At Trieste were tiding received that the [Grecian] privateers of Hydra hold up small vessels of all nations, especially the Neapolitan and Sardinian ships were terrified. Around Candia were nearly 30-40 small privateers and in the Gulf of Parras, between the fortress and the island Valdi Compara, was a considerable part of the Greek navy, blockading the ports, but only hunting for ships of Turkey, Egypt and the Barbary States, end captured quite a lot in the mean time.
