Castle Island NE 6 or 8 Miles
Light airs inclinable to Calms
At 3 PM Saw a Sail to the NE. do gave Chace [a]t 5 hoisted out the pinnace & sent her Man'd & Arm'd after the Chace it being Calm, at 9 Saw a light which we took to be from the Pinnace do burnt two false fires and fired a Gun as Signal for the Boat, At 10 PM the Chace came alongside, found her to be the Bold Defiance Sloop from Virginia loaded with provisions bound for Bermuda