The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-02-24
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REPORT OF AN BKTsE EMMA AUGUSTA, YoUNo, MASTER.
Len Newcastle Dec 18th, 1876 on the 25rh, lat 33s, long
1902 signaIIized with the whaling bark GazelIe Of San Fran
cisco, on a cruise Jan I'D. touched at Tahiti, OF and On for 7
hours; had no Sc trades, only northerly wind TO the equator
then had very poor NE trades to port. --
REPORT OF HAw scHR Giovanni APIASI, HENPsTEAD,
MAsTER-saIed from Honolulu Dec 18th, 1876, and arrived
at Bakers Island Jan LIST, 1877; left same day for Phoebe ISL
and and arrived at that position next day. cruised in that vi
cinity for fifteen days, but saw nothing Of Phoebe Islandj on
the 18th took a strong gale from wsWj at 9 a m spoke schr
Joseph wOoley, Briggs, cruising for Phoebe lslandi at 6 p m
bore up for Bakers Island, and arrived there next day, too
rough to lands mex. day landed supplies aud left at 10 a m for
Honolulu Feb sth; passed Palmyra and Washington Islands
on The 10Th; made Lanai on the 21st, at IL p m, and arrived
al Honolulu on the 22d, % days passage.
REPoRT or HAw BK IoLASI, GARRELs, MAsTER.-On the
ID October, 1876, passed Lands End; on the 1ith the Island
Madeira, during which time had variable winds with some
times heavy gales from NV and sw, with q high breaking
sea, ship IaboriDg heavy and taking much water on deck. In
one Of .he NV gales the cargo shifted to port side, which gave
the ship 9 heavy list. On the 18th passed British brig PHQL,
from Formby to River Benin, 81 days out. On the 22d passed
SC Antonio, Cape verd islands, from here had light soulherly
winds to the line, which we crossed Nov 9Th, il long sIs Is,
W, IS days out. lad the Sc trade winds very light and I'M
steady, which we lost in about % 8. on the nth; from the
18th 70 Dec 9th, in lat 2s to +00 s, had very heavy gales from
W and sW with y very rough sea, in which the ship pitched
very much and took heavy seas on deck. Variable light winds
60 the IsIh, when We crossed the parallel Of so s, in about
55o W, 81 days out Steering for Straits Of lie Marie, got on
the 18th a heavy gale from NV, thick and rainy, which OBJ
Hged us to keep away round Staten Land, wind shifting to
the sw, IL lasted till the 10th, during which time lost part Of
our starboard buIEarks, from there had light variable winds
and ae weather; on the I'D sighted Island Of Diego Ramirez,
N by w I w, about Il miles CT; on ihe 2sth crossed the par
alIeI Of 500 8 in the Pacific, in about sic W, Go days out
From this lat TO lat IS : had mostly good wind and weather.
Jan 9th to the 18th had the wind from N and NV with heavy
SQUALLS, thunder and lightning, after which had very light Sc
trades; crossed the line on the 81 Feb, in about 1855 W, lS2
days out. Had very light winds from NE and Sc up to The
10th, when we got a Eesh NE trades TIL the 18th, after this
Ight and unsteady, sometimes nearly calm; 18th got q fresh 5
wind for shout 12 hours; on the 2oth sighted Hawaii. where
We got the sw wind with very heavy squalls, afterwards the
wind shifted to NV and NJ on The 2lst sighted Maui aud Mo-
!osai, and arrived In Honolulu on the I'D, Isl days out; got
aground on the bar Tor about half an hour while coming in.