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Log of the Passages of the Sailing Ship 'Thermopylæ' from London to Melbourne, thence to Newcastle (N.S.W.), thence to Foo-chow-foo, and thence to London, 1868-69.

-+++-+ Date. | Lat. | Long. |Distance.| -+++-+        |   N.   |   W.   |         | Nov. 5 |  —   |    —  |    —   | 5.30  at Gravesend. "    6 |   —   |    —  |    —   | "     7 |   —   |    —  |    —   | 5  left Gravesend. "    8 |   —   |    —  |    —   | 6  Lizard, N. 20 miles. "     9 |  48·30 |   7·2  |   168   | Var., moderate. "   10 |  45·38 |  13·16 |   274   | S.E., N.W., fresh. "    11 |  43·13 |  15·38 |   213   | Var., moderate. |       |        |         |{ S.S.E. Lost Peter Johnson "   12 |  41·11 |  19·24 |   194   |{   over-*board, ship hove-to for         |        |        |         |{   an hour, without success. "    13 |  39·44 |  22·10 |   138   | S.S.E. strong gales. "   14 |  38·40 |  22·58 |    69   | Var., moderate. "    15 |  35·12 |  21·54 |   213   | North-westerly, strong. "   16 |  30·39 |  22·55 |   279   | North-westerly, fresh. "    17 |  29·9  |  23·43 |    99   | N., S.E., moderate. "   18 |  27·38 |  26·5  |   200   | South-westerly, moderate. "    19 |  26·45 |  24·12 |   112   | South-westerly, light. "   20 |  26·32 |  24·39 |    —   | South-westerly, light. "    21 |  25·14 |  24·32 |    68   | Easterly, light. "   22 |  21·39 |  26·5  |   228   | E., fresh. "    23 |  17·18 |  26·25 |   268   | North-easterly, fresh. "   24 |  13·18 |  25·32 |   250   | E., fresh. "    25 |  10·6  |  24·33 |   210   | Easterly, moderate. "   26 |   6·53 |  23·32 |   202   | South-easterly, moderate. "    27 |   4·27 |  24·3  |   140   | South-easterly, heavy squalls. "   28 |   1·23 |  25·50 |   228   | South-easterly, moderate.         |        |        |         |         |   S.   |        |         | "    29 |   2·13 |  29·0  |   271   | South-easterly, fresh. "   30 |   6·30 |  21·8  |   288   | South-easterly, strong. Dec.   1 |  11·22 |  31·28 |   293   | Easterly, variable. "     2 |  16·14 |  31·25 |   294   | Easterly, strong. "    3 |  20·24 |  30·26 |   256   | Easterly, moderate. "     4 |  23·0  |  29·0  |   176   | Easterly, light. "    5 |  24·32 |  27·39 |   118   | Easterly, light. "     6 |  25·53 |  27·8  |    81   | Northerly, light. "    7 |  27·22 |  26·28 |    96   | Northerly, light. "     8 |  29·4  |  25·10 |   123   | Northerly, light. "    9 |  32·24 |  22·35 |   240   | North-westerly, fresh gale. "    10 |  26·26 |  18·51 |   224   | South-westerly, blowing a gale. "   11 |  38·34 |  13·2  |   303   | South-westerly, strong. "    12 |  39·38 |   6·34 |   314   | W.S.W., strong.