d^o [Billingsfort SWbW Mud Fort NE½N dis^t 1 Mile]

AM Sent our boats to the Wreck of the Merlin & got 4 Sixpounders, 1 Swivel, an Anchor & some iron work. Read the Articles of War, & Punish'd Ja^s Beard w^th 12 lashes,

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D^o. Wea^r [Light breezes & fine] At 5 PM the  Rebels came down & fired several Shot at us from their Galleys. which we return'd, At 6 Weigh'd the B^t. B^r & let go the Stream Anchor, Rowed Guard.