Impossible to Get Clear of it We Bent our Cables for fear of the Banks
that we Might try to Ride it out if we Got on.

25 Moderated Some But Verry Rough So that we Could Do no work.

26 Got a Jury Mast Up on the Main Mast.

27 Got up Jury Masts on the Fore & Mison Masts.

30 at 8 oClock in the Morning Saw a Brigg over our weather Bow 2 Leagues
Dis^t We Kept our Course She Stood the Same way Just at Night we gave
her two Guns but She kept on at Night we Lost Sight of her.

31^st at 5 in the Morning Saw the Brigg a Head Gave her Chace Came up
with her about Noon we hoisted our Colours She hoisted English Colours,
we Gave her one gun which made them come Tumbling Down.

Sep^tr 1^st We Saw a Sail a Head Giving us Chace She hoisted Englis
Colours & we & the Brigg hoisted English Colours She Came Down towards
us we Put the Ship about & She Came Close too us we up Parts & Our
Colours She put about & we Gave her about 12 Guns Bow Chaces & She Got
Clear She was a Small Sloop of 6 or 8 Guns.

Sep^t 2^nd Got Soundings of Cape May 45 Fath^m.

Sep^t 3^rd at Night Lost Sight of The Prise.

Sep^t 4^th Saw a Sail A Privatier Schoner She kept Round us all Day
& hoisted English Colours we hoisted English Colours but She thought
Best Not to Speak with.

Sep^t 5^th Made the Land at 9 oClock in the Morning the South Side
of Long Island against South Hampton & Came to Anchor Under Fishes
Island at 12 oClock at Night Saw five Sail at 2 Afternoon Standing to
the Westward two of them Ships.

Sep^t 6^th 1778 New London. Arriv^d in this Harbour.

SAILING DIRECTIONS OF THE THIRD CRUISE.

+--------+-------+----------+----------+
| Days | H | Course | Obser'n |
+--------+-------+----------+----------+
|July | | | No Latt |
| 25 | | SW | 32.19 |
| 26 | | SSW | |
| 27 | | EbS | 32.07 |
| 28 | | WSW | 31.33 |
| 29 | | SE | 31.29 |
| 30 | | SSE | 30.20 |
| 31 | | SEbS | 30.30 |
|======================================|
| August |
|======================================|
| 1 | | SE | 30.15 |
| 2 | | Calm | 30.05 |
| 3 | | SE | 29.44 |
| 4 | | SSW | 28.38 |
| 5 | | SSW | 27.02 |
| 6 | | South | 26.20 |
| 7