The Nautilus anchored in Nantasket having chaced a Privateer 30 Leagues off the Coast and at last lost her in thick Weather; Lieutt [Christopher] Mason her Commander informed the Admiral he had met with several Vessels bound to Boston, which he had seen safe within the Lighthouse, and that Want of Fuel had obliged him to come in with a Vessel with fresh Beef from Halifax. The Admiral ordered an immediate Supply of Coals, Wood, Beef and some Stores to the Nautilus, and directed Lieutt Mason to push out again as fast as possible; and finding she was short of Complement and had many sick, ordered the Chatham, Renown and Centurion to lend each seven men to her.