Thursdy 27 July 1775
First & Middle parts Light Breezs and Hazey with Rain, latter mode and fair Sounded 55 fam hard Ground at 4 P M saw the Land from WNW to NWBN ½ past 11 Came to with the Bt. Bower in 23 fam. fir'd a Gun & made a Signal for a Pilot at 12 [midnight] Repeated the Signal,
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/872.