[At single anchor] off Loyds Beach
[At] 6 Weigh'd & Came to sail at ½ Past stood to the Noward saw a fleet to the Westward ... 10 Joind Company with his Ms Sloop Senegall & Swan with 7 sail of Transports ー the Lieut went on Bourd the Senegall at ½ Past the Bout returnd hoisted her in & Made sail a head of the Fleet sett stering sails
Little wind & Cloudy Wr Norwork Islands NBS abt 2 Miles ー 
[First part] Light Breezes & Cloudy Wr [Middle and latter] Fresh Breezes & Cloudy wt some Rain.
[P.M.] at ½ past 4 Came too with the Small Br in 5 Fathoms of water Muddy Bottom Verd to ½ of a Cable Fairfield Battery NWBN abt 2 or 3 Miles Beach Point at Black Rock NBW 1½ Miles Stratferd Point EBN . . . at 5 the Battery Fird a shott at us which fell short at ½ Past 5 Hoisted a Blue Ensign at the Main Topmt Gt Mt Head as a Sigl to the Fleet which Brought too To the W ward at 6 the Rebbles Fird three more shott at us, which fell short saw a Privateer Brigg Lying in Black Rock Harbour

Strong Gales & Squally w Rain
[P.M.] 7 Lett the Bt Br Go Under foot . . . Struck Topgallt masts & Pointed the yards to the Wind Veerd to ¾ of a Cable on the Small Bower ー 

[A.M.] 2 hove up the Bt Br & In to ½ a Cable on the Small at ½ Past 7 heard the Report of some Volleys of Small Arms In Fairfield Got up Topgallt Masts ー Fresh Gales & cloudy Wr at ½ Past the Battery Fierd two Shott at us which fell short.
[P.M.] the Tender Returnd from the fleet ー [at] 5 Heard the Report of Several Guns from towards Newfield hill

[A.M.] 8 Heard the Report of Several Volleys of small Arms Suposed to be from the Troops [at] 11 sent the Bout near In to black Rock to reconiter the Brigg the Battery fierd two shot at the Bout which we Return'd w[ith] tw[o] 4 prs from the Brigg
Modt Breezes & Cloudy Wr
[P.M.] 4 heard the report of Several Guns to the Eastward and several Volleys from the Westwd which we suposed to be our Troops Engaged or ReEmbarkin ー ² [at] 6 ー sent the Tender to the fleet got all clear for action the Battery at Nor[wal]k fierd two shot.

[A.M.] no Sight of the Fleet they having saild in the Night