latter [part] mode. and fair . . . at 6 A M hove in to ⅓ of a Cable Fir'd a Gun for a Pilot  at 8 Weigh'd & came to Sail at 10 Came onbd a Pilot. P M Empd working into Nantasket Bay in Company with His Maj. Ships Merlin &Falcon, at 8 Came to in Boston Harbour with the Bt Bower in 5 fam water, Veer'd to ½ a Cable found riding here His Majs Ships the Preston Vice Adml [Samuel] Graves and Sommerset with a large Fleet of Transports.