Cape Finestere EBS Dis^t 3 Lea^s.

Fresh Gales and Cloudy Wea^r.

Cape Finestere NEB[E.] Dis^t. 5 or 6 Leagues

D^o Weather at 4 PM Cape Finestere bore SE ½. E^t. Dis^t. 5 or 6 Lea^s. at 8 Saw and gave Chace to a Sail in the SW^t Q^r. at 9 fir'd [a shot] and spoke with the Chace found her a Brig from Virginia bound to S' Cebastians,¹ sent a Petty Officer and 9 men on board her