The Iroquois about a mile from us.

At 8.30 sent a boat on board the Frenchman to pay the usual ceremonial visit.

The throng in the town unabated, multitudes being gathered near the water, looking out at the two ships.

At 10 the French captain paid me a visit.

He came up, he said, with orders from the Governor, to preserve the neutrality of the port between the two belligerents, and in case the Iroquois came to an anchor, to demand of the captain a promise that he would not proceed to sea for twenty-four hours after our own departure.