Board of Her Left her Just at Dark.

11^th At 5 o'Clock in the Morning Saw a Sail at the Windward two
Leagues Distance Bearing Down Upon Us we Lay too for her till She Came
in half Gun Shott of us the Man at Mast head Cry^d out 4 Sail to the
Leeward Our Officers Concluded to Make Sail from her Supposing her to be
a Frigate of 36 Guns after we Made Sail We Left as Fast as we wanted She
Gave Over Chase at two oClock Afternoon She was the Seaford of 28 Guns.

22^nd Sprung our Maintop sail Yard.

28^th Made the Land at Port Royal.

29^th the Ship Struck Bottom Thrice.

30^th Came over the Bar this Morning & Arriv^d in this Harbour In
Company with the Ship Defence Com^ed by Sam^ll Smedly. Charlestown,
S^th. C^na. May y^e 30^th 1778.

SAILING DIRECTIONS OF THE SECOND CRUISE.

+--------+--------+-----------+---------+
|April | H | Course | Nth Latt|
+--------+--------+-----------+---------+
| 1 | 1 | SW | 31.18 |
| | 4 | SE | |
| 2 | 10 | EbS | 31.20 |
| 3 | | ESE | 30.58 |
| 4 | | SE | 30.21 |
| 5 | | ESE | 29.44 |
| 6 | | SEbE | 29.22 |
| 7 | | SE | 29.54 |
| 8 | | ESE | 28.7 |
| 9 | | SSbS | 26.29 |
| 10 | | SW | 25.6 |
| 11 | | SSW | No Obs |
| 12 | | South | 22.35 |
| 13 | | SSW | No Obs |
| 14 | | SSW | 20.17 |
| 15 | 7 | South | 19.18 |
| | 12 | West | |
| 16 | | East | 19.16 |
| 17 | | WNW | 19.14 |
| 18 | | NNW | 19.35 |
| 19 | | NW | 19.46 |
| 20 | | NbW | No Obs |
| 21 | | NNW | 20.20 |
| 22 | | SbE | 19.15 |
| 23 | | SbE | 18.10 |
| 24 | | SbE | 16.30 |
| 25 | | South | 14.30 |
| 26 | | South | 12.54 |
| 27 | | NbW | 13.8 |
| 28 | 1 | SbE } | |
| | 11 | NbW } | 12.35 |
| 29 | 1 | NbW | 13.16 |
| | | Calm | |
| 30 | | NNW | 15.00 |
| May | | | |
| 1 | |