Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé reporting that Adm. Sir George Rodney had sailed for Jamaica with various identified ships, commenting on the lack of frigates (which are useful for watching the enemy), his suspicions of what the French may do next and the need for readiness if they proceed to America, and again criticising Rodney's lack of action in pursuing the fleeing enemy fleet.
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Barfleur of the Isle Navasa April 30th. 1782 My dear General [[underline]] Private & confidential [[/underline]] On the 25th in the forenoon as I suggested I should do in my last letter which you will receive by the same conveyance this goes, I joined the Commander in Chief at his appointed Rendezvous; We proceeded together till the next day as far as Cape Tiberoon, when he parted for Jamaica, with the following ships; Formidable Prince George, Duke, Fame, Russel, Hercules & Ajax and the Flora frigate, & with the Captured ships, leaving me to cruize with 26 sail of the Line, including the Warrior, which has not yet joined, but I am sorry to say, she could not catch the Astree, I sent her in chace of. So soon as I hear from Sir George Rodney I am to dispatch the Ceres, to England, at lest such was his determination when he left me. How all our frigates are disposed of I cannot guess, not one has been with the Squadron but the [[underline]] repeaters, [[/underline]] for a long while, and the Eurydice which repeated to Mr Drake, was sent with the duplicates [[catchword]] of [[/catchword]]
