after stopping at St Christophers to take in Water put to Sea the 22d following, and persued our Voyage towards the River Delaware.

In our way thither we had the good fortune to take two of the Rebel Continental Cruizers, the one of 14 Guns and another of 10 Guns ² besides four or five small Vessels laden with different supplys for the Continent, and arrived off Cape Henlopen the 6th of April. The next day I fell in with Commodore Hotham in the Daphne, who now took the Command of the Squadron, and (his ship the Preston being sent to New York to refit) He hoisted his Pendant on board the Roebuck.

On our arrival in the Delaware we were informed that the Rebel Frigate called the Randolph had sailed out a few weeks before, but meeting with bad weather had sprung her Masts, and had put into Charles Town South Carolina to refit. For this dissapointment however we were amply made amends by intercepting a large Ship which the Enemy had sent to France for Powder, Military Stores & Cloathing for their Army. Not being able to cut her off from the Land, she attempted to run ashore, which she had nearly effected, under a very heavy fire from the Ships which she returned, when she instantly blew up into the Air, and when the smoke cleared away not the smallest vestige of her remained to be seen Except on the surface of the water ー She was called the Morris; and besides 40 Tuns of Gun Powder, was said to have a Cargoe on board worth 50 thousand pounds worth of army accoutrements & clothing ー Another of less Note had been taken by the Daphne a little before,³ and a third was taken about this time in the West lndies,⁴ which together made up a capital loss to the Enemy.