Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting on British ships' movements in the Caribbean in connection with possibly false news of a French fleet at Martinique.

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(even if the Enemy was arrived) whether I shewed myself before Port Royal a few hours soon or later, and that it might prove of very serious consequence to the Kings Service, the Squadron being carried to Leeward, with a [[unclear]] Lee Current, I judged it most adviseable to bring too off Point Salines, having dispatched the [[addition]] Thetes [[/addition]] Frigate to [[unclear]] Port Royal the moment I received Sir Georges Letter, Directing her Commander, so soon as he had informed himself of the exact state of the Enemy in the Bay, to return to me as fast as possible off Point Sabines, making [[catchword]] the [[/catchword]]