Old Cape Frans WbN. 4 or 5 Lg^s.
at 1: AM hand. d^o. [M^n. Sail & M’opsail]— at 6 AM gave Chace to a Sail in the NW^d. with all Sail— ½ past 8 fird Shot & bro^t. her too— a French Ship from Rochford to C. Francois— & rec^d. on b^d. 4 British Subjects, who had been taken by an American Privateer, wore Ship & stood to the S^d. in Chace of 2 Strange Sail— at 11 bro^t. too 2 French Ships, one from Bourdeaux, the other from Guinea bound to Port au Prince & Cape Francois—

Old Cape Franc^s. SEbE 4 or 5 Lgs
Moderate & Cloudy with Rain— at 1 PM. gave Chace to a Sail in the N.E. d^o. punish^d Th^s. Dunavan with 12 Lashes for Drunkenness— at 2 made the private Signal to the Chace, but She not answering it tk^d ship— at 3 fir’d Eleven 12 pdr. at the Chace— at 5 being little Wind, mannd & armd the Boats & sent after her— ½ past they boarded her— prov^d to be an American Schoon. from Virginia w^th. Tobacco.¹