At Anchor off Dyers Island

AM Dry'd Sails Emp^d. work^g: up Junk 

At Anchor off Dyers Island

Fresh Breezes & hazey at 11 AM a Sig^l. was made for a French Fleet being in the Offing at 1 PM the Sig^l. was made that the Fleet was standing towards to [the] Harbour. &c appear'd as intending to Enter the Harbour by the Middle & Narragansett passage weighed and Came to Sail (agreeable to Orders received for Landing all the Amunition Guns, Stores & provisions & using every Method to prevent the Ship falling into the Enemys hands or the People being made Prisioners) & work'd the Ship close in between Dyers Island and Rhode Island and Anch^d in 5 f^m. w^t. the Best B^r. Veer'd to ½ Cable N^o. End of Dyers Island NNW South End WbN off shore 2 Cables length [at] 3. Anch^d here the Orpheus¹—got on shore Two 9 pd^rs: and part of our Provision