Crane neck NE ½ E dist^ce: 3 Miles.
at ½ past 4 AM weigh’d and came to sail to the E^t:ward, at ½ past 5 saw a Sloop to the N^o:ward, gave Chace, at ½ past 6 she bore up for Old Mans harbour, and at 8 run on Shore near the entrance of it, came too with the B^t: B^r: in 5 fath^m: and got a Spring upon the Cable, hove it taught and fired 4. Six Pounders, upon which she struck and proved to be the Schuyler, a Continental armed Vessel of 6. four Pounders and 12 Musquetoons & 73 Men,¹ the Master & 4 others made their Escape.

Oldfield point WbN ½ N and the entrance of Old Man's harbour SbE 1¼ distance.
Ditto W^r: [Fresh breezes with very hard frost] PM shifted the Prisoners,² struck topGall^t: masts & Yards