14 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



that of Georgia is under any apprehension of being molested by the Enemy from 

 Havanna or Augustin, to proceed with His Maj's. Ship under your Command 

 and Cruize between Cape Florida and the North West part of the Grand Ba- 

 hama, 'til such time as the Season will permit your return to Carolina, taking 

 care to have a sufficient quantity of provisions on board to last you on that 

 service. 



You are diligently to look out for the Enemy's ships passing through the Gulph 

 of Florida for Europe, and use your utmost endeavours, to take, sink, burn or 

 destroy them. 



But before you proceed on this Service, you are to communicate your design to 

 the Governor of Carolina, and not to go thereupon, if you find any reasonable 

 objections thereto. Given i8th July, 1743. 



W. J.C. B. 



By 

 T.C. 

 Capt. Utting, Loo, Spithead. 



Utting had been thinking of the same operations plan as that of the 

 Lords of the Admiralty, for on July 19, a day or so before he received 

 the additional instructions, he had written: 



I was a little hurried to save post with my last yet dont know whether I ex- 

 plained ye plans and time of cruising so plain as you could wish for fear of 

 which beg you'll be pleased to indulge me with this to acquaint you. I propose 

 (if j'e service will allow me and you can git me orders) to saile from South 

 Carolina ye 10 or 15 of October and cruise in and about ye Gulfe of Florida, as 

 far as ye Cape ^o if I can git there till ye middle of Jany. then return to Caro- 

 lina. And as soon as I can water, victuall, and refitt, in all respects, then pro- 

 pose to saile, and cruize on ye coast of Carolina of [off] St. Augustine or on 

 such part of ye coast as I shall find the service require me most. Given ye 20 

 gun ships proper stations as ye service shall require, on this coast I propose to 

 keep all yc summer months ^^ ; ye latter end of May shall go in for 6 or 8 days 

 to victuall and water and then cruize till ye 20 or 25th. of July when as I shall be 

 then about 12 months foull shall go in to heave down and about ye 20th of 

 Septr. shall saile to cruize on ye aforesaid station : yet I never propose to be in 

 port above 2 months in ye year ; after my first careening shall heave down every 

 6 months. But as I am graved and tallowed ^2 can go 12 months at first. There 

 is an exceeding good careening place at Port Royall ^^ which can be made ours 



""> Cape Florida. 



51 That is, keep to the sea during the summer months. 



^^ See footnote 5, p. 5. In navy yards graving was usually done in a drydock. 

 On remote stations it was necessary to careen the vessel by mooring her in a 

 river, unloading her, and then "heaving her down" by pulling her over with 

 tackles secured to trees on the bank. In this position half of her bottom was 

 above water and could be cleaned. The process was repeated for the other side 

 of the bottom. Hulls were coated with tallow as a protection against growths 

 and water penetration of the ship's planking. 



^3 South Carolina. 



