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Rh and ditto stay sail; set whole top sails, little wind; set jib and stay sails, and the light sails. Swell from the eastward.

, Sept. 21, 1778. Up top gallant yards and set the sails; light airs of wind; handed top gallant sails and single reefed top sails, and hauled up our course to wait for the Commodore. Expended 4135 gallons of water, remains 5365 ditto; returned by the doctor nine people sick. Fresh gale; trebble reefed fore and main top sail, and handed the mizen top sail; handed fore top sail. Hard squalls, handed main top sail; moderated, set main top sail and stay sails; set fore top sail.

, Sept. 22, 1778. Smooth sea and light airs of wind; squalls of wind, handed the top sails, main course and mizen stay sail; moderate, set main sail and main top sail; winds light and variable. Ven'd ship. Out reefs and set all the sails, up top gallant yards and the studding sails.

, Sept. 23, 1778. Fresh gale, bent a new main top sail and mizzen stay sail. Wind increases, handed both topsails; more moderate, set main top sail, double reefed, set the fore and mizzen top sail, set the main sail.

, Sept. 24, 1778. Out reefs, set fore top sail. Sounded, no ground at 95 fathoms, aired the light sails, no observation.

, Sept. 25, 1778. Fresh gales. top sails reefed; sounded, no ground at 90 fathoms; sounded no ground at 101 fathoms; out all reefs, double reefed top sails.

, Sept. 26, 1778. Down stay sails, laid the main top sail to the mast. fired seven muskets and two swivels, signals for the ships; cleared, sounded and had ground in eighty fathoms, quality of the bottom white sand and large stones; handed all our sails except the mizzen and mizzen stay sail, under which we lay by as did the other ships; caught some fish in forty-five fathoms water, laying by still on account of the fog Weather cleared a little, both ships in sight.

, Sept. 27, 1778. Foggy and fresh gales; fired one six-pounder and two swivels, signal guns to prevent our seperation; at 4 o'clock ships brought too under a mizzen and mizzen stay sail; at six the weather clears, saw a sail to the northward and a small island of ice, made sail and gave chase; at half past nine brought the chase too, a brig from Amsterdam called the William, Rob't Stonehouse, master, bound to Boston and owned there.

, Sept. 28, 1778. Thick fog, lying by under the top sails; dismissed the brig. Tacked to the southward at five; still foggy by the master's return; have expended 723 gallons water since the 21st of this month, remains on board 4642 gallons. Weather clears a little, shut in thick of fog; hove too under the three top sails, little wind; Commodore and Capt. Hinman came on board to dinner, Capt. Tucker laying by with the Boston, scrubbing her bottom; foggy and rain.

, Sept. 29, 1778. Light winds, made sail to the westward, Commodore fired signal gun to keep company; clears, weather fine, loosed our sails to-day and all hands employed in fishing.

, Sept. 30, 1778. Clear and calm; catched some fish.

, Oct. 1, 1778. Delivered eight barrels of beef to the Boston frigate. Sam'l Tucker. Esq.. commander. Lost a hand lead, seven pounds weight, in fishing; unbent the fore and main courses and fore top stay sail, bent new ones.

, Oct. 2, 1778. Fair and a fine breeze, a long swell from the eastward; close reefed the top sails, down top gallant yards; at 6 o'clock sounded forty-two fathom s water, strong gales; at ten handed fore top sail and reefed the main course; at eleven handed the main top sail, strong gales and a large sea.

, Oct. 3, 1778. Rainy, squally weather, strong gale of wind and a high sea; reefed top gallant mast under courses, set close reefed main top sail, handed main top sail. The twenty-four hours end with a strong gale of wind and high sea.

, Oct. 4, 1778. Begins with a strong gale of wind and high sea, much rain, reefed the fore sail; at 6 o'clock brought too under mizzen stay sail as did the other ships; continues squally with rain; set close reefed top sails; in top sails.

, Oct. 5, 1778. The twenty-four hours begins with a fresh gale and clear; out all reefs; loosed the light sails to-day. up top gallant masts; at 7 squally with showers of rain; at midnight hard squalls with rain. Saw a ship to windward about four miles, gave chase; blowed hard, thick weather, lost sight of the ship. Carrying a pres'd sail in chase, shiped a heavy sea, some of which got into the sail room and magazine.

, Oct, 6, 1778. Strong gale and high sea; weather clears and moderates; set up our main rigging; at 5 o'clock saw a sail to the S.S.E., under one fore sail and mizzen stay sail, hard squalls from the N.W. Blowing very