Jamaica S^o. 43°: 8' E^t. 156 Leag^s. 

Allow'd 19 Miles N^o. for Currentt.
at 5 PM. [AM] D^o W^r. [Moderate and Cloudy] at 6 Set the M^n. Sail ½ pt. Set the M. T. M. Staysail at 8 Saw a Strange Sail in Sight in the NW Q^r. Bute and Convoy in C^o saw y^e. Convoy a head and a Schooner to win^d hoist her Colours ½ p^t wore Ship brought too M. T. S to the Mast. and the Signall for the Convoy to Come into our wake which the Bute repeated Sounded 95 fam^s. no ground fired 3 Shott at the Convoy to windw^d. [to] bear down to us. at 9 out 2^d. reefs TS and made sail fired a shott at a sail ahead ½ p^t. Spoke a Spanish Polacca bound to the Havannah TK Ship and Stood into to the Fleet at 10 Saw two of the Convoy fire at a Strange Schooner that was in the fleet Fired a Shott at the Schooner and brought her too ½ p^t wore Ship and Brought too M. T. S to the Mast, hoisted out the longboat and Sent a Lieu^t on board her found her to be from Mobille bound to Cork and had been taken by an American privateer 3 weeks before loaded with lumber. took out of her the Ammerican prize Master and 2 men being all the Americans on board her—and Gave the former mate of her the Charge to Keep us Company thro the Gulph and afterwards to Sail her to S^t Augustine

[at Noon] Jamaica S^o. 39: 55. E 141 Lg^s.
Moderate breezes and Cloudy ½ p^t. 2 hawled up the main Sail ½ p^t. 3 hawled up the Foresail D^o. Bute and Convoy in C^o ½ p^t. 5 Set the foresail at 6 Bute and Convoy in Company Close reef^d. the Fore Topsail at 9 Set the main Sail at 10 Saw a Strange Sail on the w^r Bow Standing to the Norw^d Fired 3 Shott at her but She Stood on and paid no attention to us  ½ p^t. 10 hawled up the mainsail