and ditto stay sail; set whole top sails, little wind; set jib and stay sails, and the light sails. Swell from the eastward.
Monday, 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.
Tuesday, 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.
Wednesday, 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.
Thursday, Sept. 24, 1778. Out reefs, set fore top sail. Sounded, no ground at 95 fathoms, aired the light sails, no observation.
Friday, 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.
Saturday, 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.
Sunday, 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.
Monday, 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.
Tuesday, 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.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1778. Clear and calm; catched some fish.
Thursday, 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.
Friday, 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.
Saturday, 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.
Sunday, 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.
Monday, 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.
Tuesday, 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
