Laying in Nantasket road
First middle and Latter parts Light airs and fair Came in A M sailed up for the Town His Majestys Ship Tartar wth 2 Transports ー
At 1 saw a Schooner engaging [a] Transport without the Light House and took her but the People had got away in boats Slipt both Cables and made Sail after her Got up T G yards and [illegible] the sails wth Studding sails on both sides as did the Empress of Russia The Rebels finding they could not carry her off deserted her and went on board the Schooner again
at 4 the Wind dying away we left off Chace Working up to the Lighthouse