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and SE with heavy rain & high wind, ice broken up & disappears_ Bar. fall to 28.930 _ __________Friday Dec.15 ____________ Bar.28.494. Ther. 44. min.25. Gale with rain, from S & E_ vexing the compass by fits & starts. Very high tide exceeding the limit of the gauge for some two hours & a half. Gale all day of varying intensity with torrents of rain. _________Saturday Dec. 16 ___________ Bar. 29.131. Ther. 35. min 24 - SE Gale diminishing. It blew with a great fury at times during the night and the vessel dragged to the north west three or four lengths though having both anchors and 120 fathoms of chain on each out. Cloudy with hail squalls_ Several Signals blown down Roofs off several houses in the village. boats & water casks flown away from the beach P.M. cants more northerly and lightens Evening blue lights visible on shore ________Sunday Dec 17 _____________ Bar. 29.838. Ther.31. min.29. Calm clear. Small harbor freezing over. Finding a constant difference between the height is measured on the staff [[end page]] [[start page]] [[blank page]]