North America 



seeing grampuses, turtles, bonetas, porpoises, fly- 

 ing and other fish, common in the Atlantic* 



May 28. We discovered a large sail; she directed 

 her course towards the east. We supposed her to 

 be an English man of war going express. She 

 carried three top-gallant sails. 



May 31. We spoke with a sloop bound from 

 Antigua to London. She acquainted the commo- 

 dore with the agreeable news of his majesty's forces 

 at Guadaloupe having reduced that whole island 

 under subjection to the British government. The 

 wind still continued unfavourable. 



June 5. We spoke with a snow from Carolina 

 which informed the commodore that a French 

 frigate was cruising off the capes of Virginia. From 

 that time to the nth, we had nothing remarkable. 

 The wind was generally from west to north-west, 

 and there were frequent squalls with lightning. We 

 saw several bonetas, grampuses, albicores, and fish 

 of different kinds. 



June II. The water appeared discoloured; and 

 we concluded that we were upon the Banks of New- 

 foundland: we cast the lead, but found no ground. 

 The weather was thick and hazy. Nothing re- 

 markable happened from this time to the 3d of July: 

 we had pleasant weather, though now and then 

 squalls with lightning. We fell in with several cur- 

 rents and had variable winds. 



* See Appendix, No. I. 



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