The sandy P^t. off Gardners Island E^t: & Oyster pond P^t. NbW, about 1 Mile & ¾ from the shore.

at 6 AM weighed and came to sail to the Westward.

Horton's P^t. SWbS 5 Miles.

Fresh breezes and Cloudy W^r: at 2 PM discovered a Schooner & Sloop to the W^t:ward, gave chace  at ½ past 3 left off chace, as I found they must inevitable get into New Haven, at Midnight came too with B^t: B^r: in 13 fath^m: veered to ½ a Cable, found rid­ing here His Maj^ts Sloop Scorpion—