Monday 18th Moderate breezes at West and WNW and Clear weather. At 4 PM Tack'd and and stood inshore, in the doing of which we met with a strong rippling and the Ship ^fell fast to leeward occasioned as we thought by a Current seting to the Eastward, at 8 Tack'd and stood off north untill 8 AM when we tacked and stood in being about 10 Leagues from the land: At Noon the point of land we wasere near yesterday at noon bore SSW distt 5 Leagues, Latd Obd 34°..8' So -