Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, mostly a duplicate of 0678, but with further comment on Sir George Rodney's character, and a postscript reporting information obtained from some black deserters that the French fleet were likely to sail shortly to join the Spanish, and Hood's hope that this might lead to battle.
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pay his respects the first leisure half hour he has, when he comes, I will very openly and candidly express, my sentiments to him, if he gives me an opportunity Since writing the above Sir George has been with me above two hours; I never found him more rational, and he gave me very great satisfaction, by his manner of receiving what I said, and if he does not depart, from what he seems now, to be perfectly satisfied, [[unclear]], and proper to be done, in our present circumstances he will soon be off port Royal with 35 or 34 of the and dispatch the rest at the same time to Jamaica as convoy to the 14th. Regt. Storeships, victuallers & Trade destined to that Island--But there is I confess no great reliance to be placed upon a man who is so very much governed by whim & caprize Even in matters of the highest importance April 6th.-- a ship of my division returned from before port Royal last night, and in her way back picked up a conoe, in which were some negroe deserters, captured in the men of war in the [[catchword]] Chaseapeak [[/catchword]]
