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WORLD difplayed

O R, A 1

CURIOUS COLLECTION '

VOYAGES and TRAVELS^

Seie^ed from
The Writers of all Nations.

Ifi which the

CoNjECTVRES and Interpolations

O F

Several vain Editors and Tranjlators arc
expunged,

Every Relation is made condfe and plain,

AND

The DivrsiONS of Countries and Kingdoms ate

deariy and diftin6Uy noted.

Uluftratcd and Embellilhed

With Variety of Maps and Prints

By the beil Hands.

VOL. VI. i

LONDON: ',.

Printed for J. Nbwbery, at the £ci/c^^^w<l'

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THE

GO N T E N T S

OP THE

SIXTH VOLUME.

VOYAGES round the WORLD,

The Voya^ of Capt William PAMPi£it.

Chap. L Mr. DBmpitrJailt/rotjf Virginia, an J
arriva «/ iii IJUuut §f Salt. Seme Account of
thai JJUmi. Hi tbencifrocnds to Jetftral other
of th^Cupt de Vcrd IflandS; and afiinxards
eomis t§ an Anchor at the Mouth of Shcrborough
Jtrvir in Guinea, luher* the Ship^s Crew ar$
ttfyitahhf receded by the Inhabitants, After
nvinch he proceeds iufo the South Seas ; arrh es
oM the Ifland of Juan l>rnanclcz, attd takes on
hoard a Molkito Indian, ivho lad been left
there alone aho<ve three Years before, P. i .

Chap. If. Ihey fnl froti Juan Ferrandez ;
take feveral I'riizes, and proceed to the Gal i pa-
go Iflandsy and from thcKce to Cape Blmco,
nxihere Capt, Cooke // inter red ^ and tixeli-c of
the Men are recced to •great Dn/:gcr^ ly being
attacked by the Spaniards. A Dcfcri prion of
Cape Bl-inco, nud the neighbouring Country,
Ca}t. Davis Jails to the Gulpb of Aimpalla:
Ic^k^f a Priefi a':d two J5 js Prijoneri, and cnvv-

Tli(r C O N T E N T S.

tra^s a Triendjl.'ip nvitb the Natives, luhich it
broke by the Folly ryfone of his ACetty and his oivn
'Rajknifs ; i\;ith a Defcription of the IJlands of
Maogera^A^/ Amapalla. P. S.

Cbap. IIL i: bey fail to the Iflafidof^hXZ, nxjhich
it dejcrihti'y and cfierwards ftter to Point St.
Helena, and rHumittg back^ land at Manta ;
hut find that ^il agi deferted. A Defcription of
the Counhy, ^hey then take and hurnthe Trwn
cf Paira, and afler awards refohe to attack Guai-
aqujl ; but 'without biucefu P. 1 8.

Ch A p. IV. Ihey enter the Bay of Panama. A
Defcrtfthn oftheiia Coaft^ and of the red and
nvhite Cotton and Cabbage Trees. They fail up
the River St. Jago, ana afterwards fail to the
Jfland of Gallo, and from tbence uf the Ri*ver
TomacOy but afiemjuwrds taking a Packet Beat^
obtain fime Intelligence^ which makes them re*
fohve to tuait among the Pearl Iflanis^ for the
Plate Fleets in her Pajfagefrom Lima, A De-
fcription of the King*/ or Pearl Jfands, and cf
Panama. ..- P. 26.

Cii A p. V. 4 Defmption of tie Tfavd cf Tohdgo ,
ffvd of the Mammee Trees. Tley narrczvJy efiajf e
bfifrg de/.royed by a pretended Merchant Ship>.
Are joined ly her Buccanneers, and fail to Pc rto
Pina*. TheIfand'ofQ\e^c\.odefribedi with
an /Iccount of the Sapadillo Tree ; the /L'logatg
Pear; the Ma'nmee Sapcta and Star /ipple.
The Ri*ver and rown ij/'Lhcapo defer ibcd ; an i
an unfuccefful Attempt made againji the Spanifli
TUet. P. 34.

Chap. VI. They fall to the JJland of Quibo, tf*/
j>r^^/-rJ/xffrc/n tkence, take and aftcrr^ards bur

Tic CONTENTS
ihi Gty of Leon, mtlena they proceed to the
JJland of Rio Leja, ivhicb tbey alfo take, A

' Defer ipt ion of the Guava Fruit and Prickly Pear.
Caft, Davis and Swan fart Company ^ and Mr.
Dam pier enters with tie iatier. Some Account
of the Gty and Voicano of Gaatimala Proceed-
mg farther to the f¥eft^ they enter the Port of
Guatulco, nnhich is defcrihed. The fick Men
iand. AD^eriptionoftheFinelloShrui. P. 43.

Chap. VII. They fail towards Port Angclo.
Seviral of the Men fall into an Amhujcade :
They eUtetnpt tofeixe a large Ship in the Har-
hour of Acapuico; bat without Sncceft : Land
near the Rock ^ Algatrofs, andfifze a Number
of Mules loaded with Floury Chocolate^ and
Cheefe. Landing agasn, they psU a large Body
of the Spaniard* to fight ^ and afier cruizing for
fome Time for the Manila Ship^ which efcapes
them, Q^t. Swan and Copt. Townley pare
Company. P« 53»

Chap. VIII. The ?engam Fruft d^fcrihed. Copt.
Swan gees in fcarch of the River Cullacan ;
taket a Prifoner^ ivho condu'^s him and his Men to
Santa Pecaque, wl:>ertthey find Plenty of Pro-
vifionSf hut zo of the A^en are cut off by the Spa-
niard?, ^oty fail for the ifiands of Yxt^ Ma-
rias ^0^^ in frejh fi'ater near Cape Coiientes,
andref.he to Jail to the Eaft- Indies. P. 6 1 .

Chap. IX. They fet fail for the Eall-Indies, and
arrive at the Ifland ^*Guam, lubence they pro-
teeJ to the Philippine Iflands, and anchor at
Mindanao. The Libby Tree which produces
b^ago ; the Betel Nut i tie Durion Fruit, and
the faca defcribed. A /)<jcrifttwtt bf ibe b^a-

The CONTENTS.
tUafttsy and of their Vannen^ Habits^ and Vt-
ligion ; and the Frcccedings on Sbore^ till Caft*.
Swan is depofedhy his il'V». P. 65.

Chap. X. Our /'uthor fails *u'ith Part of thi
Crenvfrom Mindanao ; anchors at Sabo, ivl^ere
$heyju Bats rf an extraordinary Size ; arri<ve
at Mindora, nvhere they a^e in*vited to cany on
a clandefiim Trade nmth Manila. Theythenct
proceed to the I/Iand 0/ 1 w:onh i a Defcriftion
of thai Ifiand^ and of Manila iu Capital, They
faU to Polo Condorc ; a Defcription of that
Ifiand^ and patticuJarly of the Tar Tree^ the
Grape Tree, and the tvild Nutmegs; ^.vith the
^fanners ef the Inhahitants. Tb y fail for the
Bay fl/Siam, and return hack to Pulo Condore,
nuhere fme of the Men entering a Malayan
Barkf are gUigid to ffcapefrom thence, bykap*
ing into the Sea, P. 80.

Chap. XI. Th^ fail to St. John's Iflandy *which
is defcrihed^ as are alfo the Chinefe Junks, They
are expofed to a nnolent Storm. They Jail to the
PifcadoreSy inhere they meet ivith a civil Recep'
Confront the Governor, Jfter «which they feer
forfome Iflands called. The Five Ifles, luith a
particular Account of the remarkable y artier in
Kvhich their Towns a.' e built, and the Mumiers
of the People. P. 87.

Chap. XII. They are dri'venout tp Sea ; hut re-
turn to the Five Iflands, after ivhich they f il
for Cape Comorin, and come to an Anchor r.car
Mindanao, 'fke DeathofCapt.Svj^n, Three
Water Spouts feen, avd the Manner in ivhich they
are formed. They arri*ve at fcJouton Iflaod,
•where the^ meet iviih an hof pit able Reception

from

Thfe CONTENT ».

^ffom the Sithan ; come to an Anchor on thi Cf>dfi

^ New Holland, 'withjome Account of a Fart

' tfftbat Country. 7bey then fail to I rieft, ahd

' arriiMfrg at tie. J/latnio/NicobsLr, our r.utborts

'Hvith others 'left on Shore, hut are treated *with

^ threat Ct'oilitj bj the Inhabitants ; b:^ bo^etnr^

■ kaies them^ wtd arrinjis at the EligliQi TaQory

« «/ Achen ; imth a concify Account of our Au-

' tbors Emfloymenn^ till bit retwn to England,

tiud particularly of the painted Trinet^ brought by

him into this Kingdotn, P, 96.

The Voyage of Capt. Woodes Rogers.
i H * p. I» ^he l^ake aud Dutchds Privateers

' fail from Kingroad, and arri'ue at Corke.

' Frojicvte their yoyagrto the Canaries. Se^ral

'hluiinies fuppreft^ A Dtfcription of the Ifland

Grande, on the €oaft £/' Brazil, fbe Shark and

J^ilot Fifl? dejcribed. P. 1 1 0.

iCHAP II. 7 i^ Duke and Dnzchch fail from

the Bay 0/* Grande, meet nvith a dreadful Storm f

' and arrive at the Ifland of limn Fernandez^
^wbere they find A lexander Selkirk . An Account
-ef the Manner in 'which be lived alone in the
ufland^ and the Proceedings on Sboriy till their
Departure. P. 124*

Chap. HI. A Defcription.of the Birds called Boo-
bies, and fifing Fijh. Several Prizes taken ^ An
Account of the JJlands called Lobos de la Mar.
A Defcent upon G uaiaq nil concert edy and the Town
ofFwi^ taken by fur prixe, P. 134.

Chap. IV. Guaiaquil /«iM andranfomed: A
Pefitiption of thai Gty^ and tb« «e\|iV>bouT\n^
Qmn/ty. \.\\i

rtie CONTENTS.

Chap. V» TJb^j Uanje Guaiaquil, are paid pat\
of the Ranfom of that City^ and fell the Begin-
fiing. Great Ihimhers of the Men fall (ick \
they reach ihe GalUpagos JJlands ; lofe om
4ff their Boats, nvUh federal Men ; take fomi
Prizih <w»<^ ^«»^ *« the IJland of Gorgona^
iwhen they careen their Ships and fit up one oj
their Prisces, to ivhich they give the Name oj
the Marquis ; fever al other Proceedings vjhik
<in that Station^ iitfith a Drfcription of the Iflana
of Gorgonz. P. 156*

Ch A p. V 1 . They leave Gorgona, and fail to 1 '«-
cames Bay^ ivhere they ^rade *wi/h the Inhahi-
Utnts l^T^ thence they proceed to the Gallipa-
^Qs Ifkuif, and aftenwards to the Ifiands Tres
Mxt'is^t which are de/crthed. P. 173.

Chap. VI L They Jiul towards California, avhich
isdefiriied. . P. 178.

Chap. VIII. T^ ^^^fi ^^^ Sooth-Sca, and reach
the Iflatd of Guani» where they meet ivith am
agreeabJe Reception from the SpantAi Governor,
and fttirchafi Provifions, They afiervjardi touch
at Bottton Ifland^ and from thence fail to Bata-
via, where they refit the Veffels, and proceeding
to the Cape oi Good Hope^ return with a
Dutch Convoy to Europe. P. idj.

THJE

THE

VOYAGE

Capt. WILLIAM DAMPIER,
Round the WORLD.

CHAP. I.

Mr. Dsaapicr/ailj/rfim Virginia, and arrives at
the IJlandofS^k. Some Jceount of that IJlani.
He thence froaeds io fiverdt other of the Cape
de Verd Iflands, emd afterwards comes to an
Anchor at the Mouth of Sheiborough Rinter in
Guinea, lAjhere the Ship's Crow are hofpitahfy
received by the Inhabitants, After which be
proceeds into the South Seas ; arriwes at the
IJland of Jaan Fernandez, and takes on board a
Moikito Indian, who had been left there alone
above three Tears btfore.

AFTER having diftinguifhed himfelf in
(everal voyages, particularly in the South-
Seas, Mr, Dandier, whUe at Virginia^ afTociated
hirofeif with Capt. Cookty with V4\kOt\ \\^ V^
been formerly aCQU^ntcd, m ox4<^ X'^ 9X^ia «^
VoL.YL B *

Z. Captain William Da mpier'/ Fojage

the Sfaniards^ and on the 23d oi Jugujiy fe
from Acbamack in f^irginiat for the Cape de
iflands. In their paffage they met with a vi(
llorm, which blew with prodigious fury for a
a week. However they at length made
ifland of Salt^ (b called from its aboundir
fait ponds, and the great quantities of bonge
fait found there.

The ifland of Salt, is fituated in i6°, n
latitude, and in 19®. 33% weil longitude fron
lizard> and is about nine leagues in length,
about two in breadth. The foil is extrei
barren, without trees or grafs, and yet a
poor goats fed upon fome low flirubs w
grow near the fea fide. There are alfo h<
^w wild fowl, efpecially the flamingo, a rec
bird refembling a heron, but much larger, '
quentiog ponds or marihes, and being very
it is not eafy to take. them.. They build 1
neifis in the fliallow parts of ponds or flan
waters, by fcraping the mud together into \
hillocks, which taper «p two feet above the
face of the water, where they leave a hole tc
their eggs in, which never exceed two,
which they hatch by covering them with 1
rumps, their long legs ftanding in the wate
poiition which nature, has wiiely made eai
them, fince if they vfere to fit upon them
weight of their bodies would break them.
yoqiig ones can't fly, hut run with fuch fwifi
thai; it i3 not eafy to catch them, nor do \
come to their true flupe and cok^ur, till the)
ten or eleven mieutks old. Their flefli is
aatf/bdack, though notiU uAed, but their ton

Roufifi tht WORLD. 3

which are very large, are efteemed great dain-
ties. They generally ftand in a row clofe to-
gether by the fide of a pond ; and Mr. Dnm-
pier remarks, that as their feathers are nearly of
the fame colour, they at a diilance appear like
a brick wall. Mr. Dumpier and two others
hiding themfelves in the evening, near a place
where ihey reforted, killed 14. of them : J he
firft fhot being made whilft they were landing,
and two others as they rofe.

The inhabitants of the ifland amounted to no
more than five or fix, and yet there is a Go-
vernor, but he made a moft difmal figure, for lie
was covered with rags : However he came on
board with a prefent of three or four lean goats,
* and in return Capt. Cooke gave him a coat. This
Governor alfo (old them about 20 bufhcls of
fait for fomc old cloaths, and then begging a
little powder, went away extremely fatished.
One of his followers unknown to him fold a
.failor on board, a piece of falfe ambergreafc,
which was of a dark colour like fheep's dung,
and was very foft, but had no fmell.

From this ifland, they failed to St. Nicholasj
another of the Cape de ^rr^lflands, 22 leagues
fouth-weft froih the former, and came to an
anchor on the fouth-fide. It is of a triangular
form, the longefl fide to the eaft, being 30
leagues in length, and the other two 20 leagues
each. It is mountainous and barren, but about
the middle, there are fruitful valleys inhabited
by the PortugtitTLe^ who have good vineyards and
plantations. The inhabitants arc of ^ ^w\s^ ^^n-ssx-
% complexion, and by thc\t dtefe^'^^w^'f ^'^'^'^^
B 2 ■\w^\?l^^«''^

4 Captain William Dampier'/ Voyage
indifferent circumftances. However the Governo
^^^ 34 gentlemen of his company, who vifitei
Capt. Cooke ^ made a pretty good appearance, an(
were armed with iwords and piidols. The;
made the Governor a prefent of feveral gallon
of a pale thick wine, which in ufte refemble<
MaJera,

They flaid here five or fix days to fcrub the!
Hiip's bottom, and in digging of wells for frefl
water, and then failed to Ma:fOj another of th;
Cape de Verd lilands, where they intended to hav
purchafed feme cows and goats ; but one Capt
Bond, a Brifiol man, having a ihort time before
feized the Governor and lome other gentleme]
who came on board in order to trade, and afte
being paid the ranfom demanded for them
villanoafly carried them off; the inhabitant
were fo juftly exafperated at this inftance of pei
fidy, that they would not permit any of Capi
Cooke\ men to land*.

From the Cape de T/r^Iflands, they fleered t
the fouth direftly for the Streights of Mageila
but at lo** north, the wind blowing hard from t
fouthward, they flood over for the Guinea coif
and in a few days came to an anchor at the moi
of Sberborougb river, to the fouthward of Sit
Leona, On the fliore, a thick grove of t
concealed from their view, a pretty large vil
inhabited by negroes. The houfes were lov
cept one in the middle, where the Captair
his crew were civilly entertained with palm
and other refrefhments, and fupplied with

* See a particular account of the Cape de Verd
Ja CjijfOJD Jlfiherlit Voyage.

Round /Af W O R L D. 5

tains rice, fowls, honey, and rugar-cane<>, at a
fmall price. Near this place was an Englijh
faftory, which -carries on a conflderable trade in
a red dye called Camwood.

• About the middle of November, they pro(e-
cuted their voyage to the Streights of Magellan^
but had hardly got out to fea, before they met
with violent gulb of wind, of which there were
three or four in a day, which together with calms
made them advance but llowly. The wind
veering at intervals to the fouthward, till they
had proceeded to one degree to the fouth of the
line, when the wind turned to the eaft, and on
the 28th of January 1684, they touched at the
three Iflands of Sehedd de Weert^ which are ex-
tremely barren and deilitute of trees, except fome
dildo bufhes, which grow near the fea fide, and
afford nothing remarkable, except vad fhoals
of fmall red lobfters, of the length of a man's
£nger.

As they coold find neither fafe anchoring nor
fre(h water at thefe i Hands, they proceeded to-
wards the Streights of Magellan, and on the firft
oi February^ came in fight of the Streights oi Le
Malre, which they found very narrow, with
highlands on both fides. But having failed
with a brifk gale, till within four miles of the
mouth, were becalmed, though they found a
fb-ong tide fetting out of 'the Streights to the
north, were unable to diflinguiih whether it
flowed or ebbed, the waves breaking on all fides ,
and toiSng the fhip in a furprizing manner.

On the 14th of February y they were furprized
by a moft violent florm, at ^t%. (^nx^-^^^>

6 Captain W I LL I A M D A MP I E R V Voyage
which lafted till the 3d cf March y and on the*
1 9th of the fame month, they perceived a fail ta
the fouth, which they fuppofed to be a Sfanijh
merchantman bound from Baldrvia to Lima, but
it proved to be an Erglijh fliip, commanded by
Captain Eaten from London ; who being bound ta
the South Seas as well as they, kept company
with them, through the Streights they fupplying
Capt Eaten with bread and beef; in return^
for which he gave them water, of which they
were in fome want.

On the 23d, they came to an anchor in 25*
fathoms water, in a bay on the fouth fide of the
fertile ifland of Juan Fernandez!'^ ^ when a canoe
was immediately fcnt on fhore, with a mofkito^
and two or three failors, in fearch of a mofkitc
Indian^ left there three years before, by Capt.
Watling \ and notwithftanding all the fearch
made after him by the Spaniards, had kept him-
felf concealed in the wo(-d.s 5 but he now foon
difcovered himfelf, for having the day before
perceived an EngUflj fill, he had killed three
goats to feaft the crew, and now came running
down from the woods to meet them.

7he interview between him nnd the other
mofiiito Lidian, was extremely affeding ; and the
joy he difcovered at feeing fo many of his old
friends come on purpofe to bring him off, is not
to be exprefTed. He had built himfelf a fmall
hut about half a mile from the fhore, which he
had lined with goat fkins, and of thefe he had

^ See an elegant defcriptloa of this Idand In ^nfon*»
Voyage. Ciup. Jllr

alfo

IRound th Vr O R L D. 7

alfo made his bed ; and a piece of one of them
vras faftened ronnd his waift, to fupj^ the want
of his cloaths, which had been for fome time
worn out. Cn his being left on fhore, he had a
knife, a gun, fome powder and a fmall quantity
of Ihot, which being all fpent, he made a faw of
his knife, and then fawed his gun-barrel into
fmall pieces, and ftreightening the iron when hot
with a ftone, and rubbing it to an edge, he made
harpoons, a lance and fifhing hooks, by imitating
what he had remembered of the workmanfhip of
the Englijh fmiths ; and indeed the mofkito In-
dians^ make all their inftmments without either
forge or anvil, and with the above inftruments,
he ufed to flrHce goats and fifh, from the time
that his powder was fpent. This man's name
was Will^ and the other was called Rchert, for
though the mo&ito hdiam do not diflingufh
themfelves by any names, yet they take it as a
great favour if the Europeans beftow one upon
them.

CHAP.

S d/Zdiff William DampierV Foyage

CHAP. II.

They fail from Juan Fernandez ; iaie fe<veral
Frizes^ and proceed to the Gallipago IJlands^
and from thence to Cape Blanco, luhere Caff.
Cooke is interred^ and iwel've of the Men are
reduced to great Danger ^ by being attacked by the
Spaniards. A Defcription of C^^ Blanco, and
the neighbouring Country. Capt, Davis fails to
the Guiph of Amapalla : Takes a Priefi and
tivo Boys Prifoners^ and contracts a Friendfhip
tijuith the Natives, ivhich is broke by the Folly of
one of his Men, and his onjun Rajhnefs ; luith a
Defcription of the Iflands 0/*Mangera and Ama-
palla.

AFTER flaying i| days at the ifland of
Juan Femande%9 they let fail on the 8th
of April 1684, in company with Capt. Eaton,
fteering towards the line, ofF the mounuins of
Feru and Chili ; but failed no nearer the Ihore
than 12 or 16 leagues, to prevent their being
difcovered by the Spaniards. .

On the 3d of May, Capt. Eaton took a prize
laden with timber ; and on the 19th, they came
to an anchor oJ the iflands of Lobos de la Mar"*".
Having reafon to believe they were difcovered
by the Spaniards, and that they would confe*
quently )ceep all their richeft ihips in port, it was

* See a defcription of. thefe Iflands in Capt. Rogers' s
vo^a^e round the world. Chap, III.

agreed

Rawti /itf W O R L D.

:^gree4to make a defcent upon ^ruxilio^ a p
lous city fix miles from the port of Guaneha
but the next day fome of the men defcrying
vellels to the weft without the iflands, and
betwixt an ifland and the cootment, they g
them chafe, Capt. Cookers (hip purfuing that
wards the continent, and Capt. Eaton the otl
two. They were foon taken and found to >
laden with flour from Guanehagno to Panam
one of them had a letter from the Viceroy i
Lima^ to the Preiident of Panama^ informing
him, that having notice of fome enemies lateh
come into thofe feas, he had immediately dii-
patched thefe three fliips to fupply his wants.
They were at the fame time informed by the
prifoners, thajt the people of 7ruxillo were
eredline a fort near the harbour of Guanthagno^
upon which they reiblved to lay aiide the ^<Si%n
of attacking that place, and fteered with their
prizes to the iflands of Gailita^o'*^ and at night
:ame to an anchor on the eaft-fide of one of the
taftern-moft iflands.
After a flay of twelve days among thefe
lands, one of the Indian prifoners, a native of
'o Leja having given an ample account of the
hes of that place, and offering his fervice to
idudt them ihitlfer, it was refolved to take his
^ice, and they fet fa^l on the 1 2th of Jum ;
the fair weather and fmall winds lead them
he beginning of July, to Cape Blanco j on the
inent of Mexico, fo called from tao while
s, half a mile from the Cape, which are

See a particular account of the Gallipa^^ V\'ixA\^ 'mx
f Rojreni Vo/agc round the VToiU. CXv\^. N \.

lo Captain WihLtA^i D Awrr £k'' s Foy age

high, deep, and taper, and refemble two loft
towers. The Cape iti'elf juts out with flee
rocks to the fea ; but having an eafy defcent o
both fides from the iHat on the top which is co
vcred with tall trees, it affords a very agreeabi
profpefl. On the north- weft fide of the Cape i
Caldera Bay^ into which a rivnlet of fweet wate
dilcharges itfclf through the low lands, thef
are very rich, and abound in lofty trees, that ex
tend a mile to the north-eaft bay, and the rivuk
where the Sanjanuas begin, and run fevera
leagues into the coimtry, being covered with ;
iweet, thick, and long grafs,. and beautified wit!
fmall groves, which are interfperfed throogih th
plains. Deeper into the bay, the low lands an
llored with mangroves ; but further into th
country, the land rifes higher, and confifts parti;
of woods and partly of hilly Sa^vahnas^ But h
thefe woods the trees are much fmaller than th
others, and the grafs of the Savannas is inferio
to the former.

Before they reached the above Cape, Capt
Cooh, who had been very ill ever fince his de
parturc from Juan Ffrftaxdez died, and as in ;
few hours after they came to an anchor near thi
mouth of the abovementioned rivulet, he wa
immediately carried on Ihore under a guard o
twelve armed men, but while tliey were bufy ii
digging his grave, three ^fanijh Indians came ti
tiiem, afkingfeveral impertinent queflions, whic)
the others anfwered as they thought oroper, ant
kept them in difcourfe till they found an oppor
tunity of feizing them all, but one of then
e/caped out of their hands, and the other tw(

Round the WOKLT^. x i

being carried on board, confefled [hat they were
Cent thither as fpies from Nicoy^i^ a fmall town
at 12 or 14 leagues diflance, featcd on the banks
of a river of the fame name, which being a
place very convenient for building and refitting
of Ihips, the prefident of Panama had fent ad-
vice tnither of the Englijh being in thofe feas.

From thefe men they learned that the inhabi-
tants of the country, lived chiefly by tilling their
grounds for corn, and feeding their cattle in the
Savannas or Plains. That they fent their ox hides
to the north fea by the lake of Nicaragua, and
alfo a red kind of wood ufed for dying, which
they exchanged there for linen and woolen com-
modities, brought thither from Europe. They
added, that at a fmall diftance was a large pen
of horned cattle, where they might provide
themfelves with as many cows and bulls as they
wanted.

Upon this agreeable intelligence, z\ of the
(hips crew were immediately difpatched in two
boats, and under the conduct of one of the/;/-
diansf landed at a place a league from the fhip,
when hauling their boats upon the dry fand, they
were conducted by their guide, till they came to
the pen, which was in a large Snvanra, two miles
from the boats, where finding a great number of
bulls and cows feeding, fome were for killing
three of them immediately j but were oppofcd
by the reft, who alledged that they had better
flay all night, and in the morning kill as many
as they wanted. Upon which Mr. Dampier and
dcven more, thought fit to return on boa^id^
vhich they did, without tK« k?&» o^^^^xv:^^ \

^■..■■■i,^>-

Kmul the WORLD.

luud and tough, they made them into fcouri.
rods for their guns, and handles or flaves f
oars. .

On the 19th of JmIj, Mr. Ediuard Dawis w:
appointed Captain, in the room of Capt. Cooki
deceafed s and the next day failed in compan)
with Capt. Eatm^ towards Rio Leja, which ii
eafily discovered at fea, on account of a very
high burning mountain, called Folcwio Vejo^
which may be feen at 20 leagues diitance : Being
in fight of this Volcano^ they made towards the
hartour, and then ietting out their canoes, rode
up CO the town, by nine o'clock in the morning,
when they difcovered a houfe, and foon after
three men going into a canoe on the infide of
an ifland, of a mile in length, which inclofes
the harbour;* but though thefe Indians made
what halte they could in rowing to the conti-
nent, the Engiifi overtook them, and carried
them back to the ifland ; at the fame time, they
)bferved a man on horfe-back on the continent,
iding full fpeed towards the town. Thefe men
-ankly confeffed, that they had been placed on
le ifland, by the Governor of Rio Leja, to keep
atch day and night in order to give notice if
ey could fee the Englijht and that the hoH*eman
s placed upon the fame account upon the con-
ent, within an hour's riding ot the town,
erefore finding themielves difcovered, the
fcman being gone three honn, before Eaiou
his canoes reached the iAand ; their defign
n that town was for the prefent laid afide,
the men returned on board.
OL. VI. C K

:4 Captain William Damtjek^s Fey age

A confultation being now held, it was rcfolvcd
tteer for the gulph of JmapaJ/a, and Capt.
Da'vis entring it with two canoe3> in order if
K>ifible to get feme prifoners, and obtain in-
elligencc, he came in the night to Mangera ;
ind as foon as it was morning, perceiving
«any canoes hauled up in a bay, he landed
:here, and fell into a path which loon led him
:o the town ; but the inhabitants had no fooner
lotice of his coming, than they all ran into the
Voods, except an old Prieft, and two Indian
k>ys, his attendants. Capt. Davis ihaking
hem prift)ners, brought them down to the fea-
ide, and obliged them to conduft him to the
fland of Jmapalla ; where being landed, he
narched to a town on the top of a hill, when
he inhabitants feeing them advance, would have
led into the woods, had they not been prevented
►y the- chief Magiftrate's fecretary, who notwith-
tanding his being an Indian^ could read and
vrlte Spanifl?^ and yet was an enemy to the
^aniards ; this perfon having perfuaded theni
hat the Englip were friends, who craved their
itli fiance againft their common oppreflbrs, they
)id Da^is and Jiis men welcome. After the
i?ft faktations they marched towards the church
vitk thp** Prieft brought by Capt. Da'vis at their
lead.

It is obfervaWe that in all the Indian towns in
jeY^eral, the chtiixH is the only place where
hdtters of a |>ublic nature are tranfa£led. The
ihurch ferving both for their confultations and
livernons, for there arc laid up, their mafks,
mjque habits, haathop, ftruniilrums, and other

Jtound /i&# W O R L r>. i;

mufical in(lruments. The flrumftruxn Is ail in-^
ftrument formed of the half of a gourd, the
hollow of which is covered with a thin board,
over which are laid firings, and it has fome re-
fembUnce to the found of a cicron. Here they
meet to make merry, the night preceding any
holiday or feflival, when they dance, fing and
play with antique dreHes and geilures ; but both
their muAc and mirth have a melancholy air,
which is not unfuitable to the yoke they groau
under.

fiut to return to Capt. Dcevis and his company,
who intended, as foon as they were all got into
the church, to prevail on the hdiam to lend him
their afiiilance againft the Spaniards ; even the
Prieft had promifed to contribute to this, by his
good offices, and he was now upon fuch good
terms with the people, that it feemed impoflible
things ihottid take a wrong turn. But jud as a
few of the remaining hSaus were entering the
church, one of his men who was a little mere
hafiy than the reft, puihing an Indian who went
ilowly before him, in order to make him proceed
fafter, the poor man was fo frightened, that he
fprang away with all poffible fpeed, and the reft
taking the alarm followed him ; fo that Cape.
Dan^i* and the Prieft were left in the church by
themfelves, and the Captain being an entire
ftranger to the caufe of this confuiion, raftily or-
dered his men to fire upon the fugitives, whidh
entirely broke off his correfpondence with thcfe
people $ his beft friend the Secretary being

pa . Va

i6 Capiatn'WihLikU DampierV Fc)fagi

In the afternoon of the fame day, the fhira
coming tor an anchor near the ifle of JmapaUa^
Capt. Davii and his men took the Pri^ on
board, who told them that fince the Secretary
was killed, they had no other way left than to
fend for the Cadqne ; which the Prieft having
done, he came attended by fix other Indians^
and coming on board was received in a very
friendly manner, and as they ftaid on board all
the time the (hips lay in the galph, proved ex-
tremely ferviceable, both in piloting them to
places where they had plenty of wood, water
and cattle, and in very cordially aflifting them to
the atmoft of their power, and in retam they
were prefented with fome trifles, on which they
fat the higheft valu^e, and were fully fatisfied at
their departure.

The gulph of Jmapalia, is a larore branch of
the fea, which enters eight or ten Teaeues deep
into the country ; on the fouth-fide of it is Cafi
Cajhvinay and on the north weft Me St, Mubaefz
mountain, at the foot of which, is a low plain
of a mile in length ; and between thefe low
grounds, and Point Cafwina are two high iflands
at the diilance of 1 2 miles from each other. The
fouchemmoft called Mangera^ is higb and round,
two leagues in circuit, and on all fides indofed
with r^±s, except to the north-eaft, where
there is a ihnall Cuidy creek. It produces ytry
lofty trees, and has a town in tne middle, in
which is a handfome Spanifi church. The in«
habitants, who are Indians^ have a few planta-
tions of maize and plantains. Their only tame
JbivJjwe codes and hens* and they have no other

Jt$unil /ir W O R L D. 17

beads but cats aod dogs. AmapaUa is much
larger than the other ifland, and has two towns
that are two miles afunder, the largeft of which
ibnds on a (inall plain on the top of a hill, and
has an handfome church. The other town
has alfo a new church. It is obfervable that
in moil of the Indian towns, under the jurif-
didion of the Spaniards, the images of their
faints found in their churches, are reprefented
with an Indian complexion, and partly ia their
drefs ; while in the towns inhabited by the Spani-
ards^ they have the complexion and drefs of
Spaniards.

Amapalla produces great plenty of maize,
large hog plumbs, and a few plantains. They
have alfo fome fowls ; and no Spaniard lives there
except the Prieft, who takes care of the two vil-
lages, and of the town in the ifland of Mangera.
As the people have little or no money, they pay
their tribute in maize, to the Governor of St.
MicbaePs town, which is feated at the foot of
St. Michaels mount, and the Prieft has his tenths
of all the produce.

In this gnlph, there are many other iilands
which are uninhabited; One that is pretty large
belonged to a monaftery ; and four or five In-
Mans looked after the cattle that fed there in
great numbers.

C JJ C».^;3^.

I S Captain William DampiirV Vtyagt

CHAP. III.

neyfail to the fjlandpf Plata, ^»hich is defcrihei\
and aftemvards fieer to Point St. Helena, and
returning back, land at Manta ; but find thai
Village deferted. A Defcription of the Country,
7 hey then take and bum the Ttnun ^Paita, tmd
afterwards refohve to attack Guaiaquil ; but
Without Succefs,

ON the 3d of September, Capt. Da^vis failed
out of the gulph, through the channel be-
ttvixt Manger a and the ifland of AmapalUiy after
having fet the Prieft on fhore, and left the
Cacique and his "attendants in pofTeffion of one
of the prizes, half full of flour. -And on the
20th of the iame month, came to an anchor
near the ifland o^ Plata,

This ifland, which is fituated in i*. 10'. fouth
latitude, is about four miles in length, and one
and a half in breadth. It is pretty high, and
furrounded with rocky cliffs, e;Kcept in one place
on the eaft fide, where a frefli water torrent falb
down frcm the rocks. The top is flat and plain,
and produces three or four forts of fmall trees,
unknown in Europe, that are overgrown with
mofs. But though in the beginning of the year,
it has pretty good grafs ; it has no land animals
to feed upon it. The vaft number of goats
which ufed to be here formerly, being all dc-
firoyed. However thwre are here many boobies

and

RoHMii /EWORLD. 19

and men-of-war birds, and near the ihore ate
great plenty of fmall turtle. The place for an-
chorage is on the eaft fide, clofe to the ihore*
within two cables length of a fandy bay. It is
faid to have obtained the name of La Platay from
Sir Francis lirake*^ carrying thither the Caca-
fuegoy and dividing among his men> the plate
foand in that rich prize.

After continoing one day here, they (leered to
Point St. Helena^ which appears high and flat like
an iiland, it being furroundcd with low grounds,
and covered on the top with thiilles. It forms a
large and good bay on the north- fide ; on the
fhore of which (lands a wretched village, alfo
called St, Helena^, inhabited by Indians ; but the
ground being fandy and barren, they have neither
trees nor grafs, com nor fruit> except water«me'»
Ions, which are here very good. They are
obliged to bring their frelh water from the river
CaJanchij which is at four leagues diftance, at
the bottom of the bay. They live chiefly upon
fifh^ and are fa pplied' with maize for algatrane,
a bituminons fi^bdance, fo cajled by the Sfaniards^
which ifTuej ont of the earth, above tne high-
water mark, and by long boiling, becomes hard
like pitch, and anfwers the fame purpofes. Some
of the men being fent in the night time to take
the village, landed in the morning, and took
fome priibners, and a- fmall bark which had
been fet on fire by the inhabitants, who alledged
that they had done it by fpecial order from the
Viceroy.

^ The men returning back the fame evening,
imm^iately deered again to ilv^ \A.2Lti<i ^^ Plaia^

20 Captaiu Wi ll i am DampiehV Voyage
where they anchored on the 26th of Septemtt
and inftantly Tome of them were fent to Mantt

i;, a fmall village on the continent, feven or eigl

leagues from the ifland of Plata, and two c
three leagues weft of Q^ Lorenzo, inhabited I
LuSanj. They landed at day-break, within
mile and a half of the village ; but die inhafa
taiits being already ftirring, took the alarniy ai
all of them abandoned the town, except two 6

. f^ women, who being taken prifoners, declared th

I i the Viceroy, upon receiving the news that a gre

I I number of the enemy were got into the Soutl
Seas, had ordered the ihips to be burnt, tl
goats in the ifland of Plata to be deftroyed, ai
that no more provifions ihould be kept the
than were necei&ry for their prefent ufe.

The village of Manta is fituated on an ea
afcent, and thongh it confiits only of mean a]
fcattered buildings, affords a very agreeafa
profped from the fea. It was formerly inh
bited by the Spaniards^ and has a very handfoii
church adorned with carved work. The foil
here dry and Tandy, producing neither corn n
roots ; but only a few (hrubs. The inhabitar
are fupplied with necefTaries by the (hips fro
Panama, and Lima, this being the firft place
which they touch ; and between the town ai
the fea, there is a fpring of excellent water, i
the back of the village, at fome diftance in t!
country, is a very high mountain, which rifes !
into the clouds, in the form of a fugar los
OppofiCe the village about a mile and a half fro
the (hore, there is a dangerous rock, which nev

appei

Iteund ihi WORLD. 21

appears above water; but a mile within it is
(a& anchorage at fix, eight, or ten fathoms.

They returned the next day to the ifland of
Tlata^ and being undetermined what courfe to
take, (laid there till the fecond of OSoher^ when
they were joined by Capt. Snuan in the Cygnet of
London^ a rich (hip which was defigned to trade
on that coaft, and now came to anchor in the
fame road. But Mr. Snuan being difappointed
in his hopes of trade, his men had forced him to
take on ooard a party of buccaneers, who had
travelled over the iHhmus of Darien^ under the
command of Capt. Peter Harris. There were
now three of them together, for Capt. Harris
had a fmall bark .given him, and the men wifhed
for nothing fo much as meeting with Capt Eaton ^
as diey juftly imagined that with fuch a force
they might m able to undertake an expedition of
fome coniequence. The bark was therefore dif-
patched in queft of him, with a letter inviting
him to (hare the fortune of thefe three adven-
turers. Bat he had lately quitted thofe feas, and
as it was imagined, (leered for the EaJI-lndies ; a
defign he had long intended to put in execution.
They at this time took a prize of 400 tons laden
with timber, bound from Guaiaqml to Lima^ and
from the people on board, they learned that the
Viceroy of Peru^ was fitting out ten frigates
againd them. Though this news gave them
fome concern, it did not prevent their making a
defcent upon Paita*, where no men landed

* See an account of Commodore AnfiiCi takinjc and
burning of Paltmf with a defcription of t!bit Xn^Mu 'vw^
coturtrjf In Amfiu'n voyage. Chap. t\.

22 Captain William DampibrV Voyagi

early in the morning on the 3d of Qdoher^ foa

miles foathof Faifa, where they tookfome pri

Toners, who were fet for a watch* And who faii

that the Governor of ?vlra^ with 100 men. wi

coming to the afliilance of the town; but noi

withftaoding this intelligence, the Engli/h 9^

tacked'tbe fort, and took it with little opppfitioi

Upon which the Governor aiid inhabitan

quitted the town, when the EngUfi? entered i

but found that they had carried off their mone

goods, and provifiona. The fame evening d

Slips came to itn. anchor, a mile from the £orc

but thoQ^ the three Captains offered to fpa

the townfbr 300 facks of flour,. 3Poo{>oun4s

fugar, 25 jars of wine, and 1000 jars of'wat<

yet thefe moderate conditions we;% flighted* ai

therefore after keeping po^effion^of Vl 'fix ^ft]

they. fet it on fire,

On the "lOth of November at';»gh^ th

weighed frofn Ft^ta^ and taking the benefit of

land breeze, fteered towards the ifland Qf iM

de la Mare ; aqd on tlie 1 4th, toi;ched at LfAoi

la Terray wjiere they landed fome. inen the fi

lowing day, aind'the men killed a number

boobies, piepsruins and feals, which were a f<

fbnable refremment, they having been withe

talHng flefh 6f any fort for a lone time. On t

19th, they ^Trived at Lohos de la Mate^^ wh(

the mofkito men on board, caught a great nu

ber of turtle ; and having taken on board fo:

planks which they had got out of a prize, s

* See a defer! ption of thefe idands is fFoodix Rog^
Voyage, Chap, III.

forme

Round the WO R L D. 23

xierTy left there, it was refolved to attack
ziaquil.

Dn the 29th in the morning, they fet fail for .
bay oiGuaiaquil^ ficuated betwixt Cape Blanco
he fouthy and voinl Cband)/ to the north, and
the bottom of this bay, lies a imall ifland,
[ed St. Clara, As they had formerly a deiign
infl the town of Guaiaquil^ they left their
3S at Cape BlancOy and (leered with a bark and
le canoes to the idand of ^/. Clara^ in the bay
awnaquil^ and thence proceeded in two canoes
Point Arena^ where the next day they took
ae of the fifhermen of Fma^ and afterwards

town. The next ebb they took a bark
en with Quito cloth, coming from Guaiaquil^

mafter of which told them there were three
ks full of negroes coming with the next tide,
.ving embarked all their men in canoes^ except
• left on board the bark, they rowed towards
(daquil, but their canoes being heavy laden,

day broke when they were within two
gues of the town Upon which they concealed
mfelves in an adjacent creek, fending one of
canoes to the bark which was left near Puna^
:h orders not to hre till the next day ; but be-
e the canoe could reach the bark with this
ler, the two barks filled with negroes coming
: of the harbour with the evening tide, came
iiin fight of the Englijh bark, which fired
ee guns at them. 1 he firing of thefe guns,
ew the Englijh in the canoes into great con-
rnation, who imagined that the townfmen had
:en the alarm, whence fome v^cie ^ox ^^-
icin^iflunediately to the town, ^nd o\5^€x% tot

24 Captain William DampierV Foj^gt
returning to their fhips ; bat as the ebb ti*
hinderedthem horn going upwards, Capt. Da^
with 50 of his men refolved to inarch to thfc fk
by land, but the reft imagining die emerpd
ihipra^cable,' remained in the credk to fee t
ilTue. When Capt. Davis and his men had be
gone about four hours, they were afanoft choak
among the nuhgrove woodf, which grow in t
marfhes, knd returned without being able to a
vance ^on their way to the town. Ic was th
refolved to row up in fic^t of Gtiaiapii/, and
they found themfelves difcoTeied, to retire wit
out making any attempt ; therefore proceedii
through the north-eaft channd, they arrived
the night, wit£Sn fight of the place, when
the dilcharge of 9, mulket, they perceived d
whole town filled with lights, and as there w
but one feen before, this was taken as an alm(
infallible fign of their being difcovered ; but
being alledged that thefe lij^hts were ufed hy tl
Spaniards in the m'ghts before holidays, ana th
the next d^ was a feftival, fome of the peop
upbraided Capt ^ ^<avm and the ref^with cowa
dice. Upon this they landed at a place two mil
from the town, but it being over«rnn with wood
they were unable to proceed in the dark, a)
therefore waited till day light. They h^ \
Indian guide, who was led by a cdrd bv one
Capt.. Davis'$ men, who feemed ^e m<
forward, but perhaps beginning to repent I
rafhnefs, cut the rope with whicS the guide w
tied« and thus let him efcape into the town, cr
ing out after he was gone, that fomebody hi
cut the rope; fo that after having feaithed

XoMMd iBe W ORLD. 2;

tain for the guide, it was unanimoufly refolved
t> deiift*. However they landed on the oppofite
bank, after day break, where there were ftveral
homed cattle, and killed a cow without receiving
^ leaft moleftation from the town.

On Dec. 9, they returned to Puna, and in their
way feized upon the two barks beforementioned,
with 1000 lofty negroes on board, out of
wjiich number they chofe about 60, and left the
reft behind with the barks ; though Mr. Danipier
fnppofes, that if they had carried them all to
iaint Maria^ on the idhmus of Darien, they
might with dieir aftlftance have worked the gold
mines at that place ; and by eredling a fort or two
at the entrance of St. Maria river, they might
with the afTiftance of the natives, and the Englijh
and French privateers that would have come to
them from all parts of the Wefi-Indies^ have not
only maintaineti themfelves there in fpite of all
the power of Spain, but have extended thcii
conqaefts to the rich gold mines of 'iluito.

* Guaiofuilvni afterwards a^lually taken by Capr.
Wh0des Rogers, who gives a particular defcription of r,
Md of the adjacent country. — See Jfo(,des R»ifn$ Vor j^k
Haad the World. Chap. IV.

Vol. VI. D CV\K>? .

26 Captain William DaMPIeHV Foyagg

CH A P., IV.

Tlfiy emir the Say o^ PsaaAz. A Ikfinftmi
the Sea Coaft^ dmi of the red and jesfnte Cotti
and Cahbage Trees* Tbej/ml up ihfRkferS
Jago, and afiernvardt/atl fo the Jjfaiid ajTOzJl
and/iym tbence up the RpOer Totxxslto, ha a
' tet^watdt taking a Packet Boat^ obtain foam 1
telligencet nubicb makes ibeta refdne to nm
among the ^t^\ IJIands, fit the Plate Fleets
her Faffage fr6m Lima. A J>efiription of i
KingS or l^tzrli I/lands, and ^/Pansnuu.

ON the I jA of December thty f<t fiiU, and
three days ait^^ed at khe iflax^d of PAc^
meeting in f heir pa&ge with the b^ tliey hi
difpatched in fearch'of Capt. Eaton^ and havii
taken in frelh w^er on the continent, they dir^
ed their courfe to Lave^^ a town iathe. bay
Fanama. The next morning they pafled in fig
of Cape PaJfM^ a round high point divided in U
middle, bare towards the iea, but covered wi
fruit trees to the land fide. Betwixt this ai
Cape St. Franci/co, they obferved abundance <
fmall points, full of trees of feveial kinds, whii
inclofe fo many fandy creeks. As their defif
was to look into fome riv^ unfrequented by u
Spaniards, in fearch of tanoes, they endeavourc
to make the river of St. Jago, on account of i
nearnefs to the ifland of Gal/o, in which there
laacA gold and Mq anchorage ibi iki^«« Th

Bound /iSf W O R L D. 27

mer which is large and navigable, divides itfelf
about feven leagues up in the country, into two
branchesy which inclofe an ifland four leagues in
dreumferencey and runs through a very rich foil
that produces all forts of tall trees ufually found
in this climate, efpecially red and white cotton,
and cabbage trees of the largeft kind.

The white cotton tree is much taller than the
oak, and the trunk firait without any branches,
till near the top, where they are very ftrong.
The bark is extremely fmooth, and the leaves
wljich are of the fize of thofe of a plumb tree,
are of a dark green, oval, fmooth and jagged at
the ends. Thefe fall off in J^pril^ but in a week's
time are fnpplied by frefh ones ; and it is re-
markable that the trunks are not always biggefl
near the roots. Thefe trees produce filk totton,
which falls to the ground in Vwemher and De-
ttmhery but is not fo fubllantial.as that of the
cotton fhrub, but rather like the down of thiilles,
whence the people in the Wefi-hdies do not
think it worth gathering, though in the Eaji-
hdifi it is ufed for fluffing pillows. The red
cotton tree is fomewhat lefs, but in other refpe^ls
refembles the former, only it produces no cotton,
audits wood is hard, though both are fomewhat
ipungy. They are found in fat grounds, not
only on the coail of the South 3ea, but in the
f,aj and IVefi-^hdies,

The cabl>age tree is the tailed in thefe woods,
fome being 120 feet high. It has branches no
whf^re but near the top, where they fprout out
40 the length of 1 2 or 1 4 feet ; they a^^ o^ x.V\^
thickneis of a man's arm, aud axe ^nw^^^'^'^
D z '^^^^

28 CaptMn William DampierV Foyagi

long flendcr leaves, in fuch regular order, that
at a diilance they appear as if oily one leaf. In
the midft of thefe high branches, fhoots forth
the cabbage, which is a foot in length, of the
thlcknefs of a man*s leg, as white as milk, and
i.<; very fweet and wholefome. As this tree diet
after its head is gone, they cut it down before
they gather the fruit. Betwixt the cabbaee and
the large branches, fprout forth many fmalT twigs
two feet long, and very clofe together ; at the
extremities of which, grow hard round berries of
the fize of a cherry, which once a year fall fitom
the tree, and are excellent food for the hoes.
The trunk of the tree is from top to bottom rail
of round rings, about half a foot afunder, the
bark is thin and brittle, the wood hard and blacky
with a white pith in the middle.

As«checoaft and country of Lima^ has conti*
nual dry weather, fb this part of Peru is feldom
without rain, which, and the thickneis of the
woods, have, in all probability, prevented the
Spaniards making any confiderable difcoveriet
on this coafl, beudes they may have been inti-
midated by the bravery of the inhabitants, who
entertain a mortal hatred againft the Spaniards ;
and whoever attempt to row up the river*t
mouth, lie expofed to their ambufcades on each
fide, and they are fuch markfmen with their
arrows, that they feldom mifs their aim. The
chief food of thefe people, is maize and plan*
tains.

However, Mr. Dampier with fomc others, in

four canoes, ventured to row fix leagues up the

r/y^, where they difcovered two fmall huu

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Aatched with palmetto leaves, where they found
only fome fowls, a few plantains, and a hog
ii^mingly oi European breed, which theydrefled
and fed upon very heartily ; for the Indians
feeing them approach, got into their canoes with
their wives, children and goods, and paddled
away againft the ilream much fader than the
Engli/b could row, on account of their keeping
fiear the banks. On the oppofite fide, they faw
snany other huts at the diftance of a league, but
the current being very rapid, they did not care
to venture any farther up. They therefore re-
turned the next morning to the river's mouth,
in order to iail to the iiland of Gallo^ where their
ihips were Rationed.

Gallo is a imall uninhabited ifland, feated in a
fpacious bay three leagues from the river 7omaco^
and four leagues and a half from an Indian village
of the fame name. It is indifferently high, well
fiored with timber trees, and at the north eail
end is ajgood fandy bay, near which is a fine
Ijpriag of^frefli water. The river Tomaco, which
is fuppofed to ariie among the rich mountains of
^uitOf has its banks well peopled by the Indians
and (bme Spaniards^ who traffic with them for
gold, but is fo fhallow at the entrance that only
Earks can enter it. This river is five leagues
from that of St, Jago^ and leaving the latter
they failed thither. In their way they faw an
Jn£an houfe, and feizing the whole family, rowed
forward, and came at twelve at night to Tomaco^
where they feized upon all the inhabitants, among
whom was Don Diego de Pinas, a Sfanijh knight^
who] cam: thither to lade limW^ X^^^x ^^

|0 Captain William DAMPiER^i Voyage
found nothing in the (hip that brought Jiim bat
1 3 jars of winc» which they took out, and thea
fet the veffcl adrift. The fame day three Indwm
:anie aboard in a canoe, who were ftrait an4
ivtll limbed » but of a low ftature, with black
hair, long vifages, and of a dark complexion,
with fmall eyes and nofcs.

On the 31ft of December^ fevcral of the mea
who had been feven or eight leagues op the river,
returned with their canoes, and brought witk
them feveral ounces of gold, they had found in
a Spaiiijh houfe, whence the people had fled.

On the 1 ft o^ January 1685, when they were
going in their canoes from Tomaco towards Gallop
they took a Spanijh packet boat, fent with dif-
patches from Panama to Litnay by which they
learned that the Armada, being arrived ^m
Spain at Porto Bella y waited for the Plate fleet
from Lima, which foon made them alter thdt
refolution of going to Laveiiay inftead of whick
It was refolved to rendezvous among the King^t
or Pearl iflands, by which all the fliips bound to
Panama from the coalt of Lima, mull neceflarilf
pafs. Accordingly they failed on the 7th of
January y and the next day took a Ihip of 90 tont
laden with flour, and continuing tneir voyage
with a gentle gale from the fouth, anchored oa
the 9th on the weil fide of Gorgona.*

On the 1 3 th, they purfued their voyage to the
King's iflands, and on the 25th, this (mail fqua-
dron confifting of two ftout fhips, a firefliip, the
Prize of 90 tons, and two tenders, came into a

* See a defcriptlon of this ifland lA fFoodit R»girs*i

It9tmd ihi WORLD. 31

deep well inclofed channel, at the north end of
St. Fours ifland^ which is a convenient place for
careenineJ

The King*$ or Pearl iflands are pretty nu-
aieroat, and are low and woody. They are
(even leagues firom the neareil part of the conti-
■enc and twelve from Panama, But though tliey
liave obtained the name of Pearl iflands, our
Aathor coold never fee one pearl oyftcr near
tkem. The northernmoft of thefe is called Pa-
tbu^ or Pacbeque, which is a fmall idand 11 or
12 leagues from Panama and St. Paul'sy lies mod
tochefoutk. But the reft, though bigger, have
no particular names. Some of them are planted
with rice, bananas and plantains, by the negroes
who belong to the inhabitants of Panama,
Though thefe iflands ■ lie clofe together, they
have channels between them fit for boats, ?:)d
between them and the continent, is a channel of
a moderate depth, feven or eight leagues broad.

Having cleaned their barks -AtSt. Paul't iikr d,
they fent them to cruize towards Panama, an J
lour days after they returned with a prize lac en
with maize» Indian corn, a fort of beef and
fowls. This prize- came from La'velia, a lar^e
town featedon the bank of a river on the norti'i-
£de of tlie bay of Panama, In the harbour
where they careened, they found abundance of
OyAers, mufcles, limpets and clams, which lad
are oyfters that l^ick fo clofc to the rocks, that
there is no 01 her way of getting them out, than
by45p«'ning ihcm where they grow. They alfo
met with fome pigeons and turtle doves.

32 Captain Wjlliam DampieilV Fojagi

Having careened the fliips and taken m t
frefh fupply of wood ai]d wacer, they Med mm
amf^ng the i/lands on the iSth of Fihruary^ mul
anchored in che great channel between them and
the cODtiDent. 'i he next day <hey cruized in the
channel towards Fanama^ about which the Ihore
appears very bcaiitifai, by its being interfperred
Y^ith fmall woods and hitl^. BefideSf about a
league from the continent, feveral fmall tilands
appear in view, partly covered with trees ; and
on the other fide of the channel^ the King i
iilands aiFord a dehghtful profpe^l.

On the 1 8th, they anchored dire^y oppofite
to Old Panama^ once a famous city, bat die
grcated part of it being laid in afhes by Sir Bfffrf
Morgan, it was never rebuilt. About four leagues
from the ruins of this place, ftands Nrw PatumOt
a very handfome city, in a fpacious bay of the
fame name» into which run feveral long naviga-
ble riversy fome of which are not without gmd*
It has a view of many pleafant iflands, and the
country about it affords a delightful profped
at fea, from the variety of the adjacent hills,
valleys, groves and plains. The houfes are
for the moft part of brick and pretty lofty,
efpecially the churches, the monafteries, the
prefident's houfe, and other public flrudtures,
which Mr. Dampier fays, make the beft fhew of
any buildings he ever faw in thofe parts. It it
encompaifed with a hieh ftone wall, on which
are mounted a confiderable number of guns,
that were formerly planted on the land fide,
but now they are alio planted towards the fea.
This dtv carries on a ^reat trade, as beine the

Rwmt thi W O K L D. 53

flaple for all goods to and from every part of
Peru and Qn/t\ Befides every three years when
Ae Sfanijh galleons go to Porto Bello^ the Plate
fleet arrives with the King's plate, and that
which belongs to the merchants at Panama^
whence it is carried on mules by land to Forto
BiUo.

Panama is feated in an healthy air, it having
die benefit of the fea-wind from ten or eleven in
the morning, till ei^tor nine o^clock at night ;
and the land-wind m>m nine, till the mormng :
Befides, Panama is feldom troubled with fogs,
nor is the wet feafon, which holds from Merf till
No^$mBirf>£o excefiive at Panama as on the other
fide of the bay, though it is (tvtrt enough io
the months of June, Juiy and Auguft, at which
dme the merchants of Peru^ who are ufed to an
air that is cohftantly ferene, and without rain
or fogs, cut off their hair to preferve them from
ftvers.

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CHAP-

34 Captam Willi AU D4MPib»V/V^

C H A P. V.

J De/ariptiomof tbeffl^md 9/ TobagQ, fmdftf
Mammee Trees, Ifoe^ narrwA>ly efcapt btif^^
firoyei hy a tretinM MerchoMi &Up, Ar^jlm
by other Butcemmersi and fail to Potto PlU
The yUmi •f Chepdto dtfcriledy nmU» m 4
towit rf the Safadmlp Tree ; the Av^g/tH.Pm
the Mammi Sufota €md Star J^* Tifltk

/ulJttatftModti^mnfithe^^^mS^fAti.

ON tii« 20th of ifirr/^, tkcf andKmdwid
a league of the ^ee Pmco iflanda, wdi
are fnall and rocjcy* and the ncxtcdair |to
another prixe, laden with beef^ hogs^- ^wltt«
fait from Leevelia,

On the 24th, they ftood over to the ifland
Tobago, in the fame bay, {\x leagues foath
Panama^ a imall rocky and fteep iiiand, thi
miles in length, and two in breadth, except
the north fide, where it has an eafy afcent, a
as the foil is good up to. the middle of the mot
tains, they produce abundance oF fruit, as pla
tains and bananas ; ^d near the Tea fide, coc
and manunee trees. Thefe lad are Jarge a
ft rait, they being 60 or 70 feet high, withe
knots or even boughs, but at the top foroe fai
branches fprout out thick and clofe togethi
The fruit which is round, and of the fize d
hrge quince, is covered with a rind, that is

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fifft grcyt and before it is ripe is brittle ; but
when at maturity grows ytllow, peels with
cafe, and changes to the colour of a car-
rot. The ripe frut fmells and talles well, and
has two rough flat (lonca in the middle, of the
fize of a large al:nond.

The fouth-wefl fide of Tohago is covered with
trees and fire wood, and on the north iidc, a clear
Spring of frelh water falls from the mountains
into the fea, near which formerly flood a pretty
town with a handfome chu'ch ; but tiie greatcit
part of it has been deftroyed by the Buccanneers ;
and farther towards the well, lies a fmall town
called Tobagilia,

While they were at anchor near this lail town,
Biey were in great danger of b. ing dcllroyed by
I pretended merchant of Panama^ who under
the colour of trading privately with them, inHead
of bHnging in the night his bark laden with
merchandize, advanced pretty near them in a
fire-fhip, when fonie of the men more fufpiciou^
than the rell, bid her come to an anchor ; but
ftie not doing fo, they fircl at her, which lo ter-
rified the men, that immediately fetting her on
fire, they jumped into their canoes, and the
EngHjb were obliged to cut their cables to efcape
the danger. At the fame time Lapc. Sxvan, who
lay at the diftance of a mile, at anchor, faw a
foBall float, with only one man upon it, driving
towards his fliip, but it foon after difapj: cared.
This he imagined to be feme ma'.erials made up
with combuftible matter, in order to be failcned
to his rudder, as it happened to Ca'^t. Slaar^t
war Ofjrtf/nbQ ; but it is fuppo^cd \\vc ^ciXvos:?

56 Capiain Wilmam DkiAwm^'^s Fsjage

thmkmg himfelf difeovercd, had not theccmngt

to pro{?cute his cnterpnze. However Capt.

S^an alio chougHt fit to cut hk cables, and to

keep under fail all night. The above engtues

are faid to have been conErii^ed by Mn Bsnd^

who formerly deferted from them to the Spani*

mrds^ without whofc aHiftance ihcy could not

have fitted one the fire-fliip ; it being almoil im-

pofllble to conceive the ignorance of the Spaniardi

in the South Seas, efpec tally in maritime aiain.

On the zSth in the mornirrg, while they were

h\^{y in recovering their anchors, they difco«

vered a whole fleet of canoes full of men, pali

between l^ab&^lU and the other ifland, who

proved to be EngUJh and Frtnch privateers that

had lately crofTed from the northfea over the

i^hmns of Ditriin. Thefc were 280 in all, iOO

ofwhomwere French^ and ^o Englijh^ which M

were takec on board Capt. Dt^is^ and the red

pyit into the prize they had taken Inaden with

nour, under the command of a Frenchrnan called

Capt. Gr^mt^ who in return offered Capt, Dmxt

and Capt. S^^^m^ e^ch a commi^on * from the

Governor of Pefit Gma^as^ That Governor

having granced thern blank commifiions, Capt.

Dfpuis accepted one of them ; but as Capt, Smimi

• About thii time it was very commoa for this Fnmk
Gcvernorj ta fupp^y with comtninionf, not only tbff
BiJccannrerB ; but ^ffp to g^ivc tbeni blank oaei fof uiy
otKen, with whom th«y niight chince to join compiuj.
But though they w^re jn redicf no more chin licencei, t»
hunt, fowl, and firti on tht Iflaod of Htffanioiar jet under
their fanflion, the latter cgmmittei |rut tava^et ia

Rmrnd /^ W O B L D. 37

liad received one from die Duke of Ttrk^ he re-
fofed it.

Thas reinforced, they failed towards the gulph
of ^/. Michael^ in queft of Capt. Townley^ who
with 180 men was £iid to be croffing the ifthmus,
and the next day they came up with them among
the Pearl iflands ; for he had taken two barks^
one laden with flour, and the other with fugar,
with ibme jars of wine and brandy, part of which
he readily diflribated among the men belonging
to Capt Swan and Capt. Davis, becaufe he
wanted the jars in order to fill them with water.

As it was the latter end of the dry feafbn, and
all the water dried up, diey now failed to the
point of Garracbinai where the natives brought
them fome refrelhments ; but meeting with no
^efh water there, they fet fail for Porto Ptmu,
which obtains its name from the vafl number of
Pines that grow on the fhore, where ic is pretty
woody, and affords an ag^eable profped, the
country rifing from the fea fide, by a gentle
afcent to a confideraUe height. Two fmall rocks
at the entrance of the harbour render the paf&ge
into it narrow, and it is befides expofed to tne
fouth-weft wind, on which account, they did not
enter the harbour, and were unable to land/
from the high fea near the fhore. They there-
fere fleered lor Tobago, and in their way took a
vefiel laden with cocoas ftom GuaiafuU, and fome
time after, a canoe with four Indians and a mu«
latto, who having been in tlie fire-fhip that was
fent to burn Capt. Davis s vefTel, was immedi-
ately hanged ; as if all firatagems u(tii\^tc^^^^
enemies at wur were not allowable.
Vol. VI. E ^V^

3^ C^Pfa^^ William Dampi/br'/ Voyage
While they were employed in filling of wat

and catting of wood tor fuel, at the ifland

' Perico, whe e they had call anchor on the 3d

April, they fent four canoes to the continent

ii'; get fome fugar in the adjacent fugar works,

\. \ make their cocoa up into chocolate, and partic

''i'._ iarly to get fome coppers which were wanted :

i'l^; boiling proviiions, on account of theirnuml

f^\ being fo gready increafed, and thefe returr

'^ ) with three coppers.

.?|,.ii' In the mean while Capt. Davis fent his ba

*f-V to the ifland of Otoque in the bay of Fanat

';,;■'' which was inhabited only by negroe flav

jl" ' ' who bred up a few hogs and fowls ; and here t

ii;.? Englijb met with a mcfTenger fent to Panan

ly with an account that the Lima fleet was faih

Ijvh But though moft of the letters were thrown ii

ml the fea, yet from the reft they underftood tj

%] the fleet was coming under a convoy compoi

111! , of ail the fliips of ftrength they had been able

I j aflemble from Peru. Seing informed that 1

jiH King's ftiips always proceeded that way, tli

|!JY failed back on the loth to the King's or Pe

'|:S;. iflands, and the next day anchored at the plj

1111= where they had before careened, and \^here th

jjii.". met Capt. Harris^ who had brought a fn

;;!}^^ fiipply of men, from the river St, Maria.

jj^jj'ji On the I qth, 250 men were fent in canoes

IjJ:; the river Cheapo^ to furprize the town of tl

ij; , name? the next day all the refl: followed, and

![rH the 22d, ih«y arrived at Chepelioy a pleafj

i|!;|:]' iiland in the bay of Panama, feven leagues frc

\\\* the city of that name, and one from the con
Mcnt. This ifland lies ditc^y 0Y^i\x.e to t

Retmd thi WORLD. 39

river Cheapo, It is low on the north fide, but
rlfes by an eafy ai^ent to the fouth. The foil is
vQcy goody and in the low grounds produces
plenty of delicious fruit, as fapadillocs, avogato
pears, mammfje fapotas, iiar apples and plan-
tains ; and on the north fide is a good anchoring
place, where there is a fine fpring of freih water
near the fhore.

The fapadillo tree is very like a pear tree, and
the fruit refembles a bergamot pear, only it is
fomething longer. When iiril gathered it is iia^d,
and the juice dammy ; but on its being laid by a
few days, it becomes foft and full of a tlu'n
juice. It has two or three black kernels, which
refemble the feed of a pompion.

The avogato pear-tree grows as high, or ra-
ther higher, than our pc^r- trees in England^ and
has a black fmooth bark, and large oval leaves ;
the fruit is as big as a large lemon, and is at firfl
green ; but when ripe turns yellow. The pulp
is alfo of a > ellowifh cok>ur, and as fofl as butter.
When they have been gathered three or four
days, the rind comes olf with eafe. As this
fruit is iniipid, it is commonly eaten with lime
juice and fugar, or a roafled plantain and fait.
It has a (lone as big as a horfe plumb. However
this fruit being looked upon by the Spaniards as
a great provocative, they have planted it in moil
places of the north-fea, where they inhabit.

The mammee fapota tree, has neither fo tall
nor fo thick a trunk as the manmiee of Tobago,
nor is the fruit either fo round or fo large. The
rind is fmooth and the pulp quite red, with a
rough flat or Jongiih flone. 1\i\& u m^^^^ ^

pleafant and wholefome fruit. There are
wild jnammee- trees, which grow tall and

^I'^^l! and are therefore ufed for n^fb, but the £

'\[ not efteemed.

|j| The ftar apple fomewhat refembles our c

|')J tree, but is much larger, and bears abun

of broad oval leaves, that almoft conce;
fruit which is of the fize of a large apple,
i'i:> efteemed very good, but Mr. Damfier acl

^■^. ledges that he never tafted it.

The river of Cheapo rifes in the mounta
the north, and is afterwards inclofed be
them and the mountains on the fouth, ii
turns to the weft, and making a kind of a
circle, runs gently into the fea feven 1<
from Panama, But though it is very deej
a quarter of a mile broad, yet its entrano
choaked up with fands that it is only nav
by barks. About fix leagues from the U
ftands the city of Cheapo, On the left ba
the river in a champain country, which afi
very pleafant view of feveral adjacent hi)
vem with woods, though the greateft
good pafture ground. But on the fouth f
uie river a tr^ of ^ood land extends for

S:i?

leagues.
The 250 J

\ men who were fent to this ph
turned on the 24th, after their having tak
town without the leaft oppoiition; but
ll^l nothing in it worth mentioning. On the

\mf being joined by Capt. Harris^ they fail

If ll Tohago, and finding themfelves now 1 000 f

>|rj it was confulted whether they (hould ma

V ' Mttempt upon Panama, But all thoughts o

Itound thi W O R L IX 41

expedition were laid afide, upon their being in-
formed by the prifoners, that the inhabitants had
received a confiderable reinforcement from Porto
BeUo.

On the 4th of May, they failed again for the
Kings Iflandsy and having on the 25th> taken
three feamen at Panama^ were informed that a
fhid order iflbed there, not to fetch any plantains
from the adjacent iflands, had occafioned a great
fcarcity, and that they daily expeded the arrival
of the fleet from Limm,

On the 28th of M^^ the fleet lay at anchor
between two or three £nall iflands on the fi)uth-
fide of Pachafuiy and confided of ten (ail, of
ivhich only two were men of war. Capt. DmAs'z
ihip carrying 36 gnns and 156 men, and Capt.
■S*wan» 16 guns and 140 men, the reft beimg
provided only with fmall arms, amounted to
960 : They had alfo one fire-fhip. Abont
•eleven o^clock they difcovered the Spanijb fleet
at three leagues dillance ; and about three in the
afternoon they failed, bearing down right before
the wind, upon the Spainardsy who kept clofe on
a wind to come up with th^m ; but night ap-
proaching, they exchanged only a few fhot. As
jbon as it began to grow dark, the Spanijb Ad-
miral put out a light at his top as a fignal for the
fleet to come to an anchor ; in hsdf an hour
after it was taken down, but foon appeared as
before ; which the Englijh fuppofing to be in the
Admiral's top, kept under fail ; but the Spaniards
having pat this fecond light on the top-mail head
j^ one of their barks, had fent her to the lee-
ward^ & that in the mormn^ ^^ Enjjajb ^^^x.

42 Captain William DampierV Foyage
found that the enemy had got the weather
of them, and were coming up with full
wiiicli obliged them to make a running fig
it all day, almofl round the bay of Panama,
Townley being hard prefled by the Spam
was forced to make a bold run betwixt Fad
and the three adjacent fmall iilands. Ca]
Harris was forced to weigh from the reft di
the fight, and Capt. Gronet in the flour pri;
90 tons burthen, with 308 men, was a mi
the north of his aflpciates, when the cnem)
peared, and tacking over to the main,
himfelf out of the way while tliere was the
glimmering of danger, for which condudi ;
of the fhips the following day, were for
placing him ; but after much difpute, it
agteecf to difmifs him and his men, mo
whom were French^ and to fufFer them to \
the fhip that had been given them, wi
charge to quit company immediately. '',
their long projedled defign vanilhed into fm<
but though the Spanifiy fleet, according tt
report of fome prifoners afterwards taken,
fiited of 14 fail, befides periaguas or boat
twelve or fourteen oars each, among w
were 18 ihips of good force, two fire- fhips,
about 3000 men on board the whole fie^t,
the EngUp had but one mau killed.

Round thi W O R L D. 45

CHAP. VI.

fail to thi JJland of Quibo, and proceeding
m thence t take, and aftertwards burn the City
Leon, tuuhence they proceed to the IJland of
) Lcja, ^hich they alfo take, A De/cription
the Guofva Fruit and Prickly Pear, Capt,
vis and Swan part Company, and Mr.
mpier enters *with the latter. Some Account
the City and Volcano of Guatinaala. Pro-
iing farther to the Weft, they enter the Port
juatulco, nuhich is defer ibed Thefck Men
d, A Defcription of the Vinello Shrub.

N the firft o^June, the fleet failed for the
ifland o( ^ibo or Cobaya, in queftcf Capt.
/, and proceeding to the northward, faw

rivers and creeks, which are not near Co
as on the fouth-fide of Che bay of Panama*
:oaft is partly hilly and partly low grounds,
iriery thick woods, but in the heart of the
ry, there are fertile plains for feeding of
. Some of the rivers on this fide afford
but not in fuch quantities as thofe on the

fide ; but there is fcafce any fettlement

this coaft, except upon the rivers tliat
o La<uelia and Nata,

their arrival at ^ho, .they found Capt.
; there before them, when it was refolvcd
s they had been unfucccfsful in the late at-
, they ihould now try iVidc iQiVM^^'^-i

44 Captain William DampterV Voyage
land, by attacking the city of Leon^ on the coa
of Mexico, But as it lay a good way within ti
land, it was agreed to make canoes on tb
ifland of^mho^t where they were at anchor,
fufficient quantity of timber fit for that purpoi
feeing there to be fband on every fpot.

While thefe preparations were making, 15
men were fent to Puobla Nonfa^ a town at a fma
<li(lance horn the continent. They took it withou
much difficulty, but met with nothing there ex
cept an empty bark. Having finiOied all th
canoes in a month's time, they fet out for ^i
Ltja^ which is the port for the city of Leon ; am
on the Qth of Auguft^ quitting their ihips, am
embarking on board their canoes, of which the;
had 31, they were in great danger of beioj
fwallowed up by the waves, which ran moun
ta'ns high, attended with thunder and lighten
ning ; bat the florm foon abated ; yet anothe
tornado had Vkt to have fent diem all to thi
bottom : However this alfo did not lad lone
and they entered the fouth fide of the harbour ii
the night, but durft not proceed farther till breai
of day, when they rowed deeper into the creek
which is very narrow, and the land on bod
fides niarfhy near the banks, and ib full of man
grove trees that there is no pafiing througl
them. Beyond thefe was a fmall intrenchment
which they took by furprize, and having landet
470 men, left the reft, of which number Mr
Dampier was one^ to guard the canoes.

* See a defcriptiOA of Ss^ho in Anjon^i ^ojtp
Cliaf.VXI.

Tho

" RoufiJ /»tf W O R L D. 45

licy began their inarch at eight oVIock in
noming, Capt. Toavnley leading the van,
h confifled of loo of the bnikeft men.
:. Stjuan followed him with lOO more, next
• Capt. Davis with 1 70, and Capt. Knight
ght up the rear. Capt. To<wn/ey being ad-
ed two miles before the red^ was attacked,
having forced 70 horfe, tp retire at the
ttce of foar miles from the city , marched
'ardsy and at three o'clock in the afternoon,
red it without oppoiition, though he was
after oppofed by 200 Spanijh hone and 500
, firft in a broad fireet, and afterwards in
^reat market place ; but the foot feeing the
e retire, followed their example, leaving the
tt to the mercy of the EngUJh.
!apt. ^'i»an did not enter the town till four
KKy C;4>t. Davis came thither about five.
Knight came with the remainder not till fix ;
feveral of the men were left behind on ac-
it of their growing tired «ipon the road,
»ne whom was an old grey-headed fellow,
led Svoan^ who was 84 years of aee, and had
ed in Ireland under Cromwell^ and he bravely
ifing to take quarter, the Spaniards (hot him
d. They however took fome others, among
3m was Mr. Smtb^ who having lived a con-
Table time in the Canaries^ fpoke Sfamjh
ntly, and being carried before the Governor,
I examined as to the ftrength of the invaders,
3m he reprefented to be 1 500 men, 1000 in
town, and 500 in the canoes ; which had
h an efifed upon his Excellency, ths^ tiQ^-
hidandin^ bis being at, the ktad q( u^«&^^

4^ Captain William Dam vizk"/ Voyage
of looo men, he did not cbufe to moleft them.
But the next day fent a flag of truce, to propofe
a ranfom for the town. But the EugUJh de-
manding 30,000 pieces of eight, and provifions
for 1000 men for four inonth<5, he rcfufed to
jjive it, and they accordingly fet fire to the city,
on the 14th of Augufi^ and marched towards
their canoes the next morning. However Mr.
Smith was exchanged for a p,cntle woman, and a
Spanijh gentleman was reicaicd upon his promife
of delivering 1 50 oxen for his j an(oro at Rio Leja,
the place they intended to attack next.

The city of Leon Hands 20 ii:i(es within the
country, in a fandy plain, near a burning moun*
tain, called the Volcano of Leon. Tlie hoofcs
are large and built with ftone, with garden*
about them, but are low and covered with tiles.
It has three churches and a cathedrEl. The .
above fandy plain is fiirrounded with Savannas
which afford a free parage for the breezes on all
fides, and reiidcr the town both pleafant and
healthful. But no great conyr.erce is carried on
there, the inhabitants chiefly fubfilling on their
cattle, and fugar- works, of which th^re arc fe-
veral between the landing place and the city ;
about the midway between both, there is a fjie
ford able river, and nearer the cty an Indian
town. The city is alfo faid to have a good
manufaftory of hemp.

On the 1 6th of Auguft^ in the afternoon, they
arrived in their canoes in the harbour of Rjo Lrja,
where their (hips were by thnt time come to an
anchor. The creek that leads from Rio Leja is
broad at its entrance, but afterwards clofes and

Hound the WORLD. 47

s a narrow deep channel, lined on both
ith many cocoa ^rces. The Spaniards had
\ up an iiitrenchment, which fronted the
e of the creek, and was defended by 1 20
id farther down they had a boom of trees
:rofs the creek ; fo that had they not
courage to keep their poll, they might
•pt off 1000 men. But iht Englifi had
ler fired two of their guns, tmm they
it, and left them at liberty to cut the
which when the EngUJh had done, they
ately landed and marched to Rio L^a, a
vn feated in a plain, a mile up a fmall
It ha? three churches and an hofpital
I handfome garden, they took it without
ion, but found nothing confiderable ex-
o packs of flour, and (ome pitch, tar and
r. 'f hey alfo received the 1 50 oxen pro-
)y the gentleman they releafed at Leon^
together with fome other cattle, and the
Dund in the country was very acceptable,
ijacent country hns indeec|,many fugar
and inclofures for cattle, and confiderable
ies of pitch, tar and cordage are made by
ntry people. Rio Leja is howevel* feated
Dnwholefomc air near fome fens and
J, which fend forth a noifome fcent. In
rhbourhood grow, melons, pine-apples,
and prickle pears,

(hrub which bears the guava fruit, has
d {lender boughs, that have a white and
bark, and leaves refembling the hafcl.
uit which is like a pear has MVv\tw tl'cA.
ny hard feeds; ■ and whea npc \a n^\o^ %

48 CaptahWihtiAM DampierV Voyage

{oft and well taded. It may be eaten while green,
which is the cafe with very few of the fruits
either in the Eafi or Weft-Indies^ and after it is
ripe, it^ may be baked Uke pears, or coddled
like apples. There are however different forts
didingulfhed by their taile, ibape, and colour,
feme i>eing red, and others yellow in the infidCr
Before it is ripe it is an allringent, but afterwards
loofening.

The prickly pear, which is alfo common in
many nlaces in the IFeft- Indies ^ grows upon a
ihrub fare feet high, and thrives bed in ialtilh
iandy gronnds near the fea (hore. Each branch
of this ihrub has two or three round leaves of
the breadth of a man's hand, not unlike h6ufe-
le.^, tut edged with prickles of an inch long.
At the extremity of the leaf grows the fruit,
which is of the bignefa of a large plumb, finall
towards the leaf, and thick at the other end,
ivhere it opens like a medlar. The fruit has
alfo fmall prickles, and is at firfl green, but by de-
grees turns red. The pulp is of the fame con*
fiftence as a thick fyrup, with fmall black feeds ;
it is cooling, and of a pleafant tade. Our
author fays, that he has often obferved, that on
eating zo or more of them at a time, they will
tinge the urine as red as blood, bat without any
ill confequence.

On the 25 th, Capt. Detvis and Capt. Swein
parted, the firil in order to return to the coaft of
Peru, and the other intending to proceed farther
to the weft. Upon which Mr. bampier, defir«
ing XQ fatis fy his curioiity, by obtaining a mott
peric^ knowledge of Uie northern parts of

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\fexico, he lefc Capt. Liaws, and went on board
^r. Stuauy who was joined by Capt. Towonley
mxh his two barks, while Capt. Harris and Mr.
Knight followed the former.

By this time Mr. S^wan^s men began to be
much afflided with fevers, which were attri-
buted to the remains of a contagions diftemper,
:hat had lately raged at Rio Leja, Capt. Davis's
men having undergone the fame fate. On the
3d of Seftimher, they failed again, fteering to
the wefty and met with violent tornados, thander
and lightening, which kept them oat at fea, fo
(hat they faw no land till the 14th, when they
came in fight of the Volcano of Guaiimala ; ic
appears with a doable peak like two fugar
loaves; between which the fire and fmoke is
faid to break (Sut before bad weather.

The city of Guatimala is fituated near the foot
of this high mountain, eight leagues from the
foath fea, and 40 or ^o from the gulph of
Matique in the bay of Hondas in the north feas.
It is reputed a rich cicy, the country about it
abounding in feveral commodities, which are ex-
ported thence into Europe, efpecially the four
noted dyes, indigo, otta, or anatca, fylvefler
and cochineal.

The land near the Volcano of Guatimala^ is
low by the fea fide, but rifes in a gradual afcent
^m thence, to thediftance of about ten leagues
ivoxa the fbore. They obferved floating in the
fea great quantities of drift wood and pumice
fioncs, which laft were thrown out by the moun-
tain, and by the rains waQied inco the fe^.
Vot. VJ, F ^^

5© C«j&/^/« William Dampibr's f^^fl-^^

On the 24th, being in 14**. 30'. north lati-
tude, Capt. Tonjmlty went on (hore with nine
canoes, and 106 men, in hopes of finc'ing the
town of Teguantapequey which was well known
to be fitoated fomewhere thereabouts, in order
to get fome refrefiiment for the fick men, both
he and Capt. 6'«m;<?» having at leaft one half of
their crews in a very weak condition ; but he
was obliged to return to his canoes, without be-
ing able to find it. The fhips now ccafled along
to the weft, in fight of a trad of high land, that
begins at the eaft, and after having ran for ten
leagues within the land to the weft, fmks by an
eaiy defcent. On that fide next the fea they faw
rich paftures mixed with pleafant groves, but
the furf which beat upon the ihore not fuffering
tlie men to land with their canoes, they were
forced to continue coafting for eight or nine
leagues, till Capt. fo^-wnley feeing no profpeft of
landing, returned on board with his men. on
the 2d of Offbher, But being fbon after refolved
to try his fortune again, he ran his canoes afhore
in a fandy bay^ Svhere he landed, but loft one
man, and had Yrioft of his powder fpoilt by the
water. They were however no fooner on fhore,
than they found the country full of torrents and
unfordable rivers : 1 his obliged them to think
of returning to their canoes, which while they
were attempting, they were attacked by 200
Spaniards and Indians^ whom they foon repulfed
and put to flight.

Capt. Toijuniey having again rejoined Capt.

Sifjan, they ftill continued failing to the wcft-

ward, but could difcover ifieixivci cwck nor bay

RmKd the W O R L D. 51

for 20 leagues farther, when they came to the
iiland of 'fanfrolay where there is fafe anchorage
with plenty of wood and water, and from thence
they coafted along till they came to Guatulcot one
of the bell ports in the kingdom of Mexico, On
the eafl fid^ of the entrance of the harbour, at
abont the didance of a mile, is a fmall ifland
near the fliore. and on the weft fide of that en-
trance is a large hollow rock open at the top,
from which a column of water forces its pafTage
in the manner of a fountain, and rifmg to a great
height even in the calmeft weather, affords a
good mark to feamen, bound for this port. At
the bottom of this harbour, which is three miles
deep, and one Siile broad, there is a 6ne brook
of frefh water, near which formerly flood a town
that was fack'd by Sir Francis Drake, but there are
no figns of it now remaining, except the ruins of
an old chapel, ftanding in the midft of a grove.
The land is here covered with a variety of trees,
which rifing in regular ridges form a very agreea-
ble profpedt.

Capt. Sivan being ill, went on (hore here with
all the fick, and a furgeon to attend them, while
Capt. TonvnUy marched at the head of a confi-
derable number of men to the eaft-ward in
fearch of houfes and inhabitants, and about a
league from Guatulco, came up with a river called
Capulita, which is very deep, and has a fwift
current; fome of his men fwimming a-crofs
the dream, feized two Indians, whom they fup-
pofed to be ftationed there as centinels, to watch
their proceedings, though they vjtx^ tT^\vt^
bangers to the Sfanijh tongue. Oxvft ol x^^*^^
F 2 ^^1

52 Captain WiLLikiA DampierV Voyage

they carried on board the fhip, and made ufc
the other to guide them to an Indian fettleme
but they found nothing there, befides fome vin
Joes drying in ^e fun.

The vinello is a perfume fold at a pretty hi
price in many parts of the Weft- Indies y and !
mg infufed into chocolate gives it a delic
flavour. It grows on a fmail kind of vi
that creeps up ^bout the trees, and at firft be;
a yellow flower that produces a cod of abc
four or five inches long, which is at firft'gre<
but when ripe becomes yellow and has bla
feeds. But after they are gathered they are h
in the fun, which makes them foft and of
chcfnut colour. The Spaniards who purchs
the vinellos very cheap of the Indians^ ib;
them afterwards in oil.

CHA

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CHAP. VII.

Tbtf fail tonuards Port Angelo. Several of the
Men fall into an Ambufcade : Ihey attempt to
fei%e a large Ship in the Harbour o/* Acapuico ;
but tuithout Succefi : Land near the Rock of
Algatrofs, and feize a "Number of Mules loaded
*with Floury Chocolate and Cheefe. Landing
againj tb^ put a large Body of the Spaniards
to flight, and after cruizing for fome Time for
the Manila Ship^ ivhich efcapes them, Capt,
Swan and Capt. Townley part Company.

ON the loth of O^ober, they fent four ca-
noes before, to the we ft -ward, in hopes
of taking fome prifoners, who were acquainted
with the fituation of the country, and thefe were
ordered to wait at Port Angelo, The (hips at
Guatu/co, had taken in a fupply of uood and
water, as well as p!enty of a fmall kind of turtle,
by which the men were confiderably refreihed,
they having had no frefh provifions for a confi-
derable time. On the 2 2d, two of the canoes
being feparated from the reft, returned on board,
after attempting to land at a place where they
faw many cattle feeding upon a Savanna, but the
fea running high they were overfet, and one
man drowned, four guns loft, and the reft of
their arms fpoiled with the water. However
the next day 100 men landed at Port An^th^
and got pUnty of iait, hogs, cocks > Yvcxv-s^ ^xv^

54 Captaiii Willi AU Dmavieil^s Fcjage
maize, in a houfe near the plain » but could carry
litt'e on board, on account of the difiance of
the place from the Tea ftde.

On the 28th, they continued their voyage^
and at night met with the two other canoes, woo
had been as far as the Port of Aca^ukoy and io
their return took in a fupply of mih water, 14
fpite of I ^o Spaniards ^ who would haveoppc^
them ; after which they flood into a fait water
bay, on the banks whereof they foand a con*
fiderable quantity of dried fim, which thiey
brought on boaid. The entrance of this bay if
clofely hemmed in with rocks on both fides, fo
that the paiTage betwixt them is not above a
pitlol-ftiot over, though the bay is of confidcra-
ble compafs. As the (hips were juft off the bay,
twelve men were fetit in a canoe for more fifti ;
but the Spaniards being already alarmed, pofted
themfelves behind the rocks, and fired mch a
volley of fhot upon the canoes at their entering
the bay, that they wounHed five of the men.
They however rowed forward out of gun ihot,
where they ilaid two days and three nights, not
daring to return the fame way they came ; but at
laft Capt. To<wnIey, who lay near the (hore, hear-
ing the 6ring of guns, manned one of his ca-
noes, and driving the Spaniards from the rocksy
opened them a free paifage, and they rc:turne4
on board on the 31ft.

On the 2d of November, they continued theif
courfe weilward, till they game to a \9^g^ rin^
two leagues to the weft of the rock oiMgatrofi^
on the banks of which the Spaniards had caft up
an entrenchment, defended by 200 foldiers. Thf

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Inglijb however landed, and with little oppofition
orccd them to fly. They found there a confi-
lerable quantity of fait, ufed in falting the fifh
aken in the bay. They now marched three
eagues into the country, and having taken a
nolatto prifoner, he informed them that a flout
hip was lately come to Lima from Acapuko ;
vhen Capt. Townley (landing in need of a better
hip than his own, propofed cutting her out of
he harbour, and in fpite of Capt. Sevan's re-
nonftrances on the difficulty of that entcrprizc,
tnd the neceffity they were under of Hocking
hemfelves with maize, and other provifions,
vhich were to be had in great plenty where they
low were, he carried his point, and the canoes
jvcre manned for the expedition ; bat they nar-
rowly efcaped being loft in a tornado, and the
men were obliged to wait a whole day in Port
Marqui/s, a league to the eaftward of Acapuko^
(vhere they dried their deaths and arms, and the
Following night rowed foftly into Acapuko har-
bour ; but £und the fhip fo well guarded, that
quitting their enterprize, they retired greatly
di(appointed.

They fomc tJme after landed to the north-weft
of flie hill of Petaplan, and 1 70 men marching
fourteen mi'.es into the country, came to a mean
poor Indian village, which was defcrted by the
inhabitants, who had carried off their efFcfts, fo
that they found only a mulatto woman and her
four fmallichildren, all of whom they brought off;
but being carried on board, fhe declared that
fome mules laden with flour, and other goods
defigned for Acafulco^ .had ^o^^^4i Qtk i^^\<:^v^

H ' :j~ ""' " " ■ - ■ -J

\ to the weft of that village ; upon whi

.. failed to the harbour of Chcquctan^ and

q ^ men, with the mulatto woman for thei

Ihe conduced them through a pathlefi

r by the fide of a river into a plain, nea

they found 60 mules at a farm houfe lad

flour, cheefe, chocolate, earthen ware, a

cows which they killed, all which they

off, except the earthen ware ; and fo

Capt. S*u:an went on fhore, and killed <

cows more without the leaft oppoiition.

Having thus flocked themfclves with ;

;. provifions as they coul.l ccnvenicntly i

..- , beard their different veficls, they difm

^ ! j woman and her children with a prefent (

old cloaths and other trifles, for \vh

.' • feemed very thankful : But Capt. S^jcan

|;. .: of her tears and intreatic5, detained om

5; boys, who was of about eight years of a

a iprjf^htly g<^nius, and afterwards provei

good i.nd ufeful boy, and the Captain bd

him like ?i kind maftcr.

On the z 1 11 of 'Sc'vcmler^ they cont'nu
courfc to the weliw.ird, in liopes of difco
town in about i8'\ 8'. north latitude ; I
could find no traces of it, nor of tlie
Co///v;.7, which was reported to be very rw
though they rowed 20 longues along th
they could not meet \vl:n any place wh<
were able to land, or perceive the !eall
inhabitants. At la't they fpicd a ];orfem
having with difficulty made the ilnre, i
of ta ving hijn prifoner, they purfued h

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3n loH him in the woods ; upon which, they
:urned on board on the 28th.
The next day, the two Captains once more
ok to their canoes with 200 men, in order to
' in fearch of a town called Salagua ; and as
ey were rowing along the (hore, faw two
irfemen on the beach, one of whom by way of
rifion, drank to them out of a pocket bottle ;
return for which civility they (hot his horfe ;
lereupon his companion fled, and two of the
m dripping themfelves, fwam on fhore. in
ler to fequre him ; but being unarmed they
uld not fucceed in their attempt, he keeping
:m at bay with a long knife.
On the 30th, the canoes returned on board,
2 fea every where running fo high, that the
sn could not find any fafe landing. However
the firft of December^ they came in fight of
e port of Salagua^ which is parted by a rocky
•int about the tniddle, that gives it the ap<
larance of two harbours. On their nearer ap-
oach, they faw a large thatched houfc, which
peared to be new, with a confidertblc body of
aniards^ both horfe and foot, making a mili-
ry parade, with their drums beating and co-
urs flying. The next morning 200 of the
)uteft of the Englifh landed ; but the ^anijh
ot did not ftand one charge, and the horfe
on followed them, when two of the Englijh,
iving knocked down their riders, mounted
id purfued the fugitives fo fer, that they were
rrounded,unhorff d, and received feveral wounds,
id would have been certainly killed, if fo.iieof
e fwifteft of their compati\oiv^\i«A^<i"^^^'^^

5S Captain William Dampier'j Voyage

up timely to their relief. Here they found a
broad ilony road leading into the country, which
was interfperfed with thick woods. This road,
they were informed by two mulattos whom they
male prilbners, led to the city oiOarrah^ which
was four long days journey from the fea, and
that the body of troops they had put to flight
were fent from that city to fccure the Manila
fhip, which was to fet fome palTengers on fhore
at this place.

This in luced them to fail again to the weft-
ward, towards Cape CorienUs, in hopes of meet-
ing with the above galleon ; and on the iith»
coming in fight of that Cape, they too^ their
flations in fuch a manner as they imagined wouJd
prevent their miffing her j however wanting
provifions, 50 or 60 men were fent in a bark to
procure fome to the weft of the Cape ; but re-
turned without being able to get round it. How-
ever they left four canoes behind, manned with
46 men, who intended to row to the weft.

On the 18th, the (hips failed to the ifles of
Chametlyy 18 leagues to the eail of Cape Co'
rientes, Thefe are five fmall low and woody
idands, furrounded with rocks that lie in the
form of an half moon, wiihin a mile of the con-
tinent, between which, and thefe iflands, there
is faJ'e anchorage. Thev are inhabited by filher-
mcn, who are Jcrvants to fome of the inhabitants
of the city oi Purification ^ which is a confiderablc
place 14 leagues up the country.

On the 24th, the four canoes which had been
left by Cact. 'Townleys bark, returned to the (hips
near the Cape, having got round it by the help

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of their oars, and landed in the valley of Valde-
ras or Vol if Iras, the valley of Flags, having met
with but indifferent fuccefs. This valley lies
at the bottom of a deep bay, inclr fed between
Cppe Corientes and the h*oint of Vontique. U is
about three leagues wide, and bounded on the
land fide by a green hill, which by its eafy
defcent into the vallev, affords a c'elightful
profpcft, as do the wide fpread paftures itored
with cattle ; and the pleafant proves of guavas,
orange and lime trees, that grow wild here
in vail numbers. At this place the canoes had
landed 37 men, who having advanced three
miles into the country, were attacked by 150
Sfaniardss horfe and foot j but happily an adja-
cent wood afforded them a retreat, whence they
fired upon the Spattiardsy and having killed their
leader and 17 more horfemen, obliged them to
retire ; but in this (kirmifh the Englijh loft four
men, and had two wounded, whom they brought
down to their canoes upon horfe.s one of which
they killed and eat ; for though there were
plenty of horned cattle in the plain, they were
afraid of venturing back for fear of meeting a
frcfh body oi l^paniards.

On the 28th, Capt. To^mley, who had before
failed with 60 men to furprize an Indian village,
returned on board with 40 bufhels of maize.
'i'hey continued cruizing off this Cape till the
firil of Januaryy when their provifions being ex-
hauHedi, they (leered to the valley of Valderas to
provide a fupply of beef. They came to
imchor about a mile from the ftiote, ^n^ V^n\xv^

6o Captain Wi ll I am Dampier'j Voyage
landed 240 men, of whom 50 were conftand
employed in watching the motions of the Sfi
mards^ they killed and falted as many cows i
would ferve them two months, and had they n(
wanted fait, might have taken in a much large
fupply. Mean while the Spaniards often af
peared in large companies, but never dared t
attack them. But while they were engaged i
this neceffary bulinefs, the Manila ihip paued b
them to the eaftward, as they were afterwarc
informed by fome prifoners whom they happene
to feize. The lofs of this great and valuaU
prize was chiefly attributed to the wilfulneis (
Capt. 7o^'nley, in refolving to attempt taking th
fhip in the harbour oC Acaputco^ when theycndi
to have been providing therofelves witST
fufficient fupply of beef and maize. They ha
hitherto a double defign in view : Firft the tal
ing of the Manila (hip, and fecondly, fearchin
after rich towns and mines near the coaft, n<
knowing that thefe all lie in the inland parts <
the country. Rut now finding themfelves qui
deceived in their hopes, they parted. Cap
ToiAjnley failing back to the eaft, and Mr. Dim
pier in Capt. Swans fhip, to the weft.

CHAl

Round the WORLD. 6i

CHAP. VIII.

fifc Penguin Frtiit defcrihed. Capt Swan goes in
Jearch of the River Cullacan ; takes a Pr if oner
nvbo conduits him and his wen to Santa Pe-
caqae, lohere they find Plenty of Provi/tonSy
hut 50 of the Men are cut off by the Span ards.
^ bey fail for the Jflands of Tres Marias, take in
/ireflf Water near Cope Corientes, and refokie to
fail to the Eaft-Indies.

GN the 7th of January 1686, they failed
from their ftation ofF the valley of V alder as y
and on the 20th, anchored on the eaft fide of tiie
Chametly iflands, which are differen: fiom thofe
above-mentioned. '1 hey being a knot of fix
finalliOands in z^*^, 1 1'. north latitude, and three
leagues from the continenc ; one or two of them
Ibave fome fandy creeks, and produce a fniit
called penguins, of which there are t-vo forf^,
the red and yellow. The red penguin lefemb cs
a ninepin in fhape» but is no bigger than an
(mion. It has no ftem, but grows immediately
out of the ground, 60 or 70 fometimes riijug
upright in a cinder, encompafied with pri; k!y
leaves of a foot and a half, or two f«;er long.
The yellow penguin grows on a ftem of the
thickneis of a man's arm, which rifes a foot from
the ground, with leaves of half a foot long and
an inch broad. The fruit grows in cU\ft^^^ <:>tv
the top of the Mk, it beins ro^^ikd iji^ ol "^^
Vol. VL G "fi^^^

.-ir

■;i:7 62 Captain 'WilusmDamfjeh* J Fojage

; .; ,: fizc of an hen's e^g The rind is pretty th

.1 . and t?ie pulp which has a delightful taftc ia

'. ji' of bln.lc IceJs. Cai t. S-wan here took 100 :

'^ ! with him to the north to dii'cover the river C

catty fuppofed to lie in 24°. north latitude, wi

very wealthy town upon its banks ; but the

they rowed above 20 leagues, they could di

ver no river, nor even any fafe landing j^

f^},\ However they afterwards landed on tSc

)\i\, fide of a fait lake, fevcn leagues to the m

'"'''1 ward of the Chametly iflands, where they f<

ir;ji]l-^ one houfe, in which they took (even or c

,.'L buQiels of maize, and were told by an iSi

'^t-l pr foner they had taken, that there were

U Ii ' nerally a confiderable number of black catti

mh this place, which the Spaniards had driven

ijK; but that they might probably find provifioi

j|{i an Itidian t9wn, at about five leagues diib

flfn They therefore immediately direfted their a

thither, but on their approaching the place, y

oppofed by a good body of Spaniards and InA

i^'SY:, but thele being beaten back at the firft chi

>jf ' they entered the town, where they onlv ft

^ i'in' two or three wounded Indians, who told t

Iji .:* that the town was called Majfa^an, and that

bijj lea'nies from thence were two rich gold ro:

^^ 1 liey Haid there till the fecond of Felm

;||jj,'ij when 80 men were ordered to a town ci

•'I'iv'S Rojario, on a river of the fame name, wb

'jiU ^^^y ^^^^ 9® bufhels more of maize, b

Ij-T? at this time more valued by them than all

ff- gold in the Indies^ which was therefore negle

1^ though they were, told that the mines were

two Jeagues from thence.

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From Rofario the (hips fleered to the river St.
Jitgo^ one of the moll confiderable rivers on this
coaft> where Capt. Siuan fent 70 men to look
for a town, while the ihips anchored at its mouth.
On the eaft they found a large field of maize,
ia wbkh they feized an Indian ^ who told them
tkat four leagues further there was a town called
Santa Pecaque^ of which Capt. S^wun being in-
formed, he went with 140 men in eight canoes
five leagues up the river, and then landing
nuirched through fertile plains and woods for
three or four hours, and the Spaniards quitting
the place at their approach, the Englijb entered
it without oppoficion.

Sattta Pecaque is feated in a fpadous plain on
the fide of a wood, but though it is not very
laFfi;e it is neatly built, and has two churches,
and like moil of the Spanijh towns in thefe parts
lAis a fquare market place in the middle. At
five or fix leagues diilance from the town are
fihrcr mines, th^ oar ot which is carried from
this place on mules, 21 leagues to Comfojiella^
the capital of this part of Mexico, This lall city
is Inhabited by about 70 white families, and
5 or 600 mulattoes and Indians.

As the men found here plenty of maize, fiigar,
filr^ and fait hlh, Capt. ^xc;^^ ordered one half
of them to carry provifions on board, while the
reft took care of the town. This they did by
toms, and having feized fome horfes made ufe
of them to cafe them in their labour. Thus they
proceeded for two days, but on the 19th oi Ja-
mary, Capt. Smjan being informed b^ 2. ^\\-
fimer that 1000 armed men had \aic\^ toaxOcv^^
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64.. Caf/ain W I If LI AWi Dampier^j /^^yaj

from St. JagOf a rich town at three 1
diftance, in order to attack him : He comn
his people to get all the horfes they coal
to march in a bod^ with all the proviiioi
could carry to their canoes : but they refu
obey him till all the provifions could be i
on boardy he was forced to let one half oj
go on with 54 horfes ; ihefe had ft
marched a mile before the Spaniards, who
ambuih, attacked and killed them all up
fpot, for though Capt. Swan marched tc
relief, they were all flain and dripped, '<
they had probably paid pretty dtar fc
vidory, they never attempted to engage
by which meians Capt. Swan returned on
with the reil of his men.

The day after this bloody engagement
fleered towards California, and on the
Ftbruary came to an anchor in Prince G
ifland, the roiddlemofl; of the Tres Ma
Mr.Dampier having been long fick of the d
was here buried for about half an hour up
neck in the fand, which threw him into i
fufe fweaty and being afterwards wrappi
warm and put to bed in a tent, found gre
nefit from this extraordinary remedy. Th
mained careening till the 26th, but as
is no frefli water to be got here in th

feafon,' they failed to a little rivule
the continent near Cape Corientes, where

continued a coniiderable time, when iindin

their fuccefs in this part of the world had

* ^ee a defcription of thefe iflands in Capt.

Ittfers*s Voyage. Chap. VI.

Round ibi WORLD. 65

Utherto very indifiisrent, and that there ap-
peared no probability of its mending, Capt.
Swan, Mr. Dampier and a majority of the other
men agreed to fleer their courfe, for the Eaft-
ImHeSf though many on board were greatly
tvcrfc to this voyage, which they thought it im-
poi&ble for them to accomplifh.

CHAP. IX.

fhiy fit fail for the Ead-Indies, and arrive at the
ifiand of Guam, ^whence they proceed to the
Philippine Iflands. and anchor at Mindanao.
^ht Libhy Tree ichicb produces Sago ; the Betel
Nut } the Durion Fruity and the Jaca defcribed,
A Defcription of the Inhabitants^ and of their
Manners^ HahitSt and Religion ; and the Pro-
feeding J on Shore, till Capt. Swan is depofed by
bis Men,

ON the 31ft of March 1686, they failed from
Cape Corientes, and after the firft day, ad-
vanced very faft in their voyage, having very
fair weather and a frefh trade wind ; but in all
this voyage, they faw neither filh nor fowl, ex-
cept a large flight of boobies, which appeared
on their approaching the Ladrone Iflands ; and
on the 20th of May they difcovered land, to
their great joy, as they had but three days pro-
vifions left, and the next day came to an anchor
iboat a mile from fhore, on the well -fide of the
G 3 iOand

- "«c ivjMUa tobacco, a
intonned by one of the Ft
oneofthe/>^/^>>^/«ifl,„d3

vifipn,. they left G««„ on

laJing withaftrongeaftw

2!ftonthecoaftofSt.7.A,

/wiflands. andcametoar

' !»e PMifplne, are a ran«
tending from yo. (^ ,q.^
chief of them is Z«f«,/^, ^
under the dominion of the .

fouthofz«„«;,.a,e,2orH
befides an infinite number of
poffeffionofthe5^««Wr^,.b

nioft,thatof5/J.^„and^.
onesnotfubjeatothe5/«„5^

eight degrees north latitude,
eaft of M'^y^,^,, and i, 38

Ibnmd /Af W O R L D. Cj

' M£fubita9 is next to Luconia, the largefl of
dl the Pbikf^ng idands : It extending 60 leagues
in lengthy -and 40 or 90 in breadth -, the ioii is
generally good, and the ilony hills proGuce
auny forts of trees, which are n-^t at all known
among us. The valleys are watered wic'n brooks
and rivulets, and are llored with feveral forts of
cfer-greens, and with rice, water melons, plan-
taina» bananas, guavas, nutmegs, cloves, cocoa
BOCSy oranges, betel nuts, durions, jackas, a: id
particularly the tree whence fagoe is gathereJ,
which grows wild in groves of fveral miles in
lenph ; This is called oy the natives, the Libby
tree.

The Libby-tree refembles the cabbage- tree,
hot is not fo tall. It has a thin hard bark, full
of a white pith, like that of the elder. The tree
being cut down and fplit, the pith is taken out
and beat well in a trough or mortar, and then
poarine water upon it, is wtll llirred, and
ftratnea throuo;h a cloth, through which the
water forces all the mealy fubilance, and lenves
only an uftlefs hufic behind, which is thrown
away. This, after it is well fettled, they fepa-
rate from the water, and form it into cakes,
which when baked, arc alniollas goodeaiingas
bread, and on this food, the natives of Mindanao
live for three or four months in -the year. The
fagoe which is exported, is dried in fmall hits
like comfits, and carried to other parts of the
Eaft'lndies. It is an excellent ftrengthener, and
is now well known almoft over all Europe.

'J he Plantain- tree is about three feet in cir-
cumference, and grows to the bc\^\ q^ v^^ ^^

(S Captain WfLLiAM DampierV Voyagi

tvvt'lve feet. It fprings out of a fucker, \
only two leaves ; but when it is a foot h
another pair of leaves fprout out, and
the fame manner the leaves increafe both in
and number to the very top. The fruit w]
is iliaped like a hog's pudding, arifes from
heart of the tree, in cods fix or feven in
long, growing in clullers. When it is arrive
maturity, it is a pure pulp without either fee
kernel, is as fofi and yellow as butter, and n
in the mouth like marmalade. The tree,
being cut down, is iplit in the middle, and
to dry in the fun. when it apjpears compofe
threads of equal bignefs, which are drawn ou
per Ions, who obtain a livelihood by that
ployment, and i woven into pieces of clotl
fcvcn or eight yards in length. This ifland
produces another kind of plantain of a lefs ;
the fruit of which has a black feed, and is efte
cd a great aftringent.

The Banana leems a finaller fpecies of p
tain, and is more foft and delicate, though
fo lufcious. It is bell eaten when raw, fi
is not very agreeable when roafted or boiled
is fometimes mafhcd into drink, and is plea
enough when taken that way.

The Durian fruit is produced by a tree
refcmbles the apple- tree. It is as large x
pomkin, but is not to be eaten till it is q
ripe, when the top burfting open, difFufes a \
fragrant fmell. The pulp, which is very c
cious, is as foft and white as cream ; it is divi
into celh like a walnut, and is like that cov(
with a thick green rind. In the heart of it.

Rowui the WORLD. 69

as big as a bean, the out-iide of which, on
r roafted, peels ofF, in a thin fhell, when
:ernel in tafle refembles a chefnut. But this
will not keep above two days after its be-
ducked.

he Jaca-tree is a fruit of the fame fpecies,
yellower and fuller of flones or kernels,
h are good when roailed. .
he Betel-nut is rounder and larger than the
leg, and grows upon a \try high tree,
h produces no leaves except near the top.
\ fruit is much valued, it being grateful to
Homach. It alfo reddens the lips, cleanfes
gums, and preferves the teeth, though it
them black. It is chewed all over the eaft,
is apt to make thoib wtxy giddy who are not
to it.

he nutmegs here are extremely large and
U ^d here alfo are excellent cloves, but
people do not care to propagate them, for
of the Dutchf who monopolize the fpice
?. There are alfo many other different
s of fruit produced here,
hough this ifland has no beads of prey, it
ds great numbers of wild and tame beafts^
korfes, cows, buffaloes, deer, goats, wild
i, monkeys, guanoes, lizards, fnakes, and
)ions. They have alfo centipedes, which
gh no thicker than a goofe quill, are five
es long, and their fling is as fatal as that of
»rpion. Their hogs feed in prodigious herds
he woods, and are remarkable for having
c knobs growing over their eyes. There is
h^Tt a creature four times aa \ax^« ^ ^

guanoe, which it nearly rcfembles ;
forked tongu-, but Mr. Diimpier w;
quainted with the effce^s of itb bite.

They have no tame fov/ls, befides h
ducks, but abundance of thofe which
as turtle doves, pigerns, parrots, parr<
bats as large as our kites, and an iniin
ber of fmall birds of various kinds.

Their chief fi(h are bontos, mullets,
cavalies, and turtle. Here are good ]
creeks and rivers, and in the heart of th
are mountains that afford coniiderable <
of gold.

1 he climate of Mmdanao is not fo
hot as might be expeded, confidering
neis to the equator ; for the (isa bree:
the air by day, as the land winds do t
From Odober till Mt^ the winds are
with fair weather ; and from May to 0/i
arc wefterly, with rains and violent
which frequently tear up the largeft t
the whole country undtr water, and c
inhabitants to go from houfe to houfe ii
This florniy weather is in July and Au
it abates ip September^ in which month i
very heavy fogs, that laft till tenor eleve
in the morning, efpccially if it has r;
preceding night.

The people are in general much uli
ftrength, ftature, and colour. They
limbed, have fmall heads, Hat forehea
black eyes, (hort nofes, wide mouths, a
teeth and hair, though tlieir teeth ar
2nd their complexions are of a bri^h

Kowid the WORLD. 71

rkcy are low of Hature, and have fmall limbs,
ore ingenious and nimble, but thicvifh and in-
folenr, civil and oblij^ing to lirangTS, but im-
>)acable when ofl'ended Tlie men are cloathcd
vith a turban tied once round the head, in a
wot, the ends hanging down, and either laced
r fringed ; they wear breeches and frocks, but
icither ftockings nor ihoes.

The women are fma.ler featured ti an the men,
mt though they look pretty weil at a diftanc,
bey have fuch iittle nofcs, that in fome of them
carcc any rifmg can be difcerned between their
yes : They luivc a f o very hitle feet, 'i hey tic
heir black wid long hair in a knot, hanging
lown behind. Thtir garoients are a piece
if doth that ferves for a petticoat, and a loofc
rock that reaches a little bebw the waift, the
leetes of which are longer than their arms
hkI iet in plairs about their wrilh, but arc
b ftarrow, they can fcarcely get their hands
bfough.

'Ikey have a peculiar cuftom in the city of
Mmdanao : as foon as any fit angers arrive,
he men come on board to invite them to their
loufes, where they are fure to enquire whether
my of them have a mind for a Pagally^ or inno-
wit female friend. The ftrangers in point of
iviiity are oWiged to accept the offer made them
>f fttch a friend, and to (hew their graritude by
\ fmall prefcnt, in return for which, they have
he liberty to eat, drink and fleep in their fiiend s
loufe, as often as they pleafe, paying for it only
I trifting gratuity. Some ftrangers are alfo al-
owed a fem^l^ friend upon ihe i^Vw^cv^V^^ ^^ '^'^

innocent attachment, and it is not u
even the wives of the Sultan^ and
who are here allowed K> take grea
than thofc of the vulgar, to cnqu
Jlrangcr who paCfcs by, whether Kc
pagally or comrade, and on his ai
ihe negative^ to fend him a prefent
and brtej, as an earneli of their friei

The itland h divided inio feveral
ties, each governed by lis own fovi
for the moll part, the people in ead
a different dialed, though they are
fame religion, which is that of M^
T}x'& Kiian^nest who inhabit the inla
the country, are mailers of the gold
arc alfo rich in beei^-vvax, bodi whi
change with the Mindanaians for fo
modi tie I. The Sakgm^^ who inhabii
weft end of the ifland. carry on a
Manila^ and fome other of tiie adjac
The At/ifsres ^erc formcHy undei
government with the Mindanaians ;
feparaied from thera, bf failing to t
the younger children of the Sultan ol
' who of late has laid chim to them ag
are feveral other nations, but that v
moil pyopiiioiis and ejftenfive is MitidaTi
the ifland derives its naJne, the
rof which being near the fea and
commerce, are pretty much civilized.

The city of MiffdiifjaiTf h feated n
river on the fouth fide of the 3 flam
miles from the fea. The houfes ai^e
upon po&s, J 8 or lofeet bigb^ hav

'ffJ/ew oJ/ZieZ/iy/ (r/f idmia'tix a o ;

Kound the WORLD. 73

oor, to which there is an afcent by a ladder ;
at that floor is divided into feveral rooms. T he
)of is of palm leaves, and in the fpace under
le houfes, the poorer fort of the people keep
leir poultry, and others empty their dirt, where

lies till the land floods carry it away.

The Sultan's houfe (lands upon 1 50 great pofts,
id is much higher than the reil, with a broad
iir-cafe leading up to it. In the hall Hands 20
eces of cannon, placed on 6eld carriages. The
;neral and other great men have alfo feme
cat guns in their houfes. I'heir Sultan has
lother houfe near che former, which is not
ore than four feet from the ground ; and here
\ and his council lit croS-legged on rich
rpets, when they give audience 'to cm-
i&dors and foreign merchants ; and as no
airs are ufed in the country, the floors of the
»ufes are in general well matted.
The food of the common people is rice, fagoe,
d fome fmall fiih ; but the better fort eat
ffsdos and fowls, though a great deal of rice
th them. Like the other eailern nations, they
t no fpoons, but take up their viduals in their
gers. . They wa(h after meals, and pour all
eir water upon the floor near the fire fide,
len it flnks through ; and where any are flck,
ey eafe themfelves through a hole made for
at purpofe in the floor of their bed chamber ;
t thofe who are in health perform this in the
'er. They are extremely fond of bathing,
lich is a great refrefliment in thefe hot coun-
es ; and ic is not uncommon for the ci^tvvt.si^
ilk mio the river, flrip themfelves x^eie, va^*^
Vol. VL H ^^'^

74 Captain WiLMAM Dampier'j Vcya

their cloaths, put them on upon t!ie fair
an.i then walk about thi.ir bulinefs.

Ahnoll every one is c;thcr a carpenter,
finith, or goldfmith. '1 hey build gO(
viceable (hips both for trade and pleafui
deal in gold, bee^-wax and tobacco, \
of which, is better than tliat of Manila.

'I he moil common diflempers are fiu>
gnpings of ihe guts, fevers and agu*
which the country affords fufficient mei
that are far from being not unknown to the
They are alio very fubject to leprofies,
after their being cured, leave large blotchi
the fkin.

Some of the inhabitants fpeak Spam
the Spaniards h^id formerly fome footing
them ; but the Malayan tongue, and
Mindanao^ are the commonell languages.
are afraid of the Dutch and ^paniards^ an
often invited the EngUJh to fettle among t]

Though the Sultan is defpotic, he
poor, notwithilanding his having the pc
commanding every private fubjed's purf
ple.'irure. He was between qo and 60 ye;
ana befides his fultana, had 29 cone
When he went abroad, he was carried in
upon ft )ur men's (houldcrs, attended by s
of eight or ten men, but he never vcntu
from the city ; for the country being wo
incommodious for travelling. He howeve
times took his plcafure upon the u ater ir
velTel, built for that purpofe, in which
cabbin, made of bamboo, and divided in

Round tht WORLD. 75

; in one of ihem, he frequently repofed
f upon a carpet, fmall pillows being laid
head, his women attended in thefecond,
the ihird, fervants waited with tobacco
tel. ^

Ibldiers in their wars make ufe of fw ords,
and a weapon much like a bayonet,
all perfons from the greateit to the meaneit
wear about them. 'I hey never fight any
I battle in the field ; but make fmall

I forts defended by guns, in which they

> and endeavour to furprize one another^

II parties, but they neither give nor take

:hcy are Mahometans^ they have their
I on Friday, when the Sultan goes- twice
mofque, wherein there is a great drum
)ly one head, which is flruck with a large
nobbed at the end with cotton, at twelve,
fix, and nine of the cloij|^, by day and
and this ferves inflead of a dock.
jr fcldom, or never, circumcife their
n, till they are eleven or twelve years
, which, as it is done wid^ great folem-
ivate people keep their children till fome
' quality circumcifes his, and fo make a
«circumcifion. '1 his office is performed ,
lahometan prieft, who holding the fore-
lips it off with a pair of fciffars. They
le ramadam, like the other Turisp in
beginning at one new moon, and con-
till they fee the next ; during which time,
ep a verj^igorous fail till the eventng^^
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70 KjCftOin WILLIAM I^AMFIER J r^O^

when they employ an hour in prayer, and
wards go to fupper.

Their only mufic is that of bells withou
pcrs, which are commonly fixteen in ni
and increafe in weight from three to ten p<
thefe being llruck with a (tick, produce
couth nolle; for the harmony that mi^
produced from them, is deadened by theii
placed upon a table. Mr. Dumpier obfe
let of thcfc, in the houfe of Raja Lau
King's brother, who was both chief miniH
general, and his fon being about to be c
cized, gave occaiion to their being uf
feveral days together, before the perform;
the*ceremony. There are however wom(
iing, and not only dance in concert t(
voices, but are joined by other people, an
the* Sultan's children do not difdain to
with them.

They have a particular averfion to fwine'
and will not permit any one who has tou
hog, to enter their houfes, for feveral days
yet there are great numbers of thefe ai
that run wild about the idand, and whic
frequently dcfired Capt. Stvanh men to d
but would not converfe with them for
days after they had been thus defiled. T
lowing is a remarkable inftance of their fu
tion in this reTpedt : Raja Laut^ the S
brother, once defired to have a pair of (1
one of the failors, but he being afterwar*
that they were fewed with thread pointer
hogs bridles, he fent them ^ck in 2
paSion, defiling to have another pair fei

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fbme other manner, and his requeft being com-
plied with, he appeared highly iktisfied.

As the feafon of the year was far advanced,
i?apt. Siuan, imagining he fhould be under the
leceffity of Haying there fome time, refblvcd to
nake what intereft he could with the Sultan, and
herefore fent Mr. Moore on (hore, with a prefent
f three yards of fcarlet cloth, and three of filver
ice. He had an audience granted him at about
ine o'clock at night, and was very graciouily
•ceived. The Sultan difcourfing above an hour
ath him in Spamjhy and an excellent fupper was
rovided for him, and thofe who went with him
efore they returned on board. Capt. ^nuan
aid the Sultan a viiit the following day, and
ras entertained with betel and tobacco,* He
'as alfo (hewn a letter from the Eafi-lndia com-
any to the Sultan ; for they had at that Jtime
>me notion of building a fort there. Ra^a \.aut
eing at variance with the Sultan, when Capt.
u;a« conferred with his majelly, was not pre-
;nt ; but he waited for him on his return from
)urt9 and treated him and his men very hand-
>aiely, with fowls and boiled rice. He was a
lan of quick underllanding, fpoke and wrote
^anijb very well, and was fond of converfing
ich ilrangers, by which means he was pretty
ell acquainted with the cuftoms of the Eu-
fgans. He was very friendly in his advice to
apt. Savan^ to whdm he made an offer of his
dafe, and during his flay upon the ifland, en*
Ttalned both him and his men in a very hof*
itable manner. This great man had feveral
ivcs, with each of whom he lay by tarw%> w^^

with the mother of his eldeft fon, two
running. She who was queen of the nig
always a particular refped fhewn to her *
and wore a ftriped filk handkerchief by
diftinftion.

The tempeftaous weather now appro
the fa'Jors hauled the (hip up the river
60 fifhermen lending their aflllUnce
which, they moored her in' a hole dug :
parpofe, wherein (he was always a Re,
here many citizens came on board of he
foon provided the men with pagallys, anc
Swan being generally attended at dinn<
his trumpets, Raja Lout was greatly de
With the mufic.

During the wet feafon, the city of Afi.
which is a mile in len<;th, and itretches
the bank of the river, was a perFedl pon
the doods frequently walhed down large
of timber from the country, tiiat wouh
endangered the veflel, bad not great cai
taken to prevent it As foon as the flcodj
to fubiide, Capt. Sivau hired a wareho
which he depofited his goods and fails, i-
to careen tlie (hip, when it was furprizinj
the multitude of worms that had eaten ir
bottom, during her itay in this harbour
having new iheathed her, they (teered <
the irth of Decemher, when they began
in rice, and to fill their water. Eut the
brother who had his views in delaying th<
conftantly kept (evernl of the men on
hunting of black cattle, under the prete
Sicckin^ the Ihip with beef. Kovverc

liouKd /^tf W O R L D. 79

tampier^ who made one in thefe cxcurfions, ob-
ferves, that in ten days they met with only four
cows, none of which they were able to run
down.

At this time, Capt. Sixjan had, as our author
imagines, fome thoughts of quitting Mindanaf^
in order to take in a lading of fpice, in a neigh*
bearing ifland, which is iince fallen into the
hands of the Dutch, However, mod of his men
cxpedted that he would have continued priva-
t^ring, to which he had an utter averiion,
though he carefully concealed it fix>m his
people.

The day after Cbrifttnas day^ Raja Lout had a
hunting match, in fearch of black cattle, in
which ne was accompanied by five or fix Eng-
bjbmen, and all his wives ; but in this hunting
match, they killed but three heifers. However,
he and his company got drunk two or three
times, with a pleafant extraft of rice:

At this time one of the EnglHh failors happen-
ing accidentally to find Capt. ^<u;3/r*s journal, in
which he had taken notice of the (lightcfl offences
of every failor on board, and was even laviih of
invedives againft the whole crew in general, he
(hewed it to the reft of his comrade?, who upon
this, ref lived to depofe Capt. Sivan^ which they
accordingly did, chufing Mr. Read^ captain in
his room, and Mr. Teate^ mafter ; and leaving
him with 36 men on fhore, fet fail on the 14th
of Janumry, 1 68 7, in order to cruize before

CVlN^.

80 Captain William DampibrV Fojagt

CHAP. X.

Our AutberfaHsimth Part oftbi Crevofrvm Min-
danao ; ancbwrs at Sabo, ^volnrt tbiyfa Bats tf
an extraordinary Sizi ; - arrive at Mindorat
•where they are invited to cany on a elandefim
frade with Manila. They thence proceed to the
I/Iande/LucomsL ; a Dejcription of that Jftandf
and of Nfaoila its Capital. They fail to Piilo
Condore ; a Defcription of that Ifland^ ad
particularly of the Tar Tree^ the Grape Trttt
and the nmU Nutmegs ; <udth the Manners of the
Inhabitants. They fail for the Bfif of Siaoiy awi
return hack to Pulo Condore, •utherefome of the
Men entering a Malayan Bark^ are obliged t»
ef cape from t hence y by leaping into the Sea.

OU R author having failed from Mindanao^
with the greateil part of the crew, anchored
on the 3d oi February y off an ifland in 9<». 1 5'. oa
the weft ikle of the ifland of Seboy where thcf
took in water, and fcrubbed their (hip's bottom.
It is about eight or ten leagues in length, and itt
the middle of the bay they faw a great number
of bats of a prodigious fize, fome of whofe
wings, when extended, reached eight feet from
tip to tip, and were edged with fharp, crooked
claws, with which they clung faft to any thing
whereon they happened to lay hold. Every
fiight they obferved vad fwarms of thefe batt,

take

. Round the WORLD. 8f

ke their flight towards the great ifland, and
turn to the fma'l one in the morning.

On the loth of February they weighed, and
tailing along by the weft fide of the Fhilipphies,
lifed by Panga, a large ifland inhabited by the
laniards. They there law many fires, fuppofed
• be lighted to give notice of their approach ;
ic fight of a (hip on this coaft being very un-
>mmon. On the 1 8th, they came to an anchor

the north end of Mindora, a large ifland 40
agues in length ; a finall brook of water ran
to the fea, near the place where they were at
ichor ; and they faw great numbers of hogs
id oxen, but they were fo wild, that they could
itch or kill none of them. While they were
ere, a canoe with four Indians came from Ma-
/«, who told them, that the harbour oi Manila
as feldom without 20 or 30 vefTels, belonging
\ the Chinefe^ Portuguefe, and Spaniards, and
lat if they had a mind to carry on a clandeftine
ade, they would deliver their letters to certain
terchants who refided there.

On the 2ifl, th^y again fet fail, and two days
ter, came to the fouth-eail end of the ifland of
uconia, when they took two Spanijh barks,
3und from Pagajfanam in this ifland to Manila,

The ifland of Luconia or Manila^ extends fix
r feveri degrees in length, and near the middle

60 leagues broad. It is furrounded by many
nail iflands, efpecially at the north end ; the
[lief and the neareft to it is Mindora^ which
ives its name to a qhannel that runs between

that

that idand and tuconia*. Though this ifl
fituated in 1 5°. north latitude, it is efteen
be in general extremely healthy ; and the
that is found upon it, is faid to be bed
world. It is partly compofed of large pla:
pailure ground, and partly of mountains, '
afford fome gold. It produces all the fn
the warm climates, and the favannas or
are well ftored with buffaloes, cows, i

foats, hogs, and a moft excellent brei
orfes, fuppofed to be carried thither firfl
SpMH, The inhabitants who live in fmall
are Indimis^ under the Spanijb jurifdidlion
j^ ^ iadmded in the Romi/h religion, by the S^

^iM priefb. It b well ieated for the Indiah

S^ !» Chimfe trade ; and the bay and port of M

which lie on its weft fide, are, perhaps, the
remarkable on the whole g^obe, the bay b(
large circular bafon, near ten leagues in d
ter, great part of it entirely land locked.
|f1 the eaft fide of this bay, (lands the city of AJ

'f% which is large and populous, and is feated

;4J foot of a ridge of high hills, fronting the
boar. Ihe houfes are fpacious, ftrong
covered with tiles, and the llreets large ar
gular, with a market place in the midll ;
.|j^pi it has many hand fome churches and con^
Vfl The city \b well watered, and is in the n

risS * ^'* Dampier had the grcateft part of thisdefci

4'ti from Mr. Coppinger, the furgcon on board, who cs

I^Wj thit ifland from the coaft of Coromandtl, But wi

dercription, we have incorporated that given b;

Wakcr, in his account of Commodore AnJ.ni voyag

boui

Round the WORLD. 83

[>urhood of a fruitfol and plentiful country. A
)nfiderable part of the bufinefs of this place, is
s trade to AcapuUo,

The time of the year being too far (pent to
link of trade, they refolved to fail for Puio Con-
^re^ the chief of a knot of fmall idands on the
jaft of Cambodia^ and to return in May^ ip
rder to wait for the Acapulco fhip. They ac-
>rding]y failed from Luconia on the 26th of
ehruary, and on the 1 4th of March, came to an
achcr on the north fide of Pu/o Condon two
liles from the fhore.

T his ifland is five leagues long, and is the only
ae among chefe fmall iflands that is inhabited.
: produces feveral forts of trees, among which

a very tall one, three or four feet diameter,
1 which the inhabitants make an horizontal in-
fjon half way through, a foot from the ground,
id then cutting the upper part a-flope inwardly
own, ti 1 it meets with a tranfverfe incilion, a
quor dilUlsinto a hollow, made in the femicir-
jlar rtump, which, when boiled, becomes good
ir, and if boiled ftill more, acquires the con-
ftcnce of pitch, for which it is ufed. One of
lefc trees affords two quarts of this juice every
ayt for a month together, and then drying up,
jcovers again.

This ifland alfo produces mangoes, a fruit
bout the bigncfs of a fmall peach, very juicy
tid pleafant, and has fo fragrant a fcent, as to
erfume the air at fome diftance. Of the green
•uit, a very good pickle is made, by cutting it
I half) and mixing it with fait, vinegar^ and
loves of igarJjck,

84 Captain William DamfibrV Foy,
Grapes grow in this ifland on a ftrs
whofe trunk is of a foot diameter, upon
the fruit are in clufters, about the body
free, in the fame manner as the fruit
cocoa tree. Of thefi?, there are both i
white grapes, which nearly refemble ou

I ■ are of a pleafant vinous tafte.

II This ifland likewife abounds in wild
j. treesy of the fize of our walnut trees,

fruit, like our walnuts, grows amon

' boughs. It is, however, fmaller than t

nutmeg, but though it ex a«'ily refembles

■• ' without either fmcll or tafle.

; * Here are feveral forts of fowl , a< turtle

pigeons, wild cocks and hens, parrots am

quetoes ; and alfo hogs, guanoes and 1

;,! and the fea affords turtle, iimpets and r\

5' There are many frefh water brooks, wh

f ten months in the year run into the Tea.

i'" inhabitants of the ifland of Pu/o Contiore,

jj., nally came from Cochin -China ^ and ar

J* middle flature, but well fliaped, and of ;

!' darker complexion than the Mindanaians,

%■ hair is ftrait and black ; their eyes are

': fame colour, but fmall, as are their nofc

, they are pretty high ; they have thin lip:

mouths, and white teotli : They arc vci

But though the ifland is conveniently 1

for carrying on a trade with Japan^ Chim

nila, Tofiquifiy and Cc:hin China, yet the

are poor, and have no other employmei

gathering the juice of the tar tree, and r

turtle o\' , hy boiling the fat of ihc turtle f

purpoCc, ivhich they exY>ov\.io Cot6rnC/;r

JBtffdu/ tbe W O K L D. . 2^

They offer their women to all ftrangers lor a
nre trifle, a caftom which is not peculiar to
efe idandsy fince it is alfo ufed at PegUf Siam^
chin Cbinat Cambodia^ and other places in the
tft'IiuHts, as well as on the coaft of Gmnea in
frica^

They are Pagans^ and oar author imagines,
at they worfhip idols in the figure of an ele-
lant and a horfe, he having obferved a repre-
ntation of the former, in a temple on the fouth
r the iiland» and an image of the latter, on tha
atfide. This temple flood in a fmall village,
tid was a mean edifice built of wood.
They remained at this ifland from the 1 6th of
^cb to the 1 6th of Jpril^ in which time they
areened the fhip, and made a frefh fuit of fails
at of the cloth taken on board the Spanifl^
rize. During their flay, the people fupplied
[iem with plenty of hogs, turtle and fruit, in
xchange for which, they gave them rice. They
fterwa^s went to the north fide of the ifland,
3 take in freih water. They then failed for the
lay of Sirnn^ which they entered on the 24th
f Jprily and afterwards fleered to Puh Uhi^
yhere they had touched in their pafTage : Here
hey found two veflels at anchor, laden with
acker ufed in japanning : They were bound
rom Champa to Malacca, and had 40 brific
bciable failors on board, armed with lances,
words, and fome guiis.

On the 2 1 ll of May, they returned to Pulo
Zvfdvrtt where they found a fmall bark at an-
thor, when Capt. Read fending a canoe to K'<i.vV

VoL.VL 1 Vt^t,

26 Captain William Dampier's Fo)

her, charged his men not to venture o
without having firft made friends of th<
w^om he fufpe^ed to be Malayans ; y
garding hit orders, they boarded her
ceremony ; but were foon obliged to
being attacked with creffets, a kind of I
{9 that they were obliged to leap into
and to fecure their cfepe by fwimming
18 very remarkable, that one Daniel W a
for fomc minutes, till he was taker up
he had never pradtifed it before, nor \
able to repeat it again. In revenge
treatment, Capt. Read fent two cam
with men well armed, to chaftize the .
in the bark ; but having firft cut a ho]
bottom of the veflel, they funk her, i
dcaped into the woods.

Rtimd /i&^ W O R L D. ^ 8)r

C H A P. XT.

dlto St. John'/ JJlandf tohich is defcrihtd^
rt alfe thi Chinefe Junks, They art expofed
qtiBlent Storm* ^htyfaiito the PifcadoreSy
Ti they meet -with a cvvil Reception from tbt
^tnur. After lubich they fleer for fomi
uU eaUedf The Five Ifles, ivith a particular
fimt of the remarkaile Manner in whicb
r Towns are huilt, and the Manners of tbt
pU.

^ the 4th of June 1687, they weighed
from Puio Con^ottt itttending to cruize off
a^ but the ead wind continuin'^; five or (ix
ogethef, with great violence, brought them
he coait of China ; and on the 26th, they
to an anchor on the norch-cail end of St»
\ Idand, in 22°. 3c'. north latitude,
e (hore of this laft ifland, is for the moft
:ovcred with trees ; the (6^ is in general
, and affords good pafture, and there arc
groves fcattered about the inland parts,
cks, bafialoes, goats and China hogs
id here: Thefe laft are:-atl black, with
heads, thick necks, very ihor^^ It»e;s, and
bellies, which fweep the ground. But
,h there are no wild fowl, there are plenty
ne ducks, cocks, and hens. The natives
or the moft part, by cultivating the c^'^^Jel^
h produce* rice. Thev «jte xaiii, ^t?^^^-

I 2 >0^^lASft\

€0 grow CO a great lengtn, generally ]
though fometimes they let it flow loo;
never wear a covering for the head, I
of ity ufe an umbrella ; or if they 1
little way to go, they make ufe oi a
they wear flippers on their feet, but
ings ; and their covering is a light
breeches. The women of any diilin^
thofe on the continent of C^/^i^y cai
far, on account of the {in^lncfs of i
vrhich are fwathed up tifi;ht in their ii
prevent their growing, imall feet bein|
a great beauty. They work well at the
and are very curious in embroidering t)
but the poorer fort of women wear nej
nor Hockings, and their feet are fufFere
larger, that they may have it in their
earn their bread.

In the iiland of St. John^ is a fmall i
upon pofls, in a roarihy ground, but t

flr/» Tnpan Inw. ariH ill fiimifhed. V

Houni the WORLD. 89

t, that if a leak ihould Tpring in one, the

in the next would receive no damage.

merchant had his particular room, where

wed his goods and fometimes lodged in it

f. Thefe junks have only a main-mafl and

laft, the former with the fail narrow aloft,

hat of a ilpop ; and the lad has a fquare

nd fquare yard. In fair weather they alfo

op fail, which they hale down on the deck

I weather, yard and all. The main mafl

largeil junks^ are as big as any of our

ate men of war, and not pieced, being all

tree.

the 3d of July , perceiving all the figns of
proaching dorm, they hailily weighed an-
and made what hafle they could out to
^ith a view of having fufficient room, and
ut eleven ^t night, the wind coming to the
eaft, they had a moft violent temped,
laded till about four in the morning, when
pes of the men were revived, by Teeing a
Sativum upon the main- mad, which they
ered as a fore-runner of good weather,
id this been upon deck, the fuperditious
would have confidered it as a fign of their
EUon. The Corpus SanHum is a froall
tng meteor refembling a ftar, and is fre-
y feen dancing about a fhip in hard
5r.

>ut eleven o'clock the following day, there
flat calm, after which, the dorm returned
Dore violence than ever, and laded by in-
; till the 6th, v/hen the weather proved
;renei but the men bema^xU^i&s^N \it\xv-
13^ ^.^

go Captain William DampierV Voyage

lied by this lad ftorm, and dreading the
preaching full moon, refolved to fleer tow
the Pifcadores or FiJI^er-IJIands, in ;J3°. n
latitude. Thefe are a good number of if]
that lie between the ifland of Formofa^ anc
continent of China, Betwixt the two eafiern
is a good harbour, where they cafl anchor ;
en the wefl fide of the latter, is a large t(
with a fort that commands the harbour, defei
by a garrifon of about 300 Tartars, The h(
are low, but neatly built. Some of the
going on fhore, were carried before the govci
who being informed that they were Englifi,
intended to trade, ufcd them in a very fri<
manner, told them that he would give 1
aflillance, but that they muft not preten
trade there, it being abfolutely forbidden,
however lent a prefent to the Captain,
fniall jar of flour, fbme cakes of fine bread, j
a dozen of pine apples, and a few water m«
The next day, an officer who made a very g
appearance, came on board with a loofe
with bieeches and boots of black filk, a
black filk cap, upon which was a plume of 1
and white fca'h.Ts, bringing on board a pr
from the governor, of a very fine fat heifer,
gf^aTs, two large hogs, 10 large flat caki
bivaJ, two bafkcts of Dour, two jars of fiim
or arrack, and 55 jars of hoc fhu, a flrong
fant liquor exiiacied from wheat, reiem
niun). Capt. Ready in return for thcfc pre:
lent the governor a eold chain, an Englijh
bine, and a curious SpaniJ/? filver hiked ra

Round the W O R*L D. 91

and caufed the nobleman to be faluted with three .
guns at his pafling over the (hip's fide.
' On the 29th of July, they left the Pifcadores^
and fteered for feme illands between Formofa and
Luconia, known by no other name than the Fi-ve
I/les ; and on the 6th of Auguft^ came to an an-
dior on the eaft fide of the northernmoft, in
2o«. 20'. north latitude. They imagined that
thefe iflands were uninhabited j bur, to their
great furprize, they fpund three large populous
towns, on the ead fide of this lafl iiland, all
within a league of the fea. To one of thefe
iflands they gave the name of the Frlnce of Orange
JJland : This is about eight leagues long and
two broad. To the northernmoft, which is
four leagues long, and a league and a half wide,
Mr. Dampier gave the name of Grafton^ in
honour of the duke ofGra/foft, in whofe family
his wife then lived ; and to a third which lies
fouth of Grafton- JJIartd, they gave the name of
Monmotab' Jfland, in honour of the duke of Mon-
mouth : This lad ifland is three leagues long
and one broad ; thefe were the largeft of the
number. One of the others they called Baffjee,
from a pleafant liquor of that name ; and the
other they termed Goat IJland^ from the number
of goats they faw upon it.

Though Orange Ifland is the largeft of the
five, it is uninhabited on account of its being
rocky and barren, but Grafton and Monmouth
iflands contain many people ; and there is one
town in Goat -Ifland.

The hills of thefe iflands are rocky, but the
valleys have plenty ofgrafsj siud w^ ^^>w'aL-

9 2 Captain Wi ll I AM Dampie r'j Voyage

tered viih frefh running ftreams. They pri
ducc pine-apples, plantains, bananas, fugar. cam
cotton, pompions, and potatoe?, and are w<
ftored with goats and hogs.

The natives are of a dark copper colour, ai
are Ihort and fquat, with round faces, low fon
heads, and thick eyebrows. Their eyes are <
an hafel colour, and fmall, but much biggi
than thofe of the Chinefe ; they have ihort nofej
their lips and mouths are of the middle iiz<
they have white teeth and black thick lank hai
which they crop fhort, fcarcely permitting it
cover their ears. They go always bareheade
and the men have no other doaths but a do
about their middle, and fome of them a jack
made of plantain leaf, which is as rough as
bear's Ikin. 7 he women have, however, a fho
petticoat of coarfe callico, of their own makin*
which reaches a little below their knees. B
both fexes wear ear rings made of a pale yello
metal, rerembling gold, which they dig out <
the mountains. Mr. Dampier acknowledge
that he did not know whether it was leafly th;
valuable metal, or not ; but obferves, that thouj
it looked at firft of a fine colour, it afterwar<
fades, which made the people on board fufpe
it, and prevented their purchafing much of i
Their rings and other ornaments made of th
metal, the natives rub over wiih a pafte of n
earth) then throw them into^ a quick fire, ti
they are red hot, in which condition they thro
them into water to cool, and then rubbing c
the palle, they appear of a beautiful luftre.

Th<

Round the WORLD. 93

heir houfes are fmall and fcarcely five feet
» made with fmall pofls^ wattled with
jhs. At one end of them they have a fire
?, near which there are boards, whereon

lie to fleep on the ground. They live toge-
in fmall villages, built on the fides of rocky
, three or £ur rows one above another.
fe predpices are faid to be framed by nature
e, into different degrees, or as it were, deep
s or ftories ; upon each of which, they build
w of their houfes, each row being above the
»", and to thefe rows they afcend by ladders
n the middle from one row to another, which
ij; drawn up, there is no poflibility of climb-
to attack them ; and to prevent their being
ihed from above, they chufe a fituation
re the back of the rock forms a fleep preci-
next the fea. There is a kind of ftreet to
j row of houfes, which runs parallel with
Wps of the houfes in the row beneath.
Hcfe people are very ingenious, for they un-
tand the ufe of iron, work it themfclves»
build very neat boats wUch refemble our
Is. They have alfo larger veffels, managed
. twelve or fourteen oars. The women
age the aflfairs of^nfbandry, while the men
\oy themfelves in fiflung. With refpcft to
' food, they make a dim of locufis, which
ertain feafons of the year come to devour

plants. Thefe they catch in nets, and
wards broil or bake Aem in an earthen pan,
this difh is not ill tafted. Their ordinarv
c is water 4 but they have a liquor, which
Ac and colour, refemblw Ew^Up X^^^'k, «Si^

94 Captain W i Lt i am D a MP i E R^i Fo)

this is made of the fugar-cane, boikd ar

with blackberries, which they afterwj

into jars, and let it work five or fix day

it becomes a ftrong and pleafant liquoj

called bafhee. Their language has n

either with the Chinefe or Malayan ;

i author obferves, that Bul/aivar, which

I ■,« gold among the Indians of the Fbilippin

Kji IS the name they give to the yellow meta

\K mentioned.

fj] The only arms ufed by thefe p©

lances, headed with iron; but they
kind of nrmour made of a buffaloe^s j[ki
reaches down to the calves of their legs
ileeves. It is at the bottom three feet v
comes clofe about the (houlders, and
as a- board. Mr. Dampier could perc
|, j thing like religion amongft them, or a

■U) like civil government; tidere feeming

;'/' "man above the reft, except in his owi

f ; for children behaved with great refpeft

parents ; yet they appeared to have fon
laws ; for during oui author's ftay then
I'llij a young man buried alive, as he fupp

theft. Each man has but one wife, w
! j him with refpeft. The boys are edi

!»{ fifhing, and the girls work with their m

-i" ). the plantations, which arc in the valley

Round the Vr 0^hT>. 9^

gUfiy while they were there. They l\avc
n ; but part with their yellow • metal in
by guefs.

en the ftiip firft came to an anchor, the
s had fo little fufpicion of being injiwe^l,
bove 1 00 boats came round the veffel, and
who rowed them, made no fcruple of

on board ; during all the time ihe ilay-
?re, they plentifully fupplicd the ipen
lOgs and'goats, difpofing of a hog of fom*-
pounds weight, for tw^ or three pounds
n, and a good fat goat for an old iron
; befidcs a great quantity of yams, j o-

and ba{hee> for old nails, fpikes, and
I bullets.

cvLwa.

Captain WfLLiAM DampierV Ft

[■ 1 I

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CHAP- XIL

They an dri*vtn out tofea ; hut return tt
lilands, after which they /ail /or Cap
rin, and come to an Anchor near M
The Death of Capt.Sv/^n. Three Wa
fien^ and the manner in tuhich they at
They arrive at Bouton If] and, lAjhert
j njoith an hoj^itdble Reception /rom tk

It ,. ;. & come to an Anchor on the Coaft £/*Ncw

, ;j iff ^th /ome Account o/ a Part o/ tha

V}-\ :\\ They then /ail to Trieft, and arrivii

ji JJIand o/ Nicobar, our Author is ivi

i] le/t on Shore, hut are treated luith gret

!};{ hy the Inhabitants \ he^ ho<wtver, lea

'I |j and arrives at the Engliih Factory, a

..|^'' j^'- ^th a conct/e Account o/ our Author''.

4'Ji'i-SJ* ments^ till bis return to England, an

]j,:,|.k|| lot ly o/ the painted Prince^ brought h^

i| i ; ;!r^ i. this Kingdom.

■ !r'|'Jl[

k ; I ;| \Ji7^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^y continued at thefe

J .jjij VV violent ftorm aroie, which dn

yi, ' ! ![ ;^ out to fea, and they were feveral week

i;' to the violence of the tempeft, before tl

! \\ J-! get back to the Bajhee Ifland. This laf

Round tie WORLD, 97

Capt. Read, to ftecr for Cape Comorin, But as
the eallern monfoon was at hand, our author ob-
serves, that their nearefl and bed way would
bave been to have pafTed through the flreights
of Malacca ; but Mr. Teate perfuaded them to
go round to the eaft of the Philippines^ and keep-
ing fouth of the fpice iflands, to pafs into the
Indian ocean about the ifland of Timor,

On the 3d of Oaober, they failed from thefe
iflands to the fouth, and on the 1 6th, came to
sn anchor between two iflands, that lie to the
ibuth-eaft of Mindanao^ where they haled their
fliip on (bore, to clean her bottom, and made
for her afore-top-maft, a fore-yard, a boltfprit,
and a new pump.

While they lay here, a young prince belong-
ing to one of the adjacent fpice iflands came
on board, and told them that Capt. ^'wan and
ibmc of his men were ftill in the city of Mindanao^
where they were highly efteemed for the great
fervices they had performed in fighting againft
tlie Alfoores. As they were now fo near him,
Mr. Dampier attempted to perfuade fome of the
men to fubmit to his command ; but this coming
to Capt. Read^ knowledge, he took effedluai
meafures to prevent it. They were however
afterwards informed, that moft of Mr. Swan's
men got off in di^erent fliips: But that he himfelf
and the furgeon, going on board a Dutch veflel
in that road, were overfet by the natives, and
drowned ; and that there was reafbn to fufpe£l,
that this was done by Raja Lout's order, as well
for the fake of fome gold the Captain had vciVca
y.offe&oo, snd which fell ioXQ. Yiv& \vasA^ 2X\IW.

the ifland of Celebes^ thc)
in which were 60 men,
ones, whom they llrov.
board, by flicvving thcio
conft I hey found cockle:
fizo, that the meat of on
to fcrve feven or eight pe<
On thc 3Cth of AW/-;;.'
ing, th'jy law thri.'C watiir
dangerou? to fiiipping, bi
from them h ircqiicntly
jjreatguiis at thcni, in on
ipout is part of a cloud,
fccmingly flop in f^,, and lb:
a bow, but iicvjr pcrperi
thc fca bcLjins to fv\'i*n, 2
gently round, till gradual!
ing motion, it flics upw;
cumfcrciicc at tho boitoi
du;il!y to ihvi fmallntfa <

i'i.

I*
I

Round /i&^ W O R L D. 99

terrible noife, to the deflrudion of any thing
beneath it. Thefe fpouts are however more
terrifying than dangerous.

On the 6th o^ Dec ember ^ Mr. Read came to an
anchor in an harbour on the eaft-fide of the
iiland of Bouton, in 4<'. 54'. fouth latitude. This
ifland is 25 leagues in length, and four in
breadth. Within a league of the harbour, and
half a mile from the fea, is a long town called
Callafufufigt feated on the top of a fmall hill, in
apleaiant plain, inclofed with a walk of cocoa
trees, and beyond thefe, with a ftrong ftone
wall. The Inhabitants are not unlike the Min^
danaianSf though they are more cleanly. They
are Mahometans j and fpeak the Malayan tongue.
They are governed by a Sultan, who hearing
that the (liip was EngUJh^ came on board, at-
tended by iome of his nobles, and three of his
ions, and allured Capt. Read^ that he was at li-
berty to trade with his fubjedts for whatever he
pleafed, and that he was ready to ferve him to
the utmoft of his power. Mr, Read caufed him
to be fainted with five guns on his coming on
board, and on his returning on fhore, with the
fame number. The natives readily brought
fowls, eggs, potatoes, and other provifions on
board ; and the following day, Capt. Read^ by
invitation, viuted the Sultan in his palace, which
is a very neat building. He was received in a
room on the ground floor covered with mats,
after his having iirli palTed through a lane of 40
naked foldicrs, armed with lances ; and in this
apartment was entertained with cocoa nuts, betel
andtobacco. The Sultan, fomfcUift^2i^XR\>\cv\^^
K. 2 "^^^

ff"n

lOO KjOftain WILLIAM I^AMFIER .

him a prefent of a boy, each of whi
two rows of teeth, and of two he-j
and potatoes were in great plent;
ifland, as were alfo feveral kinds
birds, particularly parrokeets, wh
are beaatifully coloured ; and partic
adores, a bird as white as fnow, wit
feathers upon his head like a crown,
refpe£b refembling a parrot.

They (laid here till the 1 2th, wli
ing to weigh, they broke their cal
their anchor* which had hooked
However they got clear of the nun
about thefe iflands ; and on the 20t
Omha, which in fome maps is cal
ivhcre they faw thick fmokes by da;
fires by night ; but though there is ;
contiguous to the fea, on the norti
ifland, the weather would not permii
ing in for it.

Having got clear of all the iflands
they fleered for Neiv Holland^ whi<
in with on the 4tK of January 16
tude 16®. 50'. fouth, and running
caft, twelve leagues, came to a p
to the eaft of which, they anchored '

Nen,v Hcllandi^ a vaft traft of Ian
ther an ifland or part of a contine
but imperfeftly difcovered, is n
known ; but our author juflly obfer
is fure it joins neither to Jfia^ Afric
rica. The land is dry and fandy, a
had no frefli water, except what
^iSS'^S' ^any forts of ttecs are (3

Round the W O R L D. lot

in the country, at a diflance from each other,
with pretty long grafs under them, among which
b one that produces gum dragon or dragon's
l)ik)od ; they however found no kind of n-uit»
nor fo much as the track of any brute beaft, ex-
cept one which feemed to be the footflep of an
animal like that of a large maftif dog. There
are alfo very few fowls or fmall birds, and the
lea feems to be almoft deftitute of fi{h> except
the manatees, and turtle, of which there are vafb
plenty.

The inhabitants appear to be deflltute of all
the accommodations and comforts of life» they
having no houfes or coverings but the heavens;
no garments except a piece of the bark of a tree
tied like a girdle round the waift ; no (heep
or poultry y and neither boats nor iron to
|»rociire . them better accommodations ; their on-
ly food appears to be a fmall fort of iifh, which
is brought in with every tide, and left in ftone
wiers. built upon the fliore for that purpofe at
low water. Whatever they catch is equally di-
vided, and fometimes they have a few mufcles,
cockles and perriwinckles $ but when thefe fail
them, which through the care of providence
iieldom happens, they are in danger of being
itarved. They are tall, flender, ftrait, and
Ikrtmg limbed, with great heads, round fore-
heads and large eye-brows. They have alfa
thick lips, wide mouths, bottle nofes, black
woolly hair, and a very dark complexion. They
have no beards, and it is remarkable that the
two foreteeth of the upper jaw, are wanting both
in msn and women. But YfK«t][itt ^!K!i^^ '"v^ ^
I K 5 tOKasL^

1 02 Captain Wi ll i A M D a M P i F. r'j Foyage
natural defeft, or that thc7 are pulled out
way of ornament, our author does not prete
to determine. There Teemed to be no particu
connefUons between the fexes, nor any it;
thing as marriage ; for to appearance they li\
ia common ; and Mr. Dampier could not did
vcr whether they had either religion or gove
ment ; but as neither he nor any one on boa
could underiland a fingle word of their langua
it is not improbable that lie might be miflak
in fcveral of thefe conjeflures. Their oi
weapons are wooden - lances, formed of
flrait pole made iharp and hardened at the ci
and wooden fwords.

Thefe poor people were terribly frightci
at the firft appearance of the (hip's crew on tli
coaft ; but their fears fubfidcd, on finding t
they had no intention to injure them. Some
the failors endeavoured to prevail with them,
giving them deaths, to lend their affiftancc
taking in a fupply of water ; but they co
find no means of making tliemfelvcs und
flood ; for the natives grinned at each otJ
examined the cloaths with feeming amazemi
and then laid them dov/n on the ground.

While the fhip remained here, Mr. Datr^
was threatened to be turned on fhore, for enc
vourin^ to perfuade fome of the men to go
to an iL'iglijh fadlory, a defign which he had 1
harboured ; but had given over all thought
it, till a more convenient opportunity ihould
pred-nted.

On the 12th of March, they left tliis c(
in order to fleer for Cape Co/m^ri?!, and on

Round the WORLD. 103

2Slh, caft anchor at a fmall woody ifland, in
10°. 30'. fouth latitude, whc t they watered
and caught a great number of boobies and land
crabs. On the 12th of ^fril, they reached the
ifland ofTrieJi, which is not above a mile in cir-
comfcrence, but fo very low, that it is quite
overflowed by the tide at flood, and yet it bears
great plenty of cocoa nuts with which they
locked themfelves, and here took a quantity of
fifti, and two young alligators. This place thv'y
left on the 1 8th, and on the 29th, took a proa
at anchor, with four men on board, whom Mr.
Read \in]ai[\y kept prifoners, after having feizcd
their cargo, which confllled of cocoa nuts and
oil, and funk the veflel to prevent Mr. Damfier
and fome others, from making their efcape.

On the 5th of May^ they came to an anchor
at the north-weft end of the ifland of Nicobar^
the moft fbutherly of a clufter of iflands, to
which it gives name. The chief commodities
of which, are ambcrgreafe and fruit, which are
brought on board fuch fliips as come into the
road, by the natives.

This ifland which is 1 2 leagues in length, and
three or four in breadth, is fltuated in 7®. 30'.
north latitude. It enjoys a fertile foil, is well
watered, and forms a very agreeable landfcape
from the fea. Among the various forts of trees
whicli flourifli here, are plenty of cocoas and
mallories, a fruit of a light green colour with a
fmooth and tough rind, of tiie fizc of the biead
fruit, and cats fomething like an apple. The
natives are tall, well limbed, and of a c^aik
copper-colour complexion, with b\a&W t^^'?*.

well proportioned nofes, long &ces, a
black hair. Ti\e women have no eyi
and probably pluck ofF the hair with a
rendering themfelvcs more agreeable. 1
wear only a kind of fafh round their v/i
fwathed two or three times about their
and the women have nothing more thai
ihort petticoat, which reaches no low
their knees.

Their houfes, which are raifed up(

eight feet from the ground, coniift bnt

room, and are neatly thatched with j

leaves. They have no appearance of an

government amongft them, every pei

pearing upon an equal footing. They

perfed about the ifland, and there

dom found above four or five houfes t(

They have a few fmall hogs, fom

and hens, and plantains ; but neither ri<

nor potatoes. They ufe proas, which

or 30 men, and make ufe of oars as

Iff fitting Upon benches made of fplit baml

|i Here Capt, Read took in a fre(h (i

a water, and ordered the men to heel the

am order to clean her. While they were h<

j|jjt Dampier got leave of Capt. Read to go c

^ with his cheft and bedding, and Mr. I

Mr. Ambrofe being alfo deixrous of lea^

'^ profligr.te and unruly crew, came on fli<

him. The place where they landed,

two houfes, the mailer of one of which

^p; invited Mr. Dampier to enter, intimating

the darknefs of the night he might t e ex

fome danger from the wild beills in th(

Round the WORLD. 105

Mr. Coffinger, the furgeon, was very defirous
of Ibllowing their example, but was prevented
by force. However, the pilot they had brought
mm Pu/o Condore, and the four men who had
been taken in the Proa, were alfo left upon the
ifland. The above pilot being a Portuguezi, and
•oderftanding the Malayan, and other Indiajt
ttmgues, was an ofeful member of this little
coamunity.

About twelve o'clock at night, Mr. Read got
imder fail, when thofe on fiore laid down to
fleepv which they did not dare to do before,
leaft he fhould have reveled his leave, and have
difpatched fome of his men to carry them on
board by force, and indeed he would fcarcely
haLYc permitted them to have ftaid there, if he
had imagined that they could find the means of
leaving the ifland.

Early in the morning, Mr. Dampier was vifited
by his kind hoft, accompanied by four or five
of his friends, bringing with him a large cala-
ba(h of toddy. Though the Indian was at firil
&rprized to fee the number of his guefts fo much
cttcreafed, he foon appeared per£dly fatisfied,
and fold them a proa for an ax, which one of
them had catched up, and privately brought
away with him, knowing it to be a good com-
modity among the Indians. This proa was as
large as a wferry, but they no fooner got on
board her with all their eflfeds, but it overfet
with them, and it took them up three days in
drying their papers, and the other goods con-
tained in their chefts. However, with the
affidance of Ibme Achin failoj^^, tVit^ ^tl ^<e;.

her to rights, and fitted her with a
and balance-logs or out-liggers *,
fteered for the eaft iide of the ifland
by rhe inhabitants, in eight or ten c
they were frighted away by Mr. Hah
ing that fuch a large company wou
the price of proviiions, fired a gun
heads, which had h'ke to have pro
ill confequcnces ; for the Achin men.
their moll ufeful hands, were fo tei
they leaped out of the canoe, and i
time before they could be perfuaded
that no harm was intended them, ai
timidated the inhabitants, that the
them no provifions, which they ufed \
for fmall ftri^es of cloth and old rags
Now the inhabitants every where :
oppofe their landing ; but in a day c
Daiftpier and Mr. Halli leaping on 11
^ght of great numbers of them, foon ]
by (baking them by the hand, upon i
were as plentifully fupplied with pi
ufual. Thefe confilled of mallories,
which being taken from the rind an
and prefled together, may be prefe
icven days : Some hens, and a f
with fome large cocoa-nut fhclls,
about eight gallons of water. With
fea ftores, they left Nicobar on the i
1688, fleering direftiy towards v^fZ^/zi

* See an accurate defcription of thefe p
modorcjinfott^i voyage^ at the conclufion ol

Romd the WORLD. 107

n the 1 8th, the (ky became overfpread, and
lIo or bright circle encompaffing the fun,
I them apprehend an approaching florm^
indeed the tempeft was foon fo violent, that
every moment expedled to be (Wallowed up
le fea* However, on the 1 9th in the morn-
after having been dreadfully buflFetted by a
)eft of wind, rain, thunder, and lightening,
to their great joy heard one of their Achin
cry Fulo-Way^ which is an ifland fituated
the north-weft end of Sumatra ; but about
I they difcovered that the high land
had miflaken for that ifland, proved the
en mountain of Sumatra ; the next day
ing for the fhore, they came to an anchor
the mouth of a river, 36 leagues to the eaft
zhin^ and being half dead with the fatigues
;e voyage, were conduced to a fmall fiming
I near the river, where they were kindly
ed by the inhabitants, and ftafd till June ;
finding that they recovered their health but
y, they refoWcd to make tlie beft of their
to the Englljh faftory at Achin ; for which
ofe they were provided with a proa, that
ed them thither in three days, where they
received with great hofpitality, and treated
very friendly manner by Mr. Dennis Drifcol,
was in the fervice of the EafiJndia com-
, and fervcd as an interpreter between them
the Sabandar, or chief magiftratc.
ere Mr. Da^«//>r contradled an acquaintance
Capt. Bonjurey^ who would haye perfuad-
lim to fail with him to Perfa^ Vci ^'aSi^V)
oatfwmni but he declined «!CCC5UTk^c/l\yvv^

io8 Captain William DampierV Voyage
propofal, on account of the ill ftate of his heal
However, Mr. Holland Mr. Ambrofe entered
board Mr. Bowreys fhip, and afterwards N
Dampier engaged with Capt. Weldon, um
whom he made feveral trading voyages, for «
wards of fifteen months, and afterward^ entei
as a gunner to an Englifi fa£lory at Bencoelt
but quitted that employment five months afi
from a diflike to the governor of the fort.

Upon this coaft he Hayed till the year i6i
and then embarked for England^ on board i
Defence f Capt. Heath commander, when he i
obliged to make his efcape by creeping thioi
one of the port holes ; for the governor had
voked his promife of allowing him to deps
but he brought off his journal and moH valua
papers.

On the 25th of January 1691, Capt. He
failed in company with three other Ihips, \
had not been long at fea before a fatal diilem
raged on board, which was attributed to the b
nefs of the water that was taken in at Bencoa
<3uring the land floods, when it is often impr
nated with the tinclures of poifonous roots
herbs. Upon this occafion, Capt. Hectb 1
haved extremely well ; for he not only c(
flantly kept watch himfeif, but fupplied the n
with fome of his own tamarinds ; for the m
effedual remedy they could difcover, was mixi
this fruit with the rice they eat. By this diftc
per they loft above 30 of tlicir men, and \
Icarce fo many left as were fufficient to bri
them to the Cape of Gocd-Hope ; but by 1
MmAancG of z Dutch Ca]^u\tv Sisvd hU men, tl

Round the WORLD. 109

\ to an anchor there in the beginning of
\ when the iick were fet on fhore and fup-
with beef, mutton, and other refrefhments.
ere Mr. Dampier alfo landed with the pain red
«, that had been given him by one Mr.
fyf who had bought him and his mother at
lanao, and afterwards went with Mr. Dam-
:o BtncooUn^ when, at parting, he gave him
the ihare in this painted man and his mo-

and left them in his cuftody. Th^ were
in the ifland of Meangis^ which, as he told
author, abounds in gold, cloves and nut-
I. He was curiouHy painted on the breafl,
ixt his ihoulders, and on the back, but moft
I on the fore part of his thighs, after the
ler of flower work. This Mr. Datnpier un-
3od was performed by pricking the fkin,
Jien rubbing into it a gum, wliich flows
a tree called damurer, uled in fome parts of
ndies inftead of pitch, and he told Mr.Dam^^
that thofe of his country wore golden ear-

and bracelets about their arms and legs, and
iheir food was fowl, flfh and potatoes. ^3
s captivity he faid, that as one day he, his
r and mother were going in a canoe to on«
: adjacent iflands, they were taken by ibms
ofiatan fifhermefl, who fold thein all to Raja
s interpreter, with whom he and his mother
five years as flaves, and then were fold for
)llars, to Mr. Mocdy. Some time afterwarda
^^ootfy made Mr. Dampier a prefent of his

(hare in them ; but the motner died foon

and our author had much ado to fave ths
life.
I. VI. h ^n

f I o Captain Wi LLiAM Dampier'j Voyage, &c.

By the above ficknefs, Capt. Heaths fhip was
fo thinned, that he was obliged to accept of the
fervice of fome Dutch tailors, who privately dc-
fei\ed to him from other fhips, either for the fake
of profit, or of fpeedily returning to Europe,

After flaying here fix weeks, they left the
Cape on the 23d of May ; on the 20th oijunt
they arrived at St. Hehna^ and failing fron
thence on the 2d of July^ anchored in the
Do^nson the 1 6th of Siptemher, 1691, where
they found feveral Englijh and Dutch fhips pre-
paring to cruize again! the French, with whom
we were then at war. Mr. Dampier, after hit
arrival in the Thames^ being in want of inoney»
fold at firft, part of his property in the painted
prince, and by degrees all the teft. After which;
this Indian was carried about for a fight, and
fhewn for money, but at laft died of the fmall*
pox at Oxford.

CHAP.

THE

VOYAGE

O F

Captain WOODES ROGERS,
Round the WORLD.

C H A P. t

7ii Duke and Dutchefs Privatsen fail from
Kingroad, and arrive at Corke, Projecute
their Voyage to the Canaries, Several Mutinies
fuppreft. A Defcription of the Ifland Grande,
en the Coafl of Brazil. Ihe Shark and Pilot
Fifh defcrihed.

AMONG the many expeditions concerted
by the merchants of Brijioly none appears
more remarkable than that of the Duke and
Dutchefs^ fent in concert to cruize in the South-
Seojt a voyage attended with many fingular
circumiUnces^ and a great xmmb^x o^ ^n«.xv\s>«
£ a- ^"^^

1 1 2 Captain Woodes Rocers'j Foyage

that are at the fame time carious and eni
taining. Of this voyage, two accounts h
been publifhed, in the rorm of a journal. (
hy Capt. Rogers, and the other by Capt. Co
The former of which we ihall chiefly foil
but where any explanatory drcumflances
defcriptions which he has omitted, are neceiH
we ihall take them from the latter.

On the ift of Jugufi 1708, the Duke, a ;
of 300 tons, 30 guns, and 170 men, o
manded by Capt Woodes Rogers, and the Duti
of 270 tons, 26 guns and 151 men^ conunan
by Capt. Stipbett Courtney f weighed from K
road; on the 5th they had fight of the j
ihore, and the next oay entem the cove
Corie.

While they continued here, their crews \
conftantly marrying, though they expefbet
fail immediately, and among others there
a Dane joined by a Ronnjh priell to an Irifi
man, without their underftanding a word of <
other's language, fo that they were forced to
an interpreter, yet this pair feemed more afBi
at their feparation than any of the reft, and
fellow continued melancholy for feveral <
after they were at fea. However, the ot
drank with their new wives to the laft mir
concluding with fuccefs to their voyage,
their happy meeting, and then parted un
cemed. They here took in a frefli ^ppl
men, and had double the number of off
ufual in privateers, to prevent mutinies,
that they might be provided for a fucceffic
oScers in each ihip, in cafe of mortality.

Itound /i^ W O R L D. 113

tomplement of Tailors in both (bips was 333, of
which above one third were foreigners from
moil nations, and feveral of her majeily*s fub-
jedb on board were tinkers, taylors, hay-
makers, pedlars, and fiddlers, one negroe and
about ten boys.

On the firft bf September ^ having agreed upon
fignals, they fet fail, in company with the
HaftingsmsLTkoiyizTy with whom they continued
till the 6th, when Captain Pauly her com-
mander, fupplied them with feveral ncce/Taries,
the want of which had been over-looked, as
fcrnbbers, iron-fcrapers for the fhip*s bottoms,
a {peaking- trumpet, and other things, without
accepting of any thing for them. The ihips
crew were then called upon deck, and the cap-
tains informed them, whither they were bound,
in order that they might exchange with Capt.
Paul any hands that were averfe to fo long and
dangerous a voyage; when only one man ap-
peared diicontented, and he feeing all the others
utisfied, readily agreed to follow the fortone of
the reft.

On the icth, about fix in the morning, they
iaw a fail, to which they immediately gave chafe,
and about three in the afternoon made her bring
to, after having fired at her twice. From fome
words dropt by a few of her men who were
drunk, ihe was fufpefted to have contraband
goods oil board ; but having examined the men
and fearched the fhip, they found it would be
very difficult to prove her a prize, and being un-
willing to hinder time by carrying her into port,
they let her go without the kail ejaaibcLik.)Sh!t\\r.\
L 3 >i>^«*^

defign had been privat
fwain, and three other i
veral of the /nen, in <
her, and on her being \
mutiny ; but their pro<
by putting ten of there
boatfwain, and giving j
of the principal fomei
Some inclination of the
among the people on bo
fub&ded, when thofe o
They had however afu
trouble with thefe mutir
chief when in irons th;
the men to releafe thei
fuffered in the caufe o
therefore to rife and re
14th, this ftorm arofe
failor came up to Capi
door, and with the bell

lay he fent the mutinous boatfwain in irons
lard the Crown galley of Biddeford^ which,
sptthem company ever fince the 6th inflant,
m the i6th» diicharged the prifoners out
ns, on their humble fubmiffion, and fo-
promifes of behaving well for the future.*
the i8th, at five in the morning, they faw
right a- head, and at ten came up with,
ook her. She was a fmall Spanifi fliip
I from Teneriff to Fuerti'ventura, with fe-
men and women pafTengers on board. The
lay they bore away for Oratavia road, and
iway the prize's boat, with one of the
r*s agents, a priefl, and the mailer of the
, to treat about ranfoming the vefTel, and
: wine, provifions and other neceflaries for
fhips. Thefe prifoners were accompanied
T Carleton Vanburgh^ agent for the owners
Dard the Duke, who went contrary to the
ation of Capt. Rogers, In the morning of
oth, a boat came from the town with a
from the Englijh merchants refiding there,
lich they expoftulated with the two Cap-
for making a prize of the bark, alledging
there was a free trade agreed to in thole
s, between her Majefty Queen Jnne^ and
ings of France and Sfain^ which had been
ligioufly obferved by the latter, that they
:aufed an Englijh fhip taken there by a
h privateer to be reftored. This letter
igned by John Poulden^ conful, and three
lantr.

• this epiiUc the Captains immediately re-
el all amWcr, thai having, no inftrua^Q\\^

il6 Captain Woodes V.oc^m'* s Voyage

relating to the Spanijh vefTels trading among
thofe iflands, they could not juftify parting with
the bark, without fome order or proclamadon
of her Majefly . That in cafe Mr. Vanhnrgb wis
not reftored, they would carry away all thie pri-
foners, and if they apprehended any detrimeit
to the Englijh fadory, they might ranfom the
barky and feek their redreis in England. After
other letters had palTed between them, Mr. Cr^i
one of the Englijh merchants came off in a boat
on the 2 2d, bringing with him Mr. Vanburgh^
together with five butts of wine, hogs, grapes
and other refrefhments. Upon which. Captains
Rogers and Courtney caufed the goods to be taken
out of the prize, fpld the bark to Mr. Croffi for
450 dollars, and put the prifoners on boara her.
After which a committee was held, by whom die
whole of this tranfaftion was examined and ant-
nimoufly approved!

On the latt of September^ they ran by St, Lmdot
one of the Cape de Verd iflands, and about eleven
o'clock came to an anchor in the harbour of *S/.
Vincent^ when feeing feyeral men on fhore, and
knowing the iiland to be uninhabited, Capt.
Cooke went in the Pinnace, to learn who they
were, and found them to be Portugueze^ come
from the ifland of 5/. Anthony to catch turtle.
This ifland lies in 16°. 55'. north latitude, and
25°. 56' longitude from London. They found
that it contained hogs, goats, and great numbers
of Guinea hens, and in the road they caught
plenty of fifli. In the woods they found abun-
dance of large fpiders, the bodies of which were
as big as fmail walnuts^ and their webs being ai

I ^Q^

Round />&^ W O R L D. 117

; as ordinary threads and very numerous »
troublefome to get through. While they
lere, new diflurfaances arofe among the men
ation to plunder ; upon which, fuch articles
framed as were unanimoufly agreed to by
rews in both ihips.

hile they flayed here to clean their (hips
take in wood and water, they fent their
ifl with a very refpefiful letter to the Go-
)r of thefe iflands, aeiiring leave to traffick
;freihmentsy as being theTubjedls of Great-
un, and allies of the crown of PortugaL
; time after, the deputy-eovernor, who was
grocy came on board the Duke^ bringing

him hogs, fowls, oranges, limes, water
ns, muik melons, tobacco and brandy, for
h he was paid in prize &;oods of little value,
having afterwards flaid fome days for the
lift, it was refolved to fet fail without him.
f thefe iflands, which are ten in number,
! are only feven[iahabited,which are St/Jagop
Nicholas^ Bonawfta, St, Antonio^ Brava,
U and FuegOy fo called from its volcano.
fago and St, Nicholas sure the mofl populous,
brmer is the feat of the Governor and a
»p's fee . However, the ifland of St. Vincent
letter road for fhipping than St. Jago,^ Here
\ of the Duke's people, went on fhore ia
h of game, but could flart none, except
ild afs, which notwithftanding its being
nded, efcaped, after having led them a long
b. The land of this ifland is maintainous
barren, and its air not very healthy, great

of it being over •run wixK viQ^\ Wv

though many of the people grew Hi
were relieved by bleeding.

On the evening of the 8th of O^
puty-governor was fet on fhore, at
ifland where there were no houfes, i
was obliged to fpend that night
They then fet fail for the coaft of
the 2 2d, Mr. I' age, fecond mate of
being ordered to fervc en board the
fufed to change his (hip, and (Irucb
for infilling he (hould. However \
brought on board the Duke, for be
with mutiny ; he dcfircd to go to
cafe himfelf before he trade his del
being permitted, he jumped overbo:
of getting back to the Dutcbefsy w)
Captains were abfent, but he was ta
nifhed and laid in irons.

On the 1 8th of Novtmbery they \
fore the ifland oiGrandif on the co
in II fathoms water. While the
new quarrels arofc on board the Dt
which Capt. Couringy immediately
the ringleaders in irons, which frig!
and probably prevented their atten:
away with the fhip. On the ev<
20th, Capt. Cooke and Lieut. Po^
patched to Jngre de-Reys, by thi
called "Noftra Seniora de la Concept io\
at about the diftance of three leaj
prefent to tiie Governor of butter ai
defire his friend fhip, but as they ap]
fhore, the inhalritants believing
Frf/icbf ^re-d at them (cvcral ti?:

Round /EWORLD. 119

without doing them any damage, but on difco-
tering their miftake, begged their pardon. The
Governor being gone to Rio Janeiroy a city
twelve leagues dillant, they were entertained
with great civility by a friar, who informed
them that they had been lately plundered by
the French.

On the 2 2d, feveral of the inhabitants came
in canoes from the town with fowl, corn, limes,
&c. which they exchanged for trifling neceflaries.
Capt. Rogers and Capt. Courtney behaved to them
witn great civility, and promifed a handfome
prefcnt to fuch of them as (hould fecure any of
the men who might happen to defert.

On the 23d, a Portugueze vell'el laden with
negroes for the fervice of the gold mines op the
country, came to an anchor near the (hips, when
Captj Rogers fent the Pinnace, with feveral per-
fims armed, to inquire whence (he came, to which
her Captain returned a very fatisfadory anfwer,
and fent a pot of fweetmeats and fome very fine
fugar, as a prefent to the Englijb commanders.
A ihort time before, fome French buccannecrs
put in here to water, fcized about 1 200 pounds
weight of gold in boats, which were carried by
water, becaufe the roa4 by land from the mines
to Rio Janeiro was almofl impafTabie.

About this time, two pcrions on board the
Duichffs, attempted to make their cfcape into
the woods, but in the night were fo frightened
by the noife made by the monkeys and liiboons,
which they took to be tygers, that they ran
back, plunged into .the water, and called out n
the fliipf in ^dcr to be taken qu bo^i^- '^^^'v;;^

12U Kjapiain vv ut^uns jxuuaK.9 j r

however did not prevent twa Ir
efcapin^ intothe woods foon aft(
23d, about four in the morning, tli
the quarter-deck, obfervine a cane
the men to come on board, oat they
iagy and driving to get away, it \
that they had either got the two m
going to fetch them off the ifland,
the pinnace and yawl, were immc
after them, and the pinnace, com;
canoe, fired in order to (lay them, h
pofe, till one of the Indians who rowi
was wounded : He who owned th
fieered her was a friar, who had a
gold which he had got at the mines.
ran ^e canoe on more in a little i
wood, at the inllant when the Pinna
landed, and was running away, w!
gueze who had no gold to hide, an
others to be EngUjh^ called the friaj
with feveral flaves, were taken 01
T^uh\ but the wounded Indian <
hours. Capt. Rogers made the friar
as he could, but he was not to be cc
his loofing hb flave, and declared tl
feek for juilice either in Portugal or i
On the 24th, Mr. D^vrand M
went to divert themfelves in the pini
their return brought with them a ci
ilunk intolerably. Its ikin was c(
fur, iluck full of fharp prickles like
hedge hog, and its head refembled a
The Portugucze^ among whom w
I'rafid/caft friars, coming to tb« fid^ <

ned that it was delicious food» and that its
:iive fmell arofe only from the (kin. How-
none of the failors had any inclination to
: it.

n the 27th of OSIoher, Capt. Rogers^ Capt.
tney^ ani fome of the other officers went in
boat to Angre de Reys, to fee a proceffion in
)ur of the conception of tlie Virgin Mary,
y were treated with great politenefs by the
ugtieze Governor, who defired that their
:, which conlilled of two trumpets and an
boy, might aifiil at divine fervice inllead of
rgan, which was readily granted. When
fervice at church was over, the muficians,
w:rc by this time half drunk, marched at
leai of the proceffion, in which was carried
ife, the holl, and an image of the Holy
rin, adorned with flowers, encompaffed with
ted wa)c candles, and carried on a bier by
men, followed by the guardian of the con-
, ab)ut 40 priells and friars, the Governor
le town, with Capt. Rogers^ Capt. Courtruy^
the o.her officers of the fhips, each of whom
the complaifance to carry a wax taper. The
was clofod by lome junior priefts, and the
cipal inhabitants carrying confecrated can-
. As foon as the ceremony was over, an
ifome entertainment was provided at the con-
: for (he Englijh gentlemen, and another at
guard houfe by the Governor, whofe reli-
:c was at about three miles dillance.
b:grt de Reys is poorly built, it confilling only
ibout 60 low houfes, covered with palmetto
'cs, but it has two churches 9ixd % xgl<(^\a^v>^^^
^OL. VI. M ^"^

122 Captain Woo DES Rogers'/ Fay age
of Vrancifcans, which is very neat and plainly
furniihed. Rut though thefe friars had fome
black cattle, they did not chufe to difpofe of any
of them.

The officers being returned on board, the
boat was fent bpack to the town for liquor, with
an invitation to the principal gentlenien to return
the vifit on board, to which they agreed, and
fpcnt the time with great mirth. In their caps
they toafted the Pope's health, while Capt. Jla-
gersj in return, toafted the archbiftiop of CoMttr-
huryj and William Penn, the celebrated qoaker,
which they pledged with great good humour,
^s the weather was hazy the whole company
lay on board all night, and in the morning were
fet on fhore in the boat ; Capt. Rogers making
the fathers of the convent a prefent of fome
butter and cheefe. They were all highly de-
lighted with their agreeable entertainment, and
promifed to take the greateft care of fome letters
that were given them to be tranfmitted by their
mear.s to England,

The ifland of Grande is about nine leagues
long, and both that and the main is very high
lad. It is covered with wood, and affords
plenty of good timber, and excellent water. It
abounds with monkeys and other wild beads ;
and with oranges, lemons and guavas, which
grow wild in the woods. The neceffaries thejr
^ ot from the town of Angre de Reysy (which II
fituated on tlie continent of Brazil ; on the other
fifle the harfx)ur formed by this ifland) were
rum, fngar and tobacco ; beef, mutton, hogSf
/b\^Ij Jadiafj corny bananas, i^mc a^^les, pliiH

Round the W O R I. I>, 123

tains, guavas, lemons, and oranges ; but they
have no bread there except caflado, which they
call Faranada Parti or bread of ijuocd, and they
have no kind of I'allading. While the Ihii s llaid
here the winds were but litile variable, they om-
xnonly blowing between the north and ead, and
the weather was extremely hot. 1 he rivers and
bays abound with tifli, the mod remarkable are
the fliark, which has three rows of teeth, a very
toagh fkin, and when eaten tafles very ilrong,
cfpecially the old onej. : They are frequently ten
feet long, and though commonly atten cd by
one or two fmall fifhes, called a pilot iifh, art;
faid never to devour them, becanfe t' ey £nd
out their prey. The fhark is vcy he^y, and
his mouth being below the head, he is obliged .
to He upon his back, in order to catch his
prey ; and in this manner often fcize.* men
who are fwimming, taking off a limb at a bice :
But though he is extraordinary ilron^ in the
water, he is foon drowned by playing with a
line.

The pilot iifh, when fwimming in the water,
gfQatly refembles a mackrel, and looks as if he
were painted blue and v/hite in a circular manner
refembling; a barber's pole. There ■ ^r()thor
fort of pilot filh, which when ou*" oi tlic v^ater is
of a deep blue, only its belly is o*. a lijrhter co-
lour than its back and fides, vhe fciles are iinooiK
like thofe of a tench, and iti back fpecklcd like
a feal's (kin. Capt. Cooke ilnu:k one of tL-^ic
with an harping iron, and found it ei^ht inches
long, and three inches broad.

M2 Q.^^^'

124 Captain W00DE8 RoGERsV Vcyagt

CHAP. II.

l-i 1

Mill;:

7 he Duke and Dutchefs fail from the .
Grande, meet ijuith a dreadful Stormy a
rive at the IJland of Juan Fernandes,
they find Alexander Selkirk. An Accoun
Manner in wihich he lii'ed alone in the
and the Proceedings on Shore, till thei
farture.

ON the firft of December, the Dm
Dutchefs failed out of the bay of C
and on the 23d, made land, which wa
pofed to be Falkland's Ifland, and as th
along the ftiore, it feemed to refemble fon
of England^ it having feveral good ba;
valleys ; it made a very agreeable appe:
and they obferved abundance of ducks an<
fowls, befides Ihoals of £ili, but could p(
no figns of inhabitants. They guefied it
about 90 miles long, and 70 in breadth,
body of this ifland lies in about 51®. 20'.
latitude, and 64°. weft longitude.

On f-Ko ^(t\\ f\f *y!/»*»»/yT*.«i f-V»o«r VinA m t

Round /i^f W O R L D. 12^

with feveral mufliets and piftols that hung there,
darting a fword that was againd the bulk head
of the cabbin, thro' a hammock and rug which
belonged to Capt. Cocke s fer vant, that hung
again II the bulk head of the fteerage, and had
not the bulk head of the great cabbin given way,
all who were in the other cabbin muft inevitably
have been drowned, before the water could have
run ofF. The yawl was llaved on the deck, and
it is furprizing that many were not killed with
the bulk head, the (butters, and the arms that
were driven with prodigious violence. How-
ever one or two of the men were hurt, and not
a rag of dry cloaths left in the fhip ; their
cheHs, hammocks and bedding being all fbaked
in water.

On the 15th, they Hood to the northward,
found fmooth water in t\i^ South Seas, and favv
feveral albatrofTes, pintados and other fea fowl^
and, on the 17th, found by a good obfervation,
that they had got round Cape Honty Terra del
Fuego, and the Itreights cf Magellan ^ and were
to the northward of Cape FUioria, The men
began now to drop off with the fcurvy ; but en
the 26th, they made land, which they look to
be St. Marys IJlandy on the coaft of CA/7/, and
continuing to fleer to the north, they on the % 1 11
faw the ifland of 'Juan Fernandes, when Mr.
Dover, fecond Captain of the Duke, went off in
:hc afternoon in the Pinnace, in fearch of provi-
(ions^ and to find the bed place, to anchor in ;
but as foon as it grew-diwk^ a fire was obferved
3n ihore» oa which it was concluded that there
vere ihips ia the road ; and as it wa& bt\\<^x^^^
M 5 xiccax

126 Captain WooDEs Roger 5^s Foyage

that the light proceeded from French veii
anchor, and that they fhould be obliged
to fight them or to continue in want of
• ^- the {hips were ordered to get ready to eng

While they were under thefe apprehei
they Hood to the leftward, in order to i
with the foutherly wind, till having paH'
ifland, they returned back to it again, am
ij;.: ^y ning dofe up to the north-ead fide, the fqu

wind which blew from the (hore, forced
to reef their top-fails, when they open<
... middle bay, where they expedled to have

SP the enemy ; but faw all clear, and nc

either in that bay or in the other to the
call. About noon the Tamjl was fent
with Capt.- Dw-rr, Mr. Fry, and fix mc
.1 aimed. Mean while the Duke and Dutch

■if-.''

turning to get in ; but fuch heavy fquall
from the land, as forced them to let go th<
fail iheet, and to keep all hand^ to itand
fails, for fear of their being carried av
t^ thefe winds. 1 hefe fqualls proceeded fr

\% land, which is very high in the middle

y'fM illand.

ij3i{ '1 he 2'ia<u/ not returning, Capt. Rogers {

ySv Pinnace, with the men armed, to fee wh

■iKl^ the occafion of her flay, for he began

'.t\\ .r .'.J .U-. ^i-_ o. . • . / L_j - . :r

AJ=/

'^n ^M^/./;,,,y,;^ /^^, ^^

»oats Ikins. who made a very wild and un-
ch appearance.

"his perfon had been four year* and four
iths on the iiland, being left there by Capt.
iMing, who commanded a iliip called the
lue Ports J of whicli this man, wliofe name
llexander Selkirk^ had been mailer ; and
>t. Dai} pier being at that time in thj fame
I, now telling Mr. Rogers y that S'-lkhkh^A
n the bell man on board her, he immediaLCly
le him mate of his own fliip. It was he who
le the tire the night before, on his feeing the
►s, which he judged to be Englijh, During
Hay here, he faw feveral fhips pafs by ; but
^ two came to an anchor, belonging to Spa-
'ds^ from whom he with difficulty efcaped.
d they been French^ he would have fub-
ted ; but he chofe to run the hazard of dying
le on the iQand, rather than to fall into the
ids of the Spaniards in thole parts, becaufe he
rehendcd they would murder Jiim, or make
lave of him in the mine:i : For he juflly
red that they would fpare no flranger well ac -
inted with the South Seas, 'I'he^ Spaniards
; landed before he knew what they were, and
le fo near him, that he had much ado to
ipe, for they not only Ihot at him, but pur-
d him to the woods, where he climbed to the
of a tree, at the foot of which fome of thcra
de water, without feeing him, and afterwards
led fevpral goats joft by : But went ofFagcun
jfcovering him.

" at he was born at Largo in the
• in Scotland, and wa- bred a f.ti' >i

1 28 Captain Wood £S Roge Rs*i Voyage
from his youth. The reafon of his bcin
there was a difference between him an
Captain^ which, together with the (hip's
leaky, made him at fir ft willing rather tc
here* than to go along with him, and wh
was afterwards de/irous of going, the Qi
would not receive him. He tiad been beft
the ifland to wood and water, when two c
(hip's company were left upon it for fix m(
till the (hip which had been chafed thence b
French South- Sea (hips, returned and took
on board.

He had with him his deaths and bedding
a firelock, fome powder, bullets^ and tobac
hatchet, a knife, a kettle, a bible, fome p
cat difcourfes, and his mathematical book
inftruments. He provided for himfclf,
fought for amufement, as A^ell as he could
for the firft eight months, had much ado t(
up againft melancholly, and the terror 1
frequently arofe in his mind at being left
in fo defolate a place. He built two hi
pimento wood, covered them with long
and lined them with the (kins of the goa
(hot for food, as long as his powder 1
which was no more than a pound. He g(
by rubbing two flicks of pimtnto wood tog(
upon his knee. In the lefTer hut whid:
built at fome dillance from the other, he d
his victuals, and flept in the larger, whe
alfo employed hlmfelf in reading, iinging p
and praying, fo that he faid he wim' a 1
cbriflian, while in this foiitade> than ^^

Round the WORLD. 129

before, or than he was afraid he (liould ever
be again.

Ac firft he never eat any thing till he was con*
drained to it by hunger, which partly arofe from
his grief, and pirtly from the want of bread and
iaity nor did he go to bed till he was unable to
watch any longer. The pimento wood, which
burns very dear, not only lerved him for fire and
candle, but refrcihed him witli its fragrant fmell.
He might have had fifh enough, but as he wanted
fait, he did not chufe to eat them, becaufe they
occaiioned a loofenefs, except cray Hfh, which
are there as large as our lobAers, and are very
good ; th^e he fometimes boiled, and at others
broiled^ as he did his goat's flefh, of which he
made very good broth ; for they are not fo rank
as ours. He kept an account of 500 which he
had killed, during his reiidence here, and of his
having caught above as many more, which he
marked on the ear, and then let them go.

When his powder failed, he took the goats by
his fwiftnefs of foot ; for being cleared of all
grofs humours by the continual exercife of walk-
ing and running, he ran with fuch wonderful
fwiftnefs through the woods, and up the hills
und rocks, that the fwifteft goat in the ifland
was (carcely a match for him, as was obferved
by the perfons on board the Duke and Dutcbefs^
who, while they ftay'd there, employed him to
catch goats, and having a bull dog, fent him
from one of the (hips with feveral of .their nim-
blell runners to aflift him, he diilanc^ and tired
both the dog and the men, caught the goats, and
ran back wuh them on his back. H^ vA^ \Vsftxsv

that his agility in purfuing a goat, }

to have coil him his life ; for he u

engaged in the purfuit, that he cat

it upon the brink of a precipice,

was not aware, the bufhes concealir

view» Co that he fell down a prod

with the goat, and was fo ftunnec

with the toll, that he lay there abc

and on his recovering his fenfes, fc

dead ander him. He was fo hurt

fcaixre able to crawl to his hut, whic

a mile diflant, or to flir abroad

days. Mr. SeUiirk at laft came to r

well enough without fait or bread

proper feaion had plenty of good ti

nad been fowed there by Capt. Di

and had now overfpread fome acre

He had cabbages enough from the

and feaibned his meat with piment

called Jamaica pepper. He alfo f

pepper called malageta, which w

expelling wind, and a good remec

in the guts. He foon wore out a

and (hoes, by running in the v

which he made himfelf a coat and

ikins, which he ditched together

thongs of the fame (kins ; thoug

other needle, but a nail, and w

with which he cut thei'e thongs,

the back, he made others as well

fome iron hoops that were left «

he beat flraight, and ground upon

ing fome linen cloth by him, he fe

/hins with a nail, and ftitcVved t

Round /i5^ W O R L D. 131

d of his old ftocking?, which he pulled
purpofe, and he had his laft fhirt on when
IS difcovered in the ifland. His being
d to' go barefoot, made his feet become io
that he ran every where without difficulty,
was fometime after his being found, before
lid wear (hoes, for not being ufed to any
K, his feet fwelled on his firft attempting
\ with them.

er he had conquered his melancholy, he
imes diverted himfelf with cutting on the
his name, the time of his being left, and
mtinuance there. He was at firft much
ed with rats, that bred in great num-
from fome which had got alhore from
that put in there to wood and water. The
rnawed his feet and cloaths while he
which obliged him to cherifh the cars
jeding them with goat's fleih, when ma-
' them became fo tame, that they would
bout him in hundreds, and foon delivered
Tom the rats. He alio tamed fome kids,
to divert himfelf would now and then (ing
ance with them and his cats, fo that by the
ir of providence and the vigour of youth, he
; now only 30 years old, heat laft conquered
e inconveniences of his fblitude, and grew
eafy.

his firft going on board, he had fo much
►t his language for want of ufe, that he could
sly be underftood, for he feemed to fpeak
ords by halves, a dram was immediately
h1 him, but he would not touch it, for as he
b-ank nothing but watei ^Tic^\{\^\i^\wi;C!wi^^ ^

132 Captain Woo DEJ Rogers'/ V^age

he had an averfion to any thing fo ilrong
fpirituous liquors, and it was feme time b^(
he could relifh the fhip's provifions. He coi
give no account of any thing produced in t
ifland, that had not been before difcovered
the Englifi^ except fome black plumbs, whi
were very good, out hard to come at. The tn
that bear them growing on rocks and hi
mountains. Great numbers of pimento tit
were found there, fome of which were 60 f
high, and about two yards in circumferen
and cotton trees that were ftill higher, and n
four fathoms round.

The winter lafisno longer than June and 7i
and is not then fevere, there being only a flij
frod, and a little hail ; and the heat of the fu
mer is equally moderate, there being neit
much thunder nor tempefluous weather of i
lort, and he faw no venemous nor favage cr
ture on the ifland.* This account gave Dm
Defse the hint of writing his ingenious romai
of Rohinfon Crufoe.

On the ;:d of February^ they got the fmit
forge on (hore ; Capt. Rogen alio let the carp
ters to work, and had a little tent made
himfelf. The Dutchefs had alfo a tent ere£
ior her fick men ; a few of thofe on board w
e mploycd in fupplyirg the reft with fifh of fev(
f.rts, of which there was great abundar.
There were fea fowls in the bay as large ah gc<
but they eat iifliy ; and Mr. Selkirk^ to wh

* The reader may fee a very curious. <^cfcription
Juan Fcrnandes, in Anfoni voyage. Chap. 'III.

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rave the name of Governor, never failed t9
re them two or three goats a day for the
len, by the help of which, together with
-eens, and the wholfome air of the ifland,
bon recovered of the fcarvy. They fpent
:ime till the lOth in refitting their (hips and
r in wood and water, and alfo in boiling
out 80 gallons of fea lion's oil, of which
night have made feveral tons had they been
lea with veflels. This oil they refined for
amps, in order to fave candles ; the Tailors
)metimes fryed their meat in it, for want
:ter, and found it agreeable enough. The
il(b eat young feal-, of which, as well as
:a lions, they found vaft numbers on the
5 they preferred them to the ihip's provi-
and thought thefe fcals as good as Englijh

they had been informed at the Canaries^
ive ftout French fhif s were about to fail into
feasy thev made what halte they could to
i their ncceiTanes on board, and on the 1 3th
bruary^ a confultation was he id, in which
d regu ations wer<: made for prefcrvmg fe-
. difcipline, and ftri^t honefty on board both
s, and the next day weighed, in order to
for the iiland of Lobes de la Mar, having
i only two men in the ifland.

»L.VI. ' N CHAP.

134 Captain Woodes Rooer8*s Foyagt

CHAP. III.

^ Defcriptionoftbe Birds c^ltd Boobies aniijlptf
Fifty. Si^veral Prizes takeu. Ah AecomU if
the IJlands called Lobos de la Mar. A D^att
ufon Guaiaquil concerted^ and the Towm tf'
Puna iaken by fur prize,

ON the 1 7th of February^ they made land,
which was fuppofed to be the ifland ?«-
juros^ and on the 24th, eroded the tropic of Gf-
pricortiy when they faw feveral tropical birdif
among which were the boobies ; thefe are aboot
the bignefs of a mag-pye ; the feathers are bkck
and white on the top of the back and winga, aad
white underneath ; the eyes are large, the beik
is red, and the tail coniiils of only one feather,
which is about a foot and a half long ; they fy
high, and are fuppofed to live on fifh, but IR
feldom feen any where but near the tropics.

On the 3d of Marcb, at which time tb
weather was very hot, they faw feveral trees and
pieces of wood floating on the water, withmaiqf
bunches of weeds, and abundance of fea larki
about them, fome of which Capt. Cooie (hot in
the Pinnacey as alfo a boobie that was almoft
white, and a feal, which immediately funk : with
tlie fifgig they llruck a very large fun fifli, but iH
at lafl got away : It fwam very lofty, and came
clofe to the boat when they (Iruck it. Thef
a]fo faw fome flying fifh, which arc long and

<LeBder»

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ndcf, with a very large eye, the body re-
nbling that of a mullet in fhape and colour.
ley fly fometimes near as far as a gun fhot
Fore they touch the water, and then, wetting
;ir wings, mount up again, being chafed by
sir enemies the dolphins, who fwim fo (wiftly
It they often catch them on their falling into
; water, and fometimes thefe fifh drop into
^ ihips.

On the 14th in the afternoon, they faw a fail,
d the Dutchefsy being neareft, foon took her.
« was a fmali vefTel, bound from Gmiaquil to
w^e, to load for flour, and had been out 1 6
ys ; the malier and men were all Indians, there
ing only one Spaniard who was a pafTenger.
hey had nothing on board but about the value
50 1. in money. They informed us that all
e French fhips were gone home fome months
fore, and having ruined the chamber of Seville
arc to trade there no more. They added, that
e Spaniards had fuch an averflon to the French,
at at Cailaoy the fea-port for Lima, they
lied many of them, and quarrelled fo fre-
lently with them, that for fome time before
ey failed from thence, none were fufFered to
) aihore. The prifoners alfo told them that
;ere had been no enemies in thofe parts, fince
apt. Dampier was there four years before, and
at Capt. Stradlings fhip the Cinque Ports, who
as Dampier % confort, foundered on the coall of
arhacom, where only he, and fix or fevcn of
s men, were faved ; but being taken in
icir boat> had been ever fince kept |^rKQ\ve.t^ ^x.
N 2 L.ma.>

1^6 O^taia WocD£s.|l0G^EiV ^^^

lima^ wliere they Jived taoeb woife tljaii Wt*
5r/b>i hid doBc in the Ifland of Jum f&~

Having maDned the prize with EngUfi failpri,
they haled cW clofe on a wind for Lohs^ bat
had they not received fome information from
die pri^*s crew, might have endangered their
ihipi by Jiinntng in itpon the Oioal» between
the iiland and the main ; on the < 7th thej
came to an anchor between the two iflands
of lab^s dff U Mar^ together with their priie,
which the next day they prepared to fit out, as
a cruifer, under the command of Mr« Sir^ti&n,
calling her the B^nnni^gi and having on the
20th, fior^ her with proviiions, and manned
her with 32 men, ftie pat out to fea, together
with the Duuhifs. On the 26ih, the Duhhji
brought in another prize : She wa» of 50 toiu
burden, and had a cargo of timber, fome cocoa
nuts and tobacco, which lalt was ditlributcd
among the crews of the DuJte ^nd DteUee^*
Having on the 30th, cleaned and r eJitced the laft
prize y fhe was named the htcreaji^ after whidi«
the fick in both Ihips were carried on board her,
under the care of the furgeon, and Mr, StlMrk
as m after.

The two larg^ft of thefe iilands are caDeJ
tohoi de U hfur^ to didlnguifh them frora thoft
named Xcjjji// IaTirra\ they are about Jixmilci
in lei^igih, find about 1 6 Icjigu^s from tbe cOBtt-
nent. They afford neither waod, water, nor
any vegetable^ The fojj is a vvhite clay ^lixetl
with fand and rockfi, and fevcrai vcini of flitt* 1

Thcrtj

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Tbcrc is here, howci'cr, gcod riding for fhips in '
aboQt 20 fathoms water. Here are abundance
cf carrion crows, which looked at a diftance fo
like tarkeys, that C.apt. Cooke at landing, blt^fTed
Jiimfelf at the fight, hoping to fare delicioufly,
^d was fb eager to have them, that he would
not ftay till the boat could put him afhore, but
leapt into the water with hi> gun, and getting
liear enough to two of them that were fitting on
^ rock, let fly at them ; but when he came to
take up his game, it flunk infufFerably, and made
Capt. Rogers and the oiher officers very merry at
bis miilake. The other birds in thefe iflands are,
penguins, pelicans, boobies, and a fort of fowl
Jfke teal, that burrough in the ground. The
ibips crews got loads of thefe laft, which they
{tinned, and praifed them a^ being excellent
ineat. Thty found abundance of bulrufhes and
iCXQpty jars, which the Spanih fifhermen had left
.cc ihore ; for all over this coall, they ufe jars in-
Head of cafks, for oil, winp, and all other forts
of liquids.

Here are fome fe^ lions, and abundance of
feds much larger than thofe at Juan Fernandcs ;
but the fur is not fo fine. They killed fevoral
for the fake of their livers ; but a Spaniard, who
was one of the crew, dying fuddenly after his
jeating of them, this kind of food was forbiddwn.
Ihe prifoners accounted old feals very un-
wholcfome.

The wind which always blew frefh over the

land, brought a very ofFcnfive and noifome fmell

aboard, from the feals on fhore, which gave

Capt. Rogers a violeat head-ach, and every body

N 3 ^^^'^

1 3S Obtain Wooois RooBni^i T^^sp
elfe complained of it, thoogh nodking lb oiKa*
five had ever proceeded from die louf on tlM
ihores of Jtum Firnattdfs.

They were informed by dieir fMoocn, diaC
It was diooght the widow of the late Vioerojr of
Peru would ihordy embark for Aa^mic9» widi
her family and riches, and ftop at Pmia to refindh*
or fail within fight of it, in one of the King'f
(hips of 36 gans, and that abont eight monnn
before, a (hip with 2oo,oco pieces o?eight« and
a bifhop with a quantity of plate on board, be-
fides a cargo of flour and liauors, had pafied fay
Paita for Acafulco, They ufo added, that duy
had left one Seignor Morel 9a Paita in afloat
ihip loaden with dry goods. That he vna honii
for Lima^ and that they expeded in a tew dkys
the arrival of a ihip richly laden from Pammia*
Upon this advice, they agreed to fpend as mudt
time as poffible without oifcovering themfelves.

On the firft ofJpni they found the fea of the
colour of blood, which appeared upon infpeffioa
to be caufed by the fpawn of fi(b, which fwamoa
its furface. On the fecond, Mr. Fry took a
prize in the Pinnare, and on bringing her in*
ihe proved the ihip beforementioned, commanded
by Seignor More/ and his brother, her burthen
was near 500 tons ; 0".e was deeply laden with
d.ygcds, and befides her cargo, had 50. ne-
groes on board, and many paflengers bound
irom Panama to Limoy with a fine ftock of frcfli
pro\ ifions ; the command of this veficl was
jriven to Mr. Fry. The day following, the
Begintj'wg took a prize of 50 tons burthen, kden

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vrith timber and bound for Lima, She had the
value of about 90 or lool. in plate and mo-
ney, and by this veflel they were informed, that
the bifhop already mentioned was coming by fea,
from Panama to Lima^ upon which information,
the cruizers were (lationed in fuch a manner as
leemed to bid faireft for fhortening his voyage.

On the 1 2th of ^pr'tl^ it was refolved in a com-
mittee, not to fend the Beginning prize into Paita^
as had been agreed on, for fear of a difcovery ;
but to attempt the town ofGuaia'quiL The en-
terprize to be conduced by the three Captains,
Rogers f Courtney and Do*ver ; the fir ft to com-
mand 7 1 officers and Tailors ; the fecond to be at
the head of 73 men, and the third to command
a company of 70 marines ; Capt. Dampier to
command the artillery, with a referve of 22
men ; Capt. Ed<ward Cooke was to command the
Dutchefs with 42 men ; and Capt. Robert Fry, the
Duke with 40 men. The blacks, Indians^ and
prifoners were about 266 more.

On the 13th, they haled in ior Cape Blanco,
when a committee being held, it was agreed for
the encouragement of the officers and common
men, that all gold rings, buttons and buckles,
bedding and cloaths, liquors and provifions,
with all forts of arms, except great guns for fhips,
Ihould be allowed as plunder, to be equally di-
vided among the men on board, or on (hore, ac-
cording to their whole fhares j and that all
wrought gold or (ilver, crucifixes, and watches,
found about the prifoners, fhould alfo be plun-
der, except money, women's ear rings, loofe
diamonds, pearls and precious fexit^ % ^.xAx^-^x

140 Capimn WoODES Boci rs'/ Fojagg
none (liould keep any plunder* but deliver It ta
hia officer publkkly, to be depofited in a pkce
ap pointed* snd ent^^rtd Id books for ihe laiis*
fadion of all conct^rned i but that thofe who
ihoLild commit any di (order 00 ihore, diibbey
command, quit their poft, or bthave cowardly
in any aflion, fhoutd loofe their (hares of xhjt
plunder and be feverely punijhed.

On the i^th in the morning, they fiw Af«i|
near the (here, and having little wind» die Dub't
boat, coDEimanded by Capt. Fry, and dip
Dutcbefs\ by Capt. Cooh^ rowed off for Iier« 9
fuch hafte that neither of them had the fwini
guns they ufed to carry in the boats, nor their
full compliment of men ; and only ten inuskcti^
four piHols, and not much powder and ihot, oof
any water. They rowed very hard to come op
with the fhip, for the fpace pf fix leagues, whea
the Duke\ boat coming firft near her, ^e pn)
out Spnnijh colours, iired a gun at the boat* and
hoiited a Spani//? flag at the main-top-maft head*
1 he Duke\ boat then lay by for the other tO
conic up. The difpute betc:^me hot, and coa*
tinued fo for a long time, the boats keeping ^
conltant fire, and the enemy anfwering it, by
which they killed Capt. Rogers^ brother, and
another perfon, and wounded one in the Duiet
boat, and two in the Dtacbffs*z, At length the
Dukes boat finding the enterprise too difficult,
bore away, and feme time after* the other did
fo tco. When Capt. Fry putting fome of hii
men on board the D/</f^^*sboat, with afapply
of powder and fhot, Capt. Conke attacked f^
2ga\n, and the fhips coming up, the SpanittrJt

ftrock

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Crack to Ae Dutchefs, This was the (hip they
]tad fo long expeded. She had been built by
fhcFrencby had 70 blacks, and many pafTengers,
with a confiderable quantity of pearls on board ;
bat they had fet the bilhop on ihore with his
treafore, and feveral of his attendants at Point
Si. Helena,

On the 1 7th, every thing being in order, the
nen intended for the defcent upon Guaiaquil^
amounting to 20X, went on board the two barks,
when Capt. Cooke was fent for on bpard the
Jhttcbefsj and Capt. Fry to the Duke^ to take
care oi* the (hips, prizes, and prifoners, which
were to keep at a convenient diilance from the
barks^ to prevent their being difcovcred by the
enemy, after which Capt. Rogers and his barks,
li^etner with Capt. Courtney , came to an anchor
wK Punta Arena % then taking to their boats,
with 40 men, they made for Puna^ an ifland
covered with fwamps, and over-run with man-
graves, and in the morning, came to grapling
dofe ander the land, out of fight of the look-
outs. At feven in the evening, the (hips came
to an anchor, between St, (Sara and lumbez,
wben the boats weighing, rode within half a
mile of the town, and came again to a grapling,
Ibrfear of being difcovered, in fuch a manner,
that they had the appeal ance of drift timber
upon the water. At four the next morning,
tfiey got up clofe with Puna, fecuied all the
iCanoes and bark logs, and f iz'd the Governor
of the town, with about o of the people, by
whom they were aflured thai the inhabitant: of
Gumaquil could have no intimation of thei^c bc\.Kv<y

142 Cdpiain WoOd£8 RogH*# 'VV

fo near, thofe who luul fled fitxm Pmum, lltdur

uken refuge in the woods. They fiMod in tn

town a paper that had" been fent fiom l^aik^

copies or wUch it feemt were di^ierfbd ill

the coaft, to gi?e nottce that CapC* A

was again arrived in thofe fisM $ th^ Wfm

ever pretty well fatisfied that they fnooM be ;

to execute all their defigns, bdfoie anyftt^iJL ^

could arrive at Lima. , ' " T !

•■". CHAP.. IV; :; \",:\
Guaiaciuil iiiim wti rwifmei: M HtftfifHm f^.

ON the aifi of jfyril, itti Bf^mut^ wm Uk
a-head towards Poi»i Armat on the iJDaiil
of Puna, for fear of danmr, but {he^feani
there only an empty veflel, riding dofe badcr'
the Point. This was a Spmtifl^ bark» ifcnt to k»i
fait, but the men feeing the Englifli apjpnndib
thought proper to abandon her* Ail apprekea-
fions were now entirely removed, and thcarefiwe
at five in the afternoon, the barks and brats
rowed for the town ofGiuuapd/t and at elevca
faw a light in the town, upon which th^ rowed
as gently as poffible, for fear of being diicoveredL
till they came within a mile of it, when they
heard a centinel call to another, talk ibme tioie,
and bid him bring fire. Perceiving that they
were difcovered, they rowed over to the other
iide agaio& the town» {vh ^> ^^^ isA&t vhem

Jtound the WORLD. 145

sntmels talked, and foon after many lights all
the town, and at the water fide; they heard
I ring the alarm bell, £re feveral volleys,
faw them light a fire on the hill where the
an was kept, to give notice that they were
: up the river. At this the boats came to a
ling, and fuch a hot dif^nite arofe among

of the chief officers, that they were heard
lOre ; but the Spaniards not underftanding
; they faid fetched an Englijhtnan to inter} ret
: they heard. However, before he caiiic
lifpute was over. This account they had
the very Englijhman, who afterwards
d them, and proceeded on the voyage,

difpute arofe from a council held in the

of one of the boats, to rcfolve whetlier
(hould land immediately or day till day
c, and the officers differing in their opinions,
IS agreed, that fince they did not know the
ad, and fince the barks in which were near
the men, and the artillery, were riot come
to Hay till day light, when it was hoped the
s would join them, and therefore they fell
le way down the river to meet them, hear-
Lt the fame time ieveral musket (hot m their

which they at firft thought might proceed

the Spaniards along the ihore.
n the 22d at day break, they faw one of the
s at anchor clofe under the fhore, within a

of the town ; and at flood the other
ng up the river, they rowed back to the
, which had fired at f()me fifhermen, who
: paffing by, and whom they took. All their
;s being now joined^ they held a coaticU ^^

1 44 Captain Wood E s Roc f r sV ^*^
(!he Ptntuuej proceeded up the river, and ^tmt a
flag of trace, with the Captain of the Fr^wd
built fliip, the Governor of Puna, md anotbcr
prifoner }' then towed up the barks a-breaH of
tke toMy ftnd came to an ai^chon

Wlieitthfe' Captain of the Frtmh boiJt fiiip
came tb the Corrtgidor^ or Mayor of the towiv
he asked the Diunbcr o£ the En^Hp^ which tlie
Ca;pcaln lDQag;nified. The C&rrcj^idor aufwered
they vvete boys and not iij?n ; bat the Captaia
replied he Woald fin J they were men ; for they
had fbueht hifti bravely In their open boa£f»
though he. had killed one of the commander'*
brothers, and wounded and kilkd others, 3jj4
therefore adVifed hiiti to agree to raafom the
town ; for though he had j^^oo men he w^d
not be able to withflard them, to which the
Corregidpf'tfetum^ d, Uy horfe h ready.

On the it3d, having towed the barks dofe up
before the town, the Pinnace wci t up the fiver
after fome Veflels, and brougtr fijt of. them to nil
anchor by the barks, they aJfo tEo^ poflTtiiion cf
two new ihips of aiout 400 tuns esch. They
then went 6n (horif with a ^ag of truce, ^nd the
Governor came on board one of the prJxes, 10
agree abotfc the ranfom of the tovvn and fhiw,
and topurchafe the negrots STud gl^flflV^ forSflffA
he offered 140 pieces of dglit per b^ile. oncr'svitfc
another; after th s he d^iii^ed to ^'> on fhnr^ta
prevail on the gcntlefnen of The j^iact- tj spft
about the ranfom, promrdhg 10 mtct thu ^ap*
tains .again at fcvcn in the cv.n ng but w»5 nc!
fo good as his wor-i ; nic:ln \Vhlic the boats wcrC

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np the river again, to fee for more iliips, but
returned without finding any. However ihey
took feveral canoes, with fome plate on board.
After mid -night the centinels haled a boat which
came on board them with one gentleman fent by
the Corregidore, with a prefent of two bags ot
flour, two fheep, and tv,o hogs ready killed,
two jars of wine and two of brandy, afluring
them, that the Corregidore would have been wiih
them according to appointmer.t, had not one
of the principal merchants beenabfcnt ; but ihat
he would come off by ieven o'clock in the morn-
ing, and dcfired them to believe hm to be a
man of honour., 'i he three commanders re-
turned their complimei.ts to the Corrtgidoic,
snd their thanks for hispiefcnt; and defired
that he might be told that they hoped he would
convince them of his being a man of honour, by
meeting them at the time appointed, otherwiie
the treaty (hould be at an end.

At feven in the morning, they faw a flag of
truce on board oj^ of the new fhips, when man-
ning their P/;/a^c^, they fcnt their lingu.fl \viih
a promife that \f the Corrigf dore came on board
the prize, he (hould be at liberty to return.
Upon which he came with three perfons more.
The two frigates barks werj then ordered clofc
under the (hore, next the beft part of the town,
and every thing got rcadjy for landing, in cafe
the agreement mould be broke off.

The firft propofals made by the three Cap-
tains, were, that ^'>,ooo pieces of eight (hould
be paid for the ran(bm of the town, the two n' w
ftips, and the fix barks ; besides vjV\0[v. v^e-

Vol. VL O QioN^\^^'i

Governor (hoald be obliged to buy o:
and negroes they had taken in the
certam ftipulated prices, to be paid
term of nine days. To the latter tl

_ J that they had men fufficiem
Chipoi. When iinakinihg that the
onlv wanted to gam time, they tl
thttr demands were not immediate]
withy to fet the town and ihips in a
night. Hbwever the Corregidorc
gentlemen agreed to bay the carj
give hdfiages for 40,ooo^eces of (
tofitey the two new flu|^, and the
' being unwiUine to fign this agree]
was^confinneaby thd'pi^jpal pe
toWn, and an iBdiaa comijtig m a a
the Corre'ffidore whether he liad agn
in cafe hel^ad not, his men were reac
fid (Bolf for his orders to'begin the a
propdted to feize him ; but he allec
was contrary to the flag of truce, 1:
(hore again, and an hour's time gi
get his men ready. Hpweyer th
and came two or three times, v/M
truce, bat the Governor fmd C
agreeinj^, they towed nearer the lh<
the Union Jack at their main-topm
At four an the afternoon the men
on their knees at the brink of the
fiavlng loaded, advanced with fuch
fhc Sfanifirdi fired oul^ Qtie volL

lent ^

Rsund thi W O R L D* 147

[ while tlic^wg/(/^ prelTmg forwar.^5, purfucd thenv
with the greateft intrepidity, and on their cnter-
Jog the ilreets, faw four guns pointed at them,
liefoj-e a fpacious church ; but they no fooncr
CEJue in fight, than the horfe moved off with
precipitation, Capt, Rugj^rs then called ta his
. men to run and feize the guns, and advanced-
fiimfelf at the head of ten ot them, within pitlol
fiiot ; which bold nefs fo intimidated the enemy,
that after one general difcharge they all fled, ex-
cept the gurnier, who was an hljhtnan^ who ft aid
till he received four wounds, of which he after*
%vaid& died. A body of the Enghjh now conning
tip, under the command of Capt. d^mhm^ aiid

• Capt. DQ^it \ Mr, Rogtrj Haid to fee ore the poft
he had To bravely gained, and took poiTeiEon of
the churchj where about iz prifoners were
taken, whik the others marched to the farther
end of the town.

It is obfervable, that from the time of theit
landing till their feizing the guns, and taking ■

tpofTeflion of the church, which was above a
furlong from the water fide^ was not more than
half an hour. 'J he guns were now turned upon
the enemy, and Mr^Di^mpiit placed at them with
a guard of 25 men ; but the Spaniards foon evEi'
euated the town- However it was tliought

• proper to fet five or fix houfes that fronted the "
church, on fire; thefc burnt all night, and pare
of the next day. The rcafon of their burn-
ing thcfc houfes s was, there being a hiil near
thi£ quarter, and thick woods ^ under cov^r of
which, the Sjtamar^j might annoy the guards
whicii was within musket icsit \ ^"^^ x^tssA.
O z ^^"

148 Q^tmn WooDBS RocBitsV F^age

they kept fiing all night out of the woods

csntniels, gr any otheta who ftured oat c

gotrd, bdt without doing the leaft exea

and leYenl'parties of horfe and foot came

widioist iradng any attempt.

"In die mean while the Diuckf/s*s pii

widi 22 men, coshmanded by Lieut. C§

wenMipth^ river, landed at every hoqfe,

^ ttee and whatever.elfe of value they i

aodhad Tome sldrmrfhes with the enem]

in particular diafed 3^ horfanen weU a

«rilo were coming ib ftfEU the inhabita

Gkmumiil. They fimttd the houfes up th<

fall cnT women, and 'at one pUce theri

above a dozen handibme well dreflcd

ladies, from whom they took feveral gold

and ear-ringa, bat behaved with fuch c

that the women offered to drefs provifio

diem, and brought them a cask of good

Some of the largeft gold chains, the ladj

concealed by fattening them round their m

legs and thighs ; but the women in the

countries, being thinly dad with (ilk a

linen, the men oy preffing on the out-

their apparel, felt their chains, and m

deiired diem, by means of their linguift, '

them off with their own hands. They a

this houfe for provifions as they returned

the river, when the ladies expreff d no

nefs or furprize at a fecond vifit. Th

taken a large emptv bark in their progrs

abandoned her. They returned on the i

the evening, and bro'ght with them i

chains, ear-rings and plate to the value of

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but they all imagined that the want of another
boat prevented their obtaining more than double
that Cum, for while they fearchcd on one fide,
the canoes and bark-logs, croflfed the river in
their fight, carrying many people with their
fubftance out of their reach. They alfo told
Capt. Rogers^ that they had feen above 300
armed horfe and foot in feveral parties, fo that
they apprehended the enemy, under the pre-
tence of paying a ranfom, was endeavouring
to gain time, dll they were capable of over-
powering them by numbers, when they agreed,
in order to prevent their being furprized, to
affemble in a body at every alarm.

On the 24th, the Engltjh colours were kept
flying on the towers of the church, where Mr.
Do^ver kept guard all day, while the Captains
Rogers and Courtney took care to have what they
fojmd moft ufeful, conveyed to the water fide.
The Governor of Puna, with another prifoner,
were the fame day fent to the enemy with propo-
fals for ranfoming the town ; but returned in the
evening with an ambiguous anfwer : however
they defired to be fent back again the next
morning'.

They were this day informed that the enemy
were coming down the hill, on which the alarm
was given, and part of the men being left with
the guns, Capt. Rogers marched witli the reft,
and met Capt. Courtney with his company on
the bridge, retiring, who immediately reported
that the enemy was numerous, and well armed
in the north of the town. However the Caij-
tains Rogers and Cokrinn Viaivui^ \Qfc\\\fc^ <Wv^

1 50 Captmn Woodes RocbkiV Fo^ge
forces, wbich did not exceed 70 men, went |
forwiard to meet them, when t]w SpammrdtM \
not chafe to face them, bat open thehr ad* \
vancing, retired into the woods, when the two 1
Captms not agreeing aboat keepng pofieffion |
of that end of the town, marched ba^, taldog
fome of the moft valaaUe efitds whkh were
carried on board the barks. -

On the 25th of AprUy the priibners tetnnel
with an oiFer of 30,000 pieces 6f ei|^ aa a ,
ranfom for the town, ihipa and barks to bepwl .
in 1 2 days, which the Captains "did not appwe»
as they were apprized that the Sfamardt, hd '
difpatched an exprefs to I/mm, to expedite t|ie
expeded faccours. The fame day the enemy
appeared thick in the woods, and as they foaie-
times came out, the guards had foime skmniflies .
with them, and the afternoon' was ipent, ifl-
fhipping off provisions from the town, and msk-
ing preparations for their fecority, in cafe tfccjr ]
ihould be attacked in the night, when it was j
thought proper to join all their forces at the
maingaard, where they had their canooo
mounted. At night they lay in the chorcb,
round which centinels were placed within a
musket fhot of each other, every man keeping
his arms and ammunition in exad order, ana
being ready to rife at the leafl alarm.

At night, a Frenchman in Capt. Rogers*^ com-
pany, who with ibme others had been fent to
i!rengthen Capt. C^tfr/xrir^'s qntrters, (hmdiiig
centry, (hot one of the failor^ dead ; for an order
havmg been given to flioot every perfon in die

wtfptf

Round the W O R L D. 151

night, who did not anfwer on being challenged,
he called out to him in French, which the other
not underflanding, thus unhappily loil his life.

On the 26th in the morning, Capt. Courtney
returned to his guard, to cover the men who
were carrying provifions, and other plunder on
board the Ihips, and the Captains lent their final
anfwer, that the town fhould be fet on ^rt by
three in the afternoon, if fufficient hoftages for '
the payment of 30,000 pieces of eight within fix
days, were not immediately delivered ; but at
two in the afternoon the prifoners returned from
the enemy's camp, with two horfemen, who in-
formed them, that the Spaniards had agreed to
this propofal, and that the Governor of Puna^
who had been very inftrumental in concluding
the agreement, with an old gentleman taken on
board one, of the barks, were to remain as
homages for the performance of it, and that if
thefe gentlemen were not thought fufficient,
thefe mefTengers offered to remain prifoners ;
which was refufed, and they permitted to return
to the camp, in order to bring back the agree-
ment figned. The two hoftages lay that night
at the Englijh quarters, and the next morning
were put on board one of the fhips, while the
EngRJh drew off from the city with drums beat-
ing and colours flying, by which means the
Spaniards were left at liberty to return to their
houfes, Capt. Rogers bringing up the rear with
a * few men, picked up many piflols, cutlafTes
and pole axes, which the men had thrown away
through lazinefs, as they marched, fo weary
were thc^ grown of a mUixarj \v^^, ^^^ ^^'^-

1 92 Q^fam WooDtt RoGfrM*/ f%jM^
ftance is worthy of mention, aa.Mr. R^grs was

marching oat of the town, he happencatb mifi
one Jobtt Gairiel a Dutctman s but todlc it for
granted, that he was dther killed Of made pri-
loner ; however the poor fellow had taken op his
quarters in a hoofe where there was fiune ex-
cellent brandy, which he attacked to often, thit
it laid him on the floor, and he was in this, con-
dition when Capt. Rogers and his mien ^oitted
the place. Soon after the.mafter of the li^
returned, and finding the DutchmMM ftre)clie4 ^
his full length, and that it was difiicnlt to oi&o*
ver whether he was dead of afleep, rdblved to
make the experiment, but firft called in hit
neighbours, who advifed him to fecure die
Dutchman's arms, which being done without
any difficulty, they raifei him up and fet him
on his feet, when after a little torturing, he
opened his eyes, began to dare about him, ai^
feeoied to appear not well fatisfied at finding
bimfelf in fuch company. However the honeft
t)paniard^ his landlord, foon fet his heart at reft
by redoring him his arms, and advi£ng him to
jnake all the hafte he could to join his compa-
nions, who were not yet embarked, when the
Dutchman^ not needing many intreaties, fst for-
ward, and moving with all the alacrity imagina-
ble, got fafely on board. Capt. Rogers remarks,
that this was the only man who had fo far neg-
leded his duty by getting drunk.

Capt. Cooke imagines, that the Ittdia^i\ziA
blacks carried off as much plunder as the Englijhf
for feveral of them were taken as they went die
roaudSf ioaded wiih joodl, v/hicli tney owjned

Round the WORLD. 15J

they had ftolen, and he was afterwards informed
that the inhahitants had given plate and money
to the negroes to carry out of the to^n, and
could never hear of it after. However the
plunder taken, exclufive of the ranfom, was very
confiderable, it confiftin^ of 230 bags of flour,
beans, peas and rice, 1 5 jars of oil, 160 jars of
other liquors, cordage, iron ware, and fmall
nails, about four half jars of powder, a parcel of
clothing and neceflTaries, 1 50 bales of dry goods,
about the value of iiool. in plate, ear-rings,
&c. fome packs of indigo, cocoa, a ton of loaf
fugar, &c. H wever abundance of goods were
left in the town beiides liquors of mod forts,
and fea (lores, with feveral warehoufes full of
cocoa, f?me ftiips on the flocks, two fhips un-
rigged, and four barks The hoflages inK)rmed
us, that during the treaty 8o,coo pieces of eight
belonging to the King, were fent out of die
town, befides their plate, jewels and other things
of the greatell value, fo t. at if the Englijh had
landed at finl, and given them no time ; they
were well alTured from all hands they would
have got at leall 200,000 pieces of eight in
money, plate and jev^^els, and'yet that city had
never been lb poor for 40 years pall as it was
then, there having been a fire about a year and
a half before, which had barnt down the beil
part of the ciy, and occafioned a very great ex-
pence in rebuilding it. The men however
thought thenifelves very happy, and all imagina-
ble care was taken, that every man concerned in
the expedition ihould find his account in it.

Guaiaquily

154 C^/. WooDEs RooBiLs'i F^fi^r

Guaiaqmlf the metropolis of the Provkice of
that name in Ptrup is aboot a mile and a half fa
length, and la divided into two pam» called
the old and the new town^ which are j<rined bf^
a wooden bridge defigned only lor foot paftn-'
gers, and it alMve ha&a'mile kwg. The hoofis
in both towns amonnt to abbot coo, bat being
fituated in a low boggjr ^ffowp is extremely
dirty in winter. There sa one rq^nlar ftsaet .
along the river fide to the bn%e^ and frgn >i
thence along the old town. . Tnere are mr \
churches, bt Jiag9p St. Jit^^iu^ St. FrmA
and St. Dmimc. Beibre the dordi oF St. 74*
there is a handfome pasadi^ and before thatof
St. Ihmimc, a paradi^ with m half moon, on
which fix guns might be planted* bvtdiere'wcn >
none when this defcent was made. Theib
charches were all adorned with ahart, carved
work and pidnres ; and in that of St. J^giifthiif
there was an organ. But the plate bdonjring to
them was carried away ; the priefts and Su£dX$-
being all gone into the woods. Some of the
houfes were of brick, and the reft of timber or
bamboe fplit, and ibme of them were decent^
furniihed. In the merchants ftore honfes there
were great quantities of meal, brandy, fugar,.
cloathing, cordage and iron. The inhabitants
hSd fome calafhes which feemed of little ufe ex-
cept to carry them a ilone's throw to chuich,^
efpecially in winter^ the land all about being lb
boggy, that no road could be made for them ;.
and Capt. Cooke obrer\^es, that this fwampy
ground was full of the largcft toad§ he ever faw,
fome of them being as bvg n aw Ettgiifi two-

Round the WORLD. 155

penny loaf. The town is well fituated for trade
axui Ihip building, it lying fourteen leac^uesfrom
Point Arena^ and feven from Funa\ it is go-
verned by a Corregidor, who is the chief ma-
giftrate, and is appointed by the Xing. The
river is large, and receives many fmall ones that
run into it ; it has many villages and farm houfcs
on its banks, along which are abundance of
snangroves and farfaparilla, which impregnating
its waters are faid to render them of fervice in
the venereal difeafe ; but when the floods come
down from the mountains the water is reckoned
very unwholfome, on account of its bringing
down with it feveral poifonous plants and fruits,
an;ong which is the manchaniUa, a poifonous
kind of apple, that proves fatal to all the birds
that tafte of it« and the Engli/h faw hundreds of
them dead 00 the water, while they were there.
7'hcy alfo obferved many alligators in the river.
They have great plenty of black cattle, fwlne,
{heep, goats, hena, ducks, and feveral forts of
iowj unknown in England^ They have likev.ifc
£reat numbers of carrion crows, which the
Spaniards will not fuffer to be killed, they pre-
ferving them to devour the carrion, Ihe (hips
here are built under iheds.

The Englijhman who had lived for fome time
in the town, told them that the December before,
they had three weeks rejoicings for the birth of
the Prince of Afiwrias^ when they muftered
11 CO foot and 500 horfc, all in arms, which
came from the country round about, betides a
much greater number unarmed. I^he inha.
bitants alone arnqgnt to aboxs^ icx>o^ '\^^^^^xv^

156 Captain Wo ODES RogersV Voyagi
Indians^ mulatioes, and negroes, Durii
folemnity, they baited 200 bulls to deat
ran at the ring with fpears.

CHAP. V.

7hey /f/w^GuaiPquil, are paid pari of the
cf that City, and fell the Beginning.
Numbers of the Men fall fick ; they n
Gallapagos IJlands ; lofe one of theb
*with Je^^eral Men ; take fome Tri%esy i
in the IJland of Gorgona, ^here the
their Ships and ft up one of their Pt
nvhich they gi've the Name of the Marqi
weral other Proceedings nvhile on that
ijoith a Dejcription of the }flandofQox\

I APT. Rogers having proceeded v
barks a mile below the town, t<
leave of them in the Pinnace, which was
manned, with a defign to get befcre thtr
Ihips at Point Arena^ and the next day,
was the 28th oi Aprils reached Puna, w
J 1 met Mr. Duck and Mr. Hatley in the Be^

\ with an empty baik they had taken. ]

Iigh^ the next morning, Lapt. Rogers
board, where every body were over joye
return, after an abience of twelve dn^
dangerous an expedition. 7 hey had be
uneafy at hearing no news of what wa
a.id the fcarcity of water was fo great, 1
fometime palt the pxi(on«t& Wd V^^ii ^ILc

Rouni /i^f WORLD. 157

lOre than a pint a day. Mr Cooke and Mr, Fry
sd, during this time, been under much uneaii-
rfs on account of the prifoners, who had ufu-
ly their liberty given them by day, but at night
ley were fhut ap between decks ; and on board
le prize, which was not fo fecare, they werd
lit in irons every evening, which were knocked
fF ini the morning: but the prifoners in the
rvcral veffels were never fufFercd to have any
>rrcfpondence with each other, by which means
icy were kept ignorant of their own ftrengthy
nd of the weaknefs of their mailers.

On the 29th of /^/r/7, Capt Cooke difpatched
le Hofurede Gract^^ boat, well manned, in pur-
lit of a veffel that came in fight in the after-
oon, which immediately furrendered. This was
bark of abjttt 30 tons burthen, laden with Guai-
qui/ (hccp, 276 facks of flour, 200 fugar loaves,
>nie dried beef, with beans, peas, pomegra-
ates, quinces, plumbf, and marmalade. She
ad iixxhen on board, beiide the mailer, who
ad left Pulania feven days before, where orders
.ad been received from Lima to keep a good
ook-out, as an Engli/h fquadron was foon ex-
>e^ed in thofe Teas ; whence it appeared that
he arrival of the cOnfort (hips was not yet gc-
lerally known.

Several days being pad, without their rcceiv-
ng the flipulated ranfom from Guaiaquily they
>egan to think the- corregidor intended to difap-
>oint them, and to put them off till fuccours
hould arrive from Lima ; while the hoflages re-
ined at their fate* apprehending their being
:arried prifoners X»Emfia»d^ Hofitivttt ^\s.^^

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1 5 8 Captain WoO DES Rogers^j Voyage

firll of May a boat arrived with part of the ran-
fom, on which many of the prifoners were fct on
lliore ; and on the iecond, in the evening a boat
arrived with 22,000 pieces of eight, which hav-
ing taken on board, they fent the boat back with
a meiTage to the corregidor, that they intended
to fail the following day, and that if care was not
tab en to fend the remainder of the money, be-
fore their departure, they would- take the hoftages
with them. Soon after Capt. Courtney Vofk
charge of the Ha'vre de Grace, and fell down widk
her to Punia j^rena, whither Capt. Rogers agreed
to follow him the neat morning, waiting o^y to
take on board fome black cattle, ihcep, hogs,
plantains, cocoas, and other pro vifions ; but be-
fore his departure, he fet the governor ofPnu,
who was one of the homages, and feveral others,
on fnore, making him a prefent of four ixck ne-
groes, and a bale of damaged goods.

1 he next day a boat came with 30CO dollars
in mc ney and plate, which were taken on board
the Did'Cy the men who brought it declaring thai
the oiher 3000 dollars would foon come, with
1 2,oco more to trade for goods. But it being fup-
pofed that this was only defigncd to keep them in
the bay till a fquadron of men of war arrived from
Z,/>///7, they refolved to make all poflible dilpatch.
However, the Bcgintn'/jg hc'mg {msiU, and of no
further ufe, they fold her to the Sfanianfj, for
about the value of 50/. in pearls, gold chains,
^c. and put the prifoners on board her ; but
kept the pilots, a pcrfon who could fpeak Englijh
the prefident of Panamas fon, and three remain-
hig hollages ; five black women were given to
Ckch of thofe captains wVvo\v?l^ V^ti ^^^xVi^w^,

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►n the 8th they failed for the Ga/Iapagos
ds ; but on the 1 1 th of May, above 20 men
»oard the Duh, and near 50 on board the
c^f/s, fell fick of a malignant fever, and the
iber of difeafed on board both (hips hourly
eafed. This diforder had been certainly con-
ted at Guaiaquil, where, a few weeks before
r arrival, multitudes of people had been
pt away by a contagious diieafe, fo that the
and under the churches, which were their
il buryine places, was filled fo fail, that they
e obliged to dig a large hole, of about a rood
ire, clofe to the great church, where guard
kept ; and the Englijh lying fo long in the
rch, were furrounded with unwholefome
lis.

>n the 17th they difcovered land, and the
t day were within four leagues of two large
ids, which almoil join together ; and foon
T they difcovered feveral others. They then
t out one of the boats in fearch of water,
ing firft agreed on a blace of rendezvous, at
srtain rock, in cafe or reparation ; but, after
> onfuccefsful attempts, the boat returned,
orting that the large ifland in which they
ded, was covered with nothing but looie
ks, like cinders, and that the earth was fo
ched, that it broke into holes under their feet,
ich made it probable that it had been a vol-
10, but there was much (hrubby wo^d and
ne greens upon it.

The 20th, 2 1 ft, and 22d, they fpcnt in ply-
\ among the iflands, where the lx)ats, which
nt on ihore, found abundauct ol \»t\!S\^«^>

i6o Capt. WooDES RocERs'j Voyage

large rock fifli, and guanas, which are larger
here than in the Wejulndies^ and of feveral co-
lours and fizes, and one fort has no prickles oo
the back.

On the 2 2d, Mr. B alley ^ in one of the prize
barks, with five Tailors, four blacks, and an In-
dian on board, with on^y water on board for
two days, and one of the prize fhips, were mif-
fing, nor was there any iign of their returDiagi
though lights were kept ail night on the topmaf!
head of the Duke and Dutebejs^ and guns incef-
fantly fired, upon which Capt. Rogen went ia
fearch of them with the Didte^ the Havre ir
Grace, and a bark, and in a few hours came up
with the prize fhip near th^ eafiermoft ifland, bu(
could get no intelligence of Mr. Hdtley, whom
they gave up for loft.

On the 26th, it was agreed to (land over tQ
the main in fearch of water, which none of the
iHands had been hitherto able to afford, ai d 00
the 6th oi June, one of the fail ors heard feme of
the black and Indian prifoners talk Oi' murdering
all the Englfli Tailors, and running away with die
(hip ; but on being charged with having con-
certed this defign, they acknowledged they had
fome talk on that Tubje^ ; but nothing was fc-
rioufly meant by it However, to prevent acy
i.l confcquence f om thcTe cabals, Lapt. 'Rcgtri l
divided ihem among the other ve(rcl.>. The !
fame day a (lijp of So tons burden, laden with \
iron, cloth, (^c. Ihuck to the Duf.le/f. af er a j
(liort chace. She was nan.ed the St. Tkomai it
Villa i^'O'va. was bound from Faitama to Guaia-
^uil, and there were about 40 people on board, .

among |

Roind tbt WORLD. i6f

imong whom were two women, and feveral
)a(rengers of diftindlion, one of whom was Don
Juan Cardo/a, whp was going to take upon himt
tlf the poft of governor of Baldi'via.

The next day tbcy c^ft anchor on the eaft fide
>f the idand of Gorgona^ aqd op the 8th the boats
3f the Duh and Ou^chijs brought in another prize,
a bark of 1 5 tons, (he was cdl. d the Gcfdliu-Sim^
and had ten Spaniards SM^d Lidianj, with fome
Negroes but no other cargoe, except a little
gold-duil and a large gold chain, which toge-
dier were worth about 500/. with which they
intended to have purchaied fait a|id brandy at
GuaiaquiL

In the evening of tl^e 9th of Juttf^ a council
of all the officers, except Capt. Rogers, who was
indifpofed, was held op board the Dutchffs^ in
which, after examining the prifoners, it was re-
folved to fleer for the port of Mangla, and leav-
ing the (hips in a fafs road, they were to row up
the river in their boats, till they could furprize
fome canoes, that were better adapted to Qem
the tides q>i the river, and with thef^ they were to
proceed as far as the rich gold mine of Barbacor^^
or St, JuoHf where they w^re perfuaded to be-
lieve that they might be certain of obtaiping a
confiderable booty, fince the Span.' ards there had
not had the fmalleli intimation of an enemy's
being fo near.

As Capt. Rogers had before agreed to confent
(0 whatever they ihould refolve, they hoided
(ail for Mangia at about twelve the (ame night.
3ut Mr. Rogers hearing their determination, re-
vived to difcourfc with Mr, MarM v^\ V:^tcv^
P 5 ^"^et

1 62 Captain Wood E 8 RogersV Veyage

otherprironers,on whofe knowledge he dependcdt
and by them he was informed, chat whoever
had advifed the council to take fuch meafures,
either deiigned to betray them, or were ignorant
of the affair ; for Mangla was not only barren
and unfrequented ; but the road extiemelynar-
£ow and full of ihoals, with fo ftrong a tide, that
there was great danger of the (hips being mn on
ihorc. The prifoners alfo afTured him that the
bnnks of the river were all the way inhabited b/
a race of people flrongly attached to the 5/^
niards^ who would ufe all poiTible methods to
annoy them with their poifoned arrows from the
covert of the woods, and that the river was fb
narrow, that by felling trees acrofs it, they might
efFeilually prevent their retreat, and cut ihem
all off. Upon this information Capt. Rogers knt
for Mr. Courtney and Mr. Cooke, who being in-
formed of the danger into which they were go-
ing to expofe themfelves, changed their coujfc
in order to return to Gorgona, where they refolved
to careen, and to fit out \hc Haijre de Grace to
a6t as a third confort, under the command of
Capt. Cooke.

On the 1 3th of June they cafl anchor near the
ihore of Gorgona, where the Dutchefs was appoint-
ed to careen, and the Duke to lie on guard for
fear of being furprized by the enemy ; a^ foon
as llie was turned out, the Duke was caieened,
and in about 14 days they were again ready to
put to fea, to the great furprize ot the Spanijh
prifoners, who obferved that the careening one
of the King's fhips at Limot where there were
all kinds of ncccilaries, 2^tvd ^vudccrs ready to

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lend their affiflance, generally took Up fix
weeks.

On the 29th, tents were fet up on ihore for
the fick, who were by this time much better
than when they firit came to the ifland $ for the
bare lying on ihore, and having an opportunity
of walking about, had fuch an effed, that they
foon gathered ftrength enough to return to their
duty. Thofe who were well went with the
Spanijh prifoners into the woods, where they
were fhewn what timber was proper for them,
and thefe prifoners gave them every afliilance
in their power. The EngUJh now laid out a
ground for a rope-yard, fet up a tent for the
coopers, another for the fmith, another for a
failmaker, and another for a blockmaker, and
for the better difpatch of bufmefs, each had his
crew to a£l urder him. It is not to be fuppofed
that thefe people were all excellent in their pro-
fcflions. However, they carried on their work
very well, ncceffity and praftice teaching them
many refources, which the ableft men in thefe
feveral branches of bufinefs would never have
thought of Thus a manufadory was fettled on
the iiland of Gorgonuy and as every ofEcer had
his particular charge, and was overfeer of one
dininct kind of arcizans, he had bufinefs enough
upon his hands, and every body were bufily
employed. The Spanifh prifoners looked with
amazement at their working in that climate
from break of day till night ; but what mod of
all furprifed them, was that the Englijh found
out fome new expedient, whenever they were
preffed by new aifficulties, and vVswi^ V«i ^^

••Vi hl«W ««■••••». %d» •..«», j'Js*' (^w**! xakKft «AAA«iaj

from the Du^f and Dutche/j, when a go
tertainrxK nt being provided, they faluted
the other ftiips with three huzzas from oi
her, and liquor being diliribured ama
ihips companies, they draok her iVlaje(l
their Owners healths, and to their own
in conjunction wich their new confort.
after two of the main-deck guns were fei
the DiUi, and the fame number fent fr
Dutchefsy which with four taken at Gu
and twelve that were before in the fhip
20 very good ones, the carriages being a
or fo well repaired, diat they were as go
they had been mounted in England, He
plement were 6i white men, and 20 n
who as has been already faid, were un
commar.d of Capt. Edijcard Cooke,

'1 he next thing of confequence was t
the prifonpis over to the continent, for th<
72 in runiber, and had they been difmi

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tleman, as we have already obfepved was, when
taken, bound to BaUMa^ of which he was go-
vernor. He was a lively, genteel man, of a-
bout 35 years of age, and had been a colonel m
ihe Spanijb fervice. 7'he Morells promifed cq re-
turn in a day or two, with as mucH money as
they could raife, towards purchaling fuch of the
prize -goods as remained on hand, which being
only valuable on the coaft of the South Sea^ the
captains declared they would otheFwife burn,
together with the galleons in which they were
contained.

The bark and both pinnaces were employed
in l^Miding the prifoners, and at the fame time
they took a fmall village, and returned to the
ibips with 7 horned catue^ a few goats, 1 4 hogs,
fome fowl, and about 50 bulhels of /Wms wheat.
On the 1 7th in the morning, the two Morells^
imd fome other gentlemen, returned in a large
canoe, with fome money and fruit, and pur-
chafed fome goods, at (o reafonable a rate, that
they defired to be permitted to come again with
us much money as they cpuld raife, a requeft
which was not at all difpleaiing to the captains,
while there was no apparent danger of an enemy
capable of l^urting them.

The next day a negiK>e, who had t)ie misfor-
tune to be bitten by a fpeckled fnake, died in
lefs than twelve hours, thoagh the furgeon ex-
erted all his ikill to fave him. The iQand of
Qorgona abounds with this fpecies of fnakes,
fqi^e of which are as thick as a man's leg, and
three or four yards long. They are of an am-
ohit^iqus nature, ^nd qqe of them was the fame

1 66 Capimm Woodes Rooilt^TS^^r
day found by the men- upon the forcc^l^le, il
huvine conveyed itfelf on ho^d by the li^lp of
the caole.

On tte l^thf tbcre.wtre found on boart) tk
A&Tf «ii- 500 ream* of pope*& biiJs which had
been a free-sift from Ut Inrimef^ to his cathdic
majcAyt npa wouklluivepnMiuc<fd a confid^ra-
ble revcnne in. thefe parti, they being fold from
three rials to %o picoei of tight each, according
to the drctunftances of tfco purchafer, who wat
thereby eiccuied from hBisoig on fome paniculir
days, firom hearing oiafsy and other ecd^fiadi-
cal injuD^lioiis* A« iiegkft of which would 0^
therwife have been deemed fin; . Some of thefe
w^e diroWo overboa^di «Dd the remainder a fed
as flue], and thnift inU^ diofire kept under the
kettles..

Soon after five of die ntgr&es belon|]ng to th«
fhip hid themfelves in the wood^, m order ^a
deCert to the Spaniards when^ their maftera mnf
departed, one of whom being retaken, wat^fc-
verdy puniChedy and three others wwe caught
two days after, being forced by hciiq;er to ^
their afylum.

On the 20th, a canoe came on board, in or-
der to trade, with fome money, and a qaantity
of limes, fowls, and other refreihments, and
this was fucceeded by another canoe on the fel«
lowing day. On the 27 th, the two Morelh came
again on board, with all the money they coqU
get, and told the captains that the country being
much alarmed, they found great difficulty in
getting leave (o come to them ; that the gover*
nor Qi Barbacore, at the head of above 200 mea

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was upon the coaft, in order to prevent the peo-
ple's trading with them, and to oppofe them in
cafe they (hould land.

In rummaging the galleon, ther^ were found
befides 320 bales of linen, woollen, and filks,
boxes of knives, &r. a great quantity of bones
in fmall boxes, ticketed with the napies of faints,
fbme of whom h^d been dead feven or eight
hundred years, with an infinite number of cruci-
fixes, rofaries, religious toys in wax, images of
faints, made of many forts of wood, Aone, and
other materials, to the amount of 30 tons, with
I ^o boxes of books, all which had been brought
from Italy, and were defigned for the Jefuits of
Peru ; but being of fmall value to the Engl'tjh
failors, they iatisfied themfelves with taking a
fample of mod forts, to early as curiofities to
EngUmdy and left the reft.

But we muft not here omit a particular cir*
cumftance. A large wooden image of the Vir-
gin Mary^ which had been either dropt or thrown
overboard, was driven to the north point of the
iiland, where fome Indians from the continent
being fiihing, they took it up and brought it to
the more, and fetting it up with great devotion,
wiped it dry with cotton, while fuch as were not
thus emploved flood around, greatly amazed,
praying and telling over their beads, fancying
that the image fweat. Soon after fome of the
people came on board one of the fhips^ and re-
ported that the fweat increafed in proportion as
they -wiped it, and fliewing the cotton to the
linguift, which they foolifhly believed to be wet
with th« fweat of the Holy Vvr^ti^ \jci\^ Vvssv^

that they fhould keep it as a cho
The Moreih phfery'ing Capt. Rogers i
this (lory, endeavoured to cure him oi
]ity, by telling him one that appeared
marvellous, and if poilible more abfu
years before there being a proceffipn
thedral church of Lima, which was
richly furniihed with ornaments in^g
and jewels, the image of the Virgin
ucu^ar adorned with diamonds and pe
fplendid ornaments were^ according
left in the church without a guard, ti
after the proce£ion, from the opinio:
would dare to be fo Sacrilegious as
church ; but an unfortunate thief r<
enrich himfelf by one daring adion,
the church at midnichc, made up to
and attempted to take oif a firing of
from the Virgin's wrid, when cacchi:
by the arm, fhe held him, till beir
that podure, he was, on the credit
racle, apprehended and executed.

On the 29th, a committee for reg
plunder was held on board the DuJ^e,
ral rewards were given to thcfe wh<
diftinguifhed themfelves, in order t(
the men to behave gallantly for the :
notwithftanding the generoficy fhe^
commanders on this occafion, a dar
tiny was, a few days after, fet on i
might have proved of fatal confequc
rot been happily difcovered by the
the Dutchejsf who happened to O'
rlDglcaders debatir.g ou \Vvt muxiYLt

R0MHd /Af W O R L D. 169

ould proceed ; for above 60 of them had
themfelves under certain articles, which
ad refpe£Uvely figned» to Hand by each
till they had obtained juftice, as they
it, in regard to the diviiion of the plun-
hich they imagined unfairly difbibuted.
f the chief promoters of this (cheme, a-
vhom was the perfon who wrote the arti-
ere immediately laid ia irons, bat were
tcr fet at liberty, upon their adcing par-
id promiiing to behave better for the fu-
Lhe captains thiuidng it would be very
3U8 for them to proceed rigoroufly with a
hen fo many were conceroeJ. To re-
11 feeds of difcontent, Capt. Rogers gave
he (Irongeft alTurances, that they ihould
fied to the utmofl in tyiGvy legal demand,
id to increafe their (hares of plunder, and
led with remonilratine to them, in a pa-
lanner, the danger of engaging in fuch
i unjuftifiable confpiracies.
he 7th of ^'fitguft it was agreed to give up
Frs. Morell and Navarre cheir reipedivc
vith fome negroes, and all the goods
lid not carry away, the latter contrading
1 200 pieces of eight for the bark and the
»n board, and to pay the remaining 3000
ranfom of Guaiaguii, which fums he was
g to Manta, where they were to expeft
thin twelve Days. Some Ladies who
I board Na'varre^ ihip acknowledged at
sparture the great civilities they had re-
iuring their being detained,

VI. Q^ ^va,?t

While tliey were u this iilanti, one Mlchsd
KtpdiUf a free negro of Jammca^ who had for
fogie tuieltv^d AS a ila^e in ibe village the Eng'
liik had {Plondered on Ehe cantitienc, came oji
bosrd, tad reUted the foUowtng rcmtrkabk «c^
count oCaif uafaccefsru] attempt made upon iH
eO^niaea. iJeobferved. that when war wai
gedand at J^maka, he embarked mader tbe
Cpmnaad of Cape. B^<ii:ard Rohens^ wto wai
joiDUd IB 00 mm J Hi] on from the governor of Ja-
4Mura with the captait^s Geldings PUkmgten^ aoj
.^^. Ttey had 106 men, and defigtied to U^
tempctfa^ tnmcaof ^ap* 7^^^ at the bottom of the
gttlpk of Darien. When having iailed fifteen
days op thiE river in cances, and akerwHards tra^
veiled-ten days by land, the S^anlatiit and /h-
^^Muhecaaie al armed, laid ambufcades, und lho£
many rOf-them. At length, the enemy having
aflexnbled upwards of ^00 men, and the Emgli0
being reda^ed to al'tout 60 Including the woundt^d«
the SfaKiarJs, after a fmaU Aiinptih, mivhkh.
the Etfli/k bad the iid¥aiita|;ff,. fent them aAy
of truce, when being inn^aat of prov]fione,4>te
tired out, and not knowing tfa«iir way back tiiif •
furrendered their arms, on condition of noDf
made prifonr-rs of war. They were treated far
tiiree days very well by the Spaniunlt 1 btitoa the
fourth, when they thought all danger had facca
pad, an ckder came from the dtMSfmUfi o(fi«
cer to cut them all off, which the hdimu and
Sfanijh troops cruelly did, as thefe poor difanacd
men iat at vi&uals, and all were in a few sninotea
malTacred, except a ^rp/r^^ArMr, zFrtncbman, aa-
£Mgii/hhoy^ and twdve few ut^tots* whom, at

t[\fuitd fii'WOR L D. 171

dlelntaceAon of a priefl, they kept far duvcs.
This nan, who was one of them, was fold and
Scot to the mines, where he cleared at lead three
pieces of eight a day for his mailer, and was af-
tBTwards removed to this place. The reft of
ttiefe anhappy omtives were farther up the coun-
tff , where they had no opportunity to efcape.

Gorgofta lies in 3^ north latitude, about fix
lea{;flfcs fit>m the main, and is about three leagues
in length, but narrow. At a diftance it appears
liiBt three hills. It is full of wood and tall trees,
among them is the Fa/fna Maria^ of which the
SfMiardsmtike mtads, and from it a balfam ilTues,
that is efteemed efficacious in feveral diieafes. 1 1
lias a variety of trees and plants peculiar to thefe
hot climatesr The animals found here are mon-
keys, guinea-pigs, hares, lizards, and lion-li-
cards, whidi change their colours, and are fine
creatnre*. The people caught here a very difa-
greeablc creature, which Mr. Rogers fuppofes to
be of the monkey-kind ; it had fome litde re-
iemblance of one of thofe animals of the mid-
€liiag fize, only its hair was thicker and longer,
its face, eyes, and nofe were lefs, and more wrin-
kled and deformed ; its ears were fmaller, its
teeth longer and fharper, its hinder parts more
clumiy, and its body thicker in proportion, with
a verv (hort tail ; befides, inftead of five fingers,
it had only three on each paw, with the claws
longer and fharper. On their letting this ani-
mal go at the lower part of the mizen-fhrouds.
It was about two hours in getting to the mad-
£ead, which a monkey would have performed
in half a minute; it moved i^a \^ \x ^w'iJJsA^Xs^

CL2 ^^^

1 7 2 Captain Wood e t Rooe r sV Vcyagi

art, keeping an equal flow pace, at if all it#
movemenu had been direded by concealed
clock work. The Spaniards very properly call
it a Sloth, and fay it feeds on the leaves'cf a cer-
tain lofty tree, and when it hat deared one,
before it can get down, aad walk a little way to
find and climb another, it will becoaie lean aod
almoft ftarved.

There are al(b in thia ifland feveral fpecies of
^reat and finali fhakes, which are fo nnmerom,
that it is dangerous for a man to walk the iflandf
for fear of treading on them.

Near the coaft are feveral forts of fifli im«
known in our feas, befides great plenty of mul-
lets, but they are hard to be caught with a hook
and line, this Mr. Rogen fuppofes to be occa*
iioned by the dearnefs of the water, which ena-
bles them to fee and avoid the hook. Here are
likewife abundance of pearl oyflers, and fomc
white coral.

As to birds there are not many, except a large
£brt of fowl called caracofos ; but in the rocki
there are a multitude of bats, which fly about
the ifland in the night.-

.^ rv U R L D,

. ^ C H A P. VI.

nejf leavi G or gonZf an J /at/ to Tcfames ^^
iobere they trade ^\iith the inhabit ar,ti ; froi
thence they proceed to the Gallapagos ijlands

. mid afternuardi to the {Jlandi Tre? Marias,
nnhich are defcribed^

HA V J N G complcated their bufinefs at the
|flan4 Gprgona^ they fet (ail on the 7th of
Jngfifty and about ten days after took a jbark of
70 tons burthen, bound from Panama to / itna ;
Diit die had very little on board, bcfides pafTcn-
gers, from whom they learned that the whole
coail was alarmed, and the inhabitants under
the greatcft apprehenfions, from their dreading
^ vilit fropi thp Englifliy ever fince their taking
GMaiaquif, ♦

- On the 25th the barks entered the bay of 7V-
ames^ and in a few hours the confort-fhips came
o an anchor near them. Mr. White^ the linguifl,
entured aihore without orders, with ^ Spanifi
rifoner, and landed jufl as it grew dark, oppo-
:e the houfes> when fome Indians^ lying in am-
lib, fired upoi) thein, while others di^harge i
.'ir arrows and lances, tho* they called out tQ
?m in Spani/h that tliey wee friends. They had
vever the happinefs to efcape being (hot, and
lidc then)felve§ all night, during which time
e on board concluded chat they were eikher
;d or taken prifoners : but at day -light thev

174 G^^/««Woocts ^ocinTTrff^ge

called igain to the hiSutni and pre%^$iiled
them to trade, provided their padre, who Ifi
fix kagtiet off, would give hU con fern, 1
Imgoift told them there was il padre
board % and they def>nng to fee hJm, he \
fent ad^orCt where be wrote a tetter to the prj
of the ^l^iitt eamelUy recommend in g a era
and expraffii^ the mnny civilities (hewn to h
and the other Spamfti prifonc^r^ : A i the Hime d:
he let the people know how eafily the Ef^i
could land and barn the church and hcafea ; \
thatdley were full of chanty, and kind to th<
in their power. This had a good effeft* and d;
promim that the next day they wou]d trade w
them ^ Whether the p^dre confented on not. (
the boat*! reillirnin| with the priefl to the (k
Ke brought with him one of the Indi^i^ w
entered^ it with a Jook of great furpri^e, a
was much delighted widi the great cabin,
^ which he Ijiid himfelf down; he was naked, fl
lay on his fide, gas^mg wildly with a look of J
dolence and adibiratioDj for ati hour rogeth
tjU Cape. Rogerst giving him a dram of bfarit
a few toys, and fotne old haize for cloathii
led him out, and he was carried afiiorc* At t
fame time the reft of the boats, full of c$t
with the men well armed, rowed np a creek 1
frefh Water ; when accidentally meeting Wi
one of the chief InJiam^ who was painted ft
armed with Bows and arrows, he advi(ed du
to go hiaher up the river, btherwife the W«
would be Drackifh : they offered him a dram c
of a quart bottle of ilrong brandy, on Which
drank the major part of it ai-once, ajod w«

RonnJ thi WORLD. 175

•way extremely plcafed, telKng them that they
ihould be fapplied with what uiey wanted from
the village.

At night they received a letter from the padre,
to aiTure them that he would not interrupt their
trade ; and the next day they fold on ihore baize
end other eoods for black cattle and hogs. It waa
obierved that the red paint wiih which the In-
diant were at fird daubed, was a declaration of
war ; but after they had amicably treated with
t]»e Englifli^ they rubbed it off, though they ilill
kept their arms. A prefent was made them of
three large wooden imagea of Sfanifi? faints, to
adorn their church, and this they accounted a
great favour ; and Mr. Rogers fent a feathered
cap to the chief Indiaft*5 wife, which was likewife
well received, and in return he had a prefent of
bows and arrows.

The boats having brought a fufficient quantity
of black cattle, hogs, plantains, water, and
other provifions, and the (hips being heeled and
cleaned, they fet the pried afhore, and gave him,
according to his defire, a handfome young fe-
male negroe, of whotn he appeared fonder than
became his fundtion, with fome baize, linen, and
Other things, as a reward for promoting their
trade. They alfo fent a male negroe and a
piece of baize, to the lecames padre, as an ac-
knowledgment of his kindnefs ; and afterwards
put on (hore their ufelefs negroes.

The village of Tecames lies in a bottom, and
confided of only feven honfes and a church, all
of them low-built, of fplit bamboes, and co-
tcred with palmetto leaves \ thc^ vi w^ ^x^^tA. ^^

1 7 5 Captain Woo pes R oc e r»V Vpyai

pods, with hog llies under them ; and to
to them they had pieces of timber with
inftead of Hairs. The men employed thei
in killing uild fwine with bows and
and in Itriking £{h uith their lances, ;
which they were very dexterous. The
had only a piece of baize tied about th
and carried their children at their backs.

On the 3 III of Jupufi they iailed fr
bay, with a fortnight's freih provifions on
in hogs and cows. The next day they
veral grampuffes and young whales, c
with the thrafhers and fword-hih, and abi
of water- fnake», one of which was con
the fide of Mr. Ccokes (hip, but the m
it off; the Spaniards fay, that there is no i
fuch as are bit by them*

On the loth of Septemhtr they made
the Gallapagos iflands, and there laid i
ficient fupply of excellent turtle, befidcs
quantity of.fiQi, which they fplit and
The Spaniards reckon fifty of thefe iilan
only one of them yields freQi water.
alx)i]nd with fea and land birds ; among
tcr are hawks and turde-doves, both io
to fufFer themfelvcs to be knocked down
fiick : here are alfo feals, fo fierce as
tack any man who comes in tlrcir wa
Capt. Rogers experienced ; he was on th
fand, when one of thefe animals cam
mouthed at him out of the water, as qu
as fierce as the moll angry maftifF let loo:
defended himfeif by fticking a pike, he
,his hand, into the creature's hrcafl, on

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fce rtdfed a litdj^t but came on again^ and this
V9t repeated* till having received three wounds,
ii^ fetitated foarling and i)»ewing )m long xt^rk
ipalof the waier«

. Oa the 17th. of -Mtntdftr they fet fail again,
iAmI on the 4tli of 02?«Mr came up with the ifUndt
calMKi ?m MerMAi where t^ev ftaid ti)l the ^4th»
lataiGeinwoodandivatdr; bat it was nctf. with*
Ml ^iiQciilty .tliey iband a ftream that was
wiioIeibme,*all the fprings they met wa^h^ ^x?
cept two, from which they fapplied themfelves,
^fOi% not only bma> bat ^![^^S V^^^^V* ^^
ca£o9ed ^tber by their paffing tnroagh l)e38 of
miDerals* or amflPf bittrr roots of plants. While
tlicy were there^ icven negroes out of ten, that
iMnt £n«t alho#(i:t9 Ctftfripg, dcfiniM i^« tke
woods* ♦

: The aUdlempft-of the diiet jiUndst named
Vtris Afarj«i,isfitit«ted 19 2i<^ 3V-H>i'Nrld|kl|ttitode«
ait a finaUi^iSaiiceiliqMgLtheooftft.of ^Jfoeir^^
)ie lin a raogp at Marly equal diftan^a ^-^un-^acb
0thcfr, about fo«r i«Bgiie«,aianden The b^cgeft^
«el«ckil tha lusft^rmofti. iMbpat fi¥«.kifMcs Im
If 1^1 <be^midd)«»<|ft iSput thieaf and the
^mPWcAfcufXlcnSkk pear the (fliaQeft W two
#r^tbriy( broken wlM^t^odl:! oi«(:Of tbo bater-
moft appeared, 4f; >a dtftaiifevs fp likf i| Aip • uii-
^ iaU, that, a figffiil wa» given fi»,ft chace,
iHlfetbey ibon/^i|<4 iJi^ir mjtake*., :- . j
. Ti^ trees a»dihrp(WMrvi^ipi^oMarted^^^
were ligjniim vitae^ Jbirch, (tik-gjui^^. prickle*
j>e>r, eyphqibiiNia.. 4nd HMqy :Otharat tThcy
faw abandance of-difopnt ^ts of .piMmc^idovet^

178 Cttpuih W00DS8 ftoMtt^ fS|S^ft

hammiiii birds, mtny btwki of ▼flriOtf»itM»M^
lonrs, Md bats widi tbe Mt» And ikxA refe«Mtty
thofeofamoafei many ||tuMit- Ibatfr h M U M i
rabbits, and excellent hareSj irfriMi iii lidi Ml
than ours. I'here were llidi ilNialbM ff fMoi
tnrtle, that two men lflt^^hf 'ftlHiiwH' HttaNll
hundred in onenigbt; the 1ft li^M ^d> vjMN
rock fi(hv cihrallos, yeObw^iaBl, cttr-iBfll'i- M
in theofing, albaceret, beifcicd», &i^ jailW iii ^
fluuyothera. ■ ■ ,

CH A P4 VHff /

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ON tiM i5tli 6t0Mtt f?^; tef fiOoi
fram tbe iflands Tris Mihto; a«d ftaeilii|
to the north, on the 26th lent tto harit Ob tie
ihore of pMT/tf ^^^> htOUi/kn^f in feimk of
water. Themenfaw fonse JiH&ae/»whoMdKHei
to them on bark-logs, but were i^l irft iMaidef
coming up to them ; bot being jifsevailed' Oil li
accept a knife or two, and fome bafaw^. Aef

fave them in return a couple of livofeaBe^ i
6er-lkin, and two bladders of water*
Qn the 19th fome of the crew ventttted m
fhore on bark-logs ; for the fea wasfo high, dtff
did not dare to attempt landing yinxh tkmr boats.
Upon this oGcafion the good-natored hduuu
leaped into the Tea to gaide the bark-logs^ ani
on their getting afhore die Indiams led eacaoftlio '
^ff^/i/^ up $be bank, where wa&SLtie&d muck^Mi*..

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htA H deer- (kin fpread on the ground, on which
they kneeled before the EngUjhy who followed
tbeir example, axKl kneeled too ; the Indians
then wiped the witter ofF the faces of the Englijh
with their hands. 1 his ceremony being enaed»
etch (^the failors, fupponed by two of the na-
tivea, was led (lowly through a narrow path to
their butts, where they were welcomed by a very
^oU kind of mufic, which was made by an In-
doM robbing two jagged (licks acrofs each other,
snd humming to it. They then all fat down on
the ground, and having regaled their gueils
with broiled fi(h, attended them back in the
fame manner, with the laiiian mufic. The na-
tives brought a fample of every thing they had,
except their women, children, and arms : fome
of their knives, which were made of (harks
teftk, and a few other of their curio(ities, the
£dIors brought with them on board, and pre-
lented to Capt. Rogers.

1 he pkice where they landed was inhabited
by about 200 hJioMs, who lived in hutts made
6[ boughs of trees and reedi, built in the form
of bowers, with a fire before the entrance, and
there they lay and (lept. The men were naked,
and the women have only a (hort petticoat made
of fiik-grafs, deer-fkins, or thofe of pelicans,
vriiich do not reach to the knee ; fome of them
wear pearls about their necks, having firft notch-
ed theoi round, and faflened them with a ftring
ef (ilk-grafs ; for Capt. Rogers fuppofes that they
knew not how to bore them. Thefe pearls were
mixed with little red berries, (ti.ks, and bits of
flidli, which they coii&deit4 «a l^ &\.^ lisw ^x\a.>

1 So Capfmn WooDBS-Rookftt*/ WSftg/f J

ment, that thoagh the EmMk imk glafeJwidb:^ /
ftivcral colours, thqr wodd aofeiaiMt of thlHk /

j'^ ^-i g; I

iagind hiwtiiig, and hav»-»
Emropiom knivct, fciflktt* cod in
orfilver. They havelottgUflflkluir.
ft dark brown complerioik IMr Wfmrmmhmm 1
and arrows, with which thcv an f iMiHaw iiailhfi 1
men, and will flioot a faau ,biid ffyiB|^.nnih
bows are aboot fix feet long,, qtadeof a^lMHd^fS
fliantwood; the ftringis forawdof filbipRMf
and the arfowa, which are (bar 'ieet-wljiMf
ib length, are made of }oiated:ciiie^iiMMk'Av
long feathers, about a foot fren the
the (Iring ; |it the other cndii^iaada pie
wood, pointed with a Auuy Caper .^M.7 r^le
women, who are far from' haamune, V^Mbp
Ihemfdves in gathering andr^griidiagffnMM
ilone, and in making <» &(hing*liiies« 'fk^M
an honelt people, and would not take Cke Isai
thing wichoQt leave ; theyiwere willing tnaBI
the Englijh in 61!ing thewalery and tofimdf
them with wliatever thef ooeld get. The oiw
of Puirf4 Sfguro has pknQr'of' nUiaconet^*4d'«»
phrns, ' mallets, bream, and other fifh, wfakh
the natives are ^rery dcoerooS'^at.firilun^isliA
their wopden inftramentsfrom their flo8|s»; which
are made of five pieces of wood,^ and aie aaovii
with ftiort paddles ; ^they firequently leap oflr;dM
floats and Arike the fifh when they ere near the
bottom : they alfo dive and bring up peart ojrftem
from the rocks. Some of the faikMY tM
Capt. Rog^rs^ that they faw one of the» dive
wjc/i his ii2ilramentt, and wbsk bt waa eidtt

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water, put up his llriker with a fiih upon the
point of it, which was taken oJf by another,
who watched by him on a bark-log. '1 o this
that gentleman fays he gave the more credit, as
he himftlf threw Tome rully knives overboard,
on purpofe to try thei'e excellent divers, and they
feldom mUied catching a knife before it was funk
more than three or four fathoms.

From the mountains down to the fea the land is
rocky, but intermixed with pleafant vales and
plains. 1 he foil is fandy, and in this place pio-
duces only a fewfhrubby buOies of different fortF,
that aiFord thcfe people feveral kinds of fruit and
berries, which fupply the place of bread : in
particular, here are round berries refembling
thofe of the ivy, which they dry at the fire, and
the infide looks and eats fomewhat like parched
peas. Another fort, like a currant, has a white
pulp and eats tartiih, has a large Itone w ithin
that refembles a bird's eye, and a kernel that
tafles agreeably. They have a fmall black (eed,
which they grind upon flones, and then eat it
by handfuls. Capt. Ceokes men ufed to thicken
their broth with it, and faid it ferved as well as
flour ; but when boiled in water it tades fome-
thing like coffee. 1 he have likewife a fruit
growing in cods, theoutdde of which i% green,
and peels off, and within, upon a ftalk, are ma-
ny black feeds like the head of a clove, which
the natives alfo eat, they having the taflc and
fmell of green peas, i^efides thefe there arc
feveral other pLmts, roots, and feeds, and a kind
of yams refembling thofe of the H^'eft Mies.
They have alfo many fom of V>'\\^^, v^vst^^V'^-

VOL. VI. ^ ^^^^

itz Captmn WoodesRooimV ^V'^
roD» wild ducks, and, anuing maay otbm
Enebirdofthefi^teofahla^^iUit DUtitobl
it of a dark greep, itt,beUy yd|oWsfli» ^die i
and uil ard black, vdktiMtkMnitn&fft
tbersamoiiff die dark ones op its hold, .

During UUB tima d»e fluni ftiul there % jui
ther waa fisrene and pMant^ and;iMl» oC^
men, who went in thabarikiAaatiiftqii ktt
to the northward tovkwi>^ ctmn^gf^'(6m
was thive ooveredwith.taiLkr4e»i^4UMl thi^A

that were found among the peQpk JTeetiied * P
that they had their winting«i«afi)atr wlmt
went faAbtr op iA.to the cowiftvjr 10 mvg^i^
chace. They had nothing.Ui^«u4feiisQr fi
utions about them. The loag My gf ^ i
/i^ mi4e thct natives ^i¥ fiMniUai^ iridi 4k
and they fteqoentiy went on board tf> vimr
(hips, which they migfitily adnjred. ^ Ai
was given to one of theni» but heibon tofe
pieces, and gave it to his companiont to pnt
feeds in they ufe for bread.

They now began to d^fgUi of tikii^
Mamia ihip, a month havi^ elgp&d fincc
ufual time of her paiU^g toat ws^yi but
the general joy, ihewas ducoyeiedon the
of Decemiir, Capt. Roggn having no Spirit
liquors, ordered, on the aad, ,a large ketti
chocolate to be made for the (bip*s compi
and, after prayers, begfin the engagement, w
continued very fmart for ibme time, whei
ftruck. She had a larger ManiU ftip in %
pany, but had parted with her three month;
fore. . This prize was called Nuejira S€n§rfi
^ffcarn^mn, and ^ {I'vfon^^ i^id theeaij

Round /;&/ W O R L D. 183

India amounted to two millions of dollars : (he
tnoanted 20 guns, and carried 193 men» of
whom nine were killed and ten wounded. Capt.
kogers received a (hot through the left cheeky
that ftruck away a great part of hit upper jaw,
with feveral of his teeth, fomc of which dropped
upon the deck where he fell, he however loft no
men, and had only one wounded bofides him-
felf.

On the 25th, the Dutchefi and Marquis went
Out of the harbour in Order to cruize for the
great Manila (hip, and the fame day two fen*
tries were placed to keep a good look-out on the
top of a hill, with orders, if they faw three iiul
in the offing, to mike three wafts with their co^
lours. The fame afternoon the iignal being made
from the hill, all theprifoners, amounting to 174,
being fecured aboatd the bark without arms, rud-
der, ^s, or a boat, 22 hands were left to guard
them ; Capt. Rogers^ though in a very weak con«>
dition, and his head and throat much fwelled,got
under fail, and continued the chace all ni^ht ; but
he could not, however, jg;tt up before the Mar-
quis was difabled ; he inluntly engaged ; the at-
tack was renewed feveral times, till a cheft of
arms and cartouch- boxes took fire, when all the
three fhips being much damaged, it was thought
proper, confidering the force of the enemy's
ihip, and the great number of men on board, to
purfue her no farther.

After this bloody, though fruitlefs engagc-
' mentr in which they loft many of their men,
iuid Capt. Rogers was again unfortunately woun-
'iied, having part of his hce\-)Doi« \a^w,T^ ^^ V^ *».

S"-'tHl ^^'' ^^^y ^^^ leftot tneir oia itore, mi

fufficienc to ferve them in the long ran the;
about to take acrofs the South-Sea,

They nowrefolved toman the prize, to
they gave the name of the Batchelor frigat
Mr. try and Mr. Stramn were, aftf r XDu
pute, Yoted to command her^ as captain
nave the full charge of navigating the ve£
der Capt Dover ^ but his office was only
that nothing ihould be done contrary to
tereft of the owners, and the (hip*8 cox
They then appointed the ifland of Guam
place of rende^voMSj and prepared tQ fyjX
JoA'Indies.

c HAP. vm.

% ayfi tie 6outfa*Sea, Md naebihi iJlmiJ of
Gnaiiiy 'mkeri tlkymut moiih mi agtttmUi re*
cfftiamfrwrn ite Spjuaiih gtwrwr^ mut'fuHbafi
frovijim. . fhtjf afUrmcwrds touch «/ Boutos
^aml^ omd /hm iioKCi/m/ to Butzvin^ mfhero
ihty nfit tto Vifibi and froctoding to tho Cape
0f Good Hope/ /v/armmrifr 41 Dotch comtoyto
EttTopCp

3N the loth of JoMtuay ihty weighed from
PMorto Stguto^ bat did not lofe« fight of
ind till thi; I aih ; they however contimied tbeur
oytge wi^ fuch feocefi, that o« the lOth of
uu'ch they eane wkhin fight ot-Si&fmfM
sdGumn^ two- of the Udrom iitmd§. THo
xt dny they, fteemd to the hcter, having
sn ell day viewed- hy the nativet in different
«as, who pa^d hv themwith prodigtout eelo*
; bat wottU-BOtjietndiiced to come on board.
;y were onder an abfolnte neceffity of poc«r«
a fapply of ^vifiooft efisecially of bread
flooy, of whJkih they had not tnoajj^ for
eea days at. the iborteft. albwanosi it was
fore raolvdji to got ibme of the inhabicame
«rd, and^ to detain them at 4iMagca^.i#
hey ihooU beMig^ tofeijid any ot* their
9^h(» govemorv' Tniev aoboidiogly took
«yv«ri6 who Jiaikd them* and ame on
u.they Hgnti tpriij*g into the haiUar ^wisek

1 86 Ctfi0h WoODBt RoGiittV f^tymge
Sfsmjb colours. One of theie thcf detained bjr
wayofkoftife, wiak the odutf w»1m afliare
with two linguiftfy ouryine a letter to the eo- 4
vemor of thejphc^ in miek tlicy denumded
the libeitjr of wdiog in a peaoedble umxana for
protrifipiit'aild refrefiioientfr;. for which Aef
would not 011I7 pny iminediafelyv but behifv^in
tferj odwr refpcS Vkt ftieadi, duieanraig» in
cafe of refbfal, to aa opcnlf at enemies.

The next inonung tbe Z)iKitoiigAV pinnace vai
feat afliore with a flag of tmce^ tor ^e crew of
which the natives bmvcd with great eordsalky,
promifhig to fupply them with fuch proTifiont »
they coura ipare, provided the governor wonU
give theft leave. ' About hoQO oi» ot ^kkflhi^
goifb' fetumed^ and Immekt wbh him Axti
^4m(/t pmHtmttk, whohmightan'anfweriit^
'nie governoTy exuteffiiig his rtadiAeis tcs tfoMfi^
mochte them wim whatever the ifland HfftudtA.
In return to this polite declaration, a reprefenta-
tive was fent. from etch ihip to wait nponthe
governor, and make him aA handfooie prefeat
for bis civility and readinefi to fopply thetti.

On the 1 6th in the morning fevcral of theoffi-
cers went in the pinnace to accept of an invitatioa
. they had received from the governor to dine
with him on flK>re. They were treated withtS
imaginable friendship and refpedi; 200 men
were drawn up in arms at their landing, and the
officers and clergy of the ifland conduced them
to the governor's houie, which was a verv hand«
fome edifice, confidering where it was ntuated.
They were entertained with at leaft fixty diffe-
fept diihes, and when they took Acir leshre were

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ftluted by a volley of fniall arms. In return
they prclcntcd the governor with two ncgroc
boysdrelTed in liveries, zri yards of fcarlet fcrge,
and fix pieces of cambrick, with which he fecm-
ed extremely pleafed.

The ifland of Guam is about 40 leagues round ;
the anchoring place is on the well hde, and a-
bout the middle is a large cove, with feveral
houfes built in the Sfanijh tade, with accommo-
dations for the officers and crew of the Aeapulc9
Ihip, the fettlement being made on piirpofe for
that (liip, to take in necelTaries and refrefhments
in her way to Manila, There are about 300
Spaniards in this and the neighbouring iflands,
and moft of the natives arc converts to their re-
ligion. They told Capt. Rogen that they had
there eight priefts, fix of whom taught fchool,
befidcs performing their office as priefts. They
had alfb fchodls taught by Mvlattoet and Indians
who have learned the Spanijh tongue, which is
underftood by moft of the natives.

The ifland of G««« is full of hills, dales, and
ftreams of good water ; it produces the bread-
fruit, the cocoa-nut, and other fruit natural to
the foil and climate, befidcs oranges, lemons,
citrons, muflc and water- melons, which were
originally brought thither by the Spaniards. The
indigo plant grows wild in fuch abundance,
thajt were they intluftrious, they might make
great quantities of that valuable article of com-
merce ; but being fo remote and out of the way
of trade, they make noufcofit. They have
plenty of cattle ; but th«y arc lean, fniall, and
generally white. '1 he hogs here make the belt

1 98 Ci^tmm Woodii RoobriV F^y^

pork in the world, from their feeding almolt
entirely on cocoa nauand bread- fruit : and were
not the Spaniiirds extrcmefy Hothful, they might
have ini>ft of the delicitcies and even fuperHuidei
of life tif their own growth*

The governor lives on the north fide of the j
iflftnd, where there is a fmall village and a con-
v«Dr, and this is the chief rettlement of the Spti- \
nii^rJt^ who marry with the natives. There
were not at that time above four Sp&rfifi? women
oi^ the iflatid : but thougltthe people had plenty
of provifionir and lived pretty mucK at their e^fe^
yet money wa^ fo fcarce among them, that they
could not raife taoo dollars in the whok jfland
tQ parchafe cmmodities from the ihjps, which
they would gladly have dotie. There were there
about :^oo fold^ers, who received their pay from
ManUa hy a fmall fllip which arrived once a ye^r, '
and brought them cloathp, fngar, rice, and

The native InSans ijet, alU firong, and of %
dark olive colour « thejr jU go Dake49 «xcept
weariag^a cloui t>cfpre, aad the wonu^ii a little
petticoat. The i|»en. are dexteiOQt ac flinMogi
and make nfe of pieces of day of an oval ton|»
which they burn tili it it «i hard aa o^fu:^ \
they are excellent markfineo, for the ^imMb
fay' they feldom xniia hitting any niark» and
throw with fach force u to lull a inan at a con-
fiderablediilai^ce *•

* See a farther accniint of this and the tther h^dnH
iHands in commodore An^onl iQ'ifyt rpund the World,
Vol. VII. fhap. ]|;. andXL

Pound /-&* W O R L D. 189

Having wooded, watered, and each fhip re-
ceived its dividend of provifions, which in that
commanded by Capt. Rogers amounted to four-
teen fmall bullocks, fixty hogs, ninety-nine
fowls, twenty-four bafkets of iW/^/r corn, four-
teen bags ©F rice, forty- four bafkets of yarn.*,
and 800 -cocoa nuts, they on the 21ft of March
got under fail, and after fuffering fcveral ftorms,
and being again under the apprehenfions of
wanting provifions, they, on the 25th of May,
made Botaon ; to which ifland both the Duke and
Dutcbefs fent their pinnaces, which foon returned
with plenty of cocoa-nuts, and reported that the
inhabitants, who fpoke the Malayan tongue, be-
haved with great civility. At this time the vef-
fels endeavoured in vain to find any ground,
though the Duke founded witib a line of 80 fa-
thoms, and almoft run her boltfprit afhore. In
the mean while ftveral canoes brought fowls,
Indian com, cecoa-nuts, pumpkins, &r. which
they exchanged for goods with the failors.
Some officers that were fent on fhore in the yaw!
and pinnace, were received by the king and his
nobility in a very courteons manner, and pro-
jnifed a fufficient fupply of a!l neceiTaries. Both
his majedy and all his attendants were bare-
footed, and had no other covering bat a cloth
fatlenrd round their waifts.

After cruizing round the head-lands, and
founding for three or four days,^they call an-
chor in between 30 and 40 fathoms water. The
Duke's boat, which had been fent afhore, about
this time returned with fome Malayans in a ca-
ni)e, who had been ptcv^kj^e^. o\v^^ ^x^W^a»^-^

1 90 Ci^.W6t^DuKbQmA9fiif^ .

come on board, bat thty were of tto ufe, there
being llQ^e oa boand titber of the (hip^ ^ble tci
difeonrie ivith them ; and Cftpt. Dtntttf who had
n linguift on boards refuied to kad hlm^ tliough
upon fo nccenary &n occafion, neither could thole
people be prevailed upon to go aboard the B^n
€b§brf ind che/ were impaitenc to be gcne^
thOQgk l^r. Rogers treaced them with Aveettneati |
bOweveTp sx parting they iuad« figns, and point-
ing to the land called out Ee&icet

it WIte then determined to fend Mr. Dampiir^
whowu Capt. R&girs*s pihce, attended by Mr,
YMbrttth^ Mr* C^nndy^ and the Hnguift, to dif-
cover rae lown^ and wait on the king, to dcftre
n fiippiy of proviso ns, which chey would gladly
pty Kir. The next day a meiTenger from the king
came on board widi a letter from the EvgUjh offi-
CtriyV^ had been received ^i^ty courteoafly,and
promiTedafoppIyof profiiiottijn oiftrtkycottlcl
come to an agietonent. TbofeAn board flM«lnd
the meflengtr, and thofe who camof With biaii
ikmples of wbat they had to difpofii ofy vnde
them prefenti, and emcrtiioed diem' g a ^r e ly *
They miule the king a. mfeo^ of a bUhop^t
mitre, which was.gnfeefuly acce|^ted» andMt
the meKTenger and hu atiendants^ going olF, tiie]^
were faluted with five gans and tinoe haaaai
from each fhlp. ...

The inhabitants now bro!|ight..fowl^ JMw

, corn, andcocoa-nuu toexchaBgiwithiihei?«i:«

lijh ; but they held them at a high price. Two

days after the pinnace retorned from the towo»

with a myfterious account of the proceeding* on

/horc, aad Mr. Dampiir brou^Vkt^€mall<\ttan<'

Rom^t ih W O R L D. 191

^ty of provifions as a present for the comman-
ders ; but the two Other officers were left behind
to difpatch what they could aeree for. The next
day ieveral of the principal inhabitants came from
the town with a Portuguefe linguift, under the
pretence of looking at the goods, and carrying
famples to the king, when the Eftglijh, by their
thus trifling, began to be afraid that they (hould
get nothing of them at laft, and fent the Dut-
€hefi% pinnace to hurry away the officers as faft
as poilibley with what provifions they had al-
ready got, and to agree with the ?ortugueJe lin-
guift.

By th^ 4th of June they had got a pretty
good fupply of provifions from the country peo-
ple, and determined to wafte their time no lon-
ger in that placet buf to iail to Batavia. The
next day the pinnace returned with Mr. Connely^
who informed the Enghpi, that the king of Bou-
$ott would have obliged them to take a quantity
of provifions at an extravagant price, and de-
tained Mr. Fwtbrugh till the money was paid.
The fanie day fome of the nobility came with
four lath of rice, and a cafk of arrack, which,
for difpatch fake« was immediately agreed for,
and when they were gone, the Portuguefe linguift
came to fell fome provifions of his own, but
brought no news of the Ettglijh on ihore, which
raifed a fufpicion that the natives had fome ill de-
^gn. They therefore refolved to keep him till
their bout returned; bot he being jealous on ac-
count of ihe cool reception he had met with, got
out of the (hip ifito hif own canoe^ a.wd\^x4^^
away asfajft.aspoffiUe; b\ax \ifc ^^.^WiTw^>4^

V*:

19s ^^S^woSSSlSSff^^^^^^^

taken by the j-awl, when ali who worked ^ttbc
canoe jumped into the Tea. but were taken uphy
the I)iiti:hifs\ pinnace* and the linguif^: was 1.
gain broii|ht aboard « where feeing he w^s likely
to be codhnt^d, h^ fcnt his canoe to the town to
defirc the lai mediate difmilHon of the Bnglifii*
On the 7 th Mr. y^^inhrugb and aU ike men
returned in the pinnace, having parted very
friendly with the Itmg ; but they could not get
a inlot for any tnoney, T hefefpre^ after having
difiniiTed the IJnguiil^ they began to umnoor the

flUM

The i/land of B^utQn is (^tuated ir* 5" 20' foulh
latitudcj and is near 30 leagues long, The^inha-
UUmts fay the king can raife 50,000 men, Jind
that all the adjacent inlands are fubjct^t to him.
TITielr poverty being a fuffideut fccurity, they
arc. t>ot afraid of the DuicL 1 hey fpeak the
Malayan laiigaagc, are of the fmall middle kit^
and well fet ; ihcy arc of a dark olive coni'
pTexion, and have very indifferent features*
They profefs the M^hi^nHian religion ; but know
little of it exct^pt bathings abflaming from hog'ji
ffeik, and ill keeping nmpy wires* No fpke

■grows here but a few nntuicj^s,.

On the 3th ni y^uu^ihty weighed anchor. Mid
the foil owing day came up wiijh a veliel boiwid
for MacsiffurtSff a Dutch fettlcnietu on the ^ith
of Cikhcs. The ma^fteri who- vva» a MnUyan^
agreed to pilot them to Batm^iu for a fmail gfi-
tuity, provided it was kept feact fiom the Dm^L
On the zQth they entered , the road of Bat&^a*
and landed there on MWtt^/ii^^thG z i ft by their

ownrcQkonisig ; but oul Wp*ijf* Job* the 2 2d,

Xmm/ iti W O R LD. 193

by the Dufcb account, thcv having loll eighteen
hours by failing roond to the wedward, and the
Du/c^ got fix nours in going to the eaftward,
which makes one whole day> as is always the
cafe in failing round the globe.

Two days after the commanders waited on the
governor, who having approved fheir com million
as private ihips of war, promifed them all the af-
fiftahce poflible, but was not very cxa6t in keep-
ing his word ; for it was a long time before they
could obtain fctve to careen their (hips. How-
ever, on the 23d of July^ they hoved down up-
on Hom idand; provifions were fold to them at
an extravagant high price, and they could not
obtain an audience of the governor when wanted,
without bribing the fecretary and guards.

This ifland was very inconvenient to careen
at ; but they could not be permirted to do this
work at Unrefiy where the Dufcb careen tWir
(hip>, neither were the Dutch carpenters fuffered
to afiift them ; fo that they u«re obliged to make
nfe of Ma/ayan caulkers. To compL'te thefe
opprefiive mvafores, the government would not
permit any of the Duub to parchafe the Marquh^
which the officers had agreed to part wit^i, fo
that they were obliged to fell her at a low price
CO the firft EngHJh bidder. .

dpt. Rf^irs recovered his health very (lowly.
While he*wattt i^/«aw0hehad a maiket (lio^
cutout of hit.chetki wliichhad>^n millaken
for a part of his jaw-bone ; and (everal (\ linters
were eztraAed frcMn hfs Keelv Wheto he went
ton board» he found that he hod Men hitherto a

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194 Cnftaimy/ootE%.lifii^0l^J^fig£ ;
fl ranger to the humoar of his ihip's compan
now law them hugging each other, and b!«
thrmfelves that they were come to fuch a
lioiis place for punch ; where they could
arrack for 8d. a gallon, and fugar for i
pound. They were ready to quanel who tt
make the next bowl ; for now labour was v
more than liquor, though a few weeks bef
bowl of punch would ^ve been worth hal
voyage *.

On the 1 2th of O^oher, having laid in a
ply of provifions, and the men and officer
*Vg ftiniiihed with fuch receiTaries as they v
ed, they ftt fail for the Cafe rf Good Hoft,
on the 28th of Decmber came to an anch
the Capt harbour. They faluted the Dutch
with nine guns, and the compliment was ret
ed with feven. Here they waited for a co
fill the beginning of ^riV, and on the 6th
f<t fail ; the whole fleet coniifted of 1 6 I
and 9 Englijh (hips.

During diis voyage from the Cape \q Hoi
the moil exafl difcipline was obierved b)
whole fleet, and all imaginable refped fhew
the Dutch admiral, though he only commai
a trading (hip belonging to the Eafi'-lmiia c
pany. This gentleman was a man of abiJ
and great goodnature. He behaved very
fpedlfully to the Englijh^ often entertaining
commanders on board hit own ihip.

* See a more particular account cf Bmows In R
wtiiCt voyage for ihc iifcoTcry of fouthera kadtf cha

Rmn^ th VV O R 1 B. igj (

On tlie Z3t3 oF Ji^ th<*y ^U arrived in the
JVat*-/, wh^^^ the Dfl/i-i fixed all their guns, an"
ibe £jrj/j^' falutcd the comnnodarc an<l flag wiij
fevi^ral rounds. They weighed anchor from cli
Tcxd on I he 2 id of Sepitmher^ and on the ad i
OcloBir 171 1, arrived fafein the Dt/wnu havfn^
fpent jufl three years ami two months in Tait^ngj
.round the world, reckonuig the day they had Im
as above-nientioned* J

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