We are fitting out a naval force on the lakes. ー We have three schooners, one sloop, and several gundalows, with about 300 men, including seamen and marines. There are upwards of Fifty ship-carpenters from Philadelphia, at Skeensborough, who are building Row Gallies, on the construction of those in the river Delaware, so that in a month's time our strength on the Lakes will be very considerable: In that space of time, from the best intelligence, General Burgoyne intends to visit us.
.... We are informed that the English have one schooner launched, and three more on the stocks at St. John's, that they build batteaus fast, and carry on their preparations for crossing the lakes, with the utmost assiduity.
