Pooles Island SW 4 or 5 miles
AM at 11 the Adml made our Sigl to Weigh Weighd & Came to Sail Do receivd on Board a Pilot the Adml made our Signal Came to with the Stream anchor in 5 fathom the Est Point Spiesutie Island NbE½E 4 or 5 miles Sasafras Point SW½W ½ a mile Turkey Point NE½E 2 Leagues Opend a Cask of Pork 114 Contg 320 Short 13
First part fresh Breezes &Cloudy, Middle hard Squalls with thunder & Lightning & Rain Do let go the Small Bower run to ½ a Cable P.M. the Adml & All the Fleet Anchord in the mouth of the Elk Punishd Robt Dalzell with 12 lashes for Drunkeness mand 13 flat Boats with 10 men a Coxen & Petty Officer Each and Sent them on Duty with Lieutenants [John] Polkinghorne & [William] Meeks Do all the Transports & Adml Howe with his Flag on Board the Roebuck Sailed up the Elk