Voted, That the commander in chief at the forts at N. London and Groton be and he is hereby directed to employ two whaleboats properly manned to ply in the harbour and sound near New London and the adjacent coasts, especially in the night season and thick weather, to observe the motions of the enemy in the Sound and on Long Island &c., as he shall judge necessary and convenient from time to time and at the present time, and to give notice of the same, to prevent a surprize at those posts.