Lying in Huntington Bay

[AM] Mod^t Breezes & Clear handed Sails hove short on the Sm^l B^r: at 7 Weighd & Came to Sail in Comp^y with 2 Sloops & His Majes^ts. Brig'g Halifax and Tender¹ Running across the Sound at 12 Came too of[f] Norwark [Norwalk] Islands in 10 f^m water Sm^l: B^r: the Body Ditto Islands N^o of[f] Shore 2 Miles

Single anchor of[f] Norwark Islands

[PM] sent the Sloop & Boats within Ditto Islands Gave chace to a Privateer fird 7 Guns Shotted at the Privateer at 8 the Boats & Sloops Return'd Weighd & Came to sail Running across the Sound at 11 Came too in Huntington Harb^r: Sm^l: B^r: in 7 f^m: water Hubbards Neck NEbN Lloyds Neck NBW of[f] Shore 1 Mile—