a boy from the Jersey came on board, with an account that the Rebel army, which is come down to York, in Virginia, had taken our men, who were on shore, prisoners. Upon this, our Lieutenant ordered me off to enquire into the matter. I walked up [to] their camp, which consisted of a few pales covered with leaves, and found two hundred rebels round our men, whom they had been informed belonged to the Otter; and at my arrival vowed, that if they caught any belonging to the Fowey man of war, they would never let them go. I enquired into the reason why they detained the men, and was asked to whom they belonged; I answered to the King. The Captain of the,Guard then asked me if I belonged to the Otter and if any of the men or officers would venture on shore again. I told him, that both officers and men would, if they were ordered, come on shore to any duty. They said they hoped they would behave themselves well, or they would get something they did not like. I replied that if saying they belonged to the King was impertinent, it was the answer they must always expect. Thus you see that the people of York, in Virginia, are worse than at Boston.