The Nautilus of 14 or 16 guns (6 lb) chased the Bevy Privateer in a Bevy harbr ー & fired upon her after she had run aground and was stripped for abt 4 hours. The Salem people, to the no of 200 or more went down upon Salem Neck & were preparing to fire upon the Ship with their field pieces when she fired the first shot among a party of them wo were collected upon a hill. I was myself present. Our men then began to play their 4 lb guns & after making 8 or 10 shot apiece they levelled them well. The Ship fired several times at us but after our Guns began to play she fired but seldom, and hoisted sail to go off ー when she got aground ー she got off agn abt ½ after 7 P.M. ー for 4 hours we fired upon her constantly & tis supposed that she recd some of our shot ー We fired very badly many times.