1778 May Friday 8
Do[St Bartholemew] W½So. 28 leags.
Thick Hazy weather with Rain. Fired several shot at the chace & at 3 AM brought her too, she proved to be the Schooner Elizabeth from Gaudaloupe bound to Boston Laden with Molasses, sent on board her a Midshipman & 4 Seamen. The Ceres in Company.1
Do SWBS. 18 leags.
Light airs & Hazy. at 5 PM bore up & took the Prize in Tow.
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/60, part 2, p. 65.
1. H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Ceres, Comdr. James Richard Dacres, commander.
