In the morning there was southern moderate topgallant sail wind and a misty sky. We had a still NO wind in the forenoon, raised anchor and set sail. At noon we had a SSW moderate topgallant sail wind with a misty sky. We measured the depth at 22 and 23 1 fathom = 6 feet (170 cm)fathoms on dirty ground, we saw an English snow tacking up and fired a As greeting.shot. With the start of the first watch we dropped anchor at 24 fathoms of muddy ground. There was a dark sky all night till morning.