | | | | | |Weather very hazy, and at 10 |29 .86 | | | SW | | |night a heavy dew falling. 11 | | | | | N | | Depth of water from 35 to Noon.|29 .80 | 81 | 79 | SSW |26 .21 | |37 fathoms. -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | SW | | 2 |29 .80 | | | |To the northward| 3 | | | | |of the Straits | 4 |29 .80 | 81 | 80 |SW by W|of Formosa. |