Cape Codd S^o75W Dis^t 34 Leagues
[AM] [at] 2 Hoisted the T Sails Set fore Sail ¾ Past Out all reefs & Set Mⁿ T M^st Staysail [at] 4 Saw a Sail in the NW Qu^r. D^o TKd Set Royals & Gave Chace at 6 fired a Shot at the Chace [at] 8 Modrt & fair fired another Shot at the Chace ¾ past fired another ½ past 10 fired another D^o She bore down toward us D^o shortned Sail & sent her [the cutter] on board with an officer D^o the Cutter returned Proved to be a Brig from Newberry to Bilboa¹ sent a Midshⁿ & 7 men to take Charge of her as a Prize D^o Saw a Sail to the SW made Sail & Gave Chace the Diamond Experiment² & Prize in Company

Cape Codd S^o83W^t Dist 38 Leagues
[PM] [at] 1 Modr^t & rain Still in Chace [at] 4 D^o W^r [at] 6 D^o Wr the Chace ESSB³ [blank] Miles [at] 7 Diamond NWBW 2 Miles Set the royals [at] 8 Fresh Breezes & hazey with rain the Chace E½N [at] 9 the Diamond WNW 2 [miles] the Diamond WNW 6 Miles Experiment NE½East [at] 10 Lost sight of the Chace shortned sail & brought too Mⁿ T Sail to the Mast Sounded 130 fm no ground ½ Past Bore away for the Diamond ½ Past 11 brought too