This morning, Tuesday the 28th [November], we got under way at dawn and put to sea with a west-north-west wind. We were convinced that we would see again the same vessels of our mortal enemy. During the day our ship was windbound and we made very little way, about 3 leagues. Seeing the coming of a very bad night we had to return to the entrance of the harbor. On our way back we found a small submerged boat that was empty. We took it and we assumed that it belonged to the warship that had exploded at sea from her powder-magazine according to the report made by the captain of the prize that we had captured last Monday. The night was very bad. Strong winds, rain and snow.