The wind now became variable, from S.W.

The wind then increased, and became variable, and dark clouds were seen banking up in the south-western horizon.

For eight days more we beat to windward under a stiff top-gallant breeze, when the wind shifted and became variable.

The blaze of the burning vessel still in sight at 8 P.M. During the night the wind lulled and became variable.

At noon on the 13th, being in the latitude of 3° 49' N., longitude 31° 47' W., the wind became variable, between the N.E.