Not P but Moby-Dick (2)

[Mike Jing]

The following excerpt is from Chapter 3:

Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the landlord
cried, “That’s the Grampus’s crew. I seed her reported in the offing this
morning; a three years’ voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; now we’ll
have the latest news from the Feegees.”

What does "I seed her reported in the offing this morning" mean? I
understand "seed" here is a variant of "see."