71' W.by computation.

It freshened up from the N.at 2 P.M., and blew a gale of wind all night from N.N.E.to N.N.W.

Running off with the wind a little abaft the beam very comfortably; but the two small pumps were kept going _nearly all night_.

They do little more than keep her free.
_Wednesday, December 25th_ .-- Christmas-day! Bringing with it, away here in mid-ocean, all the kindly recollections of the season and home, and church and friends.

Alas! how great the contrast between these things and our present condition.