21st [June] ー Off Halifax, with little wind and fog; fell in with the Renown, Captain Banks, from Boston, with a convoy of eight or nine sail, part of the Flora's convoy with Fraser's Highlanders.

22nd ー Foggy weather. Off Halifax, fell in with the Despatch schooner, Lieutenant [John] Goodridge, who informed us that the fleet and army were sailed from Halifax, and that General Burgoyne was arrived at Quebec; that the rebels had left it, and that General Carleton was in pursuit of them. The Admiral dispatched the schooner for Halifax.

23rd  Sunday. ー Stood close into the harbour. The Commissioner, Arbuthnot, and Captain Montagu,³ and [Lieutenant] Mowat⁴ came on board. Captain Banks and his convoy got into the harbour. A transport sailed for England, by whom the admiral sent despatches. The Yankee here [Hero], a big privateer taken by the Milford, went into the harbour. Thesame evening [we] made sail from Halifax, and stood to the southward, the wind at WSW.