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 | | | | | |Latitude by Polaris 30º 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 27º 48' N latitude. 8 |29. 70 | 83 | 84 | | | |stormy 2º 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 ship 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, Japan |shifted 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 | | | | | | |_Saturday, September 14, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |During the night the wind