E
126°.5'
Got under weigh
from Murray’s
Sound, and stood
to the Southward
into the Japan Sea.
Saw Quelpaert.
Tuesday, September 10, 1816.
The breeze continued at
NW until the afternoon, when
it drew round to the Northward,
and freshened up from that
quarter, looking threatening and
squally.
Midnight, strong breezes
with occasional showers of rain,
and a very high irregular swell
from the NE. This seems to be
the NE monsoon, which sets in
to the Northward much earlier
than in lower latitudes.
Wednesday ¡September 11,1816.
To-day we have had a strong
breeze from the N by W, with
a high irregular swell setting
after us. In the afternoon the
wind hauled round to NW.
23
4567
8
9
10
11
Noon.
Towards midnight it moderated
: weather cloudy.
Hour,
456
8
9
10
11
Noon.
Thermoin.
Hour. Barom. Air. Sea.
. l
2
1 3
4
. 56
29f. 74h 80°
00
7
8 2 9 .7 5
9
10 29 . 75 81 è 82
11
Noon. 2 9 . 75 m . 83
345
67
8
9
10
11
Mid.
29 . 70
29 . 70
2 9 . 72
29 . 78
2 9 .7 8
. 23
4 5.
6 29 . 72
7
8 2 9 .7 0
9
10 2 9 .7 0
11 29 . 76
Noon. 2 9 .7 8
1 29 . 60
2 29 . 74
3 29 . 75
4 29 . 80
S 29 . 90
6 29 . 95
7 29 . 94
89
10
11
Mid. 2 9 . 52
83
821
84
S3
83
North
N by E
NE by E
NE
84
84
N by E
Long.
N I E
29°.38' . m ° M '
Japan Sea.
NE
Thursday, September 12,1816.
During the night the wind
shifted to thé Northward, with
a moderate breeze, and fine
clear weather.
In the afternoon it became
squally, with a heavy shower oi
rain.
. This wind, though not fixed,
has much the appearance of the
monsoon.
Latitude by Polaris 30° 3' 30//
at 2 h. 57 min. A. M. 13th.-
n e :
27°.48/ 128°.20'
Off Sulphur Island,
Japan Sea.
F rid a y , September 13,1816.
The wind continued at NE,
with a steady fresh breeze; which
towards noon freshened considerably,
and a swell got up from
the NE. At noon observed in
27° 48' N latitude. 2- 30' P. M.
it became dark and stormy in
the NE, and the signal being
made to shorten sail, we brought
the ship under the main topsail
and foresail, and. made preparations
for a gale. A t 4 we
saw the Loo-choo Islands SW
by S 20 miles. At 5 the wind
shifted from N to NE, and the
mountainous swell which we
had experienced during the day
rose still higher. The wind did
not blow fresh except in short
rainy squalls. After 8 P. M. it
blew at times very fresh, and
also in the night, but when the