On the following day the Lady Nelson lowered a boat and brought the prize master on board, to whom Lieutenant Grant gave a chart of the Cape and several other necessaries.

He asked Mr.Black why he had so boldly approached the Lady Nelson, since his ship was painted like a Spaniard, and so might well have been taken for one.

Black's answer was that he knew from her canvas that the Lady Nelson was not an enemy.

When he was shown over her he expressed his astonishment at her centre-boards, and her construction was therefore explained to him.

But evidently he was not favourably impressed, for when he was being escorted back to his ship he asked one of her sailors if his commander was not mad, for he could not believe that such a small ship as the Lady Nelson could ever accomplish a voyage of discovery.
The vessels continued to sail in company towards the Cape of Good Hope.
At 5 A.M.on the 7th land was seen from the Lady Nelson, the information being signalled to her companion.