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`` When I had formed my plan of operations in the vicinity of Nassau , in order to obtain the information the government desired , I bought this boat . When picked up , the boat had her spars , sails , oars , water-breakers , and other articles carefully stowed away on board of her ; and it appeared as though she had broken adrift from her moorings , or had been carried away by a rising tide from some beach where those in charge of her had landed . I happened to find the captain of the vessel that brought the boat to New York ; and he made me pay roundly for her , so that he got well rewarded for his trouble in picking it up . '' The Chateaugay stood due south till six o'clock at little more than half speed , and when she came about her dead reckoning indicated that she was seventy-five miles to the south-west of Gibbs Hill light . The weather was very favorable for the proposed enterprise , with a moderate breeze from the west . Mr. Gilfleur did not wish to leave the ship till after midnight , for all he desired was to get inside the outer reefs before daylight . The speed of the ship was regulated to carry out this idea .