No Observ^t. to day—

Middle Part Pleasant Weather employd in Cleansing the Hold at 11 AM spoke the Lyon¹ Broached a Tierce Beef & a Hh^d. Water—

[Noon] Latt^d. P^r. Observ^t. 25..33 N^t. [at sea off Florida]

These 24 Hours begins with a Fresh Breeze & Clear Weather at 1 PM saw a Sail & Gave Chace at 2 PM spoke the Chace a Schooner from S^t. Augustine bound to Martinico with French Prisoners Close Reeft the Top Sails & Reeft the Main sail at 6 PM spoke with the Lyon at 8 PM saw a Sail & gave Chace at 9 PM Gave him a Waist Gun & he returned some Shott then hauled our Wind to the NW— we took him to be a British Frigate of 32 Guns he Fired several small Arms from his Tops into the Hazard² & at the Lyon, at last he gave Chace to the Lyon and then we lost sight of them— at 12 spoke with the Hazard—