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Friday 30. 8 am 76º. Strong breeze from N.E. 2 PM 80º 9 PM 79 9 ? Company of Coast Guards - went to ? near the Pt the Severe gale & high tide had covered the platform & ? towards the Sea - Landed the three 19 pds up, cleared away the Sand & got it in ? to place farther in land - Col Hockley contemplates erecting a good battery ? his 'Passo' putting Base in good order - & ? at but one many at the Bayou near the ? to Town - The N.E end of the island has suffered some devastation from the Great gale - N Winds blew the Land Halls down & thus the Sea took through, covering nearly the end of the island in some places the Sea comes a 50 to 100 yards inlands. 10 PM Mr ? lands ? 'Bryant' from N. Fork - They did not feel the Gale we had here- Saturday 1 October - 75? his - Santana must have his hands full - His capital ? to keep in military order. Yucatan to worry ? & lastly Texas - From what I can make out of the ? Military promenades of the