The flood set in about two hours before day ; ran through the Highlands; having got through which, we caught a southern breeze but at day break it became calm again; so ran by the Kamer and arrived this night about 10 o'clock at the mouth of the Esopus Kill. Despatched a man up with a note to Ensign Nyssen to send down some wagons in the morning with an escort to convey up the Hon>le Company's supplies which were sent for the garrison.

224, About 9 o'clock the escort arrived at the beach with the wagons ; entered the kill with the yacht in order to discharge the goods; remained this night in the kill in front of the Redoubt; it froze during the night so hard that the yacht was hemmed in by the ice ; arrived at Wildwyck about noon ; sent a convoy to haul stone.

234 ditto. Sunday. No business.

24th ditto. Monday. Assembled the Sheriff and Commissaries of the Village Wildwyck and handed them the letter sent to them by the Hon?!e Director General and Council and discharged Sheriff Swartwout. from his office and put |Mattheus Capito] provisionally in his place and presented him to the Court of Wildwyck according to order, whom the 'said Commissaries congratulated and were well pleased with; they promised honestly to obey what the Heer Director Genera] and Council have been pleased to order. A party was sent to the Great Plot to eut oats which happened to be late in ripening, as an opportunity