Sentence:  Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; <WSD>minuting</WSD> down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.