[On board H.M.S. Eagle] Wednesday, 7th August.
A Rifleman, who got off from Long Island last night, was brought on board this Morning, and his Gun with him. It was of a handsome Construction, and entirely manufactured in America. As there are no Flints in this Country, they have smuggled them in from Holland & France.
The Orpheus & Greyhound, two Frigates sent out upon a Cruize, returned without seeing any thing of the Fleet, which gives much anxiety.2
1. Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 56, 57.
2. Transports, with Hessian troops on board, under convoy of Commodore William Hotham.
