[off Port Mouton Is., Nova Scotia]
at 6 AM Saw a Sail to the SE gave chace TKd the Chace TKd and made for the land at 10 Coming up with the Chace port Matoon [Port Mouton] Wt passage Bearing No the Chace Running into the passage Stood Close in hoisted out the Boat fired one Shott at the chace and sent Boat in Saw 2 Sail to the Etwd gave Chace Blowing Strong With a Heavy head Sea —
Fresh breezes TKd one of Chace bore away & went into port Gambear at 4 PM Struck on a Sunken Rock Matn Isld [Port Mouton Is.] NNW 1 Mile layd all a back & payd her Round off lost the false Kell the Schooner Running into the Harbor at ½ p 6 PM got Round the Isd hard squalls The Jibb blew from the Bolt Rope which we lost the best part of it come to Anchor in port Gambear in 12 fms blowing strong portsmouth Rocks ENE Jedel Isd SSBE ½ mile found our Men in possession of Charlotte Schooner also another Sloop & Schooner they had quit on Sight of the Brig the 2 Vessels Chaced proved to be a pirate Schooner The Cutter ² smith Commander from Salem and a Sloop he had taken seeing the Brig Coming Made his Escape Arms lost & hove overboard when the Rebles board the Charlotte 5 Mus­quets 8 Pistols 1 Cutlash & Scabard with Cartridge Boxes full 60 fms Rope in the Boat