Account of a Voyage of Discovery Part 17

8 |29 .78 | 78 | 78 | SSW | | | 9 | | | | | | |Soundings from 32 to 26 10 |29 .78 | | | SW | | |fathoms: fine dark sand.

11 |29 .78 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .78 | 78 | 79 |SW by W|30 .54 |123 .50 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .75 | | | |Off the Islands | 3 | | | | |of Chusan 30 or | 4 |29 .72 | 80 | 80 | SSW |40 leagues. | 5 | | | | | |We have seen no land this 6 |29 .72 | | | | |day, having ran along nearly 7 | | | | | |parallel with the coast about 8 |29 .72 | 79 | 80 | South | |Chusan, at the distance of 9 | | | | | |about 30 or 40 leagues.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .74 | 80 | 79 | | | -----+-------+---------+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | |S by W | | |_Sat.u.r.day, July 20, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |Light SSW winds, with thick 4 |29 .69 | 79 | 76 | | | |haze and dew at night. Regular 5 | | | | | | |soundings 20 fathoms: mud and 6 |29 .70 | | | | | |black sand.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 79 | 77 | South | | | 9 | | |-1/2| | | | 10 |29 .72 | | | | | | 11 |29 .70 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .70 | 80 | 78 |S by W |32 .35 |123 .50 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | |To-day we are about halfway 2 |29 .70 | | |SW by W| Entering the |between the SE part of 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |Corea and the Chusan islands, 4 |29 .66 | 80 | 77 | WSW | |each being about 50 leagues 5 | | | | | |distant; the mouth of the 6 |29 .68 | | | | |great river Yang-tse-kiang is 7 | | | | | |nearly W 50 leagues, and the 8 |29 .66 | 79 | 77 |SW by W| |promontory of Shan-tung N by 9 | | | | | |W 100 leagues.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .69 | 78 | 77 | WSW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | |W by N | | |_Sunday, July 21, 1816._ 3 | | | | NNW | | | 4 | | | | | | |The wind after noon yesterday 5 | | | | | | |freshened up towards sunset 6 | | | | | | |from the WSW, and in the 7 | | | | | | |night it hauled to the NW 8 |29 .76 | 75 | 76 |N by W | | |gradually, and so to North; 9 | | | | | | |about noon it became quite 10 |29 .78 | | | | | |light as it drew to the 11 |29 .79 | | | | N | E |northward.

Noon.|29 .79 | 76 | 77 | North |33 .55 | 124 | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+The weather has become quite 1 |29 .78 | | | | |clear since the change of the 2 |29 .80 | | | | Yellow Sea. |wind.

3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .78 | 77 | 77 | NNW | | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | |Land in sight to-day about 6 |29 .79 | | |E by N | |East from us, supposed to be 7 | | | | | |the islands off the South end 8 |29 .79 | 77 | 77 | East | |of Corea.

| | |-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | |E by S | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | SE | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SSE | | |_Monday, July 22, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |In the night there was a 4 |9 .69 | 75 | 77 |S by W | | |breeze from the SSW with 5 | | | | | | |very thick weather, and 6 |29 .72 | | | | | |much lightning all round.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .71 | 77 | 76 |SW by W| | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .71 | | | SW | | | 11 |29 .75 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .75 | 78 | 77 | SSW |34 .44 |123 .55 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .74 | | | SW | Yellow Sea. |After noon it fell calm till 3 | | | | | |about 6 P.M. when there came 4 |29 .75 | 79 | 79 | Calm | |light breeze from the westward 5 | | | | | |which hauled to north, and 6 |29 .73 | | | NNE | |about morning fell nearly calm.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .73 | 76 | 77 |N by E | |Regular soundings from 44 to 9 | | | | | |43 fathoms: mud.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .74 | 75 | 76 | North | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | |N by W | | |_Tuesday, July 23, 1816._ 2 | | | | West | | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .76 | 75 | 76 | Calm | | |About 8 this morning a 5 | | | | | | |breeze sprung at South, which 6 | | | | | | |lasted during the day, 7 | | | | | | |freshening very gradually--sky 8 |29 .78 | 77 | 77 | SSE | | |clear.

9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .80 | | | SE | | |Regular soundings 43 11 | | | | | N | E |fathoms: mud.

Noon.|29 .80 | 79 | 78 | South |35 .06 |123 .06 | -----+-------+----+--- +-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .79 | | | | Yellow Sea. | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .79 | 81 | 78 | SSW | | 5 | | | | | |A moderate breeze from the 6 |29 .78 | | | | |Southward, and fine clear 7 | | | | | |weather.

8 |29 .76 | 78 | 77 | SE | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | SSE | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .77 | 77 | 76 |S by E | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SSE | | |_Wednesday, July 24, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |The wind during these 24 4 | | | | | | |hours has been moderate 5 | | | | | | |from the Southward.--Quite 6 | | | | | | |clear, not the least 7 | | | | | | |appearance of fog.

8 |29 .75 | 77 | 76 |SE by S| | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 |29 .77 | | | | | | 10 |29 .82 | | |S by E | | | 11 |29 .86 | | | NW | N | E | Noon.|29 .88 | 75 | 78 |NW by W|36 .27 |123 .01 |A very curious a.s.semblage -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+of clouds pa.s.sed over us at 1 | | | | | |noon from the NW.

2 |29 .70 | | |E by S | Yellow Sea. | 3 | | | | | | 4 |29 .69 | 76 | 74 |SE by E| | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .70 | | | SSE | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 75 | 72 |S by E | |Soundings 40, 38, and 37 9 | | | | | |fathoms: brown mud.

10 | | | |S by W | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SW | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Thursday, July 25, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .70 | 70 | 71 | SSW | | |The wind during the night 5 | | | | | | |hung to the SW, with rain 6 | | | | | | |occasionally.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 71 | 66 | Calm | | |After daybreak the 9 | | | | WNW | | |weather cleared up, and the 10 |29 .70 | | |NW by W| | |breeze fell gradually as we 11 |29 .70 | | | NW | N | E |rounded the NE point of the Noon.|29 .70 | 74 | 73 | |37 .32 |122 .37 |promontory of Shan-tung.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .70 | | | East |Nearly on the | 3 | | | | |meridian of the | 4 |29 .66 | 77 | 72 | SE |NE point of | 5 | | | | |Shan-tung | 6 |29 .66 | | | SSE |promontory, | 7 | | | | |Yellow Sea. |In the forenoon it felt 8 |29 .61 | 76 | 72 | | |calm, and towards sunset a 9 | | | | | |breeze sprung up from ESE 10 | | | | | |and SE which lasted during 11 | | | | | |the night.

Mid |29 .61 | 75 | 75 |S by W | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | |S by W | | |_Friday, July 26, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | South | | |As the day broke, the 4 |29 .61 | 74 | 72 | SSE | | |breeze which had been light 5 | | | | | | |during the night, freshened 6 | | | | | | |up, and the weather, hitherto 7 | | | | South | | |clear, became suddenly quite 8 |29. 61 | 74 | 72 | SSW | | |foggy; this however lasted 9 | | | | | | |only half an hour, and we 10 |29. 62 | | | | | |enjoyed during the day the 11 |29. 62 | | | | N | E |same fine clear weather, Noon.|29. 62 | 74 | 72 |S by W |38 .07 |122 .00 |with the exception indeed of -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+one thunder squall, which 1 | | | | SSW | |lasted only a few minutes, 2 |29. 62 | | | SW | |and pa.s.sed over, going towards 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |the SE.

4 |29. 59 | 76 | 66 | WNW | | 5 | | | | | |N.B. This was the only 6 |29. 60 | | |SE by S| |instance of fog during the 7 | | | | SE | |six weeks that the ships were 8 |29. 60 | 73 | 68 | | |in the Yellow Sea.

| |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29. 60 | 75 | 74 |SE by E| | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | South | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, July 27, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | SSE | | |During the whole of this 5 | | | | | | |day we had a fresh breeze 6 | | | | | | |from East and ESE, with dark 7 | | | | | | |cloudy weather. As we drew 8 |29. 69 | 77 | 77 | SE | | |across the Gulf of Petchelee | | |-1/2| | |we had the wind much stronger.

9 | | | | | | | 10 |29. 69 | | | East | | | 11 |29. 70 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29. 70 | 76 | 76 | ENE |38 .52 |117 .49 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29. 68 | | |E by S | | 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |We anch.o.r.ed at seven 4 |29. 61 | 76 | 77 |E by N | |o'clock in 3-1/2 fathoms water.

5 | | | | | | 6 |29. 61 | | | East | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29. 80 | 77 | 82 |E by N | | 9 | | | | | |In the night it blew hard 10 |29. 84 | | |SE by E| |from the East, and at sunrise 11 | | | | | |we had a violent thunder Mid.| | | | | |storm.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+------------------------------ 1 | | | |SE by E| | |_Sunday, July 28, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |After the thunder storm had 4 |29 .70 | 80 | 80 |SE by S| | |pa.s.sed the weather cleared up, | | |-1/2| | | |and became quite fine.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .63 | 82 | 82 | SW | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .61 | | | | | | 11 |29 .62 | | | | N | | Noon.|29 .60 | 83 | 82 |W by N |38.52.42| | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+--------+-------+ 1 | | | |N by E | | 2 |29 .60 | | | North | Pei-ho, |During the day the breeze 3 | | | | | Yellow Sea. |has been moderate, with fine 4 |29 .61 | 81 | 82 |E by S | |clear weather.

5 | | | | SSE | | 6 |29 .62 | | |S by E | | 7 | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | 9 |29 .61 | 83 | 82 | South | | 10 | | | |S by E | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .60 | 80 | 82 | SW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SW | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Monday, July 29, 1816._ 3 | | | | WSW | | | 4 |29 .59 | 79 | 81 | NNW | | |Light breezes and cloudy | | |-1/2| | | |weather.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .60 | 82 | 82 |E by N | | | 9 | | | | | | |Towards noon it fell calm.

10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .62 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .60 | 82 | 84 | NE |38 .56 |118 .00 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .59 | | | SE | |At anchor off the mouth of the 3 | | | | | |Pei-ho river, Yellow Sea.

4 |29 .53 | 83 | 84 | ESE | | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .55 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .55 | 82 | 82 | SE | |During the night a moderate | |-1/2| | | |breeze from the Eastward.

9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .63 | 80 | 82 |SE by E| | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, July 30, 1816._ 2 | | | |SE by E| | | 3 | | | | | | |During this day there has 4 | | | | | | |been a light air from the 5 | | | | | | |Eastward, and fine clear 6 | | | | East | | |weather.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .50 | 82 | 82 | ENE | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .63 | | | | | | 11 |29 .63 | | | | | | Noon.|29 .62 | 81 | |E by N | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .65 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .68 | 81 | 84 |SE by E|Pei-ho, Yellow | 5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .61 | 82 | 83 | | | | | |-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |At midnight it fell calm.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .69 | 83 | 82 | Calm | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, July 31, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |This morning there is a 5 | | | | | | |light air from the eastward, 6 | | | | | | |inclining to calm.

7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .62 | 88 | 82 | SW | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .70 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .70 | 84 | 85 | WNW | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .70 | | | ESE |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .61 | 83 | 86 SE |Pei-ho, Yellow | 5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 |29 .71 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .72 | 82 | 82 | SSE | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | |Towards night the breeze 10 | | | | | |freshened up from the SE.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .84 | 83 | 82 | South | | | | |-1/2| | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Thursday, August 1, 1816._ 2 | | | | SW | | | 3 | | | | | | |During the night there has 4 |29 .69 | 83 | 84 | West | | |been a fresh breeze from the 5 | | | | | | |SW, with rain and lightning.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 81 | 82 |SW by S| | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .69 | | | SSW | | |Towards noon it became more 11 | | | | | | |moderate.

Noon.|29 .70 | 81 | 82 |SW by S| | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .63 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .66 | 82 | 82 |S by E |Pei-ho, Yellow | 5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 | | | | SE | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .66 | 80 | 82 |S by E | |And at night it was very 9 | | | | SSW | |squally, with rain.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .65 | 79 | 82 | SW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | |W by S | | |_Friday, August 2, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |During the whole of the night 5 | | | | | | |it rained.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .62 | 78 | 82 | | | |Towards morning it blew fresh | |-1/2| | | | |from the Westward.

9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .68 | | | SSW | | | Noon.|29 .67 | 79 | 82 | | | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | |S by W | | 2 |29 .63 | | | SE |At anchor off |During the whole of the day 3 | | | | |the mouth of the|it has been very hazy with 4 |29 .68 | 78 | 83 | East |Pei-ho, Yellow |slight showers of rain.

| |-1/2| | |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .63 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .65 | 78 | 82 | SSE | | | | |-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | |Midnight, fresh breezes and 10 | | | | | |clear.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .70 | 79 | 82 | East | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Sat.u.r.day, August 3, 1816._ 2 | | | |E by N | | | 3 | | | | | | |Fresh breezes and cloudy 4 |29 .72 | 77 | 81 | NE | | |weather.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .84 | 77 | 81 | ENE | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | |Strong breezes and cloudy, 10 | | | | | | |with slight showers of rain 11 |29 .84 | | | NE | | |at intervals.

Noon.|29 .82 | 79 | 82 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .80 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .80 | 76 | 82 |NE by N|Pei-ho, Yellow | 5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 |29 .84 | | | | |Towards evening it cleared 7 | | | | | |up.

8 |29 .90 | 76 | 80 | ENE | | 9 | | | | | |A short swell from the NE.

10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | |Moderate breezes and cloudy.

Mid.| | 75 | 80 |NE by N| | | | |-1/2| | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | North | | |_Sunday, August 4, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |Light airs and fine weather.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | NW | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .69 | 78 | 80 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .70 | | | | | | 11 |29 .70 | | | | | | Noon |29 .70 | 78 | 81 | West | | | | |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | NW | |Cloudy, with slight showers 2 |29 .68 | | | WNW |At anchor off |of rain at intervals.

3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .68 | 78 | 81 | WSW |Pei-ho, Yellow | 5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 |29 .68 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .68 | 78 | 80 | West | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .68 | 77 | 81 | SW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Monday, August 5, 1816._ 2 | | | |W by S | | | 3 | | | | | | |Moderate breezes and cloudy.

4 |29 .68 | 77 | 80 | WSW | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .68 | 78 | 80 |W by N | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .69 | | | | | |In the forenoon we had a 11 | | | | | | |slight shower.

Noon.|29 .68 | 78 | 81 | SW | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .68 | | |W by S |At anchor off |Moderate breezes and cloudy.

3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .66 | 81 | 81 | WSW |Pei-ho, Yellow | | | |-1/2| |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .65 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .64 | 81 | 82 | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |Light breezes and cloudy.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .59 | | |W by S | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | SW | | |_Tuesday, August 6, 1816._ 3 | | | | NE | | | 4 |29 .65 | 71 | 79 | North | | |Alight breeze from the SW.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |Towards 4 A.M. the wind 7 | | | | | | |shifted round to NW, and 8 |29 .64 | 73 | 77 | NNW | | |freshened up.

| | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .64 | | | | | | 11 | | | | WSW | | | Noon.|29 .63 | 76 | 81 |SW by W| | |Noon, a moderate breeze and | | | | | | |fine weather.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .64 | 83 | 81 | SSE |At anchor off | | |-1/2|-1/2| |the mouth of the| 3 | | | | |Pei-ho, Yellow |After noon the breeze, which 4 |29 .60 | 82 | 81 | |Sea. |had hauled round to SE, 5 | | | | | |freshened up considerably.

6 |29 .62 | | | | | 7 | | | | | |Towards sunset dark slaty 8 |29 .66 | 79 | 82 | SE | |clouds drew over us from the 9 | | | | | |land, moving in a contrary 10 | | | | | |direction from that of the wind 11 | | | | | |which we had.

Mid.|29 .66 | 80 | 81 |S by E | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Wednesday, August 7, 1816._ 2 | | | | South | | | 3 | | | | | | |At sunrise it was moderate, 4 | | | |E by N | | |but about nine o'clock the 5 | | | | | | |breeze freshened, and towards 6 | | | | | | |noon blew fresh from the 7 | | | | | | |Eastward.

8 |29 .67 | 79 | 81 | East | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .95 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|30 .00 | 77 | 80 |E by N | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |30 .00 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .92 | 76 | 80 | NE |Pei-ho, Yellow |Fresh breezes and cloudy.

5 | | | | |Sea. | 6 |29 .82 | | | | |Towards night it moderated.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .81 | 73 | 78 | | | | | |-1/2| | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | |At midnight a moderate breeze.

11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Thursday, August 8, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .65 | 71 | 78 | North | | |Moderate and cloudy.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .66 | 73 | 77 | NNW | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .67 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .68 | 76 | 81 | | | |Moderate and fine.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .66 | | | NNW |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .65 | 81 | | |Pei-ho, Yellow | | |-1/2| | |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 79 | 80 | NE | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | |Light airs.

Mid.|29 .71 | 77 | 79 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | |_Friday, August 9, 1816._ 2 | | | |N by E | | | 3 | | | | | | |Light airs and cloudy.

4 |29 .73 | 75 | 77 | NW | | | | | |-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .74 | 76 | 79 | | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |2 A.M. a moderate breeze 11 | | | | | | |sprung up at NW.

Noon.|29 .77 | 80 | 79 | ESE | | | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .76 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .70 | 79 | 77 | SSE |Pei-ho, Yellow | | | |-1/2| |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .70 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | | | | |Moderate breezes.

9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .70 | 76 | 78 | NW | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | NW | | |_Sat.u.r.day, August 10, 1816_ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | WNW | | |Moderate breezes and clear.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .60 | 75 | 77 | NW | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .70 | | | | | | 11 |29 .70 | | | | | |Calm and fine weather.

Noon.|29 .70 | 81 | 79 | Calm | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .69 | | | |At anchor off | 3 | | | | |the mouth of the| 4 |29 .67 | 79 | 78 | SSE |Pei-ho, Yellow | | | |-1/2| |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .65 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .64 | 76 | 78 | SW | | 9 | | | | | | 10 |29 .72 | | | | | Moderate and cloudy.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .74 | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Sunday, August 11, 1816._ 3 | | | | SE | | | 4 |29 .70 | 75 | 78 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | |SE by S| | | 8 |29 .70 | 76 | 79 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .75 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .74 | 79 | 80 | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ Moderate and clear weather.

1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .74 | | | SE |Off the River | 3 | | | | |Pei-ho, Yellow | 4 |29 .72 | 79 | 78 | |Sea. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .72 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .72 | | | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | 75 | 79 | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .75 | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Monday, August 12, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | 75 | 78 | SE | | |Moderate breezes and cloudy.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .78 | 79 | 78 | | | | 9 | | | | | | |Moderate breezes from the 10 | | | | | | |SE, with fine clear weather: 11 | | | | | N | E |lightning at times.

Noon.|29 .79 | 79 | 79 |S by E |38 .38 |117 .44 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .79 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. | 4 |29 .78 | 81 | 82 | | | 5 | | | | | |Moderate and fine weather.

6 |29 .78 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .78 | 79 | 81 | SE | | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | |Moderate breezes and clear, 10 | | | | | |with lightning.

11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .80 | 79 | 80 |SE by S| | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, August 13, 1816._ 3 | | | |S by W | | | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |In the evening we had fresh 6 | | | | | | |breezes from the SE--sky 7 | | | | | | |a.s.suming a threatening 8 |29 .79 | 89 | 79 | SSW | | |appearance. Towards midnight 9 | | | | | | |it moderated, at which time it 10 |29 .80 | | | | | |fell calm.

11 | | | | | | | Noon.|29 .80 | 83 | 81 | SE | 38 .34| 118 .08| -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .74 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. | 4 |29 .77 | 80 | 80 | ESE | | | |-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .80 | | | SE | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .79 | 79 | 78 | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | |SE by S| | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | Calm | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | |SE by S| | |_Wednesday, August 14, 1816._ 3 | | | | SE | | | 4 |29 .70 | 77 | 78 | WSW | | |After midnight a moderate 5 | | | | | | |breeze sprung up from the SE.

6 |29 .71 | 79 | 78 | South | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .72 | 79 | 78 | SSE | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .72 | | | | | |About 4 A.M. it shifted 11 | | | | | N | E |more to the Southward, and Noon.|29 .74 | 79 | 78 | |38 .29 |118.20 |remained so the rest of the day.

| |-1/2| | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ Weather fine.

1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .71 | | |S by E | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. | 4 |29 .74 | 80 | 80 | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .70 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .72 | 79 | 80 |E by N | | 9 | | | |E by S | | 10 | | | | ESE | |At midnight the wind drew 11 | | | | | |round to the Eastward.

Mid.|29 .75 | 76 | 79 |E by S | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Thursday, August 15, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | 76 | 79 | SE | | |Moderate and fine weather.

| | |-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | East | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .77 | 78 | 80 | | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .79 | | | | N | E |During the day the wind Noon.|29 .78 | 78 | 81 | | 37.58 | 118.49 |remained at East and ENE, | |-1/2| | | | ||blowing a moderate breeze.

-----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .76 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. | 4 |29 .74 | 80 | 82 | ENE | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .74 | | | | | 7 | | | | | |Towards night it freshened 8 |29 .76 | 78 | | | |up, and remained quite steady.

9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .86 | 77 | 80 | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Friday, August 16, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |To-day the wind continued at 5 | | | | | | |East, the same as yesterday.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .79 | 79 | 81 |E by N | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | |E by S | | | 11 |29 .80 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .80 | 79 | 81 |E by N | 37 .30| 118.57 | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | |E by S | | 2 |29 .74 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. |In the evening it became 4 |29 .74 | 80 | 81 | ENE | |squally, with rain.

5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .74 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .74 | 79 | 80 SE by S| | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | |Towards midnight the wind 10 | | | | | |hauled to the Southward.

11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | |S by W | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | S by W| | | 2 | | | | SSW | | |_Sat.u.r.day, August 17, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .74 | 78 | 80 |SW by S| | |To-day we have had a breeze | |-1/2| | | | |from the SW.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 |29 .74 | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 9 |29 .74 | 79 | 84 | SW | | | | |-1/2| | | | | 10 | | | | | | | 11 |29 .74 | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .75 | 81 | 81 | | 37 .20| 119.33 | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | | 2 |29 .74 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. |During the afternoon the 4 | | | | | |wind shifted to the Eastward, 5 | | | | | |where it remained, and blew a 6 |29 .70 | | | | |steady breeze.

7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .70 | 79 | 80 | East | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .71 | 79 | 80 |E by S | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | East | | |_Sunday, August 18, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .72 | 79 | 80 |E by N | | |After midnight we had a | |-1/2| | | | |moderate breeze from the 5 | | | | | | |Eastward, and at 4 A.M. it 6 | | | | | | |freshened up at ENE, where it 7 | | | | | | |continued until the evening, at 8 |29 .80 | 79 | 80 | | | |which time it shifted to the 9 | | | | | | |SE, with rain.

10 |29 .81 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|29 .80 | 79 | 79 | | 37 .47| 119 .37| | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | |NE by E| | 2 |29 .82 | | | | Gulf of | 3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. |At eight it was nearly calm.

4 |29 .88 | 78 | 79 | ENE | | | |-1/2| | | | 5 | | | | | |About nine a breeze sprung 6 |29 .82 | | | | |up from the Eastward, 7 | | | |SE by S| |accompanied by rain.

8 |29 .90 | 78 | 78 | Calm | | 9 | | | | | | 10 |29 .98 | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .98 | 78 | 78 | East | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | NNE | | |_Monday, August 19, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |A light air.

5 | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .98 | 78 | 78 | ENE | | | | |-1/2|-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 |29 .94 | | | | | | 11 |29 .92 | | | | N | E |Towards noon the breeze Noon.|29 .92 | 74 | 77 | NE | 37. 40| 119.44 |freshened up at North-easterly, | | |-1/2| | | |where it continued all day, and -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+blew rather fresh, with a short 1 | | | | | |swell.

2 |29 .92 | | | | | 3 | | | | | Gulf of | 4 |29 .92 | 75 | 77 | | Pe-che-lee. | | | |-1/2| | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .94 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .99 | 74 | 76 |NE by N| | | |-1/2| | | | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Tuesday, August 20, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .95 | 76 | 78 | N by E| | |During the night it blew a 5 | | | | | | |steady fresh breeze from NNE, 6 | | | | | | |in which quarter it continued 7 | | | | | | |all this day.

8 |30 .00 | 76 | 77 | NNE | | | | | |-1/2| | | |The sky having a threatening 9 | | | | | | |appearance.

10 |30 .02 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | N | E | Noon.|30 .03 | 75 | | | 37 .46| 120 .08| -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+ 1 | | | | | |Towards the evening moderated.

2 |30 .00 | | | | | 3 | | | | | Gulf of | 4 |29 .90 | 74 | 78 | | Pe-che-lee. | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .90 | | | | | 7 | | | | | |Near midnight the wind came 8 |29 .90 | 74 | 77 |NE by N| |round to the SW, and blew a | | |-1/2| | |moderate breeze.

9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.| | | | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | SW | | |_Wednesday, August 21, 1816._ 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |The early part of the day the 4 | | | | | | |wind has been moderate from the 5 | | | | SSW | | |Southward.

6 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 8 |29 .80 | 74 | 77 |S by W | | | 9 | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |About noon it died away, but 11 |29 .80 | | | | N | E |shortly after a breeze sprung Noon.|29 .80 | 79 | 77 | Calm | 37 .51| 120 .33|up from the Eastward, and blew -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+pretty steady from that quarter 1 | | | | | |till the evening, when it 2 |29 .78 | | | East | Gulf of |hauled round to the SE.

3 | | | | | Pe-che-lee. | 4 |29 .76 | 76 | 77 | | | 5 | | | | | | 6 |29 .76 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 8 |29 .74 | 75 | 77 |SE by S| | 9 | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | Mid.|29 .82 | 74 | 73 |S by E | | | |-1/2| | | | -----+-------+----+----+-------+-------+--------+------------------------------- 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |_Thursday, August 22, 1816._ 3 | | | | | | | 4 |29 .80 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |During the early part of the 6 | | | | | | |day we had a moderate breeze 7 | | | | | | |from the SE.