Sandy hook N35W Distce 13 Leags
at 3 A M the Centurion join'd the Fleet set Top Gt Sails & TKd at 5 lost Log and 2 lines at 7 saw the land NWbW 9 or 10 Leags at 8 out all Reefs 109 Sail in sight at 11 High Land of Never Sink N W 4 or 5 Leags At Noon Sandy Hook light House NWbW. 3 or 4 Leags
Fresh Breezes & Hazey at 1 P M. got on board a Pilot from the Adms tender, at ½ past 2 running round Sandy Hook Point at 3 running up Amboy River at ½ past brot too with the small Br In 5 fam Veer'd away and moord NW & SE. Never Sink SEbS 3 Leags Wst pt Long Island NEbE 5 Leags at 12 out Yawl to bring on board a Canoe who had come from Staten Island, with a Gentn & servant & one Rifle Man who run from the Rebels ー