First part Moderate breezes and hazey with rain, the latter _^^a fresh breeze and fair - At 3 oClock in the PM find[ing] the fleet to come fast up with us we made all the Sail we could - soon after it became hazey and we lost sight of them untill near 6 when it cleared up a Little and we saw three Sail abreast of us, bearing East about 2 or 3 Miles distance, by this we saw that they not only kept a better wind but out saild us upon a wind — It became again hazey and we lost sight of them and notwithstanding we kept close upon _^^{a Wind} alnight with as much sail out as we could bear there was not one sail in sight in the Morning

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