Remarks Friday April 11th 1777 Close thick foggy Weather Close Reeft the T Sails Got the Main Top Gallant Yard Down At 10. handed both T. Sails, 1 Struck both T. Gallt Mast Fresh Gails with Rain Nothing More Remarkable this day No Obsn this Day First part of these 24 hours begins with fresh Gails & Rain At 5. P.M. Made a Sail. Loos'd our Close Reeft T. Sails & Stood for her. At 6. Came up with the Chace, she being a Sloop from Lisbon bound to Southhampton. Order'd her to keep under our Lee & make Sail, the Weather being so bad that we Could not board her. —
1. Log of the Rising States, PRO, HCA 30/716.