YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY A N HISTORICAL ACCOUNi' '' -PEA LiL THE - VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, ' PERFORM K »> B y -^ ENG LI SH NAVIGATOR Si INCLUDING THOSE LATELY tJNDERTAKEN By Order of his Present AlAJ pST Y, ''"'the wjiole **'"' Fairfifully "Extrajfted from the JouRNAt,? of the -- 'VOYAGERS. Anson, undertaken in 1740-44 Byron, Wallis,Carteret, Cook, An4 1764-66 i766-6« 1766-69 1768-7^ Drake, undertaken in 1577-80 ijAVENBisH,' ' ;..: n ii;86 S8 fcoWLIY,^ ;.. ,1683-86 Dampier, ¦¦-'^'-' 16S9-96 tooK^, ,-'--.fj JQ-lc '708-11 Rogers, ' ' 1708-n Clipperton and T. , ,. ^^ gHELVOCKE. I, J, .' ' TOGETHER V' I T H That of Sydney Parkinson, Draftfrnap to Joseph Banks^ Efq; who circumnavigated the Globe witli Capt. Cook, in his Majeftjr's Ship the Enpeavour^ ; and' The Voyage of Mpnf. Bougainville round the World Performed by Order of the Frehch King. lUuflratedwith Maps, Charts, and Hiftorical Pj-ints, : In Four Volumes. ^PiS^'m ct "i"-' To which is added, A The voyage we are now about to relate was purpofely fitted out with a view to intercept the Manilla fhip at the inftance of Dampier, in con cluding of whofe charad'er (from reading the accounts written by himfelf) we were led into an error, which the preient voyage, written by Captain Cooke, has enabled us to correft. The ill fuccefs that attended the voyage to the South Seas, under thfe immediate command of Dam pier, of which a brief relation is given in the firft volume Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 3 volume of t;his work, was fo far from difcou rag ing that enterprizing officer from purfuing his favourite projed of making prize of the Maailla fhip, that, after his return, when he had wearied the merchants of London with fruidefs'folicita' tions, he repaired to Briftol, where his reprefen- tations were better underftood, and where they were attended with better effedt. By his folid remonftrances he prevailed upon nineteen of the principal merchants and gentlemen of that city to unite ^nd form a' company, for the pur- pofe of fitting out two private Ihips of war, to fhew what advantages might be derived from a well-condu6led enterprize againft the Spaniards in the South SeaS : and it may, perhaps, be attri buted to his judgment and experience, that they were more properly adapted to the fervice on which they were to be fent, and were better pro vided againft every' accident to which, they miglat be expofed, than any privateers that ever were fitted out before them. Add to this, that their crews were furnifhed with better regulations,. and fubjefted to ffricler rules, and under feverer penalties, than tnen lifted to go on hazardous adventures are generally willing to fubmit to. Their principal officers were gentlemen of experience, or highly interefted in the fuccefs of the voyage ; being the firft fubfcribers, and the chief promoters of the undertaking ; and thefe alfo were aflifted with afecondfet of officers, equally able and experienced, who, in cafe of accidents, were ready to fupply the places of thofe who might be difabled. B z But 4 CAPTAiN COOKE's VOYAGES. But, befides being awed by • paialties from treffpafTing the articles of agreement ;that were figned by every man on board from the higheft to the loweft, they -were likewife encouraged by rew^ards to behave gallantly ; every common failor who ihould lofe a limb in time of adtion b'e'i^ig entitled to a douceur of 30I. and fo in proportion to officers according to their refpec- tive ranks i-yet, iiotwithftanding all thefe pre cautions, we find them ever ready to mutiny. The two (hips, thus fitted up and regulated, were called the Duke and Dutchefs ; the firft, of 3O0 tons, 36 guns, and 183 men, was com manded by Woodes Rogers ; the other, of 270 tons, 30 gnns, and 151 men, by Captain Ste phen Courtney. Captain Rogers, who commanded in chief, was a bold, a<5live man, an indefatigable Oificer, one who would not give up his opinion readily to others, nor be flattered by other people's giving up their opinion, without being convinc ed,- to him. He had been, according to Har ris, a large fufferer by the French, and was na turally no great friend to that nation ; but his moft fingular quality, and th.it which indeed recommended him to this command, was a pe culiar art he had of maintaining his authority, and at the fame time preferving his influence, over his feamen ; an art, or gift rather, in which Captain Dampier was remarkably deficient. Captain Courtney was a man of birth, for- jiune, and of many amiable qualities > he con tributed Captain COOKE's. VOYAGES. 5 tributed largely to the expence of the voyage, and. took a (hare in it to fuperintend the ma^' nagernent, i and to interpofe and qualify the dif ferences that might airife in the courfe of a te dious and dangerous navigation ; being a perfon of-^.an admirable temper, and rernar^^ble , for moderation in all his decifions, in which aloioft' aE men were ready to acquiefce. . , .^ , Befides thefe two gentlemen, who were firft in command, Dr. Thomas Dover (the fame, who, about forty years ago, fo effedually re commended the.ufe of quickfiiver in a little book, : tatitled Dr. Dover's Laft Legacy to his Country, that ladies as well as gentlemen of r-ank and fortune befpangled the floors and carpets with quickfilver, and fcatte'red their diamonds wherever they met to dance, or to playj was fecond Captain on board the Duke ; and Cap tain Edward Cooke, our author, was fecond to Captain Courtney. , ' Dover was a cojjfiderable contributer to the voyage, but he was of a rough ungovernable temper, feldom pleafed with either meafures or men ; but incapable of forming any party to fupport his own notions, becaufe no party could ever be brought to approve them. Captain Cooke was an able and:«experienCed feaman, had been -¦ tv/ice taken prifoner, and twice releafed by the enemy, and now embarked his All in this bottom with a view to make one effort more to gain a fortune. Captain Dampier, who projeQed tbe voyage, was 6 Captain COOKE's .VOYAGES. was ij\ade pilot on board tlie Diike to dired it. or ^im^the 'reader has already heard enough in the':foriner volume of this -work ; and from the charaAer of the leaders it is natural to infer, that they were choice in the appointment of their in ferior oflicers, and that eyen the common men were not of the meaner fort. The general inftrudions of the owners were, firft, to repair to Ireland to take in provifions, and then to proceed with all poffible expedition to the South Sea j if luckily they met with any prizeis by the way, they were either to fend them home or to America, as fhould beft fuit ; they v/ere ordered by all means to keep together, and to ad in concert; to undertake no enter prize of confequence without firft delibei-atihg the matter in a general council of officers in both fliips ; to be particularly careful in affitting each other in every circumftance of neceffity j and that in giving relief in times of danger, or in fupplying provifions or water in cafe of want, they fhould be as one fhip, and that on no pre tence the one fhould be fuffered to want while the other had any thing to fupply -, but, as they were to fhare alike in all advantages, they fhould fhare alike too in all fufferings. Thus fitted out and thus inftruded, and the officers of both fliips being provided with legal commiffions to cruife againll her Majefty's ene mies, the French and Spaniards, in the South Seas, on the firft of Auguft, 1708, they un-, fppored from King- road, and on the 4th of the fam? Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 7 fame month caft anchor at the Cove in Cork, where they continued vidualling, and adjufting, their men, changing fome and enlifting others,, among whom were many foreigners, till the firft of September, when they failed, in company with the Haftings man of war, having firft a- greed, in cafe of feparation, to meet at Ma deira, there to take in wine and brandy for the remainder of the voyage. [Here it is neceflfary to apprize the reader, that, as there are two very authentic accounts of this voyage, one v/ritten by Captain Rogers, and one written by our author, we fhall endea vour to reduce them into one, by fupplying from Captain Rogers what is wanting in Cap tain Cooke, and fhall, contrary to the method purfued in Harris, continue the narrative in the perfon of Captain Cooke, though fometimes we may be obliged to ufe the words of Captain Rogers. And this being premifed, we will now proceed:] On the loth of September, fays Captain Cooke, we fpied a fail, which we chaced and came up with. She happened to be a Swede, bound for Cadiz-, and though from feveral cir- cumftances there was reafon to fufped that fhe had contraband goods on board,, yet it being difficult to prove it, and we being in hafte, dif- miflfed her. This caufed a mutiny on board the Duke, headed by the boatfwain and three in ferior officers, who perfuaded the men not to give her up. Captain Rogers confined the au thors 8 CAi'TAiN COOKE's VOYAGES. thors of this diforder^ iif'Which' «h#^ Avas not: one .foreigner concerned. He put ten of -the; mutineers in irons, a feibr being firft foundly 5\fhipped for exciting the feft to join him ; others l^s guilty he punifhed and difcharged ;' but the chief officers continued armed, fearing \^hB.t might happen, the fbip's corriparfy feemir*^ too much to favour the mutineers. They had' af terwards a great deal of trouble with thefe fel lows, who did more mifchief when in irons tiian before, by ftirring up the men to' releafe them, pretending that they fuffered in the caiife of th6 crew, and therefore the crew ought to rile and reldafe them. Thi-s determined the Captain to make fome examples, but not to irritate too much ; he therefore began by" removing thc boatfwain from his office, ahd appointing ano ther in his room, without intending any thing further. But on the 14th this inteftine ftorm rofe higher than ever ; for then a failor with the beft part of the fliip's company at his heels, went up to the Captain^ and demanded 'the boatfwain out of cuftody. With this man the Captain defired to fpeak alone, and when h& came upon the quarter-deck, the officers fdzed him, and caufed one of his chief comrades' to whip him. Thus by difitreht conedions of the like kind, the officers on board tb.e Duke broke the combination, and allayed thc turrtult. The boatfwain they fent home in the Crown gal-- ley. in irons; the other prifoners they rek-afed upon their humble fubmiffion ; fuch among ** them Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 9 Ihtm as were petty officers they reftored to their commands, and all on board were forbidden to difobey or reproach them : and thus ended au infurredion, which, had it fucceeded, would have put a ftop at once to the farther profecu- tion of the voyage. On the 15th, finding ourfelves to the fouth- ward, and at the fame time fomewhat to the caftward of Madeira, we changed our place of rendezvous, and bore away for the Canaries. On Saturday the 1 8th, at five in the morning, we faw a fail right a-head, to which we gave chace. About 10, we came up with and took her, being a fmall Spanifh bark bound from Te-- neriff to Fuertaventura, with feveral men and women pafTengers on board, and laden with fundry forts of goods. Next day we bore aWay for Oratavia-road, where wc ftood off and on, and lent away the prize's boat with oneofouf ewne.'s agents, a prieft, and the mafter of the prize, to treat about the ranfom of her, and to get wine, provifions, and other neceffaries, for the refreftiment of both the fhips. About eight next morning, a boat came from the town, with a letter from the Engfifh merchants refiding there, wherein they expoftulated with us for making prize of the bark, ^Hedging that there was a free trade agreed to in thefe iflands be tween her Majefty of Great Britain and the Kings of France and Spain, fo religioufly ob- ferved by the latter, that they had caufed an Englifh fhip taken -there by a French.privateer, Vot. II C to JO C.Vptain GOOKE's VOYAGES. to be feftpred ; and farther, reprefenting the danger that might arife to themfelves, living by permiflion in an enemy's country, if the bark was not immediately given up, for which' repri- fats Wtiuld be* made on them ; as alfo;! that we lliould be anfwerable at home for interrupting the fettled commerce. This letter was figned by theConful and three capital merchants. Out Captains immediately returned for anfvveri that, having no inftrudions relating to the Spanifh veffcls trading among thofe iflands, they could not juftify the releafing of the fhip on their bare opinions, without fome order or proclamation c£ her Majefty, the Englifh being proteded there only on anchoring ground, and the l>ark being' taker! in the open feas ; that, in cafe Mr. Va»- brugh, the owners agent, was not reftored, they would carry away all the prifoners they had ; and, if they apprehended any detriment to the fadory, they might ranfom the bark, and feck their redrefs in England. They defired difpatch, there being no time to lofe-, and, upon fending back Mr. Vanbrugh, they would -releafe the pri foners. At night another letter came in anfwer to theirs, from the Conful, importing, that the Englifh men-of-war were civilly received there, and never committed any hoftilities ; and that it was ftrange we fhould infift on ranfoming^any Spaniards, who were never made prifoners in England^ or elfewhere ; aivd the Governor there delivered .up to him any Englifh. prifoners that iVerc brought in by Spanifli privateers ; where-. fore Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. ii fqee he infifted, that thofe in, our cuftody fiiould be difmifl~ed, and the bark, difcharged, accepting a prefent of wine in return. With this from the Goftfi.ll at the city of Laguna, came another letter from the merchants at OrataviaTporc, much to the fame purport, only offering to pay to the value of 450 pieces of eight, the fum de manded for the bark, in wine, brandy, fugar, oil, barley, and greens, to prevent incenfing the na tives againft them, not doubting but that repa ration would be made them in England. Our Captains replied, by threatening to cruife among the iflands to avail themfelves for their lofs pf time, and to cannonade the town of Oratavia, •unlefs they received inftant fatisfadion. On the 22d, at four in the morning, we ftood in for the fhore,. making a clear (hip ; but, foon after, we faw a-bdat coming with our owners agent^ and Mr. Crofs, oneof the Englilh merchants, bring ing five buts of winc^ and other refrefliments. We lay off the town, took the goods out of the prize,: fold the bark to Mr. Crofs, and put the prifoners on board her. Thus ended this trouble- fome bufinefs, which being unanimoufly approv ed of at a council of officers of both fhips, they proceeded on their voyage ; and, feeing^ a fail to the ' weftward, gave chace to her, -but, night coming on, loft-, her. On the24th.we crofTed the Tropic of Cancer, and, the Sunday following, performed the cere- li^ony of dipping the men of both fhips who had C 2 not 12 Caj-tain COOKIES VOYAGES. not croffed it before ; a ceremony that cauftsja gop^de^l of n^rirth ^;T>opg the common men, ^rJ , On the 30th we pafied by Santa Lucia, one of the, Cape deiVcrd iflands, an-d by eight in the morning came in fighc of St, Vincent^, and about eleven came to an anchor in ten fathoei water within the rock. .J As we knew^.the ifland not to be inhabited, lye were not a little furprized to fee- fom*? people on fhore ; and, in order to learn who they were, ;ind what their bufinefs was, I armed the pinnaf^ and went oi> fhore, when we fouqd them to b© Portuguefe ci^nrie from the ifland of St. Anthony to catch turtl^jyWljiQ'tojld us we might here wood ^nd water. This ifland lies in lat. 16 deg. 55 min. N. and in 25 deg. 36 min. W. long, from the meridian of London, y There are on it Guinea-hens, hogs, and goats, and about the fhore plenty olfifh- In the wopidstheyq are fpiders as large as little birds, whofe webs are not eafily broken through^ beipg woven with a fybftaiice nearly as ftrorig as ordi nary thread. The Cape Verd iflandg are eleven in number, St, Anthony, St. Vincent, St. Luci?, St. Nicho las, Sal, Bona Vifta, Mayo, St. Jago, Fogo, Reimes,.;jnd Brava ; and take their general nam? from a promontory on the African fliore..i-:They belong to the Portuguefe, but are pot all inha bited. While we lay at St, Vincent's, new difturban^ .^rofc ajnong the men in .itlation. to plunder:; for -•'i here Captain COGaC^'s'-VOYAGES. 13 here 'they bad' an opportunity of tradirig, and therefore every man wifhed to Have fomething to exc-hange. The effcds taken in the late prize ocoafioned a general murmur throughout both the fhips ; to put an end to which, and to fix the people in a firm refolution of doing their duty, we determined to fettle the matter at once, by framing fuch articles, as^ without giving our owners any ground of complaint, might irilpire the feaftien with courage and conftancy, and make them as willing to obey as their officers were ready to command. It coft fome trouble to acijuft- the articles; but that was fully- com- penfated, by their effedually anfwering the pur- pofc. And now, having compofed all differences, the men again chearfully returned to their duty, all but two or three of the Dulse's men, who made their efcape on fliore; among whom was their ling.uift, who probably, had no mind to be left behind ; but, having ftaid beyond his leave of abfence, and paid no regard to tbe orders that were fent him to repair on board, it was thought proper, by way of example, to depart without him. Accordingly on the 7th of Odober we unmoored, and, on the 8tb, after lying by all night for our confort, we fet fail together for the coaft of Brazil. But on our paflfege thither fome frefh difputes arofe among our men ; and, after various confultations to accommodate the differences, it was refolved, that Mr, Page, who was our fecond mate, fhould be fent to ferve on bo^rd tt^e p«ke, and Mr. Ballet to come from 14 Capt.^in COOKE's VOYAGES. theiDuke to ferve omboard the Dutchefs in l^s room. This was not ^o be effeded without for<;e,' Page rcfufing Tto obey the order ; and when it was on-thc point of being put in execu tion, f^he refifted ; but:, being overpowered, and carried on board the Duke, he was there charged with mutiny. He defired to go to the head, for a ncceffary purpofe, before he made his de fence, and was permitted fo to do; when he inftantly jumped over-board, with thedefign'of getting back again to the Dutchefs, but was talven up, tried, and punifhed, which put an end to the difturbance for that time. ¦ "bf On Wtdnefday the 27th we croiTed the Line, and on Sunday the, 14th of November faw land at apgreat diftance, and at noon- made Cape Frio, on the coaft of Brafil. On the i8ch w« anchored bcfoi-e Iflo Grande, and on tm 19th moored our fhip in ten fathom water. Here one of our men going from the flaip without leave, gvvingthe firft Lieutenant foul languase, and threatening foon to be revePiged, v/as put in irons ; and his me-ffmates and confederates de manding his releafe, or defiring to -fharG in his puni(hment, fevea voluntarily went into irons. On the 21ft I went on fliore in. the pirmace with a prefent to the Governor, and to. acquaint him we were friend.?. At our firft lanoing they fired feveral fhot, taking us for French; bot afterwards -made an apology, and received us civilly. On the 23d two of the mutineers were whipped, and put in irons again. On the 34t-h four C.iPTAiM COOKE's^VOYAGES. 15 four of ihci eight men. in irons were releafed^ on their lubmiflion ; and two men wenton fhOre; defigningi to leave the fhip, and^ having/ bar gained with. a canoe to carry them to- the mam, they wLTe by miftake put afhore at-adiftant part of the ifland, where^ finding themfelves on .an uninhabited coaft, theybegan to relent ; and, after ftaying a night in the woods, where they were terrified with the roaring of wild beafts, they came, in fight of the fhip, and made figns of repentance, humbling themfelves in themoft fuppfiant manner, and on their knees, vvith their hands lifted up, endeavouring to move compaf- fion. After fome time the boat went off", and brought them on board, where they were con fined in irons till the next day, and then ordered to be flogged and releafed. On the 25th two Irifh landmen ftole away from the Duke, and fecreted themfelves in the woods, in like manner as the two feamen had done from the Dutchefs. About four next morning the watch on the quarter-deck fpied a canoe, and hailed her to come on board ; but the rowers not anfwEcring, butftriving to efcape, the Duke's pinnace purfued the canoe, fired into her, and mortally wounded one of the Indian rowers. He that owned and fleered the canoe \tas a Friar, andi had a quantity of gold -on board, which, after running the canoe afhore, he had jitft time to bide: before: the Duke's pinnace reached thc la:nd. A Portuguefe, who was;, in the canoe,- ain^who had.no gold to lofe, would not follow .-,-/ the i6 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. the Friar ; but, on the contrary, knowing the Englifh to be friends, called the Father back* who, upon his retum, was carried with the wounded Indian on board the Duke, where the poor man was dreffed by the furgeon, but died in a few hours. The officers in both fhips were very forry for this unfortunate accident, and en-* tered their proteft againft it, and .caufed the man to be buried on fhore in a very folemn manner. The friar, however, who had loft his gold, was not to be appeafed, but threatened to feek for juftice in Portugal or England. In towing the fhip about the eafternmoft part of the ifland, we fpied the Duke's two men waiting for a canoe to carry them over to the main ; and two of our Lieutenants manned the boat, and, landing fome men in a convenient place to get behind them, to prevent their ef- caping to the woods, they rowed to the place where the fellows were feen to lurk. When they found themfelves befet, they endeavoured to fly ; but, being intercepted, they were brought on board, put in irons, and fent to their own fliip, where they were afterwards feverely pi^ niflied. On the 27th the principal officers on board both fliips went in their pinnaces to the town of Angra dos Reys on the main, carrying the fhips mufic along with them. Theyv/ere kindly re ceived and entertained by the Governor and Fa thers, who with their fervants are the principal inhabitants, there not being more th-an 50 or 60 ,: , low- Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. i^ low-built boufes in the place. They have a guard-houie, where, at our landing, we were received' by the Governor, with about 20 men imder arms, and treated with a dinner,- fvveet- meats, and rum. The Governor and Fathers defired we would sjo to fee their Francifcan riionaftery and churchy that day being a feftival with them, and the people coming from the plantations in the country to celebrate it. We complied'; and, at their requeft, our mufic, con- fiftingof trumpets, hautboys, and violins, played in a gallery belonging to the church, and affifted in heightening the folemnization, to the no fmall fatisfadion of' the Fathers. After divine fervice ivedikewife joined in proceffion with them, and accompanied them- from the church in the even ing, every one carrying a large wax ¦ candle in his hand, according to the cuitom of the coun^ try on fuch' occafions. The proceffion being dofed, we werecorjduded into a great hall, and treated by the Fathers with an elegant fupper 6£ fifh, fwfeet-meats, and fruits of various forts in the higheft' perfedion. At our coming away, they gave us fome volleys with their fmall arms, and we returned the compliment by a flourifh of trumpets,' &c. Fifteen days journey up the cbuntry there is faid to be a- very rich gold mine ; and it was not long fmce the "French plundered a bark with 800 weight of gold-duft on board, which it was bringing from the mine. Some men of cFCf^it told nie, that the mines here are' more Vol. il D profitable j« GAt^TAm COOKE's VOYAGED, profitable than even MesJito dr Peru; but that the Tapoyars, who inhabit the inl^d plains, are"'an unconquerable race of men^ taller and llronger than the 'Portuguefe, and not to be brought to labour. Thc'Brafilian women are very fruitful, have eal'y labours, retire to tht woods, v/here they are delivered alone» and ireturn no more ti]i after a certain time allotted for purification. ¦ ' -*-^J^' GnTueiliay the 30th of November we weighed Anchor; but a tornado coming on, we tacked, and ftood under the ifland till its fury abated. On the ift of December both fhi-ps failed ouc of the bay, and purfued their courfe to the fouthward till the izift, without meeting- with any remarkable occurrence ; but on that day a young man fell from the mizen-top-faii yard, and fradured his fkulk On the 23d we made land, which I fuppofed to be Falkland's Ifland, in lat. 5 1 deg. 25 min. S. by eftimation. On the 24th> as we ran, along fhore> the k.'id looked like fome part of England, havfeig fever ral good bays and villeys, but believe i-t to be wholly unijsvbabited. On the 5th of January, 1709, we had a vio lent gale of wind at north-weft, and very bad weather. At two in the afternoon we reefed both couffes, then lowered our fore-yard, and lay by till five, at which time our wafte wa& filled with water, and \ye expeded the fliip to finii every moment,* got down our fore-yard a s^ well Captai^t, GOOKE's^VOYAGES. if ¦well as we , could, and loofed the fprit-fail to wearthe fhip, which at laft we accomplifliedi but is wearing \ve thought wc fho?.i}d fiave foun dered with the weight of water that was in her wafte- Thus we fcudded before the wind, the 'puke following, and at nine fliipped a fea in tbe poop, as we in the cabbin were going to fup per.. It beat in. all the cabbin-windows and bulk-head., and hove the firft Lieutenant half way between the decks^ with feveral mulkets and piftols that huhg there, darting a fword that was agajnft the balk- head of the cabbin through ¦my man's hammock and rug, which hiing againft the bulk^head of the fteerage ; and, had not the bulk-head of the great cabbin given v.'ay, all we who were there rnuft inevitably have been •drowned before the water could hlLVt been dif charged. Our yaul was ftaved -on the deck, and it was a wonder that many were not killed with tlie fliutters, tbe bulk-head, and the arms, which were driven with a prodigiovi* forces but Providence delivered us from this and many other dangers ; only one man or two v/ere hurt, and fome bruifed ; but not one rag of dry cloaths was left us, cur chefts, bed.s,, arid bedding, be ing all foaked in fea- water. Nextday the ftorm abated, and we continued our courfe, coafting veiy far to the fouth, where, we endured much cold, by which many of our men were greatly affeded, inlbmuch that a third part of both fhips companies fell fick, occafioncd, as I fup- pole, by.thei-r being long wtt and .cold, , We D 2 were cto .^ACTAi¥rCX)OKE's VOYAGES ,\(sre^g, qgyf.fin lat. 6:1 deg-r^S.-min-. S. ions. fiJom, FaliyTlaF^C4'&,Ifles..i8 deg. 5 min. W,. jc jyipnday 17,, by,^. gpod obJcrvarion I found tliat \ve were got round, Cape Horn, Terra del Fuego, and the StraitSjof Magellan, and to the northward, of Cape, VJleria. On the .19th -I reckoned we were tO the northward of Port St. Stephen, oi> the coaft of Patagonja in the Great Sputh Sea. On Monday the 3.1ft, at eight in, the morning, made ti.e Ifland of Juan Pernandes^,! where, we dcfigned to wood and water. In the, afternoon Capt, Dpyer went off- in the pin pace to get fome provificp.s,. ajidjn the evening faw a fire afhore, Aviiich niade us conclude there were fhipSiin the .poad, a,S;We were a^red. the ifi.and had 00 inha bitants.: w.e therefore made the fignal fcr the boat, to .return, aad fbe accordingly come on board about twejye at night. ; - , , , Tuefday Feb, i, we rowed and tpwedi into *he great bay, and came to an anchor in -,0 idthiom water. AU this. day we had a clear fhip expect ing a rencounter; but were much difappointed when, .inJJead of a valuable pi;i?ej we dilcovec- ed only an odd figur? of a man, who had been the fplerefident on the ifland for more than four years. His name was Alexander Selkirk, a Scotchman, who ha^ been Mafter of the Cinque- ports, the fliip that^ccompanied Dampier in lils voyage to the South Seas, and was, as .Dampier faid, one of the beft men im hen Captain Ro gers immediately agreed with him tp be Ms roat^. It gAW^ft' COOKE's VOYAGES. 2.1 It>-'Was,t thiis man who maile tlfc fire in the night when he faw our (hips, which 'he judged to be. Engliih During his -ftay here, he faw fdveral Slips pafs by ; but only two came to an anchor. As he went to view thenij he found them to be Spani irds," and 'retired from ihem '; upon which they fhot" at him. Had they been French he would have fubmitted, but chofe to rifque his dying alone on the ifland rather than fall into the hands ot the Spaniards, becaufe he appre hended they would either murder, or riiake a flavc or him in the mines ; for he feai-ed they wuulJ fpare no ftranger that might be capable of chlcovenng the South Seas, The Spaniards ha. , landed before he knew what they were,- and they came ib near him that he had much ado to efcape; for they not only fhot at him, but pur fued him to the woods, where he climbed to the top of a tree, at the toot of which they charged their pieces, and killed feveral goats juft-by, but went off again without difcovering 'him. He told us, that he was bom at Largo, in the county of Fife, and was' bred a failor from -his youth^a, 1 he reafon of his being left here- was a difference between him andhis Captain,*' which, together with the fhip's being leaky, made him ¦willing rather to ftay here, than go along with him at firft, and when he was at laft willing to go his Captain Would not receive him. He had .been at the ifland before to ' wood and water, when two of the fiiip's company were left upon it for fix months, till the fhip returned, being chaced t2. Captain, COOKE's VOYAGES. chaced thence by^two French South Sea fhips. He had, with him his cloaths an4.b?4<^i VOYAGES. 45 Duke; which could not-%ctaut>for.want of wind,, On the 15th, fet fail in flie nsorniog ; ,and,'=!con- fideriflg the fun was dircdly^over our hesd^i,; the ¦tvea.therwas cold, occafioned, as Lbelieve, by the foutherly winds, which are coldeft in thofe parts. Thurfday, Sept. 22. The Marquis kept:: the pump eonrinualiy going, having fprung'' two leaks,' not being well caulked at Gorgona^ there fore weared her on the other tack, and ftoprone leak, but could not find the other, being- about the ftern. Weared again, and ftood to the .weft ward. ' .', Z Friday 22. At a confultation on board ..the Duke, it was agreed to fteer to the Iflands Ma^* rias, for a convenient place to refit, wood, an'd wa ter ; then to cruife in queft of the Manilla fhip, which was large, and of great value, being re ported by the Spaniards to be worth 2,oDo;odo fterling. On the 3d of Odober. Cape Corientes ap peared, bearing N. E. 10 leagues ; and on the 4th in the morning we made the iflands called Tres Marias, at the diftance of about 16 leagues ; but could not fetch them till the 6th, whenv?e got under the lee of one of them. I lay off with the fliip, and fent the boat afhore for water and turtle ; but neither the one nor the other was to be got, becaufe of the furff. Before our coming to this place, we difcover- ed the .wJiite rock, formerly menrioned by Dam pier, and took it for a fhip ; on the fight of which jthe putchefs let go the bark fhe had in tow, tel ling 46 Captain COOfcE's VOYAGES. ling'h^r td make the beft of her Way tb the middle ifland; under the lee of which both the Duke ahd Dutchefs came' to an anchor on the 7th and Sth ; and I might have been there as foon, had I not feen the bark fix or feven leagues to lee ward. It was fortunate that I came in time to relieve her, otherwife flie muft have periflied, having neither wood nor water on board, and not being able to make up againft the wind and current to reach the land. I bore down to her, fupplied her wants, and took her in tow till the 20th in the morning, Vv-hen the middle ifland bearing north, diftant about feven leagues, we faw a fail coming from the ifland before the wind, which proved the Dutchefs, who came in fearch of us, and was glad to find us fafe ; brought us fome water and turtle, and told us there was game enough in the ifland, if we could bear up to it. Captain Courtney took us in tow, to help us in the fooner, having cleaned his fhip's bot tom before he fet fail to come to our affiftance. On the I ith, I came to an anchor, after much trouble and fatigue in plying fo long againft the wind and current. Seven of Captain Rogers's beft blacks this day left him, and ran away. We continued in this bay till Monday the 24th, when a general council was held, at which it was refolved to cruile olT Cape St. Lucas for the Manilla fliip, all our fliips be ing now very well fitted, wooded, watered, and provided with turtle. Several warm debates hap pened in council among our chief officers; and Cap tail) Captain, COOKE's .VOYAGES. 47 Captain Dover quitted the Duke, and went pn board the Dutchefs, by his, ovvji, free choice. I endea,voured to accpmnjod.ate tbefV; differen(;.es, but to no purppfe, which gave feveral of us great concern. , , ., ,, .,; The.iilands of Tres Marias, where we anchof- ed, abound with animals of various kinds, and the fhores v»-ith fiffi ; among thefe the fea |?ijgid land turtle may be accounted of moft ufe to na vigators. Of the fea-turtle there are various forts ; as the green, which are the fweeteft and beft; the hawk's-bill, which are very good; and the logger-head, which the failors never re- fufe when the others are not to be caught. The method of taking them is by turning them, and when they are on their backs, they appear as jp. the Plate, fig. i. The land- turtle lives cdnftantly afhore, fee^s upon grafs, moves very flow, and, when an enemy approaches, covers itfelf under its fhell, fquatting clofe to the ground, from which it is not eafily difcernible, appearing like a bare patch without verdure. The fheils of thefe animals are fo hard, that a man may tread upon them without hurting them. Their flefh is very good and nourifhing. They will live five or fix weeks without food, and appeartobe never the worfe. They lay round eggs, . about the fize of a hen's, and are very good to eat. Some of the fea-turde taken in the bay where we anchored had 200 eggs in them. Our men liv ed almoft wholly upon turtle, and their eggs, from the rime they went firft to the Gallapagoes 48 Captaijt COOKE's VOYAGES. till their departure for the Eaft Indies, faving their fliip- provifions till their run acrofs the South Seas. For the land-turtle, fee fig. 2. At thefe iflands our men caught plenty of the fifli called old wives. They have \sty fmall mouths, large eyes, a high fin on the back, and fhaped as you fee fig. 3. The colour of the body is a deep blue ; thc fins of a lighter colour, tipped with yellow. Others are of an afh-colour on the back, and white under the belly. The rock-fifh we caught in the ifland of Tres Marias were large, had great mottled fins, yellow backs, red bellies, and red and black tails. See -fig. 4. Another fifh our m.en caught was the cavallo, in fliape not- much unlike the dolphin, with a large bright eye, black back, white belly, a long ftreak from his gills tp the middle of his tail, and is about the fize of a mackarel. See fig. 5. A fmall fifh v/e found there, about fix inches long, was very delicious ; the batrk of an indigo-; blue, a deep yellow ftreak running from the gills to the tail, the belly white, and the tail forked. It feems peculiar to thefe iflands, and wants i name. See fig. 6. Of the animals, the racoon was the moft plen tiful. It has a large black eye, whifkers and iiofe like a pig, tail and feet like a rat, a brownifh fur on his back, and a white belly. See fig. 7. Of the venomous creatures, the fcorpion is the moft noxious ; its tail is jointed with a fmalt fling at the tip ; it has two claws Hke thofe of the? Captain COOKE's VOYAGES; 49 the lobfter ; and its head and feet have a near refemblance to thofe of the fame fifli; See fig. 8. Among the finging-birds found in thofe iflands, the cardinal bird was feen in greateft abundance. It is a very beautiful bird, with fcarlet feathers, and on its head the male has a tuft of the fame colour. They are of the fame - kind with thofe we call the Virginia Nightingale ; but the Spaniards call them cardinal birds,- froni their fcarlet feathers. See fig. 9. Among the vegetables we found the mag- ney-plant, or filk-grafs, of which the Indians make ropes, fails, facks, and all their curious netting. It alfo yields a liquor of which they make wine, honey, and a good balfam. The liquor as it conies from the plant is as fweet as fugar } after ftanding it becomes a wine, and will intoxicate powerfully. It has thick juicy leaves, not unlike thofe of the houfeleek, but grows up to a confiderable height in' the form re-* prefented by fig. 10. And, when it has ftood about fix years, the Indians cut out the middle leaves, leaving the heart of the plant hollow, which of itfelf fills with the juice, and is every morning during the feafon taken out and preferved. Of this juice the Spaniards make fpirits ; and it is fo univerfally ufed in one fhape or other by the Spaniards and Indians in New Spain, that the duty arifing from it in one year is faid to have amounted to 110,000 pieces of eight at the port of Angels alone. Vol, II. H The so Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. The prickly tree found on thofe iflands is efteemed a great curiofity. The trunk of it is angular, and covered with prickles; is of a pale green, and yields a gum which the druggifts call euphorbium, which is faid to be powerful in re moving pains in the heud. It grows about iz. feet high, in the form reprefented in the plate, Thefe were the principal peculiarities obferv- able in the animal and vegetable tribes at the iflands of Tres Marias. On Tuefday, Od'. 2, at two in the afternoon, we weighed, and fet fail for Cape St. Lacas, where we fpread ourfelves for fear the ManiBa fliip fhould pafs by unfeen. The Duke cruifed about two leagues to the fouthward of the Dutchefs, the Dutchefs in the middle, and the Marquis two leagues to the northward of her. Place of rendezvous fix or feven leagues in fight of Cape St. Lucas. Nov. I. The Marquis fprang two great leaks, and broke the collar of the fore-ftay, which obliged me to wear the fhip to fix the ftay, and then hauled up after the other fhips, and ftop- ped the leaks. Tuefday 2. All thc officers and men on board the Marquis figned an inftrument, oblig ing themfelves to ftand by the articles agreed to by the companies of the other fhips. Nov. 4. 1 fpoke with Captain Courtney, and changed ftations with him, he having better boats than mine to fend afliore for water and turtle ; Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 51 turtle ; or, in cafe of feeing the Manilla fliip, to prevent her fending the paffengers afhore with ¦their wealth. The loth, the Duke and Dutchefs ,-having fpoken with each other, changed ftations, the Duke going in for the fhore, and the Dutch efs off to the outward ftation. Nov. 22. Captain Rogers informed me, that the bark and his boat had been in with the fhore, -and had fpoken with the natives, who feemed very civil, and had pearl and fome grain to dif- pofe of; and that there was wood and water enough. Nothing material happened till Dec. 13, when we had a confultation on board the Dutchefs, to enquire into the ftock of provifions on board the fhips, and found by the accounts given in, that only three months meat at fhort allowance, and two months bread, re mained unexpended ; and, as there was no ap- ,pearance of the Manilla fhip, though the ufual time of her coming was elapfed, it was agreed to make all poffible difpatch in fitting up the fhips, in order to make the beft of our way acrofs the Pacific Ocean, that we might take the advantage of the trade-winds to carry us to Guam on our return home. In purfuance of this refolution, I was ordered into harbour, as the Marquis want ed more confiderable repairs than either of the other two, and the Duke and Dutchefs pro pofed to cruife a few days longer, while I was getting forward to be in readinefs to accompany them to Europe. Pfi the 14th, I bore away for Puerto Seguro, H z and 52 Captaii?, COOKE's ,^VOYAGES- and OR the ,iVOYAGES. 5^ no great damage in our rigging, but their fliot difabled our mizzen-maft. 1 was forced tp write what L had to fay to prevent the lofs of blood, and becaufe of the pain I fuffered by fpeaking. On the 23d of December, after putting pur fhips to rights, we ftood in for the harbour, which was diftant abput feven leagues to the N, E. Our fargeons went on board the prize to drefs their* wounded men. About four in the afternoon we came to an anchor, and received the compli ments, of all on bo^rd the Marquis on our fud- den and unexpeded fuccefs, which gave us no- fmall fatisfadion. We found that fhip in good condition, ready to fail, and all the men on board her very brifk, and eager for adion. At eight in the evening, we held a confulta tion on. the two great points ; firft, what fliould be done with the prifoners and hoftages ; and next, how we fnould ad with regard to the other Manilla fliip, which we thought at leaft there was a great. probability of taking. With refped to the firft, we propofed,. as the hoftages from Guayaquil were men of honour, and as we had good reafon to believe that the Chevalier Pichberty, being brother to the famous M. du Cafs, was the fame, to make the beft terms we could with them, and fet them at liberty. Accordingly, we put a part of the goods on board the bark into the prize, and then offered the rem.ainder virith thc bark, together with what remained unpaid of the ranfom, for 6000 pieces- of eight, and to talce the Chevafier's bills pay able 56 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. able at, London for the^pioney. This they aC-' cepted, and gave us an acknowledgement at the fpie rime, that they thought it a good bargain* when this was fettled, we had nothing more to do than to provide for our own fecurity, and-tp look after the other galleon. ; I was very defirous of going out with the Dutcheis to cruife for her ; but there having been fome refledions caft, on account of the Dutch efs's not engaging our Jaft prize fo fopn asitwas thought fhe might have done, Captain.Courtney was abfolutely bent on going out with the, Man- quis ; and the officers of both fhips voting for this in council, my propofal was over-riiled, and we were forced to ftay in the harbour againft our will. It was, however, agreed, that we fhould put 10 of our beft hands on board the Dutchefs j and on Chriftmas eve flie and the Marquis failed." — ; — We now return to Captain Cooke in the Marquis. ..¦ , ¦.,.'^ Sunday 25. At eight in the morning^- being, two leagues off Cape St. Lucias, we faw a fail dif tant about feven leagues, which we concluded to be the (hip we were. in purfuit of. , The Duteb^. efs was two leagues to the weftward, and we bpth gave chace. At noon the enemy bore fbuth, diftant about five leagues. At 1 2 at night,, the Dutchefs got along- fide, and began to engage her'. Captain Courtney fought her bravely about four glaffes, and then lay by to feeure his- mafts, and knot his rigging, which were much wounded and fliiattered. Our fhip not being fo good CAPTAIN COOKE*s VOYAGES. 57 good a failor as the DU^chefs, could not ebiiie up. Monday 26. As fooh ds' it Was day, w^ fa\v the' Spaniard's flag, ahd knew him to be the Ad miral of the Manilla. At eight we pei^ceived the ' Duke coming out to us. At two in the after- fioPn we gotalong-fide the ehemy ; but the ^^ind fliifting, could fetth ho nearer than about half miifket-fliot to leeWai-d of her. She then fired two' fhot' at us, and 'WC returned a broadfide and vollies 6f fftiall arms, begihhing the combat With three Chieers. When we had fought two glaffes, the Dutchefs caime up under her ftern, ¦ ahd raked her fore and aft, ahd then fell aftern -again, we ftill contift'uihg' hot at her for' five glaffes : then ¦wreared, and'ftOod to the weft ward, to 'fetch nearer up td her ; for firing fo many^dnt had laid us toieeward. The Dutch efs' Went tp, and engaged again 'very brifkly for half an hour, and then ft'retched a-h^ad* of her. We could perceive many fliot in her be tween wfed and water. At fivfe we tacked,' and raked her fore and aft with Our ftarboard broad- fide, then Weared uiider her ftern, and did 'the fame with our larboard' broadfide; and 'firing feveral vdllies while we Ibadfed our lai^board guns again, gave her the other ' broadfide. ¦ By this time itgrfew dark, and we fell a-ft^rn, to (peak with the Dutchefs, and tb get more ammunitiort, hi'vingbtlt three rounds'of fhot for moft- of our guns left.' At ei^ht I Went on board tht Dutch efs, and found her much difabled in her mafts ' Vol. n. I and S^ Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. and rigging, and had feven men killed^ and wounded. Capt. Courtney and I agreed to be yard-arm and yard-arm with the enemy in the morning, he to fie on the bow, and I on the quarter ; and if he boarded, I was to clap hipi aboard, and enter my men over him. Being fupplied with more ammunition, I returned on board the Marquis, both of us keeping clofe under the chace's quarter, and firing guns all night, to annoy the enemy, and to give the Duke notice where we were. Before day the Duke joined us. The cKace, miftaking hi^n for her confort, had made fignals all night, and had edged away to meet him, otherwife the Duke could not have come up, there being but very fitde wind, and that contrary. Then wc all three agreed to fall upon the ene my at once, as (bon as it was light; but while we . lay athwart her hawfe, thofe guns that miffed the enemy flew through the Duke's mafts and rigging, which obliged him to change his ftation, and to draw up along-fide clofe aboard her, where he kept up a conftant fire of. round fhot, all other ftiot proving ineffedual, becaufe of the fbrength of the fhip's fides, which no other fhot would penetrate; and -as none of the Spaniards appeared in fight, but all kept to clpfe quarters, it was in vain to make ufe of fmall arms, except now and then, when a man appeared to obferve our fituation, and to keep an eye upon their en- fign. In this manner, the Dutchefs lying upon , her hawle, the Duke along her broadfide, and r the Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. cq the Marquis athwart her ftern, we kept, pelting her for four glaffes ; and, in the mean time, the Duke received a fliot in his ,main-maft, which much difabled it ; and, in fhifting, both he and tl^e Dutchefs came back clofe under the enemy, and had like to have been all aboard her., The Duke, in endeavouring to recover his ftation, received a fire-ball, which lighring upon his quarter-deck, blew up a cheft of arms and car- touch-box:es, all loaded, and feveral cartridges of powder in the fteerage, by which means Mr. Vanbrugh, our agent, and two others, were very much burnt; the Dutchefs going to lafh to the enemy, was forced to caft off, and get clear, for fear of being fet on fire. The enemy fired at us all three at once, but flowly, feldom miffing our mafts and rigging, and fometimes huUing us. After lying near half an hour along the chace's fide, the Dutchefs lay by to ftop her leaks, and feeure her fore-niaft, being very much difabled, having, 2.5 men killed and wounded, and the fails and rigging much fnattered. Captain Rogers fome time after lay by to feeure his maft. Then 1 lay athwart the enemy's hawfe till I had fired three broadfides, fome odd guns, and feveral volIies ; then gave another broadfide an^ fome vollies into her .ftern. The Duke came up again, and fired feveral guns, and both fell a-ftern the chace, keeping under fail, and ftanding to the 'wef|:\yard. We knotted foms of our rigging, an^ ftopt, our leak? made with twelve pounders. Our main-maft was difabled alfo, the fails and I 2 rigging 6o ' Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. r'ggiog'nnneih fhatterecb; butthe enemy,' aiming to dl&ble m^y mafts, I had the, good fortune to haysr,,-p:nly myfccond rtiate, and fome'-Others, blpwn,Up with powder. ¦ The fhip was once fet on fire by! the enemy^s. ftink-pots, but Wc foon put it out. About eleven I wore the 'fhip, and defigned to have attacked the enemy again ; but,; feeing the Duke and Dutchefs lying by, the one with a waift in his enfign, and the other with^^a Spanifh jack, the fignals to fpeak with one another, I brought to. Captain Courtney came-, on board of me, and we both went on board the Duke ; where we confidered the condition the three fhips were in, their, mifls- and rigging, being much damaged in a place where we could get no recruit ; that, if .we en gaged her again we could propofe to do. no more than what we had already done, which was evident did her no great hurt, becaufe we could perceive few of our fhot entered her fides to any purpofe, and our fmall arms availed lefe, there being not a man to be feen above board; that the leaft thing in the world would bring the Duke's main - maft, and likewife the Dutchefs's fnremaft, by the board, either of which by its fail might carry away another maft, and lay us a perfed butt for the enemy, having nothing to command our fliips with ; fo that by bis' heavy guns he might either fink or uke us ; that, if we went to board him, we fhould run a great -hazard in loflng a great many men witk little hope of fuccefs, they having above treble the -number on boSard to oppofe us, and there being Captain^ COOKE's VOYAGES. 6i being inow, in all our three fliips, not above 1 20 men fit for boardingi and thofe but weak, having been very fhort of provifions; fothat, if we had boarded her, and been forced off, or left any of our men behind, the enemy by' that means would have known our ftrength, and then gone into the harbour, and took poffeffion of the prize in fpite of all we. could do to pre vent it. Befides our ammunition was very fhort, having only enough to engage a few glaffes longer. All this being ferioufly confidered, and knowing the difficulty we fliould have to get mafts, and the time and provifions we muft fpend before we could get them fitted^ we re folved to forbear attempring her farther, fince our battering her fignified little, and we had not ftrength enough to board her; therefore, we a- greed to keep her company till night, and then to. lofe her, and make the beft of our way into the harbour to feeure the prize we had already taken. _ We engaged firft and laft about feven hours, during all which time they had on, board tha Duke but eleven men wounded, among whoin was the Captain for the fecond time, who had part of his heel-bone ftruck out with a fp.linter, and all under his ancle cut above half through with, the fame ; on board the Dutchefs, they had eleven killed, and more than that number wounded; and on board us only two men fcorched ^with gun- powder. The enemy's was a brave, lofty, new fliip, named the Vir ginia, and this the firft voyage fhe had made. Her burden was 900 tons, and her complement: of 62 CAPrAiN COOKE's VoVaGES. of men 4CO, befides paficnecrs, jcoof.whom virere European pirate.s, who, having'now got all, their Wealth on board, were refolved to defend' it to the laft. The gunner, who had, a poft at Manilla, was an expert man, and had provided for her defence with great fkill. He had filled up all the fpace between the guns with bales to feeure the men. We (battered her fails and rig- ' ging very much, (hot away her mizzen-yard, and killed two of her men out of h^r tops, which was all the damage we could fee done, though we could not place lefs than 500 (hot in her hull. Thus ended our atte.nnpt. Thefe large fliips are built at Manilla, of ex- ' cellent timber that will not fplihter ; and their " fide.s are thicker and.ftronger than thofe of fhips of the fame burden conftruded in Europe. Had ' we been together at firft, and boarded her, we might, perhaps, have taken her ; but, after her netting and clofe-quarters were fixed, fhe valued ' us but little. We might, indeed, have burnt her, at the expence of one of our fliips ; but that was objeded to, not only from a principle of huma nity, but becaufe we had goods of great value pn board all our fnips. The enemy had heard at Manilla, that there v;ere two fliips fitted out at Briftol to cruife in the South Seas, and that Captain Dampier v.as to be their pilot ; they liad, therefore, provided for their own defence accordingly. However, to dothem juftice, they fought gallantly; and, had the two fliips been together, it is more than pro- bal^Ie that neither of them had been taken ; but, Captain ^ COQKI^'s VOYAGES. 6z butas.it happened, Ji^ad not our unreafonable fquabbles prevented oiir failing out too ether, the chance would have rather been in our fa vour : 'yet this mifcarria^e, inftead of leading to a reconciliation, ferved only as a foundation for new difputes. On the iftof Jan. 1710, we returned again into port, and determined to haftcn home with all poffible difpatch. The firft thing of confe quence was to difcharge our prifoners, and to provide for their voyage to Accapulco ; and this being difpatched, we applied to the fettling of our own affairs. We fpent our time till, the 7th in repairing the damage our fliips hac^ receiyed from the enemy, in taking in wood and water for pur voyage to the Eaft-Indies, and in taking an account of the goods and ftores on board tlie prize : and it was no fmall fatisfadion to find as much bread on board the prize' as with our pwn ftock would ferve us, at fhort allowance, during our lona; run to Guam. About this time a warrh conteft arofe about appoinring a Commander of the Manilla ihip, which was looked upon as a truft of no fmall cohfequ'ehce. Captain Dover, being an owner, defired he might command in chief on board her. Captain Rogers and feveral officers of the council contended, that, as Captain Dover was wholly unacquainted with the navigating part of the bufinefs, the comrnand fhould be given to Captain Fry, or myfelf; bur, as I had already the command of the 'Marquis, I declined any farther >4 ^^APrAiN COOKE's VOYAGES. farther charge, and Voted for Captain Dover ; *at the fame time recommending Captain Fry aiid Captain Stretton fo' ad under him; againft which Captain Rogers and- his officers entered their proteft. 'T-iow^ver, on the 9th of January, at a full council, it was carried againft thc'.m, and -voted by a great majority,'thar the Captains Fry and Stretton fhould both ad in equal poft in the fole navigating the Batchelor Frigate (for that Was the name now given to the Manifla prize), and in fighting her, if occafion (hbifld require, under Captain Dovef, who at the farhe time was reftrained ffOm interrupting them in their bufinefs,' but 'Charged to be careful of what v/as in the fhip, and tO fee that nothing was aded on board contrary to the intereft of- the owners ''and captors. • The matter being thus qualified, the'^nominalcommand given to Cap tain Dover, and the executive' power -vefted in the naval officers, Captain Rogers withdrew his pro teft, and the council proceeded to the choice bf the inferior officers, appointing Alexander Sel kirk mafter, and Jofeph Smith ''chief mate": they alfo agreed to furnifh her complement of men, by feleding 30 from the Duke, 25 from the Dutchefs, and 13 from the Marquis, which, with 36 Lafcars taken "on board her, formed a tolerable crew of more than 100 mariners. This bufinefs being thus fully fettled, and the ifland of Guam pitched upon as the place of rendez vous in'cafe of feparation, on the -loth of Janu ary wc'weighcd anChor,"and ran outat midnight. ¦""At CA^^i^ C O OKE'5 VOYjAG ES. 4^ At 12 the next day Cape St. Lu«as .bQr^-,no!Cth, diftant about five leagues.-, ~W« fteered away for fome. days S. W; by S. till we ^pt into the trade- wind^ and then our courfe was uniform. ;,. 7. AIL the natives of California that we faw dur ing, our ftay at Puerto Seguro did not amount to 500. They had large limbs, were very ftraight and tall, and of a much darker complexion than any other people that we had met with in the South, Seas. Their hair was long, lank, and black, .and hung down upon their hips; The men were all ftark-jiaked ; but the worrien had a covering about their waifts made of the filU- grafa alteady menrioaed, fringed and knotted. All pf them that we faw Were old, and miferably wrinkled ; perhaps they concealed from us their maidenSj for reafons that need not be explained. The language of the natives was guttural, very harfhj and unpleafant. They feemed to covet toothing that we had; except axes, faws, and knives ; and even thefe they did not attempt to fteal. ,, .Their huts were low, and wholly made up of branches of trees 5 and feemed rather a kindof temporary coverings than fettled dwel lings. While we lay in port they fubfifted .chiefly on fifh ; and though they neither made ufe of nets or lines, yet they had a method of ftriking, them with lances that was very dexte-«- rpus, and at which they were very expert. They were befides moft excellent divers, and inftead of eaijoes made ufe of rafts. They were very ciyil and inoffenfiv/e ; and were obferved to pay ...Vol. II K great eS C^TAJS COOKED VOYAGiES.. great refped .to : one atnoflg them, whofe head was adorned with feathers veiy arrificially com- Iwned, and who probably was their wizard, or cunning-man. Some of them had firings of pearls, and party-coloured fheils fo prettily. in termixed, that, though we -had .giafs-beads, and other fhowy trinkets, yet they paid no. fort of attention to any of them v but prized their own ornaments above everything but cutting iftftru*- ments. Their arms are bows and arrows, in the ufe "of which their boys were fo expert as K> flioot birds flying by way of amufement. They grew very familiar with us while we ftaid, and came frequently to gaze at the men as they cut wood and filled water, but hever offered to affift in anything like labour. Ihey get fire like other Indians, i)y rubbing two fticks together, "which kindle almoft inftantanemifly.. , From this harbour we departed but very;flen- derly provided, having but little iive-ftock, and hardly any liquors but what were found in the prize. As foon as we were out of f^ht of land, we were all put to fhort allowance, officers and men : to the latter four-and-twenty ounces of flour, four pounds of meat, and two gallons of water, to a mefs of five men in 2.^ hours. But in a few days, the Batchelor made a fignal to give us fome bread, they having found a large quantity concealed, with fome fweet-mcats. We had 500 weight for our fhare, the Duke 1000 weight, and the Dutcheis 4is much ; in return for which we fent back to the prize fome cafks of Captain COOKE's^ VOYAGES. 6j 4ii floup, and a barrel of Englifn beef; and the like prefent was returned from the other fhips. From this time till -the loth of March nothing remarkable happened, io '^moB.- .nfirr-^ninn On that day we made the ifland Saraua,-one of the Ladrones, and the fame evening came in fight of Guam, diftant about three leagues. Next day we came to anchor in the port of Uraatta, at about a mile diftance from the iiomfes, ia lat. 13 deg. 30 min. N. by eftima tion i long, from Cape St. Lucas, 100 deg. rg nam. W. We went in with French and Spanifh colours, that they might not fufped us to be enemies. Several of their boats came about our Ihips ; but none would venture on board, till being qS the anchoring place, one was fent by the Spanifh Governor, defiring to know who we were, and what we wanted. We prefently -difp^ched our interpreter with a letter, purport ing, that we were fubjeds of Great Britain, and driven by neceflity to ftop at thofe iflands to purchafe provifions and other neceffaries ; that, ifour wants were fupplied with civility, we fhould pay generpufly ; but, on the contrary, if our re- f queft was denied, we fliould proceed to ad ac- cordino- to the laws of war. To this letter we received a very obliging anfwer from the Spa nifh f-Governor, Don Juan Antonio pimental, and were furniflied with hogs, oxen, rice, maize, poultiy, and otherneceffaries in a more plentiful manner, and at a cheaper rate, than we could ex- ped. We continued at Guam rill the 21ft of K z March, 6S Captain C-^QKim- VOYAGES: March^ jdut;ingj_.-jvhicfi ,time reciprocal civifitie* dg.jly p^fte^"; between -the -pfficers on board and the ^e^^t/emen of the .i/land.; and we part-ed per- fecflly Satisfied with each other's behaviour. We foji^nil the variation ,in thefe .parts ,only-,h#M" a pomt |o the eallward, though in our run acrofe the tjreat South Sea, we had it 12 degrees: the_ re:^ifon I take to be,- the unevennefs of the globe, Pod its unequal mixture of much matter differ ing in itfelf as to the magnetic^l quality j as hav ing large and ftoney rnountains, fpaciou* vaHie^-: deep feas, long-continued continents, with migh ty fcattered rpcks of load-ftone, iron miiifes. Mid Other .magnerical fubftances. tc 'lom .^ttin l^he natives of Guam are of a dark com plexion, but not fo black as the Indians of Calr-. fornia. sjThey are in general the largeft aod beft- limbed men 1 ever faw, and fome of them {lairy, and very ftrong. The women are ftraigh^ and tall, and in the neighbourhood of the Spaniards go decently cloathed ; but in the remote parts oi the ifland they go quite naked. They are faid to be man-eaters, and to have no fettled way of' worfliip, but every one pays a kind of adoratkn %0- they know not what.?;; The ifland is plentifully fupplied with cattle, and might be made the gar den of the world, if the Spaniards were not asn idle as the- Indians ; but as nature Ipontaneoirfly :-. produces fufficient for fuftenance, they avail therafelves but little of cultivation.-^ Of all r the works of-art £vt which the Indians are re- fnarkable, thc pdroas, or boats, of this iflanql are CAt>TAiN COOKERS VOYAGES: 6§ are cfertainly the moft wonderful, as they ex- feed in fwift failing every other Veflel yet feen throughout the world. We were affured upon die beft authority, that ihey will fail 20 leagues an hour ; and the Captain of the Spanifh guard faid, he would lofe his head if they did not per form it. On Tuefday, March 21, ^ 17 10, vve were un der fail, and fteered away W. by S. with mode rate- gsries from the N. N. E. which continued fo for fome weeks; but about the middle of April the ^blowing weather came on, and conti nued till the 27th of that month, during which time moft of our main-fhrouds, feveral of our flays,'' moft of our running- ropes, and the hniz- zen-gears, gave way, fo that the yard came by the board, and by its fall wounded the firft Lieutenant, fo that we feared^'he never wOuld have reGovered. Moft of our fails too ^ Were fpht ; but, being fupplied with new (hrouds by Captain Rogers, and with other ropes by Cap tain Courtney, I bent new fails ; but found the fhip very leaky. The Duke and Durchefs too fuffenedrauch by the tempeftuous weather, and thC' Batchelor fplit her"^ fails ; but being other- wife ftoutly built and rigged, nothing but run- niug againft a rock could hurt her. I had no conception of meeting with fuch boifterous wea ther fo near the Line/' which proved- as bad as f hat We encountered in furrounding Cape Horn,' with this^ difference only, that the one was in- tenfely cold, and the other intolerably hot. And ' --.17 being 70 CaS3)ai« ., '-^^.-.i^ii^l -"^ On Tuefday, May the 2d, we obferved a ring about the fun, and were apprehenfive of more bad weather. In the night we pafled by T^ao without feeing it;Eand Captain Dampier, who had been twice in thefe feas before, gave ouf, that, if we could not reach Ternate, it would be ^mpoffible for us to get refrefhment on the coaft of New Guinea, which, proved true ; yet it was with the greateft' difficulty the men could be prevailed upon to fubmit to fhort allowance.^ ' -0 Monday the Sth, having had tempeftuoiK weather, we perceived that a ftrong current had fet in to the eaftward ; and to our aftonilhnwnt we found the land in fight to be Cape'-Noba, a promontory at the eaft end of Gilolo, bearing S. S. E. diftant 15 leagues. Perceiving now 4hat we could not get to the ifland of Ternate, nor to that of Mindanao, We refolved to make the beft *of our way through the ftraits of Gi- : ¦'^^' lolo : Captain COOKE's VOYAGES.., 7* lolo: bur, notwatkftaading our utmoft e^rts^ we conrinuKl faiiingamong a clufter of iflands^ moft of them uninhabited, but all capable of producing {pices, during the whole month of May, wiriiout being able to avail ourfelves :of any of their refrelhments. On ;thei20th of May we came in fight of thc ifland of Ceram, as we then thought, but afterwards found it to -be the ifland of Bouro. - On the 25th, we came in fight of a low ifiand right-a-head of us, and about noon ob ferved an openingj which, when we came near^ we found to be a paffage between two little Hlands that almoft joined. They were very full of green trees, and by the fea- fide \v6 bpheM many groves of cocoa-nut, plantain, and othet fruit-trees, that exhibited a very pleafant ap*- pearance. . In a capacious bay we likewife took noti<;e of a. little town, and faw feveral inhabitants paffingj and re-paffing along the fhore. We fent in our boats for provifions and pilots, and the Duke and myfelf turned up towards the village, but on founding found no ground. Tbe natives in formed us, there was a bank oppofite a cet^ tain land-mark, on which we might anchor. A^- bundanceof people came off with Indian wheat, tocoa-nots^ yams, potatoes, papas, poultry, -and fcveral beautiful birdSj which they exchanged for knives, foifl&rs, and other toys, being yery ciyil, and to ,all appearance iysntO:. They ar^q Mahometans, of a middle ftature, and triv/neyj; but 72 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. l?ut the women arefaiiwr than the- men,^ having very long, lank, black hair; their, mouths, lips, and nofes remarkably fmall. The women were decently covered ; but the men in general were naked. Thefe iflands were named Camhava and Wanfhuti but, not anfwering our purpofis* wc agreed to fteer for Bonton, where we arrived on Monday the 29th of May ; and, the fame day. Captain Dampier, Mr. Connely, and Mr. Van* brugh, went with a prefent to the King of Bon ton, at the fame time requefting him to fupply us with provifions, and to fend us a pilot to carry us to Batavia. On the 30th, a paroa came from the King with one of his nobles on, board, and a pilot to carry us into harbour. He put on an air of ipir portance, and afked. How we dared to come to an anchor there, without leave from the Great King of Bonton ? However, he brought each -Commander a piece of his country-cloth,:a-bQcde of arrack, fome rice in bafkets, as a prefent from the King ; as alfo a letter from the officers we had fent on fhore, giving an acconnt, that they had been well received, and that the town where -the King refides was large, walled, forrified, and defended after the European manner widi a number of heavy cannon. Another prefent was returned, and five guns fired by every fhip at the meffenger's going off; at which he feemed very well pleafed. Our people trafficked with the natives for poultry, maize, ppmpions, pa pas, lemons, Guinea- corn, &c. and, gave them va exchange. caetain COOKE's: Voyages. 73 exchange knives, fciffars,.. old: cloaths^ arid old nails. 'H Thc people were civil; but our officers making a longer ftay than they intended, we began to fufped that- the, moors had detained them ; for they are very treacherous. However, we lieard from them every day; and at length the Dutchefs's pinnace came down with Lieu tenant Connely, who told US', they had purchaf- ed four laft of rice, which t:oft 6oO'dollars ; and that Mr. Vanbrugh was detained for the payment of the money. The next morning it came, and was equally diftributed among the four fhips, fome great men coming to deliver it, and re ceive the money. — The town of Bonton is very ¦populous, and by it runs a fine riverj but is -barred fo that fhips of burden Cannot approach it 'f^About go iflands are tributary to this King, who gives audience in a chair of ftate covered %-kh fcarlet-cloth, and is always attended, by a guard of nine men,- armed, after the European manner, -with mufkets- and fcymhars. He has, befides, four or five flavesiwho fit at his feet, and arc ready vyhenevef he commands to do the moftfervile offices. The petty Princes and great men fit on his left hafid, and the ftrangefs ftand before him; "' "^^''-* ¦ii Wednefday, Jutie the 7th, all the pfo^ifiohs and'-'lieecfferie^ which this t-own could fupply being brought on -board, and the officers who went to wait upon the King, retdrned, the fignal -was givefi to 'weigh, and at four in the afternoon we fet fail-withdet a pilotj'thefe being hOrie* JO-be . t Vol, IL L had 74 Captain, COOKE's .VOXAGES.^ had on this ifland. Captain Dampier pretended , to be acquainted, with the paffage, and menrions the, fame in. his book, but now he remembered nothing of it but the ftory. On Friday the 9th, we came in fight of Solayo, lying clofe to the ifland' of Celebes, ^nd in habited by Malayans, who are tributaries tb the Dutch. Between the fouth-end of Celebes and the ifland of Solayo, are three fmall low ifland^ and the beft paffage is bet\^een that which lies ne^t to 5olayo, and a little one lying to the northward of it. It is very dangerous going to the fouth- vfntd of Solayo, the Dutch never daring to at tempt -it. On the I Qth we made prize of a country pa roa, and brought the mafter on board the Dutchefs. He was a Malayan belonging to Ma- caffar, bound thither, came laft from Bonton, and undertook to pilot us to Batavia for a good reward, provided we would promife to keep the matter a fecret from the Dutch, to both which conditions, we very readily agreed ; and the man performed what he undertook with .great fkill and fidelity. We paffed through the flraits of Salango, having always from five to feven fa thom water in our paffage ; then fleering to the weftward, our pilot's boat attended us till we were through the laft ftrait, and then bore away towards Macaffar. On Tuefday the 20th of June, 1726, accord- .ing to our reckoning, wc came to an anchor in Batavia road ; but. with the Dutch it was Wed nefday, CAPTAik COOKE's VOYAGES. 75 nefday, June 21 '; for we had' loft 18 hours iji going round to the weftward, and tliey had gained fix in failing to the eaftward, which made a whole day difference between our account 'and theirs. Thc reafon is, that a fhip failing to the weftward, and fo following the courfe of the fun, makes every day fomething longer than in any fixed ftation it would be. Thus in every 15 degrees fhe removes to the weftward from the meridian from whence fhe firft fet out, fhe gains an hour ; in 90 degrees, fix hours ; and in 360, which compofe the whole circumference of the globe, fhe will find a whole day fhort in her reckoning, according to the account of the place flie arrives at. The contrary happens to the fhip'thaffails eaftward ; for, as fhe advances a- gainft the Courfe of the fun, fhe lofes fo much of everyday, which is thereby Ihortened, and becomes lefs than 24 hours, by confequence lof- ing ah hour iri every 15 degrees, and confequent- ly will be a day before the account of the place 'Ihc arrives at. By this- it appears, that the Ihip which fails round the world weftward, lofes, a whole day, and that which performs the fame voyage eaftward gains a day. So we having made the greater part of the circumference, and the Dutch at Batavia the other part the contf-ary way, our lofs and their gain made up the twenty- four hours; and thus we came to differ a 'day. When we came to an anchor, the Dutchefs fired thirteen guns'tofalute the Dutch flag; but ¦ "' " ^ La i^ 76 Cap.t4.in COQKPs .voyages. , it beirig.Wgfit, the.Cpip^m^ndant did ^lot then a^^ fwer; but in the rnorrjjng fent his boat to make an apology, and then fired gun for gun with every fhip. Scipfl after, this friendly falute taken, oji bpfh fides, the Commanders went pn fho??.; ^nd, after waiting upon the Shebander, werp introdiiced to the Gpvernca-, y^ho receiyed i^s with, civility, exarpined our cona^niffion, and en- qili,red mucJi concerning the fuccefs of oi^r voyage^ but, not. being King's fhips, -wojdd.nqt permit us to heave down in jthe States dock at Orereft, but gave us leave to f areen at the iflanid of Hern, which, is at no gre^t diftance from tl^ other, and allowed us fome IVlalayan eajftlk^s -to affifl jji flopping, our leak^. ~ " ,^ As tlie Marquis was in the worft condttio-n, ihe was ordered to be laid^own firft; but upoj;! examination ;fhe was judged unfit to prpceei^, upon the voyage ; and therefore was vinladen and put up to fale. We then hove down the Duke and Dutchefs, and found their flieathing much worm-eaten ; but otherwife not much da- piaged : .the Batchelor wanted no repairs |>ut~ in her rigging. The weather was extremely tiot during, our ftay at this city : many of our men and officers fell fick ; and I was; among the num ber. The mafter of the Duke, the gunner of Xhe dutchefs, and feveral of the common men, fell a facrifice to this unfriendly chmate. One Jlead, .a young man belonging to the Dutchefs, venturing to fwim, had both his legs fnapt off' lJ3y a fliark, \vhjch at the fecond bite, before \va could Captajn COOKE:'s VOYAGES. 77 conld get him on hoard, cut him in two in the middle, and pyt an end to his mifery. Durino- our ftay, though we "had the run of the markets, we found it very difficult to procure fait provi fions to lay in a ftock to ferve, ps till we ftiould arrive at the Cape of Good Hope, and therefpre were obliged to purchafe live cattle, an,a to kill and pickle them purfelves. All manner of traf fic, except for provifi.ons, was prohibited with the natives or inhabitants of the city, upon tbe fevereft penalties, to avoid every occafion of difpute with the Eaft-India Companies of both nations : and, having fettled all our affairs in a v^y amicable manner, new rigged our fhips, and difpofed of the men belonging to the Mar quis among the other fliips, we began on the 15th of September to prepare for failing, when 1 was appointed fecond Captain in the Dutcfiefs^ a,n^ Mr. Ballot, mafter ; Capt. Pope, firft Lieutenfijit of the Duke, and Mr. Selkirk, mafter ; Capt. Dampier, fecond Captain in the Batchelor, and Mr. Knolman-, mafter. On the 20th we repaired on board; buf be fore v/e were rsaJy to fail, it was the 14th of Odober ; when, about fix in the morning,. .w,e weighed anchor ; but in the afternoon the fea- breeze took us, and we were forced to return. . On the 19-th we made fail wjth a frefh breeze, and at two in the afternooji j;ame,to an anohqr off Java-head, when t-vo EngUQi gendemen came off to us, to der:and the releafe of a man who h^d concealed himfelf, unknown to the officers. yl- 7S Captain COOKE's VOYAGES^. , { Uil£,- ;„ '¦^ r ,Tr^ ,¦/, , ,', officers, on ^W^ard the Batclielor, and who was given^up«^iwout pppofition. In the mean time, while the gentlernen were in converfation with the pf^^cerr, a ^arty from the fliip went off with their bp^t tp buy fowls, for which they gave in exchange knives,, toys, and other trifles, which 'the natives value more than money. On the 23d the gentlemen took their leave ; and the party who went off to truck for fowls having reported that there were buffaloes in abundance to be had for fliooting, another party Were fent off to bring fome on board; but they returned without fuccefs. They came in fight of whole herds, but fo exceeding wild, that the moment they faw the appearance of a man, they all took the alarm, and fled to the woods with fo much fwiftnefs that it was impoffible to come within mufket-fhot of them.' One of the party, ^ho had ventured to follow them into the woods, w^s furprized by a tyger, who was within lefs than a hundred yards of him before he thought l^rpper to make his retreat ; and was purfued by the creature fo clofe, that, had he not reached iKq ^yater, he muft have been devoured. His ^fUlPJipanions fired more than twenty fhot at the tyger before he went off, which he did at laft, .lA'jough forely woundsd.- ' ,- We ftaid here till the 26th, when we made fail, and about nopn Java-head bore E. by N, , diftant .abput (even ^,agues. , From ^ence to the C^pCtpf Good Lfope we met with nothing re- jjiarkablej and, 0." the 30th of December, came to Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 70 to an anchor in Table-bay, in feven fathom wa ter. We faluted the forthwith hii\e guns'; ''iand they returned feven. As foon as\he fliips were moored,* the Captains and principal officers \ivent afhore to' pay their complini'ents to the Gover nor, by whom they wdre honourably received. The place and people have been fo often de- fcribed already, that wc (hall not difglHl the reader with ufelefs repetitions. During our ftay here, we employed the time in vidualling, watering, and refitting our (hips, for the remaining part of our voyage home. The Duke, commanded by Captain Rogers, had been leaky ever fince her departure from Cali fornia ; and, notwithftanding all that could be done both at Batavia and this place, it could hot be ftopped ; but what was remarkable, in a few days after we left the Cape, it ftopt of it felf. Here we had an opportunity of writing'to oU'r owners, by means of an Eaft-India fhip' juft rea dy to fail when we arrived. In the letter \ve= ac quainted them with our having madc'prize.o^ fmall Manilla fhip, and of our having her-fti-dilr poffeffion ; and alfo, that we intended to take the advantage of returning home in eotii-pi^y with the Dutch Eaft-India fleet, wbo were hourly expeded, which would occafion us to tarry till the latter end of March, when it was imagined they would be ready to fail. " -^^ On February the 2^d, Aef'Dutch fleet arrived, being in all 12 fail. We faluted tfie^Adhiii'alat 80 CAPtAiN COOKE's VOYAGES. his coming with feven guns, as did likewife thd fort. Thefe were at this time in the harbour 17 Dutch fliips, and fix Englifli. Thc town was crowded, afid many of our men were ill. Mr. Vanbrugh, the Owners chief agent, died, as did Mr. Appleby, mate of the Duke, and feve ral otherfe. We began to be impatient ; and found it neceffary to begin to fumifti ourfelves with provifions as early a.? poffible, as every thing began to increafe in price as the town began to fill. The Batavia fleet was foon followed by four fhips from Ceylon. Six came from that ifland ; but near Madagafcat met with fuch a violeht ftorm, that fome were forced to cut away their main-mafts, and throw over fome of their Ifee-guns, having much water at the fame time in their holds. The four came into the Cape much damaged^ and believed the other tvro had foundered at fea. Several Englifli Indiamen ar rived alfo in the road ; as alfo a Portuguefe fhip fintn Rio de Janeiro on the coaft of Brazil, bound for Mczam.bique, to take in flaves. At length, on April the 6th, all the homeward bound fhips being ready to fail, we weighed in the hiPrning, and failed with a fmall breeze of wind at E. S. E. and by noon came to an anchof at Pengun Ifland, the eaft end of the ifland bear-^ 'ittg fouth-wefterly. At three we failed again, being in all 25 fail of Englifli and Dutch, all food fhips, under the command of Admiral feter de Vos. At fix the Cape of Good HOpe bofc S. by. W. half W. diftant about itven leagues ; CAPf ArN COOKE's VOYAGES. Si leagues'; and thus, having taken otrr depar ture, we pfoceCdfcdoh our voyage April th'e' 23d, which being St. George's day, and the an- niverfary of her Majefty of Great Britain, the' Duke and Dutchefs faluted each other with' drums, trumpets, and othei- formalities, in ho^ nour ofthe day ; and in the evening the refpec^ riyfe Captains gave an entertainment, of which all the officers on board partook. Acigtift 3, 1711, we made the ifland of St.' Helena, in lat, 16 deg. S. It lies 1000 iniles at leaft from any land, and is not more than' 10' leagues iri 'length, and about eight in breadth, fofrounded with rock's, and' elevated above the' fea' by towering moUntaiiis, that look at a dif-' taftce like lofty buildings rifing to the clouds.^ Thefe mounfains are covered with wholeforiie herbs and plants ; and the vallies are fo fruitful, thar'they yield an increafe of whatever is fown in them an hUndred-foTd. The Portugiiefe firft drfcovered this little fpot accidentally, as t'he)^ v/ere ranging along the coaft of Africa, in order to find their \vay to the Eaft-Iridies. It was then uninhabited ; and, according to their cliftorri^' they fet fome live goats and fwine on fhore, which multiplied to that degree, that ever fince there' have been enough to fupply the fliips that touch at that ifland with feafonable refrefhrfient. The Dutch firft inhabited, and aftervvards aban doned it, and removed their fettlement to the Capeof Good Hope. Tlie Englifli then took poffe-ffiOn of it ; when the Dutch", who didnot Vol. IL M think ^2 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. think it worth keeping before, returned, fell upon the Englifli, and drove them out. The Dutch in their turn were expelled by the Eng lifli, who have now been long in poffeffion, have ereded a very ftrong fort for their fecurity, and built a town near the little bay, where fhips generally anchor in their way to and from thc Eaft Indies. It is of infinite ufe in refieving the failors from that dreadful diftemper the lea- fcurvy ; for, as it naturally produces lemons, oranges, and other fruits, and as greens and roots are planted in abundance, thofe who are languilhing under the laft ftage of the fcurvy are frequently recovered by the ufe of thofe re frefliments without any other phyfic. It would be delightful living in this ifland, were it larger, or more frequented ; but the confinement in fo fmall a place in the middle of a vaft ocean fo remote from all communication with the reft of the world, renders the refidence there fo lonely, that it has rather the appearance of living in exile than in a land of freedom. And indeed, what makes it ftill more uncomfortable, our own ihips findfo much better entertainment at the Cape than can be expeded in this little fpot, that marty of them ftore themfelves there fo plentifully, and recover their fick men fo effec tually, as not to be under the neceffity of touch ing at St. Helena, whereby not only the refi dence of the inhabitants is rendered more dull, but their means of fubfiftence is very much re ftrained; for as they have nothing to depend upon Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 83 upon but their traffic with the fhips that call to refrefli, every onc that paffes by without touch ing is a diminution of their profits : fo that in fad thc people have little or no encouragement to continue there, and many of them make heavy complaints. Indeed, the furrounding fea, that abounding in fifli is a confiderable help, and the fertility of the foil, which is fure to re ward the pains of the cultivator, exempt them from famine ; but for cloaths and all other con veniences, their dependance is upon ftrangers. On the firft of May wc took our departure from this ifland, and on the 7th made the ifland of Afcenfion, which is ftill uninhabited. As the fprings, which were difcovered by Dampier, lie remote from the fhore, very few fhips attempt to water, or indeed ftop at Afcenfion ; fome indeed, who are in want of frefh provifions, fifh here for turtle, of which there are great plenty all round the coafts. Nothing remarkable happened in the courfe of our voyage rill May the 27th, when two of our Dutch failors died, and were decently burir ed according to the cuftom of the fea. About this time all the flag-fhips ftruck their flags, the Admiral hoifted a broad pendant, and all thc other fhips did the fame. This was done with a view to deceive the enemy, that in cafe any cruifers (hould come in fight, they might take us for a fquadron of Dutch men-of-v/ar. On the 12th, a mutiny happened among our men J and two Dutchmen who were the ring- M z leaders 84 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES.^ leaders were whipped and put in irons. For fome days we had but little wind, being in the calm latitude, which we reckon from 22 deg. to %8 deg. N. ¦ •jejune the 13th, the Dutch Admiral made the fignal for each fhjp to keep the Line, and we Iplacked our fliip , to make her look the mpre like a Dutchman. On the 15th, in the morning, the Admiral made the fignal for all the Englifh Commanders, and fome of the Dutch fkippers, to come on board him, where we were fumptuoufly enter tained at dinner, and the frank humour of thc Dutchmen made the company jolly before we parted, June 23, a Dutch fiiip being in diftrefs fired feveral guns ; upon which the whole fleet fhor- tened fail. Her damage being foon repaired, tha fignal v/as given to continue,pur courfe, and we took the Batchelor in tow, being a heavy failor, and forced to croud the canvas to keep company ; but, it blowing hard the next day, we were forced to caft her off. On the 26th, the Batchelor's pinnace had her back broke, by the fliip's running over her; but the men that were in her were aft miraculoufly faved, by means of the hawfer which they were carrying from our fhip to take her in tow. In the evening the King Vv'iUiam Indiaman took her in tow, and next morning caft her off. On the 28th, being got into the laritude of ^ ? deg. N. we had thick foggy weather, with the Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. 85 the-wind at fouth, which continued feveral days, and all the while the Admiral kept firing two guns every hour, and each fhip in the fleet an fwered with one. This was done to keep the fleet together, and it anfwered the purpofe very well ; for when the fog difperfed, and the wea ther came clear, there was not one fhip miffing. The Dutch convoy, however, took care after wards to be well paid for his wafte of powder. Nothing remarkable happened till the lith of July, when the Donnegall Indiaman loft her fore-top- maft, and made the fignal for the fieet to (horten fail. Being now in near 60 deg. N. la titude, we had no night, but cold drizzling wea ther ; yet nothing to compare to the cold in the fame latitude in going round Cape Horn fouth ward ; for there the cold was fo intenfe that many of our men fickened ; and yet we were here and at Cape Horn much about the fame rime of the year, allowing for the difference of the two climates. On the 14th, we came in fight of Bera, and fpoke with a Danilh fliip bound to Dublin, who told us the war ftill continued, and that he had fpoke a day or two before with a Dutch fqua dron of 10 m.en-of-war, and three vidualler,?, lying off Shetland to wait for us ; fo that by keeping between that and Fair Ifland, we could not poffibly mifs feeing them. Next day we came in fight of them, when all the fieet fa luted the Commodore, and he made the fignal for all the Commanders to come aboard of him for 86 Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. for failing orders. The Captains Courtney and Dover went accordingly, and were courteoufly received, and given to underftand, that they might be fuppHed with whatever provifions they ftood in need of, on paying for the fame, he hav ing brought viftuallers from Holland for that purpofe. We lay off Shetland fome days, and caught ling and cod in abundance, during which time the Shetlanders came off to us, and brought fowls and (heep, which we purchafed at much cheaper rates than of our Dutch viduallers. We were now very fickly, having been more than three months in our paffage from the Cape to this place ; and we were befides very peeviih and quarrelfome among ouifelves ; now that we came near home, jealoufies arofe about embezzle ments. The agents had been to the Duke to dettiand the gold, plate, peari, and jewels, on board; and they were returned not very well fatisfied with theit reception. But, while thefe difputes were at their height, orders were given to fet fail. In the mean time letters were dif patched to London and Amfterdam, acquainting the owners with our progrefs, and prefent fitua tion, and defiring their inftrudions to regulate our future proceedings. Before we left Shetland we took four hog(heads of beer on board from the Dutch Commodore, which ferved us till we arrived on the 23d in fight of Holland, in the evening of which day we came to an anchor in ^he Texel road. Qn the 27th, we received a general letter from our Captain- COOKE's VOYAGES. 87 our owners, dated, Briftol, June 6th, 171 1, in which they acquainted us, that the EaftTlndia Company were incenfed againft us, and had ap pointed a fecret committee to infped their char ter as to privileges ; and that they were refolved to take all advantages, in cafe of the; leaft in fringement on what they pretended to be their ex- clufive right of trading to thC Eaft-Indies.- This letter likewife recommended the greateft caution on our part with regard to the Dutch Eaft-India Company ; for from that Company as well as from our own, they had reafon to fear all pof fible obftrudion. It was therefore nioft ftridly enjoined, that neither officer nor failor fhould* on any pretence whitever, be fuffered to, take any goods, on fhore ; nor were wc to allow, any ftr.anger to come on board to purchafe the leaft, trifle; for that, if any fych, thi.ng fhould be proved, the whole cargo would be forfeited. It was a great refief to us, when, on the 5th of Auguft, Mr. Hollidge, oneof oyr principal owners came on board us ; for, though we kept the^ftrideft, watch, it was hardly poffible to pre vent the failors from running things afhore irt the night. On this gentleman's arrival, it was judged neceffary to di^aw up a fhort account of our voyage from the journals of the refpedive Commanders, and an affidavit was, made to the truth, of it. In this memorial we fet forth, tbaj| we went out as private men-^pf-war, and not a& trading fhips ; and that no fort of merchandize was fhipped on board "our fhips at any of , the 'iflatids U Captain COOKE's VOYAGES. iflands dr ports we- touched at in thc Eaft Indies,' nor any trafl^e carried on there; other than for neceffaries and provifions for thc fhips and fhip* company. To this all the officers and moffi'Oi£ the feame^i voluntarily fwore andfet their hands.- We continuedrin Holland, without any remai-k- able event-i till the 36th of September, 1711, when we failed from the Texel, under conV<^ of her Majefty's fhips, Effex, Canterbury, Mede- way, and DullidgCj and anchored in the- Downs on the 2d of Odober. On the 13th, the Duke and DutChefi came tip to,-Eriff, where the Batchelor* had been moored fonre rime before t and here all the fhips Continued till they were unloaded.- The produce # the cargo, and the treafure brought home in thefe fhips, were fuppof ed to amount to between 3 and 400,000 1^ for, after all charges of conrby, 'agency, law-tfuits,- embezizlements, of which' great complaint' Avas made, and of every_kind of thievery pradHed in fuch cafes, the nett profits', that were after* wards- fairly divided, amounted to' 170,000!: ' • Among the difafters that befel the adventurers in this voyage, that of lofing Mr. Hatley, with his little crew, near the iflands- of Galiapago^S; was moft to be deplored ; yet, though his death was fuppofed to be certain, having little or no provifions on board, and ftill lefs water, after the conclufion of the war, he returned home, to fhe aftonifliment of' all who knew him. It then appeared, that, when he; parted company' whh the Duke, having no refource, hemade-dfrediy for ^ 1 ^' I ^ .^ Captain COCfKE's VOYAGES. 89 fbr the main ; and,, falling in with Cape Paffao, his httle crew almoflrfamifhed, and himfelf in a miferable weak condition: fie formed the refolu- tion, with the confent of his people, to furren- der theimfelves prifoners to thc ehemy : but, un fortunately, the enemy to whom they furrender ed were not the civilized Spaniards, but a mixed breed of/ Indians and Mulattos, who bore an implacable hatred to all white men, from a rooted averfion to the Spanifli tyranny. Thefe wretches ufed their helplefs prifoners barbarouf- ly,\ tied their hands behind them, and lafhed ithem to pofts, where they half-flead them with whips ', and moft certainly would have tortured them to death, had it not been for the interpo- fition of their prieft, to whom, thefe half-heathen converts pay great refped. Being, by the hu manity of this good Padre, refcued out of the hands of th'ofe barbarians, and conveyed to a Spanifli fettlement, Mr. Hatley was received with kindnefs, and ufed with much civility; and, when peace was declared, was fet at li berty, and affifted to return to his country, where he afterwards engaged in a fecond expe dition to the fame feas, and again fell into the hands of the fame enemy. ¦ ^ We have not yet been able to learn thc future procee4i"8^ *'^ ^^^ officers who conduded this enterprizei'^" It is more than probable, that, hav ing enriched themfflves by- the, voy age, they re- |ired and lived private. We find, indeed, a Mr. Cooke, engaged in a fucceeding voyage, VolJL N but 90 Captain COOKEV. VOYAGES, but it does not appear that it was the Captaui Cqoke of '^ofp yM^ge wc, have j_oft given an account. Mr. Hatley, indeed, who fell into Ae h^nds pf the Spaniards, was employed as fecon4 Captain pnder Shelvock, and of him we fliaJJl Jisve occafion tP fpf alj largely hereafter, THE t H fc V O Y A G E Captaii^ CLIPiPERTOM ROUND THE WORLD*' fAPTAIN jehn ClippertOri (or, as fome write, CHppington) was born at Yarmouth, in thc county of Norfolk ; arid his friends, being moft of them fea-fearing people, he was from his infancy bred up a marineri His difpofition naturaify inclining him to rainbld, he embraced every opportunity to embark in hew voyageSj and there was hardly a corner of the earth which he had not vifited before he was thirty years of age. ' Wheii he was made choice of fo take the command of the expedition of which \ve are now to give an acCount, he was e^etmed, and that pefhaps juftly, the moft ex-^ perienced feaman of his time. Hc had beert fi*equently in the Eaft and Wcft Indies ; had been in the Northern and Mediterranean Seas, arid had once furrounded the -(sfholc globe. H« was that Clippirigton, whoi in 1704, with a bark, of only 10 tons, two niafts, two fquare- fails, two pattararocs, and 21 men, left Cap-* N 2 tain 92 Captain CLI:PPERTON's VOYAGE. tain Dampier on the co^ft of Mexico ; and, af ter infulting R.io Leon, w.here he took two Spanilh fliips at anchor, one of which was ran fomed for 4000 pieces of eight, and after vifit- ing the gulph of Salinas;, where he cleaned and refitted his little bark, undertook to fail in her from that coaft round half the globe ; a great part of which he performed in a track never be fore attempted, purfuing his courfe in the i8th degree of north latitude, which formcF naviga tors had purfued after each other in the 13th ;, and, in that diredion, he reached the Philip pines in 54 days, without feeing land, or meet ing with any crofs accident to interrupt his paffage. While he was embarraffed among thofe iflands^ there came oft' a canoe with a friar on board, to enquire concerning fo uncommon a veffel^ the like of which was never ieen before in thofe feas. - He detained the friar till his crew were furnifhed with frefli provifions, and then re leafed him. From the Philippines he fteered to Pulo Con- dore, where he expeded to have met with an Englifli fettlement ; but, to his great mortifica tion, he there learnt,- that, fome time before his arrival, the Englifli had been all murdered by their Indian guards. Upon this- melancholy news, he bore away for Macao, a port in the pof feffion of the Portuguefe, near the m.outh of the river Canton, in China, already frequendy men tioned, and lately made famous by the arrival of fome Ruflian adventurers from Kampfchatka, whoi, Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, ^j who, by that navigation, have confirmed the reality of a north-eaft paffage to the coafts of China. At this port he arrived, where Shel vock affirms that near half his crew were hang ed for pirates, that the reft efcaped, fome to one place, and fome to another; that Clipperton himfelf, being deprived of his little boat, found means to get on board an Englifli Eaft India- man at Canton, and arrived in England in 1706. Clipperton was a blunt, rough, free-fpoken failor, had not much the air of a gentle man, and therefore never affeded it ; was free and eafy among his feamen ; and, though he was paffionate, he was foon appeafed, and, if in tha wrong, ever ready to acknowledge his error, and to repair any injury his hafty temper be trayed him to commit. He had a ftrid regard to what he thought his duty, and was nor to be diverted from the principles of moderation, which ever inclined him to ads of mercy and humanity towards thofe over whom the chance of war gave him the fuperiority. Having re^ turned almoft deftitute from his firft voyage round the world, he fettled in the north of Ire-- land, to which retreat he was traced, after more than twelve years retirement, and perfuaded to undertake this fecond voyage, as a means to re pair his broken fortune. Thc fuccefs that had attended the voyage of the Duke and Dutchefs to the South Seas under the command of Captain Rogers, had revived the fpirit 94 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. fpirit of privateering, which, by fbrtRer mifcar^ riages, had been reduced to a very Ibvir ebb. -Dampier, as has already been noticed, was un able, 'with all bis fkill and all his experience, to perfuade the London merchants to engage in a fecond expedition into thofe feas, after having failed in the firft, and was obliged to apply to Briftol to raife a new company of adventurers tO fecond his views ; but fuch is the nature of man kind, that emulous, not to fay envious, Of the fuccefs of others, they are ever ready to crOud the road that has led to fortune, without confi- dering how unfit they are to undertake the jour ney. The owners of the Duke and Dutchefs had been particularly careful to make choice of gentlemen, not only of ability, to condud thc voyage which proved fo fuccefsful, but who alfo had confidence in, and friendfliip for, each other; and yet, with all this care and caution, it was with the greateft difficulty in the world that they were perfuaded to keep together, and to ad in concert. On ttie contrary, the Commanders in the prefent expedition, were gentlemen of bppo- fite tempers, oppofite views, and already, before they fet out, engaged in oppofite parties ; it was therefore very unlikely that two fuch Com manders fhould unite in one common intereft, or that the one fhould fhare thc danger where the other was to reap the glory. The event will fhew, that the mifcarriage of this enterprize was not more owing to the miftakes in the voyage. than in the wrnog fetting out. The Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, g^ Tke impatience of the undertakers was fo great, *pd their confidence of making themfelves rich by the plunder of the Spaniards fb certain, that, unwilling to trpft tp an eventual rupture between Great Britain and Spain, they took oc cafion, from the war that then fubfifted between the Emperor and Spain, to apply to the Imperial Court tor a commiffion to carry, their plan of hoftilities into execution. With this view, hav ing equipped two ftout fhips, the Surcefs and the Speedwell, it was thought neceffary to find out fome gentleman who had ferved on board thp royal navy, that might take upon him the com mand of the expedition, and be able to ad with propriety in a joint commiffion, wherein Flemifli foldiers and Englifh failors were to be united in the fame defign. For this difficult taflc no man was thought more, fie than Captain George Shelvock, who had been bred from his childhood in the royal navy, had been thirty years in the fervice, and arrived at the rank of Firft Lieutenant of one of his Majefty's fhips of war, which he had borne with great reputation ; was in his perfon and behaviour a Fine gentleman, and was confeffedly a very expert and able feaman. He was, befides, of quick parts, ready fpeech, and very winning addrefs., but withal rather too fenfible of his own accomplifhmcnts. This gentleman the un dertakers thought themfelves happy in having found ; and they accordingly not only invefted film with the command, but ejitrufted to him the grand g6 CAPTA^N CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. grand bufinefs of the com-riiiffiOn,' and for that purpofe i he received inftrudions to repair to Oftend -with the Speedwell, and there, as -foon as the commiffion -was obtained, to take onboard- the complement of Flemings t-hat were to give countenance to the undertaking ; and tojoiiithe Succefs in the Downs, which there lay ready-un der the command of Capt. Mitchell. On this occa-' fion the names of the fliips were changed ; the Suc- cefs was called the Prince Eugene, and the Speedwell tbe Starenberg, in compliment to the Prince and the Imperial Prime IMinifter. Captain Shelvock was, befides, inftruded to lay in fuch a ftock of wines and fpirituous liquors, as he fhould judge fufficient for the ufe of both (hips in a voyage where fuch refre(h ments would be abfolutely ne ceffary, and without which the climate of Cape Home could hardly be endured. In this bufinefs, however, the Captain gave fome difguft. He was either too extravagant, too oftentatious, or too remifs ; and the voyage which the owners had fo much at heart, was thought already to have fuffered by unneceffary delay. But, what was ftill worfe, the Flemifh foldiers, 90 in number, commanded by their own officers, had hardly arrived in the Downs before they became fo infolcnt, that it was prefently dif covered, that the fcheme of their ading in con cert with Englifli failors was utterly impradi- cable : fo that after all this delay and ex- pence, the commiffion was returned, the Flemifli foldiers difcharged, and a new plan formed, which Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 97 which gave. the firft occafion to thofe diffentions that in the end proved, the ruin of the voyage. Captain Shelvock's management had much leffened his credit, and his friends were unable to fupport his intereft. The reafon, for his ad vancement no longer exifted ; and it was found, that the difcipline to which he had been accuf- tomed on board thc royal navy, was not the difr cipline to be pradifed on board privateers. It was neceffary, therefore, as the circumftances of things were changed, war with Spain declared, and no extraordinary accomplifhment required, to look out for an officer to take the command, who had experience in the bufinefs in which he was to be employed ; who knew the wel^ern coafts of America, and was acquainted with the genius of the people with whom he was to con tend, as well as the tempers of thofe with whom he was to attack. On this new regulation, the charader of Cap tain Clipperton was called to mind. He was known to fome of the owners, and ftrongly re commended by other merchants, aS of all men then living the fitteft to be entrufted with the condud of fuch an "expedition. The owners, who had already expended more than 15,0001. began to confider their own intereft without re fped to perfons ; and, therefore, they fought out and invefted Captain Clipperton with the chief command, continuing Captain Shelvock Com mander of the Speedwell, and appointing Cap- t.iin Mitchell fecond to Captain Clipperton, and Vol, If. O Captain 98 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. Captain Hatley fecond Captain to Shelvock. The fillips Were reftored to- their fornrfer names, ¦an Englifli Commiflion procured for the Com manders, and every thing prepared while the ihip^ lay in the Downs for their immediate de parture. The; inftrudions given to the refpedive Com manders were, in fubftance, the fame with thofe given to the Commanders of the Duke and Dutchefs, ftrongly recommending unani'mity. BxM this precaution proved v/holly uftlcls. The expedition wore an unfortunate afped from the beginning. The ffiips were obliged to lie three months at Plymouth, waiting for a wind. Fac tions were in the mean time formed, in which the crews as well as the Commanders were involved. Captain Shelvock highly refented the affront that had been offered in depriving him of the chief command ; and Captain Clipperton, being a -boifterous man, having himfelf ftrong paflions, and not having art to conceal them, knowing Captain Shelvock's prejudices, nothing but diflention and difcord prevailed. Every poft brought the owners frefli complaints ; and every poft carried frefh reproofs to thc Commanders. In this humour the parties continued while the fhips lay at Plymouth. At length. On the f3th of February, 1719, the Sliccefs, of 36 guns, and 180 men, commanded by Cap tain Clipperton, and the Speedwell, of 24 guns, and 106 men, of which Captain Shelvock was Commander, failed with a fair wind ; but, by an unac- Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, gg un^ccountat^le over-fight,, the Speedwell Jia4 on board the whole ftock of wine and brandy,, and the Succefs the greateft fl>are of other ftores. For feveral days they had frefh gales, fqually, with rain, and the Succefs was often obfiged to fborten fail for the Speedwell. Captain Shel vock tells us, that he complained to Captain Clipperton of the cranknefs of his fhip, and de fired him to fend for his wine and brandy, that he might ftrike down fome of his guns into the hold, which would enable him to fail much bet ter than he did : but this, it feems, was negled- ed ; a proof that Clipperton had no intention to defert the Speedwell, though it was a flight, which Shelvock could not but refent. On the 19th, a violent ftorm arole, which obliged both fhips to take in their top-fails. The gale in- creafing, the Succefs made a fignal for the Speed- v.'ell to bring to; which Captain Shelvock readily obeyed ; and, by eleven at night, both fhips were under bare poles. On the 20tb, in the afternoon, the ftorm abated, and Captain Clipperton made fail, fteering S. by E. where as Captain Shelvock, according to his journal, ftood north- weft; fo that from this day they neyer faw each other, till they met in the South Seas by mere accident. Here .then pro perly begins the hiftory of Captain Clipperton's voyage round the world. He was now at fea without liquors, and without his confort. The firft place of rendezvous appointed by them, was the Canary Iflands ; and, therefore, he fail- O 2 ed 100 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. ed thither, and arrived at Gomeraon the 5th of March. J Having taken in fome wine and re frefliments, for which he had great occafion, he continued cruifing at the Canaries ten days for his confort ; but, miffing her here, he continued his voyage to the next place of rendezvous, at the Cape de Verd or Green iflands. The former iflands, called by the ancients the Fortunate Iflands, from their fertility and tempe rate air, were difcovered by the Spaniards in 1402, who named them the Canaries, or the Iflands cf Dogs, becaufe no other creatures were found on them. Tney are eight in number. The Great Canary is the largeft, is far diftant from the others, and contains 9000 inhabitants. It is the feat of the Bifliop, the Inquifition, and of the Council Royal. There is a mountain on the Teneriff, called the Pike of Teneriff, which, according to the common opinion, is the higheft in the world. It may be diftindly feen at fixty leagues diftance. It is three days journey to the top of it, which, except in the months of July at\d Auguft, is always covered with fnow. Fero is one of the largeft, but fo dry, that there is not one drop of frefli water to be found in it, except in a few places by the fea- fide : but Pfo- vidence has furniflied a fupply to remedy that inconvenience ; for there grovys all over this ifland a fort of tree, which is pretty large, and full of leaves, that are always green, and co vered with a litti" cloud that wets the leaves by \ts dewjifo that a fine clear water diftills from 'v them Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. loi them: into little pails, which the irihabitants fet to catch it. This waterfalls in fuch quantities, that it not only abundantly fupplies the neceffity of the people, but it is fufficient alfo to water the cattle. Thc Canaries in general are very fertile, and abound with wine that is tranfported into all parts of the world. On the right-hand of thofe iflands, about loo leagues off, the ma riners very often perceived an ifland named St. Baranora, inhabited^ they fay, by Chriftians ; but no man can tell of what denomination they are, nor what language they fpeak. The Spa niards have often attempted to enter it, but could never find the way ; which has raifed an opinion in the people, that it is an inchanted ifland. On the 2ift they faw St. Vincent's, and the next morning anchored in the bay. Here they fpent ten days cruifing in hopes of meeting with their confort, but in vain ; which fo difheartened the crew, that Capt. Clipperton found it diffi cult to perfuade them to continue the voyage for the Straits of Magellan, without wine or brandy to keep up their fpirits in that uncom fortable navigation. Some are of opinion, that tliefe iflands were called Green Iflands from the green Cape of Africa, over-agalnft which they lie ; others, becaufe the fea that furrounds them is fo covered with a green herb, that you can hardly fee the water; nor can fhips fail through it, but with a ftiff gale of wind. It produces berries, much like white goofeberries ; ^ Iput xoi. Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. but wicbout tafte. ^c Nobody can .-teli diow.nit grows ; for there is no ground where it floats upon the water, and ic cannot come from the bottom, the fea being in many places unfachomT able. -'"^s* Oa the ift of April they left St. Vincent's, ^md. on the 29th of May they had an obferva tion, and found themfelves in lat. 52 degi 15 min, S, being then off Cape Virgin Mary, the north point pf the entrance of the Straits of Magellan. The next day they entered- tlie Straits, and fent their pinnace on fhore on the main, to a freih-water river, which was at this time frozen up, They faw large flocks of geefe and ducks, but very fhy. The furgeon's mate, by fome accident, was left on fliore ; and next morning, when brought aboard, was near dead with cold. Thev anchored at Queen Elizabeth's Ifland, and found great plenty of ("mallage, which was of infinite fervice to thofe fick of thc fcurvy. They eat it raw, boiled ic in their fbups, and kept the juice of it in bottles.. They met with plenty of wild-fowl and fliell-fifh, filled their cafks with water, and continued their courfe. On the 22d they anchored in a fine bay, which, from its depth, they called No- bottom Bay. The trees were high, loaded witk fno\\\ and exhibited a moft aftonifhing profped. On the 29th came a canoe, with four Indians. They were of a middle ftature, dark coni- pledion, their faces broad and round, low fore heads, black hair very lank and fliort, with no clo.uhing. Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 103 cloathing, except a piece of fldn to cover their middles.?' What feemed moft remarkable, was a circle round their wrifts, of a bright azure. It feems thefe lavages are extremely jealous of their women ; for, notwithitanding all that could be faid to them, rhey would not pcrrr.it a wo man, who was of theirparty, to come on board. iBougainville, and the Englifh voyagers who iately paffed the Straits, make the fame obferva tion. Capt. Clipperton ordered them bread and cheefe, and a dram of brandy, thou.gh it was very fcarce. The former they eat very heartily, or rather greedily ; but the latter they could not -be prevailed upon to tafte. They had bows and .arrows, and fome ftfliing-tackle along with them. After about two iiours ftay, they rowed afliore, making figns that they would come again. -The next day the pinnace was fent alhore, and .returned in the evening with thc Indian canoe laden with mufcles, which the Indians had e??- changed for bread, knives, and other trifles. In the beginning of the month of July they .found the weather moderate. Thefe natives were a harralefs people : one of the crew, being left on fhore, lived with them two nights and a ,day, and was, very kindly treated by them-; W^hich fhews, that, if they are well ufed, they are not treacherous. All this time their fhip's company was very fickly, and fcarce a day paffed but fome one or other di6d. On July 8 they buried their mafter-gunner. They caufed a.ftroag plank to be driven at the head of his grave, 104 Captain CLI?^WlTON's VOYAGg. grave, on which was the following infcriptionj " Mr. .William Pridham, gunner of the Succefs, " deceafed July 7, 1719, in this Strait, and lies " buried here." On the 2ath Capt. Mitchell an^ Lieut. Davidibn v/ent in the pinnace to Terra del Fuego, in order to make difcovery of the paffage that a French tartan is faid to have, went through into the South Sea, May 17 13, and to fee if there was any anchoring- beyond Cape Quad. On the 29th they returned, having found thc paffage, but fo narrow, that it was judged hazardous to go that v/ay. They found likewife feveral good bays to the north- weft of Cape Quad to anchor in. The Indians brought them a feal, which they broiled and roafted, and faid it eat like venifon. Auguft I, they refolved to profecute their voyage thro' the Straits, which, with much dan ger and difficulty, they accomplifhed. Aug. 18, they arrived in the South-Seas, but fo weak, that it was impoffible to undertake any thing immediately ; they therefore fteered diredly for the ifland of Juan Fernandez, the third and laft place of rendezvous, where they arrived Sept. 7, and fearched diligently in hopes of finding fonie token of the Speedwell, but to no manner of purpofe. According to his inftrudions, Clip perton continued to cruife a full month, and, before he took his departure, ordered an infcrip- tion to be cut on a remarkable tree fronting the landing-place ; fo that it was impoffible for any fhip's crew to come afhore, and not fee it. CAPTAh^ CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, loj it. The infcription thus : " CATTAjN'jfoHN "' W; MAGEE, 1719." This William Magee was fufgeon on board- the Succefs, was well- known fo Capt. Shelvock, and all the fliip's company, and therefore his name was made choice of rather than the Captain's, for a blind in cafe the infcription fhould be read by the Spaniards. Here the fick were fet afliore, and every means ufed for their recovery ; but the very thoughts of being without any cordial to comfort them, dcjeded them excelfivcly. The weather was changeable ; abundance of rain fell ; and they had alfo fome hard gales of windi They took goats in plenty, which not only ferved them for the prefenr, but fikewife in- creafed their fea-ftore, having faired a great number vvith fait they found on the ifland ready-- made. They likewife wooded and watered, and cleaned their (hip, ready for adion in the South- Sea?, where it was now vifible they were to cruife alone ; for Clipperton was of opinion the Speedwell was loft ; or at leaft he gave out fo, to pacify his company, who were continually curfing Capt. Shelvock for running away with their liquors. One thing remarkable was, the beauty and fertility of this ifland, added to the ftories they had heard of others, tempted four of Clipperton's men, with a view of remaining there, to betake themfelves to the mountains, where t%vo of them were made prifoners by the goat-huhters, who were forced to fire at them feveral rimes before they would furrender. Vol. II. P Odober io6 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. Odober f,- they prepared to fail ; and, in the mean time, Captain Mitchell went on ftiore,rto fet up a crofs already cut for that purpofe, at the fbot of which he buried a bottle, in which was contained a letter for Captain Shelvock, dired- ing another place of rendezvous, and fome pro per fignal to know each other by at fea. At eight in the morning, they weighed from the ifland of Juan Fernandez,, and left their tv/o men in poffeffion of it, of whom more hereafter. After leaving this ifland. Captain Clipperton failed northward, till he was in the parallel of Lima, where he intended to ad, though he was row in a very indifferent condition,, having loft thirty men fince his paffing the Equator; and the remaining crew exprcffing fome uneafinefs in relation to plunder, he caufed a paper to be fix ed to the main-maft, which was affented to by the whole fliip's company. On Odober 25, they gave chace to a fmall veff-:l, and took her. Being their firft prize, fhe was an ill omen of their future fuccefs. She was a fnow of 40 tons, laden with fand and rubbifh for manure ; had feven Indians and two negroes on board ; and all the captors could find worth taking, was two jars of eggs, as much treacle, .and a couple of pieces of eight in ready money. The next day, they met with a fhip called the St. Vincent, of 150 tons, laden with wood from Guiaquil, wicl. two friars, fixteen Indians,. and four negroes aboard. On the 50th, they took a large fliip called the Trinity, of 400 tons, taken by Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 107 by Captain Rogers when he plundered Guiaquil, ten yeais before. She had a great many paflen gers on board, and a cargo of confiderable value. On Nov. 2, they took another prize, of 70 cons, with the Countefs of Laguna and feveral other paffengers on board, a great deal of money, and upwards of 400 jars of wine and bi'andy, articles very much wanted. Captain Clipperton defired thc Countefs to make her choice, either to ftay on board the prize, or accept of the ac commodations they were able to afford her on board the Succefs. She chofe the former ; and the Captain fent an officer with ftrid orders to fuffer nobody to enter her cabbin but her own domeftics : he fikewife appropriated a part of the wine and brandy found on board the prizes for the ufe of- his feamen, to whom, no doubt, it was a welcome refrefliment. He had already detached feveral officers, and above a third part of his company, to take care of his prizes ; and yet was as eager to take mpre, as if, inftead of a privateer weakly manned, he had commanded a fquadron of fhips of war. On the 1 2th, he difcovered at ibme diftance, a Lon don-built pink, of 200 tons, laden with wood, named the Rofario, the Mafter of which being a very cunning fellow, foon fav/ the error that Clip perton had committed, and refolved to take ad vantage of it. Lie gueffed, by the number of prizes, that many men could not be fent on board his fhip ; and, having about a dozen paf fengers, he direded them, under the command Pa of io8 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. of a French boatfwain, to hide themfelves in the hold, with order?, on his making a certain fignal, to feize as many of ^he Englifli as came down ; affuring them, that he, with the fhip's company, would be able to manage the reft. As foon as the fhip ftruck. Captain Clipperton fent Lieu tenant Serjeantfpn, with eight men, to take poi-, feffion of her ; who, as (bon as he came on board, ordered all that appeared into the great cabin, and placed a centinel at the door of it. Think-: ing every thing feeure, and not in the leaft ap-r prehenfive of danger, he with fome of his me^ went into the hold to fee what was in t}ie fhip; on which the paflengers, who were concealedj fallied out, knocked moft of them down, and the French boatfwain, coming behind Mr. Ser- jeantfort, knocked him down likewife, and then ordered them to be all bound. The Spaniards in the great cabin fecured the centinel ; and, hav ing thus recovered their (hip, made inftantly for the fhore, v;.here their own company and the prifoners were all in equal danger of perifhing ; which the Captain no fooner perceived, than -he ordered the Englifli to be unbound ; and,- by good fortune, every man efcaped upon the rocks, againft which the Spaniard in his eagernefs had run his veffel, and ag.unft which flie was dalhed to pieces. Lieutenant Serjeantfon apd his peo ple were fecured, and fent prifoners to Lima. The Viceroy of Peru was no fooner acquainted with this gallant adion, than he ordered a new fliip to be built at Guiaquil for the Captain, and taxed Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE^ 109 taxed the traders towards the expenqe of her, intending this as a reward for the fervice be had rendered the pubfic, and hpping thereby to en- coui-age others to behave as nobly. On the ar rival of the prifoners at Lima, they were clofely examined ; and one of them gave a full account of every thing he knew, particularly of the two men left upon the ifland of Juan Fernandez* and of the bottle with a letter in it ; upon which, the Viceroy ordered a fmall veffel to be fitted out, to fetch both the one and the other, which was accordingly performed. It was not tin the 20th that Captain Clipper- ton perceived that his laft prize was retaken ; when, confidering what was beft to be done, he prudently determined to fet his Spanifh prifoners at liberty, as well to fave provifions, which, 'at that time, he could very ill fpare, as that their cood ufage might be fpeedily known, and re turned to fuch of his men as were in the etiemy's power. Accordingly, on the 27th, they came to an -.anchor with all their prizes, at the ifland of La Plata, and, in his way, took another prize, call ed theCayetan, of 200 tons, having on board 40 negroes, and 30 Spaniards, moft of them paffen gers. Here the Captain began ferioufly to con fider how he fhould make the moft of this ex pedition for his owners, as well as himfelf, and his company. He knew that all the coaft was alarmed ; and that two men of war, one of fifty, gnd one of thirty guns, were fitted out on pur pofe no Captain CLIPPERITON's VOYAGE. pofe to ta!:e him :' he was fenfible, that the goods he had on board were not fikely to bfe ranfomed in that part of the world ; and that they would prove mere drugs, if brought into this; and therefore hid all thefe things' toge ther ; and, refleding on a propofition made by Captain Woods Rogers, to fend a cargo of fuch prize-goods to Brazil, he refblved to try the experiment ; and, accordingly, he fitted out the bark in which he took the Countefs of La- .guna ; mounted her with eight guns ; and, putting on board of her thirteen Englifhmen, and ten negroes, with what provifions and other neceffaries he could fpare, he fent her with a cargo of European com nodities, valued at 10,000 pounds, for Er.izii, under the command of Captain Mitchell, his fecond in command. As foon as he was gone, the Captain parted v.'ith all his other prizes, prcfenting them to the Spa nifli prifoners, after taking out of them what he thought valuable, and detaining only the Captain of one of them for his pilot, and all the negroes ; after which he f;i;td from that ifland, in order to cruize in his former fta tion. December 12, they faw a fail about five in the evening, and, at feven, took her. She was called the Rofary, and laden with provifions. Tlie launch and pinnace were all the next day employed in bringing on board the caroo, and having got out of her as much as they could ftow, they cut her main-maft by the board, left ffie Captain CLIPPERTON'^ VOYAGE. 1 1 i ihe fho\ild overfet, and fo let her go. The pri foners informed them that the men taken by the Rofario were fent to Lima by land. On the 27th they looked into Guanchaco bay, and found two fhips at anchor. They fired a fhot at each, but they made no return. Sending then their boats aboard, they found them abandoned, and could difcover nothing left, except fome bread, and a few jars of water. They hung out a flag of truce, and fired two guns at half an hour's interval, hoping they would have come aboard to ranfom their fliips. They were anfwered from fliore ; but no boat coming, they waited till next day, and then fet them on fire. It was now refolved to bear away for refrefh ment to the Gallapagos iflands, where they might remain unmolefted till the alarm of their being in thofe feas fhould be over ; and, ac cordingly, put their defign in execution. On January 9, 1720, they anchored on the north fide of the Duke of York's ifland, immediately under the Equinodial, where they found good water, and cleaned their fhip, which confirms the account given by Captain Cowley, though Captain Rogers could not find the place. On the 21ft of January they obferved a fail, and about eleven at night came up with her ; and, on firing of their firft gun, flie ftruck. She was called the Prince Eugene, and had on board the Marquis de Villa Roche, and all his family, who were going to Lima. On February 26:h, a Spaniard dying of a wound 112 Captain CLIPPERTON*^ VOYAGE. wound he had rCceiVed at the taking this ftiipv the Marquis defired he might be buried accord ing to their ceremonies ; which was granted. When the office for the de-ad had been perform ed, and thc corpfe thrown over-board, with a large bag of ballaft tied at his feet, the Spaniards crying thrice, as their cuftom is on fuch occa fion, Bon Voiage, i, e, a good voyage, the body, to the admiration of every one, prefently floated, and continued floating as far as they could fee it ; which the Marquis concluded to be an ill omen, and declared that fome furprif- ing accident would be the confequence. On March 8, a prieft, who was on board the Prince Eugene, defired leave to go on fhore on the ifland of Velas ; which was granted, on his promifing to perfuade the inhabitants to drive fome black cattle to the fhore, in order to ex change them for what goods they liked beft. On the i6th, he returned with four head of black cattle, fome fowls, and fruit, as a prefent to the Marquis ; but at the fame time declared, that the Governor w^ould not I'uffer the inhabi tants to trade. He faid. Captain Mitchell had been afhore there, and had (hot fome of their cattle ; but that 200 men appearing under arms, they had forced him to retire. The nejtt day fome letters from the Marquis were intercepted, very little to his honour, fince they tended to ftir up the people to furprife, and feeure the boat when it came next afliore to water. Upon this, Captain Clipperton confined him for (bnie days i Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 113 days ; yet, on the 20th, he allowed .both the Marquis and his lady tp go afliore, leaving their only child as an hoftage. On April 14, the Marquis, his lady,. and the Governor, came aboard ; and, an agreement be ing made for their ranfom, the lady and child were fent on fliore, and the Marquis only re mained as an hoftage. In this tranfadio(i Clip perton appears to have been outwitted by this npbleman, who bafely broke his word, and pro voked the c-ew for trufting him. On Ap/il 20th, they anchored in the gulph of Amapala ; and, not being able to water there, repaired to the ifland of Tigers, where they did it with great eafe. On June 4, they failed to Gorgona on the fame errand, and were well fupplied. On the 24th, they made prize a fecond time of the St. Vincent, now commanded by Don Clement de Andrado, laden with timber and cocoa-nuts. On Auguft II, they anchored, with their prize, at the ifland of Lobos de la Mar, where they fee up tents on the Ihore, fcrubbed and cleaned tiieir Ihip, and where the crew talked over their affairs, till they began to think them defperate. Sometimes they refleded on the Captain, for pretending to remain in thefe feas without their confort ; at other times, they blamed him for giving in to the Spanilh Marquis's projed for ranfoming his (hip, which,, they believed, would never be performed : and, no.w-and-then, the fhip's corporal, one James Roch, a bold, bufy, intriguing fellow, threw in fome fly infinuacions, Vol. II. ¦ Q^ that, 1 14 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. that, if they muft go thi-ough fuch hardftiips, it was better they fhotild do it for theii" own fakes, than for other peoples ; and one Jofeph Maynard, the boatfwain's mate, puflriing things ftill further, a plot was at laft formed for feizing the Captain, the reft of the officers, and run ning away with the fliip. They likewife agreed, that, when their defign was brought to bear, the officers fhould be fet pn fhore on the iftand of Lobos^ and afl who afterwards oppofed them fliot without mercy. This wicked combinarion, however, was happily difcovered, the two ring leaders feverely puniflied, and the reftpardoned j by which wife condud the confpiracy was fup- prefled. On the 17th they took a fi(hing-boat, with a large quantity of fait- fifh well cured ; but found the St. Vincent, which they had left at an anchor under the ifland of Lobos, driven alhpre, and funk : here they put thirty-eight Spani(h prifoners on board the fifliing-boat, and fent them away. Nov. I, they entered the bay of Conception, where, miffing a prize that outfailed them, they bore away for Coquimbo, and took a (hip laden with tobacco, fugar, and cloth, in their paffage. On the 6th, in the afternoon, they opened that harbpur, where they faw three men-of-war lying, with their top-fails loofe ; and thele no fooner fpied them, than they cut their cables, and flood after them. The Succefs hauled clofe on a wind, and the prize did the fam.e ; upon which tlie Spanifli mail of-war that failed' beft gave chace Captain CLI?PEftTON's VOYAGE. 115 chace jto,i the latter, and took her. The other two (hips crouded all the fail they could td come up with the Succefs, but (he outfailing them, made her efcape. In the Spanifli prize they loft their third Lieutenant, Mr. James Milne, and twelve of their beft men. The Captain who took him was the famous Don Bias de Leffo, Governor of Carthagena, when attacked by Ad miral Vernon. Don Bias treated his prifoner a little roughly at firft, being enraged to find he had miffed the Engliffi privateer, and only re taken a Spanifh prize ; and, in the firft tranfport pf his pafllon, ftruck Mr. Milne on the head with the flat of his fword ; but, when he came to himfelf, he fent for him, and, finding him ftripped by his foldiers, generoufly aflied his pardon, ordered him a new fuit of cloaths, and kept him for fome time on board his fhip. He afterwards procured his liberty at Lima, paid for his paffage to Panama, where he gave him a jar of brandy, and another of wine, for his fea- ftores, put 200 pieces of eight in his ppcket, and fent him to England. This unlucky acci dent of lofing their prize revived the ill humours among Clipperton's men, who did not indeed plot again, but became exceedingly dejeded. On the 16th they faw another fail, and gave chace, which, after a few guns fired on both fides, bore away, being a clean fliip, and left them ; which proved a lucky efcape ; for this was fikewife a fhip of force, fitted out to take Capt. Shelvock, and commanded by one Fit^- 0^2 gerald. ii6 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. gerald, who, knowing this was not Shelvock's fhip, a.nd doubting what ftrength fhe might be of, had no great ftomach to engage her. Thefe repeated '^difappointments, as they broke the fpirits of his crew, fo they had a very bad ef fed on Capt. Clipperton himfelf, who began now to betake himfelf to drinking; and, as this vice generally grows upon people under misfor tunes, he drank at laft to fuch an excefs, that he was hardly ever quite cool or fober. It was chiefly owing to this unhappy pradice, that he fell into many errors in his future condud. They were now in want of provifions, apd they refolved to continue cruifing to the north, to feek a fupply. In this cruize they had but in different fuccefs ; and, therefore, on the 27th, they fet afhore their Spanifh prifoners, and then determined to go one; more to the Gallapagos, in order to refrefh. In their paffage to thefe iflands, they began to fufped fome error in their log-line; and, upon meafuring, found it three fathoms too fliort. On the 4th of December, they loft their pnr- fer ; and the fame day found themfelves very near the Gallapagos iflands, but could find no anchoring-place, nor any frefli-vvater, though they had found a fine road on their firft vifir, which gave Shelvock occafion to charge Clipper- ton with want of fl-till ; they therefore mace the beft way they could to the Ifle of Cocoas, where they hoped certainly to get fom.e fifti, fowl, and cocoa-nuts, moft of their people being very fick and Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 117 and weak. Ori the 17th in the morning, they came in fight of it, which filled them with in- expreffible joy. On the i8ih, all that could be fpared went on fhore to build a kind of booth for the receprion of their fick, who were all con veniently lodged. The Captain opened here the laft cafk of brandy for the ufe of thc fhip's com pany, and gave every man a dram a day ; and, on New-Year's-day, he allowed a gallon of ftrong beer to every mefs ; and, by having here plenty of nourifhing food and much eafe, the crew began to recover, and were able to wood and water, though with much difficulty. On the 17th of January, 1721, the Captain made the neceffary difpofitions for failing ; but, when they came to mufter the men, there were no lefs than eleven miffing, three Englifhmen, and eight negroes, who chofe rather to remain in this unfrequented ifland, than conrinue ex pofed to dangers and fatigues on board, and to their living conftantly at fliort allowance. On the 25th, they arrived on the coaft of Mexico, where, difcovering a fail, they fent their pinnace to give her chace ; to whom fhe inftantly ftruck. She proved to be Jefu Maria, commanded by Capt. Shelvock; and the account he gave was, That he had no more than forty men alive, the reft being all dead, or difperfed ; that he had loft the Speedwell at Juan Fernan dez, where they built a bark out of the ^vreck ; that they had coafted along Chili and Peru, till they came to Pifco, near L\n)3. where they took this ii8 Captain CLIPPEUTON's VOYAGE. tjiis prize ;, that they had no regular conimand aa\ong them ; that they had chofen a quarter- maftj?r, carrying every thing by a majority of Yotes.; and that they had quite broken their ar ticles with their owners, and had fhared all among themlelvcs. Op the 27ch, Captain Shelvock came aboard, bcjng fent for by Captain Clipperton ahd the agent, to give an account of his tranfadions. The boat brought Mr. Dod, Lieutenant of ma rines, having been ufed very ill for his attach ment to the owners ; at leaft iu he aflerted, and was firmly believed by Captain Clipperton, and his officers. The next day Captain Shelvock fent on board them fix chefts of pitch and dam- mer, and two barrels of tar, v,'i:h fix flabs of copper: Captain Clipperton fpareJ him twenty- four quarter-deck guns, fome great fnot, a com- pais, and a few other neceffaries : his people purchafed cloaths, (hoes, hats, and other necef faries ; and Mr. Hendric the purfer, and Mr. Dod, continued in the Succefs, defigning never more to fail with Shelvock. In the beginning of March, both time and place favouring, they determined to attempt the Manilla fliip, before flie entered Acapulco. On the 13th, they again met Captain Shel vock, and, at a general confultation, agreed to make the attempt jointly. But, previous to the figning this agreement, it was propofed by Cap tain Clipperton to form a joint ftock, to bury all former mifcarriages in oblivion, and again to ad Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. 1 19 ad in concert for the good of the owners. This; propofition was rejeded 'by Captain Shelvock and his people, who did not care to part with what they poffefied ; upon which Captam Clip perton and his company, perceiving there was nothing to be expeded from their confort, and that they were too weak of themfelves to effed their purpofe, determined to fail dirtdly to the Eaft-lndies, and inftantly put their refolution in execution, without v/aiting for or confulting Captain Shelvock. The run from the coaft of Mexico to the ifland of Guam, they performed in fifty-three days ; and, May the 1 3th, anchored in the road of Uinatta, — from whence they fent their pin nace afliore, with a flag of truce, in order to obtain fome provifions, which m,et ac firft with a favourable reception, being told that, if they behaved civilly, and paid honeftly, they (hould be furnifhed with what the ifland could afford. Soon after the launch arrived, and brought on board fome cattle, bread, fugar, greens, palm- wine, and brandy, from the Governor, with a iai^e quantity of chocolate. In return ¦ for which, his health was drank by the while (hip's crew, under a falvo of feven guns : this was the laft ad of civility that paffed between them-. On the I Sth of May, their prifoner, the Mar quis de Ville Roche, went afhore, in company with the agent, the firft lieutenant and dedor, having previoufly agreed with the Governor about his ranfom. Our launch was employed fix I20 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. fix days in bringing wood, water, and provifion aboard ; during which time, the Governor de fired he might have fome arms and ammunition in exchange : accordingly Captain Clipperton fent him twelve fuzees, three jars of powder, fixty round (hot, four pair of piftols, befides cutlaffes, long fwords, and daggers. The 2 5th» they received a letter, in which the Governor demanded thc Marquis's jewels, fome confecrat* ed plate, and two negroes, being Chriftians, and fubjeds to the King of Spain ; as alfo a certificate, under the Captain and officers hands, that peace was proclaimed, detaining Mr. God* frey and Mr. Pritty till all this was performed. The Captain returned for anfwer, that the Solidad, the laft prize taken on the coaft of Chili, declared there was peace between Eng land and Spain ; but, withal, affured the Go vernor, that, if he did not, in twenty-four hours, fend the ranfom with the two- gentlemen, he would demolifh the houfes upon the fhore, bum the fhip in the harbour, and do all the mifchief he could at the Philippine iflands. After this declaration, hoftilities commenced on botliTides. The people on fliore had raifed a battery from whence they fired at the pinnace. The fhip ran a-ground between two fires, one from the battery over their heads, and another from the ffiip in the harbour. In endeavouring to get their fhip off, they ran foul of the rocks. The enemy fired fo warmly with ftones and fhot, that they fuffered extremely in their hull and rigging. Captain CLIPPERTON*s VOYAGE. X2f ^'oS^^g' They had three men wounded, be- "fides thc misfortune of lofing Mr^ Davidfouj their firft Lieutenant, who was an honeft man, and a good officer. In this emergency; the Captain being over come with liquor, the officers figned a paper in demnifying Mr. Cook for taking upon him the command. They cleared away the hold, ready to ftart their water, to make the fhip fighter ; and got their upper and lower deck guns forward, to bring her by the head, the fhip hanging abaft on the rock. During the laft twenty-four hours, they had happily only one man wounded ; but the (hip was wretchedly torn and mangled between wind and water. The 30th, at fixin the afternoon, the fliip floating, they cut away the yawl, fhe being funk with the (hot ; the other boats were much da maged ; they hove to their fmall bower, then cut it away, and the other two hawfers, and fent their pinnace a-head, to tow the (hip off. Juft as they got afloat, the enemy fired fo fmartly from the new battery, that their ffiot raked them through between wind and water, killing one of their pepple, and wounding two others. They loft both their bow-anchors and cables, the ftern and kedge anchors, four hawfers, four of their lower-deck guns, and nineteen barrels of powder, two men killed, and fix wounded, having ftood for no lefs than fifty hours a fair mark for ths enemy to fire at ; and, if they had not got clear, it was believed they would have been funk before .Vol, il R morning. 122 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, morning. At ten in the forenoon they brought to, and began to fplice their rigging, not a rope of which efcaped a fliot. Their carpenters were employed in fixing the mafts and yards, and the reft of their people in fixing the rigging. At fix in the afternoon they took their departure, leav ing Mr. Godfrey and Mr, Pritty in the hands of the enemy. This was certainly one of the worft errors committed by Clipperton ; for he (hould never have quitted the Marquis, without having the ranfom in his hands. On the 24th of June, they were in fight of the Baihee Iflands ; and, on the laft day of the month, they faw the ifland-fhoals of Prata, On the ift of July, they fell in with other 'iflands, and paffed feveral boats that were fifliing, though no iuch iflands are laid down in any chart. They anchored under one of thefe iflands, and oifpatched their pinnace fur intelligence ; but not beins able to learn their courfe to Macao, nor to eet a pilot, they determined to fail for Amoy; before wliich port they arrived on the 5ih in the evening, but were afraid to enter it in the night, and therefore plied off and on till day-light. They took notice of a g'-eat number of Inakcs in the fea, which were brought down by the ri vers that empty themfelves on that coaft. In the cvcnino- or the 6th of July, they entered the port, and were well pleafed to find ihe.mfelves once more in a pj.icc where th,:y mioht hope to obtain rclrclhr,-,.-u-, and to be able to repaid thcr il.,p; but tlv,y v.x'ix no fooner anchored in tiiiS' Captain CLTPFI^'^.TON's VOYAGE, 123 this port, tha.i they had 10 cuftom-houfe officers put, on board'them. The firft thing thefe cuf- tom-houil' officers demanded was, what the fhip was reputed to be, and what bufinefs fhe had iherCj^ Captain Clipperton anfwered, the fhip belonged to the King of Great Britain, and that fhe put in there by Itrefs of weather, in order to obtain provifions and neceffaries. Next mor ning, the men mutinied, and infifted on being immediately paid their prize-money. Mr. Tay lor, to whom we are indebted for this account, interpofing, one Edward Boreman told him, he had beft defift, unlefs he had a mind to have a brace of balls through his head. Mr. Cook, who commanded in the affair of Guam, and who fucceeded Mr. Davidfon as Firft Lieutenaru:, now demanded thirty fhares, in right of his office ; in which he was fupported by the men. Captain Clipperton, and the reft of the officers, feeing the turn things were likely to take, were very defirous, that fome allowance fhould be made to the officers that were taken prifoners, and to Mr. Llendry and Mr. Dod, who joined them from the Speedwell : but the men would hear of no fuch allowances. Whilft thefe difputes lafted, fome took it into their heads to go afhore, without aflring leave ; and, when Captain Clip perton would have corrected them, the whole company declared on their fide, and prevented iit. After this, all things fell into confufion : The men refufed to work till they had their prize-money ; and, upon complaint, a guard of R 2 foldiers 124 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. foldiers was fent on board, with a peremptory order from die Mandarin to Captain Clipperton to comply. On September i6, the diftribution was made; and no allowance being referved for fuch as were taken prifoners, the reprefentatives of thofe who were dead, or the two gentlemen who had ferv-t ed on board the Speedwell, the prize-money of a fore-maft-man was 419 dollars. According to this diftribution, the owners fhare in ready mo-r ney, wrought filver, gold, and jewels, amounted to between 6 and 7000 I. fterling, which Cap^ tain Clipperton caufed to be immediately put on board a Portuguefe Eaft-Indiaman, called the Qj-ieen of Angels, Don Francifco la Vero Com mander, which fhip was unfortunately burnt at Rio Janeiro, on the coaft of Brafil, June 6, 1722. So that of thefe effeds the owners received no more, the charges of falvage deduded, than 1800 I. On September 30, they weighed anchor from the bay of Amoy, which lies in the province of Tonkin, after having paid, under the article of port charges, the moft exorbitant fum of 170Q dollars ; and then proceeded to Macao, in the road of which they anchored, Od. 4. As foon as Capt. Cfipperton entered the port, he faluted the fortrcfs ; v/hich compliment being returned, he went on fliore, and found there the Captain of the Portuguefe man-of-war, who had undertaken to carry what belonged to the owners to Brafil. The mutinous crew found tliemfelves at a lois here, Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE, 125 liere, the Portuguefe Captain declaring abfolute- ly in favour of their Commander ; and, there fore. Captain Cook, and another officer, took paffige to Canton, to confult Mr, Winder, fu- percargo to an Eaft-lndiaman, and fon to one of the principal proprietors, as to the meafures which fhould be taken about carrying the Suc cefs home ; and, upon their return, the fliip was furveyed, condemned, and fold for 40C0 dollars : but Capt. Clipperton, to fliew his opinion of her, agreed with the perfons who bought her, for his paffage in her to Batavia ; a plain indicarion, that there was no danger of her foundering at fea. The fhip being fold, every man thought himfelf at liberty to fliift as well as he could, and to ufe his beft endeavour to fave what little was left him. They were, by this time, fatisfied, that Captain Mitchell, his crew, and cargo, were all gone to the bottom, or elfe fallen into thc hands of the Spaniards ; which was to them pre- ty much the fame thing ; and, therefore, what they had now in poffeffion was all they had to cxped. Twenty of them, however, who had agreed to give fix dollars a-piece for a pafliige in a Chinefe veffel to Canton, were taken by a pirate, and moft of them loft all their effeds. After a fliort ftay at Macao, Mr. Taylor, the chief mate, got fafe to Canton in an armed boat, for which he, and the reft of the Englifh fea men that ftaid with him, paid 20 dollars a-head: and when they arrived, they were well received, gnd promifed all imaginable affiftance towards getting rz6 Captain CLIPPERTON's VOYAGE. getting home. There were, at this time, feveral fhips there ready to fail. The Captains of thefe veffels being folicited by the factory to take Captain Clipperton's men on board, they met, and agreed to carry them to Great Britain for five pounds a man ; and accordingly they all paid their money. Mr. Taylor arrived fafely at Batavia in the month of December, failed from thence to the Cape of Good Hope in February, came to St. Helena in March, and, in May 1722, arrived in London. The reft of theffiip's com pany returned, fome fooner, fome later, as op portunities offered ; but, as for Capt. Mitchell, who was fent to Brafil with a fmall crew, he was never heard of, and moft probably was deftroy- td on the ifland of Veias, where he went afliore for the fake of getting freffi provifions. Captain Clipperton failed in the Succefs, after fhe was fold, as a paffenger, from Macao to Ba tavia ; from whence he procured a paffage home in a Dutch Eaft-India (hip, and arrived, in the beginning of July, 1722, at Galway, in Ireland, where he died in lefs than a week of a broken heart. Thus ended the unfortunate voyage of Cap tain Clipperton ; that of Captain Shelvock re mains to be related. THE THE VOYAGE o ? Captain SHELVOCK ROUND THE WORLD. WE have already given an account, in the introdudion to the preceding voyage, of the m.ctives that influenced the owners to under take it, and of the difficulties and difcouracre- ments that attended the firft fetting out. It re mains now only to relate the proceedings cf Captain Shelvock, the fecond in command, who has himfelf been very circumftantial in laying before the pubfic the following particulars. On the r3th of February, 1719, we failed from Plymouth, in company with the Succefs, of 36 guns. Captain John Clipperton, who, in confideration of his knowledge of the coafts and cuftoms of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, was to ad as chief of the expedition. On the 15th, I came under his lee, complain ed of the cranknefs of my fhip, and defired him to fend for his wine and brandy, which he ne- gleding, left his fea ftock of liquors ; for we never faw any thing of each other till about two years afterwards, Thurfday 128 CAPTAIN SHELVOCK'S VOYAGE. ^ Thurfday ig, a ftorm arofe, and about mid night a fea drove in our quarter A.'"* ' '. ' "f V , . be gone. Accordingly, when night came on, he weighed, and went to fea the next morning, and at his departure faluted me with five guns. Three Frenchmen, belonging to me, went away with him; but I had two Frenchmen, and one Morphew, an Irifhm.an, in lieu of them. During all this, our carpenter went on but flowly in the woods ; and at laft, wheh v/e came to cafe the ftern all over with thick plank, we cbuld find, to my great aftonifliment, no nails fit for that ufe. I was now told, that the firft Carpenter, and his crew, had fold moft of the ftores before the fliip came to Plymouth, which was before I commanded her. July 25, a large fhip came in, called the Wife , Solomon, of St. Malo's, of 40 guns, and about 160 men, commanded by M. Dumain Girard, a.nd bound to the coafts of Chili and Peru to trade.- She was the fame fhip we faw coming in before, and had fpoke with the Ruby at fea. This gentleman, I foon perceived, notwithftand- ing a little. forced civility at his firft arrival, was a defigning mercenary man, and full of all the conceit and vanity afcribed to his nation. Defiring him tp fpare me fome nails, he readi ly anfwered he would ; but, at the fame time, gave tne to underftand that he could not afford them for lefs than 32 dollars a hundred, which fum I was fain to give him ; I likewife bought of him 60 cheefes, and 300 weight of butter; fo that it happened well fbr me, that I had fome money from one of the Ruby's people; :; This done, 1^6 Captain StiELVOCK's VOYAGE. doiie, I now thought of making a quick dif patch from this place, when tliere came a letter from my fhip's company, to me, with articles an nexed to it for the immediate divifion of prize- money, which they faid they were refolved to in fift on, alledging that they knew by woeful ex perience how they were ufed on board the Duke and Dutchefs, that they were never paid one tenth pf their due, and that they had been well informed what a paymafter a certain gentleman wpuld make, if ever their fortunes fhould fall into his hands. They were fo very importunate with mc to comply with their articles, that both myfelf, and all my chief officers, thought it Would be beft and moft advifeablc to fign their papers with them, rather than run the rifque of their proceeding, wfien they fhould get out to fea, to ads of piracy. As foon as they had gamed their point, they expreffed great fatisfadion* and promifed to be always ready to hazard, their lives in any undertaking I fhouljd think condu cive to the ends we were fitted opt for. Auguft 3, there came in here the St. Francifco Xavier, a Portuguefe man-of-war, of 40 guns^ and 300 men, from Lifbon, bound to Macao irt China, commanded by Captain la Riviere, a Frenchman. I made no doubt but that Captairt Hatley's affair would be reported to this gentle man, and, therefore, I told Hatley, that I ex peded he would go and vindicate himfelf to the Portuguefe Captain, to prevent any difturbanccs that ' GAPTAiN SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 1-37 that might arife bn 'bis"'a^c6unt.\ To" wliich he readily replied he would. ¦^'^"^Z *^' '"'^ Hatley,- at his rcturh, told me,^.'ihe Captain feemed to be angry with him for thinking he could hatbour any ill'thought of a gentlemaVi bourwi on a voyage, which, to his knowledge, eauld hardly fail of anfwering the largeft expec tations, -^^' Auguft 6-, three of my men deferted, and the mate and his party went up to the Portuguefe plantations infearchof them. It beingalmoft mid night, the inhabitants took the alarm, and plant ed themfelves in ambufcade to deftroy them as they came back. No fooner had they returned into the boar, than thev heard them rufhinor out of the woods, crying, " Kill the dogs, kill " all the Englifli dogs." This outcry was in ftantly followed by a volley of fmall arms, which wounded three of my men, two through the thigh, and another through the arm, I fent a letter of complaint, by Hatley, to the Captain of the Portuguefe man-of-war in the liarbour:'i but Hatley, at his entrance into the fhipi was furioufly affauked by Emanuel Manfa (the Captain of the ifland), crying out. This was the man who had committed fo many infblendes towards them, and that this was he who had burnt one of their houfes, afld had made it a common pradice to abufe and affroiit him with the op probrious name of cuckold. Upoft this excla mation, the ffiip's company fided with Manfa, and'fell upon Hatley, and would certainly have ufed both him and his boat's crew very fevereiyj, Vol. II. T had 138 Captain S^HELVOCK^s VOYAGE. had not the Captain and his officers, with much difficulty, prevented it ; for the Portuguefe fea men were exafperated to that degree, that it is more than likely they would have murdered him, had they not been timely hindered. The Captain, in his anfwer to my letter, ex preffed his forrow for what had happened, faid the people were without law, and that it was out of his power to punifli them ; that they were wild and lurked in the woods ; and that in feeking revenge, it v/6uld only expofe my men to butchery.' He afked my pardon for the'ill ufage my officer had met with on board his fhip ; but withal gave me to underftand, there 'could be no greater provocatbn to the people of that na- rion, than that which Hatley was accufed of by Manfa. That his fhip's company had got Hat ley amongft them before he knew any thing of the matter, and that he was obfiged to call his prieft to his affiftance, before he could get him out of their hands, and in a very hand- fpm6 manner touched upon Hatley's ftory. I made no long ftay after this difafter, but took our departure from the northernmoft point of ^'St,- Catherine's on' the 9th of Auguft ; and on the i'9th,'Mr. La Port, my third Lieutenant, broke his leg. From the time we left St. Catherine's, till now, we had for the moft part fqually Weather. ' As we advanced to the fouthward, my people's- '¦ ftomachs increaftd with the fliarpnefs of the air to that degree, that the allowance which the go vernment gives in the navy was not fufficient to latisfy Captain SHELVOCK's VOr AGE. 139 fatisfy their hunger. Some of my officers, in particular Mr. Betagh, my Captain of marines, v;ho ha4-been formerly a purfer of a man-of-war, and, a rtian whom I had a great regard for, was the champion for an addition of allowance at my table ; for he told me he had orders from the adventurers to eat with me; and what was my table, if I did not eat better than the cook ? Hc did- not ftop here, but urged by his intemperance, and finding me unwilling to fquander away our provifions, without knowing when or where we might get any more, he at length had the info- folence to tell me publicly, that the voyage fhould be fliort with me, which he often repeat ed. I fhould have had reafon to fear it, had he been capable .of commanding ; but, for his pu- nifliment, I excluded him both from my mefs and the great cabbin. Upon this, finding I was in earneft with, him, and fearing fome heavier pu- ni(bment, he fent me a letter, alking my pardon for what he had done; upon which I again re- ftpred hi.rn in a handfomer manner than he after wards deferved, as will appear by the fequel. Between St. Catherine's and the riverof Plate, the whales,- grampuffes, and other fi(h of mon- ftrous bulk, are in fuch numbers, that I cannot fee why a trade for blubber might not be carried on here. I may venture to affirm, it is a fafer navigation than that carried on to the northward, and I am apt to believe here is a greater certainty of fuccefs in making up a cargo. Sept. ig, about midnight I perceived the wa ter to.be difcoloured all at once, and upon heav- T 2 ing 340 Captain SHEXVOCK's VOYAGE. ing the lead, we found ourfelves in 26 fatliom wate'F; this done, I ftood off again to fea, but we did not deepen our water in the running of five leagues. This feems to be a bank very near the entrance of the ftraits of Magellan. I -had a fide opportunity of going through thefe ftraits : but' Captain Clipperton in his plan pretended, opt of the abundance of his judgment and expe rience, that the fh-aits of Le Mair would be the beft navigation for us, though he himfelf paffed • through the ftraits of Magellan. From this I might have conjedured, that he, who never was fond of having a confort wltl) him, defigned to make ufe of this as a likely expedient to fepa- rate himfelf; for he was a man that would do anything, though ever fo dilhoneft or inhuman; — [arefledion, however, that carries more.of ma lice than of truth on the face of it.] Sept. 13,. the fog clearing up, we had a full, but melancholy profped, of the moft defolate country that can be conceived, feeming no other than continued ridges and chains of mountains, ope within another, perpetually buried in fnow. Towards noon we were becalmed within three leagues of the mountains called the Three Bro thers, fo named from their equal height, near refemblance, and proximity to one another. Till now, vve had not been fenfible of any helps or hin drances by currents ; but this afternoon we were h.urried with incredible rapidity into the ftraits, and juft as we had gained fomewhat more than tlje mid-paffage, t^e northern tide came rufliing upon GA-ptAiN SHELVOCICs VOYAGE. 141 : upon u¥ with a violence equal to thatuof the tide which had brought us in, and, to our great; afto- nifhment, drove us out of the ftraits again at a great and extraordinary rate, notwithftanding we had a frefli and fair gale with us at,N. W. Upon the (hifting of this tide to windward, there arofe fuch a (hort, and, while it lafted, fo hollow afea, , and fo lofty withal, that we akernately dipped our bowfprit end, and poop lanthorns, into the wa ter. Our (hip laboured in thc- moft alarming manner, and became infenfible of the guidance of her helm ; but.at midnight the tide fhifted, and we put through the ftraits without feeing the land on either fide, and in the morning had a very good offing to the fouthward. We had found it very cold before we came this length, but now we began, to feel the extreme of it. The bleak wefterly winds of themfelves would have been fufficiently piercing, but they were always attended with drifts either of fnow or fleet, which, continually beating on our, fails, and rigging, eafed the mafts and every rope, widi ice, fo that there was no handling them. It .was common, with us to be two or three days together lying to under bare poles, expofed all the while to the . affaults of prodigious. feas, much larger than any, I had ever obferved before. The winds reign ing thus tempeftuoufly, without intermiffion, in ¦ the v;eftern board, we had ftretched away into lat. 61 deg. 30 min. S. where we were in con tinual dread of falling, foul of iflands of ice, and where 141 Captaisi SHELVOCK'J VOYAGE. where we found the variation to be 22 deg. 6 mini to the horth-eaftward. ''^i- Odober I, as -we were* furling the main-fail, one William Camell cried out, that his hands wel^efo 'benumbed,' he could not hold himfelf ^ but before thofe who were next to him couldlay hoJdiof him, he fell into the fea, and the fhip making ffe{h way, and the fea running high,. we loft fight of him before vve could bring to. ' In deed, ohe would imagine it impoffible; that'any thing could live in fo rigid a chmate; and, truly, %'a faw'neither' fifli- nor bird, except one foli- tary albitfofs, which accompanied- us for feve ral days, and hovered about us, till Hatley;con- fluding, in a gloomy fit, that the company of this melancholy bird brought us ill luck,' refolv ed- to deftroy -him, in hopes- we might then have better weather. Odober 22, at e:2,ht at night, we carried away our fore-top- maft, and rigged- another next morning.' We crept by very flow degrees, afcer we had ventured totack and ftand to the north ward, in hopes to weather our way into the Great South Seas ; andrindeed it may be averred, that from the time we paffed the ftraits of Lc Mair, till we had the firftr fight of the coaft: of Chili, wc had been continually diftreffed by the winds, and difcouraged by bad weather. Nov. 14, we faw the coaft of Chili, diftant 10 leai^ues, lat. by obfervation 47 deg. 28 min. S. Being nbw arrived on the confines of the Spa nifli fetilements, we found ourfelves under an abfolute Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 143 abfolute neceffity of- contriving fprpp ,rpeans by which we might recruit our wood , and waccr. We had but -feven buts of water remaining, and 3 much lefs proportion of wood. -I thought it ; wduld be beft for us to go firft to- Narborough's ifland, and accordingly direded our courfe to that place. ^ Nov. 21, at feven in ;tbe morning, we had > ibundings in 28 fathom water, of fine grey and - black fand. -But- here we foimd a wild road, which Jcould not be deemedvfafefor us.— [Here Captain Shelvock laments it as a great misfor tune, that he could not reach Juan Fernandez, in latitude -33: deg. 30 min. S. - without flop ping; though at. the lame tim.e it is plain, that -he loft more. time in fearching for a nearer place lof refrefhment,' than the dired paffage to that ifland would have taken him up. But the im- putadon he wpuld throw upon Clipperton is ap plicable only to himfelf : he never intended to ad under him ; and all his excufes are mere : fiiifts.] . Surrounded with doubts and apprehenfions, .:lays he, left we fhould be obliged to advance too -faron thefe coafts, without a competent ftock of ,;i provifions, one Jofeph, de la Fontaine, a French- . man, afiured me, that, if I would go to the ifland '-of Chiloe, which was at that dme a little to the northward of us, there was no place for our pur- . profe like it in all the South Seas ; that the towns of Ghaoao and Cahbuco, the firft on- the ifland L i^ifelfi and the fecond on the continent, were rich places > 144 CAPtAiN SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. places,; that the, former was the ufuaL place of refidence ofthe Governor, andthat at, the latter there w^s a wealtliy college of Jefuits ; and that there were confiderable magazines kept up, which were always well ftocked with provifions of all kinds. On thefe confiderations I formed a refolution of going to Chiloe ; and on the 30th of Novem ber; we entered the channel, with an intent to furprife and attack the towns of Chacaoand Ga- libuco : , but, immediately after we had come to, the windward tide. made out with prodigious ra pidity, which inftantly caufed a great fea ; and the wind increafing at the fame-rime, the chan nel all about us appeared like one . continued breach. In the midft of this our ffiip laid a great ftrain upon her cable;, which unfortunately part ed, and, we loft our anchor. We paffed by two commodious bays; and, at length, we rounded a point of land out of the dde's way, >where we were commodiouflyflieltered from all inconveni ences ; and, the next morning, I fent my fetosd Lieutenant to make a difcovery of the towns of Chacao and Calibuco, and, at the fame tinie. Captain Hatley, to find out a watering-place for us. He foon returned again, and brought with him an Indian, who gave us hopes of a fufficient fupply of all we wanted, but afterwards came in the evening to tell us, the country was forbidden to fupply us with any thing. The Lieutenant not being yet rettM!;ed, this information- made rae apprehead - Captain BHELVOCX^s VOYAGE. 145 apprehend the enemy had taken himj ahd by that means had learned who we were." tfccember 3, there came to us a Spanifli offi cer, in a piragua rowed by eight Indians, who was fent by the Governor to be infoi-med who we were» As foon as we had a fight of the piragua, I hoifted French colourSj and, when the Spaniard came on board, I told him, We were a homeward-bound French fhip called the St. Rofe, and that my name was le Janis le Breton. Undefthis notion he ftaid with us all night, and next morhing departed, not leeming tafujped us. I wrote to the Governor by this gefitleman, fignifying, that I wanted a fupply of p*®<«iflons to carry me back to FrancCj defiring him to affift me in what he could ; and received forarffvver a complaint againft the violence's of our men, in killing their fheep, and driving away their -Cattle, by which I knew that they had feen my Lieutenant. But 1 was in defpair of ever feeing -him, or the people who were with him; any more. I therefore fent a mefl!age to the Governor, that provifions I wanted, and provi- fionsil muft have, and that very fpeedily; anti that all the forces of Chacao, Calibuco, CareJ-^ mapo, or Caftro, fhould not frighten or deter me from fupplying myfelf. Soon after, thefe came a piragua with a meffage, fignifying, that if I would fend an officer to Chacao, he would treat with me. But I gave him for anfwier, that I "W-Ould treat nowhere but on board my own ifeip ; and farther, that it was now too late, fince Vou U. U I had 146 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 1 had< already difpatched 80 men to take adLthey cbiVid find'.- Soon after the pinnace arrived, which I had fo long given over for loft, with all her crew ; but they were fo terrified, that I had no hopes of their being fit for fervice in any reafonabk rime. The officer had no exeufe for not return ing as fodn as he had got a fight of the town, but that the tide hurried him away at unawares, and that in the fright he had forgot he had- a graplin in tbe boat to come to wkh, till the tide had fhifted. I faid but little to him ; and only made the officer fenfible of his mifmanagemeat, which had been the ruin of the advantageous views I might have had, in taking either .C3»acao or Calibuco. December 16, we had now our decks full of live cattle, fuch as European fheep, hogs,- gua- nicoes, poultry in abundance, ¦ and hams, &e. as alio a good quantity of wheat, barley, .pota toes, maize, or Indian corn ; and, in (hort, I com puted that I had added four months provifions to what remained of our Engfilh ftock,:and,that without the leaft hindrance or moleftation from the enemy* December 1 7, v/e began to unmoor, and at noon we weighed, and failed out with the wind at W. S. W. The night before we depa«pd, one of our men made his efcape into the woods. It was beyond all difpute that this fellow would give a full account of us. This, added- to-jthe ill condud of my Lieutenant, together witJ^tbe contrary Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 14.7 cmnttaa-jodsxacutisiB; of ftU my,, orders,, 'by,f-hofe officers whom I had hitherto entrufted in ,affairs of importance, tmide rrio.dcfpaif, of ever having any thhtg done to purpjfe ; and. on tbis occafion, I could r-'hat fhips or veffels might be in eh^harbour, and to make what obfecvatiooar they cppld concerning the place. ids.O'iav ririic About noon. Captain Hatley returned in the pinnace, and informed me he had taken the Sor. lidad d'Anday, of 150 tons, the only (Ijjp in the^ l-pad or port, lately come from Baldivia^ hden with .timber; had no body on board, except the boatfwain, an^old negroe, and two Indian boys. He took alfo a fmall veflel of abopt 25 tons,' pear the ifland of Quiriquine, which belonged to a prieft who had been gathering fruits, and v/as now made a prifoner in her, together with four or five Indians. This veffel we found very, ufeful, and called her the Mercury, being well built, and ready upon all occafions to look intot port. There was another fmall velfel th^t paffed within piftol-ihot;, but Capt. Hadey never once offered to follow her, or bring her to. Hadey, . truly, fai,d, he did not mind her, though his. boat's crew all agreed fhe was fuU of men. Th'i^ yeflel ¦was bringing advice of us from Chiloe. - 1 CAwtAtvs SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 149 didi not fail to reprimand him for this, but to what efiidt! ^t^ •''¦ Dec. 26, the prieft being very folicftoXis to fanfomhi* bark, he left my fhip in the mprning, andy in m^y pinnace rowedby Indians, went afliore to get money for that purpofe. At noori, MivBrooks, firft Lieutenant, brought down the fhip we had taken, and anchored her about half a mile fhore of us. The boatfwain of her had not been op board above two hours before he gave me infor- tiaation of a veflel laden with wine, brandy, and other valuable things, bound to the ifland of Chiloe, lying at anchor in the bayof Herradura, about two leagues to the northward of us. Thi ther I ordered Mr. Randall, our fecond Lieu tenant, with the boatfwain of the Solidad, and 25 men, to go ; with pofirive orders not to fet a foot on 'fliore, or make any hazardoxis attempt whatever. But the next evening they returned with a difmal ftory, that they went into the bay,^ and finding the veffel hauled dry on fhore, the officer ordered his people to land, and bring a- way what they could out of her ; but their car reer was fbon ftopped ; for they had no fooner got; upon the bank, than they difcovered the ' enemy rufhing out furioufly upon them. They all efcaped except five, who were overtaken iij fhoal- water, and they all agreed that thofe five were cut to pieces. The Spaniards came down upon them, preceded by 2,6 or 30 horfes a-breaft, linked to each other. Thele were two deep ; theo came the enemy, mounted, and lying upon their 1 50 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. theirhdrfes necks, driving the others befbrfe them. They were not once feen to fit upright 1n their faddles, except when "there was no danger, Or to fire their mufquets. This new addition to' Our misfortunes quite difpli'ited the greateft part of my fliip's Company. Nothing was nbW heard but nriurmuring, and damning the South Seas, and declaring that, if this was making their for tune, they had better have ftaid at home and begged about thc ftreets ; but juft as I Was e.^- poftulating with Mr. Randall, who conduded this unfortunate undertaking, I was agreeably fur- prized wkh the fight of a large fhip, which we faw corning about the northemmoft point of the ifland of Quiriquine. It \vas almoft^' dark, and (he could not perceive what we were,' fo that flie ftood towards us widioutfear." As'fobn as fhe approached near enough, I hailed her, to which (he returned no anfwer, and I fired into her. Thi"; was no fooner, done, than flie came to, arid called for quarter. She was Called the St. Fermin, came from Callao, burthen about 300 tons, and laden vrith fugar, melaffe's, rice, coarie French finnen, and fome cloths of Quito, together vvith a fmall quantity of chocolate, and about 5 or 6000 dollars in money aftd wroueht plate. 1 fent Mr. Hendry (the agent for prizes) to infped her lading, and to order every thino he could find valuable out of her, and the fhip's company fent their agent likewife. In the after noon they returned, ahd brought all die biles, hordes, chefts, portmanteaus, fire, that we're in her* Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 15 r hejf,;- anil ,aJfo, all the rice, wjth a large quanrity of fugar, , melaffes, and chocolate, and' abop't 7QG0 vyeight of good rpfk, with all her eatables, and ftores,. Don Francifco Larrayn, her Captain, defired to ranfom his fhip, to which I willingly co^ifent- ed, and fuffered him to go in his own launch to raile money for that purpofe. Dec. 30, there came a boat with an offecer and a flag of truce, who brought word that three pnly of our people in the fldniiifh at Har- ^^4dnra were killed, the other two wounded, and in a fair v/ay of recovery, and that the boat had brought advice of us, as I fufpedcd, from that ifland4;,The officer brought me feven jars, of very good wine, a prefent from the Governor, .and a letter full of civility, but written, with a , great deal of craft. He defired to fee my com miflion, and then he would treat vvith me ac cording to the laws of arms. January i. Captain Betagh went to Concep tion with a copy of my commiffion, the declara- ,t,ton of war, &c. and foon after he returned with a FlemiOi jefuit, a Spanifh lawyer, and an Englifli- . map. and a Scotchman. The jefuit affured m*e he, was only come to pay his refpeds to me, and to dp his utmoft to promore the affair of the ranfom, and bring it to an immediate conclufioa. . Therefore the firft thing I did, was to fhew my commiffion to the Engliffiman, who read it in .Spanifh. The jefuit then told me, that the Cap- ¦ tains cf the St. Fermin and Solidad had re folved 132 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. folved to give me 12,000 dollars for the ranfom of both the fliips, and the Mercury included^ inftead of 16000 dofiars which I had infifted on for the St. Fermin only. To this I pofitively anfwered, that all their perfuafions, artifices, and pretences, fhould never make me agree with them. We had taken in the St. Fermin, ten large filver candlefticks, each of them weighing above twenty-five pounds^ fterling. The holy father, in a fuppliant manner, reprefented to me that they were a legacy to his convent, and hop ed I would make no difpute of fb noble a charity as it would be to put them into the pofleffioft of thofe for whom they were defigned. I offer ed to let him have them for their weight in dol lars, which, confidering the great price they pay in thofe parts for the fafliion of wrought plate, was a very advantageous offer. But he faid they never bought any thing for facred ufes-j and that, as the workmen put a great deal of al lay into plate, it would be difficult to determine the different values of the dollars and tbe candle fticks ; fo, after a deal of needlefs difjiute and entreaties, both about this, and the ranfom of thc (hips, the jefuit and the reft affirming that the Captains of the St. Fermin, §cc. were not able to raife above 12,000 dollars, there was nothing done. Two days paffing without news from the Go vernor, I began to be certainly convinced they had fomething elfe in view more than the accom- modarion of the ranfoms j but on January the 4tb> Captain SHELVOCJt*s VOYAGE. I53 4th, my two wourided men came pn board, and with theni brought a le^tet, importing, that, a.s he had now fent ^ back' the prilbAers, he hoped no difficulty would remain to prevent my fend ing on fho'rd all' the prifoners beloftgirtg to him.' Jantiary; 6',' the' morning paffed awaywithoud any news from the iowri. ' 1 now^ began to makel preparations for failing, and in thofe preparations fpent the greateft pdrt of the day. There being ho appearance of afiy boat coming off to U.s, I'ordered the St. Ffermiri to' bfe fet oh fire. Her cpttbn fails being loofed, made a prodigioui blaze. 1 had already fet fire to thS Solidad, to quicken their motions ; and now,' having con-^ eluded the treaty, I immediately got under fail, much chagrined at the lofs of fo many days without reaping any advantage. I was after wards informed, that, if they had thought I would have deftroyed the St.' Fermin, they would have gi•^^en even 20 or 30,000 dollars to have faved her ; for fhe ¦was one of the beft fkilers and the beft fitted out fhip of any ofthe Pe ruvian traders. I now direded our courfe to the ifland of Juan Fernandez, taking the Mercury with us. January 8, the ffea was all day petfedly redj' appearing as if -^aft quantities of blood had been thrown into it, and Curdled by the Water. This, the Spaniards fay, is occafioned by the fpawn of prawns, which miift certainly be a miftake, In our paffage, the plunder was fold before the maft-, 'by the (hip's company's agent, at very extra va- VoL. IL ' X gajil iS4- Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. gant prices. At the. fame rime the account of every thing being taken, ^d the value of the fhares calculated, the fhip's company defired me to let tlicin have their dividend, according to- the articles at St. Gatiierine's, j which requell I could not withftand. The prize-monfy and plunder amountipg to ten pieces pf eight per ftiar«, was^ thereupon s^lftributed-, ,and alL, the- bales of coarfe cloth, bays, linilea, ribbons, lace, filk, and feveral other forts of mercery "Wares, wefe- equallydi's'idcd, half tp the owners,, arid half to- the fhip's company. Jan,told me, ;he had looked into the port, i>ut could fee no fhipping therCs upon which! imade him fenfible of his error, and fent him to the right place, which was about fix leagues to 's^e northward -of us, and ordered, him to be "iready to look into Caldera by day-light the next ;-triorHing. They did fo, and law nothing ; but, inftead of making ufe of the land wind to come -.oft" to me,.^they kept .along :fhore, rill the fea ^eeze came on,, .and could not come to me till ihe .morning after, by which means they hinder«t *edme almoft a whole, day .and night's failing j sad. in ibis vexatious manner -were my orders al- -ways executed i ,.. Feb., 5th,, I difpatched Mr. 'Brooks ,a4iead,to sdifcover if there were any ffiipping at Aric?!;,^and m.eKt day, 'I had a fight of the head-land of A- «iraa>>3Dd: the ifland of Guano, vsfith a fliip at.-an- ,%.2 .chxii" 156 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. chPr- pn the- norTherri fide of "it, and faw the Mefrcury ftanding' out of the bay, by which I- judged the .ffiip was too warm for her, and there-' fore made all poffibk hafte'^to get up to her ¦with our' fliip. When 1 came into the port, -I found her already, taken, and that the Mercury only went accidentally adrift. This prize was Called the Kofario, of about- 106 tons, -laden with cor morants dung,- .which the Spaniards call guana; and is brought from -thfr'ifl»rid of Iquique, for the culture qf the agi, or cod-pepper, in the vale of Arica-,- There was- no white face in her but the pilot, whom I fent to fee if her owner would ranfom her, At feven o'clock iri the morn ing I received a letter from' the owner, expref firig his poverty, and declaring his readinefs :tb comply to the utmoft of his power : and dieht^ !neft man was as good as his word. n r- >i,n ^ I agreed upon reftoring to Jiim his fhip, and fix negroes, for 1500 pieces of eight; andrhe -was fo pundual and expeditious, that at 10 the next night he brought the fum. agreed on.i Soon after the receipt of this, v/e took a vefftl of aho«E 10 tons, as fhe was coming intp the road, wrrhia cargo of dried fifh and guana, within a mile of the town. The mafter of this bark fikewife came off upon a balfe, which is an odd fort tif an^etn- barkaticn made of two large feal-fl^ins feparate- ly' blown up like bladders, and then made faft and joined together by a frame of wOodv On this he brought off two jars of brandy, and 40 pieces of eight, fpr his rarifoni, which, corifider-. Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 157 ing his mean appearance, was as much as I could have expeded. One part of his freight was va luable, which was bis dried fiffi. qi^ti • by .Feb. g, I7'2 0, I failed from Arica, -and as I went-out, .^the inhabitants placed themfelves round the bay, and made a very good hedge fire after me for about haff an hour. I judged there could not be lefs than 5 or ^00 of them. J fhaped my courfe for the road of Hilo, which we had a fight of thejnext day at three in the afernooni -where we faw one large ffiip and three fnKiH ones at anchor. The igreat fhip im.me- diately hoiftedrjFrench colours, and in the end proved to be tbe Sage Solomon, pf 40 guns, com- -manded by Monf, Dumain, whom I had left at St. Catherine's, and who was now refolved to pro- ted the veffels that were with h(m, and obftrud my coming in. I at firft thought of ffiewing my '.rcfentment, but, upon fecond thoughts, I clap- -ped the helm a-weather, and ftood out to fea. . ; .: Feb. 12, in the morning, the ffiip's company had their moiety of the money taken at Arica .divided amongft them, according to their num ber of fhares, - : Feb. 22, 1 came arbreaft of Callao, the port jfor Lima, which is the metropolis of Peru ; but there being no > great .profped of performing much here in our prefent fituation, J had nothing to do but to flip away froni hejipe in the night, 1 by the help of a favourable breeze, f.if,;,,, ^ ,, .^ Feb,^ 26, tbe, officers in the Mercury defired .-to be, relieved, and it being Capt. Hatley's turn to rfS Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. to go in het, he propofed to me that he naaght €ORCinue i-bog ffiore, till we had got the length of Lobos, an iflahd in aboUt feven degrees of Ibmh, laritude; I could not b^t ^prove in the latitude by obfervation of lO deg. 9 min. S. '*;' The very next day they took a fmall bark la den mih rice, chocolate, avheat,, flour, and die like. Captain ^^pll^VOGI^'s^VGYAaEv^, i^j. ,% j,5,o,ooo.,p^ecqs ofei§,lit. ..Flufliedj.-'vwtk thi^ fucr ce% it fep|i>s Betagh prevailed ;pn Hatky, anc|; ^e gre.ateft. paJ:t of ths; pqpple.widv thf:m, ^o Uv hold; of this ppport.unity ^nd ,gfi, to -I^dla : but they no fponer c^pppci their helpi a-weather, than diey faw, a ^ail ftanding towards theiii, Y^^ch, in fhort, prpyed to. be a Spanifli man-of^ war, whp, caught, tliepi, and put an end to their In4ia4i_ voyage. The^ Englifh, were treated vei:y indi,i^erently ;, but Betagh, it {eems, wii,o; 'vj.^as of their refigipq,_ ^nd of a, nation which the Spa,- oiards affed to be fond of, w^s made ap officer, 3nd ufed very ^refgedfully. "^his, he- certainly deferved at their hands; fpr he gave them an account of the, w|ioIe fchem^ of our voyage; and not only inforrned them of what . we had done, but alio of what I defigned to do ; fo.that they did not doubt but I myfelf fhould be,ip their hanxis very fpeedily. ^ j Feb. 29, at. fix ip the morning, weihwa fail iat anchor in, the road of Guanchacp';. at eleven •we came up, and anchored along fide of her. There was no, body on board of her but two Indian men and a boy. They informed us, there was a rich ffiip in tfie cove of Payta. March 21, at three, in the afterpoon, we faw the Pena Oradado,. or the ^^^? i^ ^'^^ ^^^^ V 2"<^ in an hpur afterwards, we entered the cove of Payta vrith French colours flying. There we found iEo CAPtAiN SHElVOCrs^VOYAQE. fbund only a fnlall ffiip at' anchor' witS her fbrc* maft out, and her main-top-'m^ff^'unrigged • but the taking of this town bring, confidered ih the fcheme of our voyage as a ma'tter-tjf .great im* portance, I confulted with ray officers conc^rn^ lag the propereft' methods of going about it. At two of the clock the next '-m«'i'ning I landed with 46 men, leaving Mr. Coldfea the mafter, and fome otheis, to bring the ftiip nearer in, that wc might the more expedirioufly embark the plunder ' we might get. ' Being now oft Qibre, I marched up to the great church without meet ing any opppfition ; and indeed Lfound the town "Entirely deferted by the inhabitants. At day light we faw what feemed great bodies of men on the hills, on each fide of us, who, I expeded, when they had Viewed our ftrength, would have paid us a vifit ; Taut I found, that as we marched up towards the.m, we drove them before us. The remainder ofthe day was fpent in ffiipping off what plunder vve had got, which confifted of hogs, fowls, brown and white calavances, beans, Indian corn, wlieat, flour, fugar, and as much cocoa-nut as we were able to ftow away, with pans, and oth^t" conveniences for preparing it ; fo that we were fiipplied with brcakfaft-meat for the whole voyage, and full of provifions of one kind or other. In the afternoon there came to us a meffenger, to know what I would take for the ranfom of the town and fliip ; to which t anfwered, I would have 10,000 pieces of eight, and thofe to be paid in twenty- four hours, if they intended Captain SHELVQCK's VOYAGE. i6i ¦u .. intended to fave the town, or ffiip eitherl But the Governor gave me to underftand in plain terms, that he neither could nor would ranfom the town, and did not care what I did with it, fo that I fpared the churches. Having receiv ed this negative anfwer, arid got: every thing fer viceable out of the town, I inftantly ordered it to be fet on fire ; and the houfes, being ex tremely dry, cohfumed away apace. But no fooner was Payta in a blaze than thofe on board made fignals for me to come off, and kept in- ceffantly firing towards the mouth of the har bour. Upon which I ordered all hands off, and went firft on board myfelf in a canoe^ with three men only ; but, before 1 had got half way, faw a large ffiip lying with her fore-top-fail aback, and with a Spaniffi flag flying at her fore-top- maft-head. At this profped, two of my three people were ready to fink ; and when I looked back on the town, I could not forbear wifliing that I had not been fo hafty. As the Admiral ¦was coming ia with all his fails fpread, Mr. Coldfea, by the affiftance of the few on board, fiVed at him fo fmartly, that he ftopped the ene my's career. The Spaniard apprehending he. fliould have hot work with us, brought his ffiip to, that he might put himfelf into a condition of making a vigorous attack upon us. This in-" adivity of the enemy gave me an opporturiity of getting on board, and fuffered my men to come off, about 50 in number, but the Spaniard was within piftol-ffiot before they had all got Vol. IL Y into t62 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE'. into the ffiip ; upon which, we cut our cable, and pur ffiip falling the wrong way, I had but juft room enough to fill clear of him. Being now clofe by one another, his formidable ap pearance ftruck an univerfal damp on every one's fpirits ; and I m.yfelf could forefee nothing but that we ffiould be torn to pieces by him, and longed for an opportunity to try our heels with him, whilft our mafts were ftanding. I ex peded every minute that he would board- us,' and, upon hearing a fliouting amongft them, and feeing their forecaftie full of men, I concluded they had now come to that refolution ; but I prefently faw that the occafion of this joy was their having ffiot down our enfign-ftaff ; upon which, they, feeing our enfign trailing in the water, were in hopes we had ftruck : but I fooa undeceived them, by fpreading a new enfio-n in the mizzen ffirouds. Upon fight of this they lay fnug, and held their way clofe upon our quarter ; at laft, defrgning to do our bufinefs at once, they clapped their helm well a ftarboard, to bring their whole broadfide ro point at us ; but their fire had little or no effed. All ftood faft with us, and they muzzled themfelves ; which gave me time both to get a-head, and to windward of him, before he could fill his fails again ; and now I found, chat, if our mafts, which were by thi-s time but flenderly fupport ed, would bear what fail we had abroad, wc fhould foon fteal away from him. After this fee was in a great hurry to get his fpritfail- yard forg' Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE, i^j fore and aft, threatening us very hard, and ply ing us with his fore-chace : but we foon were out of his reach, and all hands were immediate ly employed in repairing our damages. This fhip was called the Peregrine, of 56 guns, with upwards of 450 men on board of her. During this adion, we had not a m-an killed or wounded, although the enemy often hulled us, and once, in particular, a ihot coming into one of our ports, difmounted one of our guns between decks, tearing off the nut of the gun, and breaking' itfelf Into a great many pieces, which flew fore and aft in the midft of a crowd of peo,ple, without hurting any one of them. Our ftern was alfo much ffiattered, and our rigging much difabled. Our main-maft was a little wounded, yet ftood a long while with only one good ffiroud to fupport it ; our fore-maft fared little better, yet I kept all the canvas, ex cept the main-top-gallant-fail, at hard bats- end. An unlucky ffiot took the bow of our launch, as ffie lay upon the quarter, and fet fire to fome cartridges of powder, which were negligently left in her, and which blew away her moorings, and we loft her. Seeing a great fmoke arife on the quarter, 1 at firft imagined fome accident; had happened within board. In ffiort, in about three glaffes we got quite clear of the Admiral, who tacked, and ftood in for Payta, and we fhortened fail. A narrower efcape from an enemy could not well have been made, confider- jn» the vaft difference between us, as to force. Y 2 The i64 Captain Sf-iELVOCK's VOYAGE. The Spaniard bad 56 guns ; we, on the contrary, had but 20 mounted : they had 450 men ; we, on our part, didtnot exceed 73; and 1 1 negroes and two Indians were Included in that number. He had farther this great odds pver us, of being in a fettled readinefs, whilft v/e were in the ut moft confufion. As for our fmall arms, they were wet and vifelefs to us ; and, v.- hat is more, in the midft of the engagement, one third of my people, inftead of fighting, were hard at work, to make farther preparation for an obftinate re- fiftance, if v/e had been puflied to extremities ; and particularly the carpenter and his crew were bufied in making ports for ftern-chace-guns, which, as it happened, we made no ufe of. Upon the whole, we had the good fortune to efcape this danger, which was the more to be dreaded, be caufe, as we had {et fire to the town, they were probably exafperated upon the account of the churches, which I never intended to deftroy;. and, if I had fallen into their hands, they might have given us but uncomfortable quarters. At the belt, however, it cannot but be allowed to have been a moft unfortunate difafter. The lofs pf my boat and anchor was irreparable, and may be faid to be the caufe of that fcene of trouble which will take up the remainder of this narra tive ; for we had now but one anchor, that at Payta being the third we had loft, and were be fides entirely deftitute of a boat of any kind. ,, At five, the fame evening, we faw a fail under our lee-bow, which 1 took to be the prize we had Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 165 had left to cruife for us near the Saddle of Payta; and we, therefore, ftood to the weft ward all night, and the next morning we faw two fail a-ftern of us. I tacked, and ftood to wards them, and in a little time could fee that one of them was ftanding in for Payta, while the other kept ftemming with us ; but the nearer I approached her, the lefs I liked her, and could not but think it advifeable to put my Ihip about, and crowd fail from her. However, ffie gained upon us, and advanced near enough to ffiew us fhe was the Brilliant, the Admiral's confort. She was a French-built ffiip, of 36 guns, manned with people of that nation, and other Europeans. She was handfomely rigged, which is rare to be feen in thole parts, and failed almoft two foot for our one ; fo that, notwithftanding we had almoft a calm all the heat of the day, ffie near ed us apace. But, night coming on, I made ufe of the old ftratagem (I thought it might be new here), of turning a light adrift in a half tub, in ftead of a boat, darkening one part of the Ian- thorn, that it might the more appear to be a ffiip's fight, and then immediately altered my courfe. As the day broke I handed all my fails, and in full day-fight could perceive nothing of the enemy. This was the ffiip wherein Betaghj, rny late Captain of marines, was fo much r.e- fpeded ; and by his advice it was, as 1 have been told, that the Admiral ordered his confort to ply up to windward to Lobos, our firft place pf rendezvous, whilft he himfelf came to Payta in i€S Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. in fearch of us. This feparation, though intend ed as a fure means ro catch us, proved to be very fortunately the means of our prefervation. Being thus clofely purfued, I took an offing of thirty leagues from the ffiore, and then brought to, to confider what I had beft to dp. I was ftill in the dark, as to my confort ; an em bargo, as I was told at Payta, was laid on all fhipping to leeward for the term of fix months j and our prize, which I defigned to make a fire- fhip of, was taken by the BrUliant ; I had but one anchor, and no boat at all ; and I was as yet ignorant of what had become of the Mer cury. In the midft of all this peril and perplexity, I called my officers together, to let them know, jt was my opinion, we had, as we were thus cir- cumftanced, a much better profped to the wind ward than to the leeward ; that on the coaft of Chili we fhould not be in the leaft fufpeded, and ffiould, at the fame time, in the moft effec- toil manner, efcape the enemy's men-of-war; t!;ft, after taking in water at Juan Fernandez, v,v; Hiight cruife ovit the whole feafon off the ports of Conception, Valparaifo, and Coquimbo, where among the ffiipping we niight be ftocked with anchors, cables, boats, and a veffel to make a fire-fliip of, on which I mightily depended, All this being univerfally approved of, we got our tacks on board, and ftretched away tp yindward. My intentioris'after this were fixed upon the coaft; Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE, 167 coaft of Mexico, There I propofecj to run thc height of Tres Marias and California, as. the moft likely places to meet with the Succefs. Thefe two places would have been comni-pdi- ous; the firft for fairing of turtle, and the laft for wooding and watering at, and for laying my felf in the track of the Manilla fliip, which, if I ffiould have had the fortune to meet with, and, having a fire-ffiip with me, I would have tried what I could have done with her. March 26, having well fecured our maft, and bent a new fuit of fails, we ftood tp the fouth ward, expeding to gain our paffage to wind ward in about five weeks. March 31, as they were pumping the ffiip, the water which came out of the well, was not only in greater quantity than ufual, but was alfo as black as ink. This m.ade me judge that fome water had got to our powder; and accordingly goino^ into the powder-room, we heard the wa ter come in like a little flulce. This had quite fpoiled the greateft part of our powder ; fo that we only faved the quantity of fix barrels. We found upon fearch a leak to be on the bow, un der the lower cheek of the head, occafioned by a fhot which had been lodged there in ourlate en- gagemenr, and which falfing outby the wprking of the ffiip in an head fea, had left room for a ftream of water ; but we brought the ffiip by the ftern, and, with great difficulty, ftopped- lE fecurely. ,; wbn May II, we faW the great ifland of Juan Fernandez, i6S Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. Fernandez, bearing eaft half fouth. Here I plied on and off till the 2 1 ft, but could not get off as much water as we daily expended May 2 1, a hard gale of wind came out of the fea -upon us, and brought in with it a tumbling fwell ; fo that in a few hours, our cable, which was never wet before, parted, and inevitable ffiipwreck appeared before our eyes. But Pro vidence fo far interpofed in our behalf, that, if we had ftruck but a cable's length farther to the eaftward or weftward of the place where we did ftrike, we muft certainly all have perlffied. Our main-maft, fore-maft, andmizzen-topmaft, went all away together ; and happy it was for us that they did fo ; for, by making them ferve by v/-ay of raft, and by the help of thofe who were afnore before the wind came on, we were all faved, except one man. In the midft of this furprize, the firft thing I took care of, was my commiffion ; and, remembering the powder to be uppermoft In the bread-room, I got moft of It up, with about (ewen or eight bags of bread : thefe we faved, as the ffiip did not come to pieces immediately. In a few minutes, however, after fhe firft ftruck, flie was full of water. We faved, notwithftanding, two or three compaffes, fome of our mathematical inftruments, and books. When we firft got on fliore, Vv-e were without any one thing neceffary for our relief; not fo' much as a feat whereon to reft cur harraffed limbs, except the wet ground, which, as far as we Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 169 we could fee, was alfo like to be our bed and pillow, and indeed it proved to be fo. In the evening; all the officers came to confult with me, how we ffiould get fome neceffaries out of the wreck ; and, having by this tlm.e lighted a fire, wc wrapt Ourfelves in what we could get, laid ourfelves round it, and, notwithftanding the badnefs of the weather, we flept very foundly ; but, the next morning, getting up with the firft glimpfe of day-light, wc looked at each other like men awakened out of a dream ; fo great and fo fudden was the melancholy change in our condition, that we could fcarce truft to our fcnfes. I went immediately among the people to fet them about thc work we had refolved upon the night before ; but they were fo fcattered, there Was no getting them together, or we might, pro bably, have regained all our beef and pork. This opportunity, however, was loft, by their eager nefs to build huts and tents, in ordcr to fettle themfelves for good ; for, while they were thus employed, a furious gale of wind came on, which deftroyed all thc provifions in the ffiip, except one cafk of beef, and one of farina de pao, which were waffied whole on the ftrand. 1 had faved 1100 dollars belonging to the gentlemen adv'eHturers, which were kept in my cheft in the great cabbin ; the reft, being in the bottom of the bread-room for fecurity, could not poffibly be come at. I need not fay how difconfolate my refledions were on th© fad accident that had V91.. IL Z hap- 1^0 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. happened. My firft thoughts were on the means whereby to preferve our lives, and oe^ dome fcheme of eeconomy to be obferved a- mongft the people, in relation to the diftribu tion of fuch quantities of provifkins as fliould from rime to time be obtained. I found a very commodious fpot of ground about half a mile from the fea, on which I fet up my tent. There was a fine run' of water within a ftone''s caft of it on- each fide, wkh fir ing near at hand, and trees proper for our ufe. The people fettled within call about me, in as good a manner as they could : and havingali fecured ourfelves againft the inclemency of the weather, we ufed to pafs our time in the even ing round a "great fire, roafting craw-fifh in th^ embers. I now began to think of buildii^ fi.ich a veffel from the wreck as might carry us all off at once from this ifland ; and for that purpofe confult ed with the carpenter ; but was aftonifhed at his anfwer, ' he could not make brick, he faid, without ftraw,' and walked away from me in a furly humour. From him I went to the ar mourer, and aiked him what he could do to wards building a Iraall veffel for us ; to which he anfwered, that he hoped he could do all the iron-work ; that he had, with much labour, got his bellows out of the wreck, and that he did not doubt but we ffiould find a great many other ufeful things, when we came to fet about a fearch for them in good eameft-, .June Ca-ptain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 174 June S, we laid the blocks to build upon, and ¦had the bowfprit ready. The carpenter for a little while went on with feeming good temper, but fuddenly turning ffiort upon me as I ftood hy hinij he fwore a great oath, he would not •ftrike another ftroke, ' he truly would be no *.body's flave, and thought himfelf now upon a "* footing with myfelf." This provoked me to ufe him a little roughly with my cane ; but af terwards came to an agreement with him to give a- fbur-piftole -piece as foon as the ftern and item- poft were up, and 100 pieces of eight when the bark was finiffied. He then went to work on tlie keel, and in two months time we madeva tolerable Ihow, owing to the diligence aad ingenuity of Poppleftope, the armourer, who made us hammers, chilfels, files, gimlets, bullet- moulds., and an inftrument to bore our cantduch- boxes. Thefe laft we covered with fcals jkins, and contrived them fo as to bc both handy and neat. He, befides all this, began and fi^niffied with his own hands,- alarge ferviceable boat, whkh was what we very much ftood iu need of. For a few days the people behaved themfelves very regularly and diligently, half of them work ing one day, afld half another. But the time foon arrived when wc fell into fuch confufion and outrageous diforder, that it was a miracle we ever got off from this place by any affiftance of our own; for, one afternoon, I miffed alLthe people, and could' fee no body but Mr. Adams, Z 2 our 172 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. our furgeon, Mr, Hendry the agent, my -fon, and Mr. Dodd, lieutenant of marinesj who, for jbme reafoiis beft known to himfelf, had a mind to ad the madman. At night I was informed, they had affembled together at a great tree, had formed a nev/ regulation and new articles, had excluded the gentlemen adventurers in England from having any part of what we ffiould take.for tbe future, and had divefted me ofthe authority of their Captain, having regulated themfelve&acr cording to the difcipline of Jamaica, They kad chofen Morphew to be their champion and fpeaker. This man addreffed himfelf to me, and told me, ' that, as the .Speedwell was caft ' away, they were now of confequence at their ? own difpofal, fo that their obfigations to the * owners and me were of no validity, the ffiip * being now no more ; they therefore, he faid, ' had now thought fit to frame fuch articles as * would be moft conducive to their own intereft; ' and, if I would fign them, well ; if not, they * would not truft themfelves under my condud, ^ as they ffiould always be apprehenfive that I 'ffiould ferve them as Clipperton had ferved ^ fome of his men, who (they heard) happening ^ to be taken feparately, he denied them, and * fuffered eight of them to be hanged as pirates * before his face.' In thefe articles, befides cafting off the own ers, I found myfelf reduced from fixty ffiares to fix ; and, 1 at laft was at a lofs what to do in fhis- dilenim^jitbut I found myfelf under an in- Kh difpenfible Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 173 difpenfible neceffity of figning the articles, ih order to get off from the ifland, where otherwife I might have been forcibly left behind. And now, having very unwillingly fatisfied them in all 1 thought they could afk, I recom mended to them the veffel we had begun, not doubting but after this they would have ufed their xonftant endeavours to finiffi her, that they might have an opportunity of putting their pro jed in execurion ; and they faid they would. .But early the next morning, going down to the beach as ufual, and expeding to find every one employed, I faw none of them, except the carpenter, and two or three more ; for, notwith ftanding they were abettors of the defigns that .were carrying on, yet the hopes of a little money from me had made them work pretty diligently, though I cannot fay they fatigued themfelves. Upon enquiry, I was informed, that the reft of the people were again adjourned to the great tree; and it was not long before I was made acquaint ed with the refult of their meeting ; for, betlrnes the next morning, they furrounded my tent, while Morphew,, and Stewart, their agent, came in to me, and told me. They came in the name of all the people to demand every thing be longing to the gentlemen adventurers out of niiy poffeffion, and particularly 750 weight iri Pinna or virgin filver, a filver diffi weighing •]&, ounces, and 250 dollars in money. I did not eafily part with all this : but they defired I would- make'^rio {iifpute ; for, as all this came out ofthe Wreck, they £74 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. they infifted, she owners could have nothing to do with it, and they were determined to have it. In fhort, I was obfiged to give it all up, and they ftnared it amongft them that very moment, according to their new regulation. After this, they entirely deftroyed what little power they had allowed me over them ; and the meaneft of them were taught they were as good as I. They fometimes, denied rae a quoiiaOf the fiffi, and wondered I could not go out to catcfi it as well as they ; at beft, they would give my fervant who ufed to fetch it but the leavings,. a5- ter they had chofen the prime : and, to complete their infults, my firft lieutenant, who ufed;fbrae<- times to eat with me^ entirely deferted my mefs to join Morphew, to paruke of his better fa'e. , 'Quite tired out with their inceffaiit muunies, 1 became at length fo defperate, that I began to think of preferring the dangers of the fea, in a fmall opep boat,, to what I diought myfelf ex pofed to on this place from my fhip's compau)!. I apprehended, they would never reft till rhey had made themfelves entirely their own mafters, by privately making away with me ; and this made me melancholy and penfive, preparing myfelf for the worft that could happen. They perceiving this change in me, grew fuljiicious that I was now contriving fome means to reduce them ; and, therefore, they determined to get the arms out of my poffeffion. To this purpofe they all came in a body, headed by Brooks and Morphew, who, in the prefence of all the people. Captain SHELVOCK's. VOYAGE. 175 people, ufed me with infupportable impudence •, and even went fo far as to threaten the life of my fon, for only telling Morphew, that every one prefent had not chofen him for his fpeaker. Having gained that point alfo, they had the -pleafure of fquandering away their time, and powder and ffiot, in firing at cats, or any thing elfe, to wafte the ammunition. What I have now related, is the fubftance of what occurred from May 24 till Auguft 15, when we had fight of a large ffiip, which put us into a great hurry, and gave us a confiderable alarm. Before ffie croffed the bay, I ordered all the fires to be put out, and confined the negroes and Indians, left the ffiip ffiould be becalmed under the land, and any of them ffiould attempt to fwim off to her. However, I was not long in fear, for ffie kept away large, and at too great a diftance to perceive any thing diftindly of us. On this occafion I got moll of the people ¦under arms, and was glad to fee fo many of them, in fome meafure, obedient to command. I told them, I was pleafed to fee their arms in fuch good order ; to which they anfwered im pertinently, that it was for their own fakes. But this alarm was fcarce fubfided before they be came divided among themfelves. The.queftion ftarted was, whether or no the bark fboiild be carried on, or, whether they ffiould not build two large ffiallops, and fet what was done of the bark on fire. The workmen, and a confider able majority of the reft, fided with me in be half 176 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. half of thc bark : but at night the carpenter' fent me word, that, if I did not deliver him the money agreed on at the beginning, notwithftand ing the terms of the payment of it were not yet fulfilled, I ffiould not fee his face again ; fo I was obliged to treat this gentleman as he pleafed to have me, and raife the money for him. To complete the num.ber of our divifions and diffentions, there arofe a third party, who were refolved to have nothing to do with the other two, they purpofing to ftay on the ifland. Thefe were to the number of 12, who accord ingly feparated themfelves from the reft, and never appeared amongft us, except in the night, when they ufed to come about our tents, and the bark we were building, to fteal powder, lead, and axes, and In ffiort, whatever elfe they could lay their hands on. Thefe, however, I found means to manage, and took from them all their arms, ammunition, and the reft of their plunder, and threatened, that, if they were found within mufquet-ffiot of our tents, they ffiould be treat ed as enemies. In a little time thefe divifions had fo far weakened the whole body, that, by degrees^ they began to llften a little to what I faid to them ; and I prevailed fo far as to get moft of them into a working humour. Mr. Brooks now came with a feigned fubmiffion, and defired he might eat with me again ; but this, in the main, abated nothing of his efteem for Morphew. His diffimulation, however, proved of fignal fervke, as Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 1^7 as k contributed to the fpeedy finiffilng of the bark. This claimed the affiftance of all our heads and hands ; for when we came to plank her bottom, we had moft aiffieartening difficul ties to encounter ; for, having no plank but pieces of the wreck's deck, we found it fo dry and ftubborn, that fire and water had fcarce any effed in making it pliable and fit for ufe. It rent and fplit, and flew like glafs ; fo that now I had fufficient reafons to believe, after all our labour, that we muft patiently wait to be taken off from hence by fome Spaniffi ffiip, and, after all our troubles; be led to a prifon, to refled on our misfortunes paft. However, by conftant labour, and a variety of contrivances, we. In the end, patched our bark up in fuch a manner, that I dare fay the like was never feen, and I may venture to affirm, that fuch a bottom never fwam on the furface of the fea before. Sept. 9, the boat, which I have already men tioned to be begun by the armourer^ was launch ed ; and, being now in a fair way of compleating our bark, there yet remained unconfidered and undetermined, what provifions we ffiould get to fupport us in our prefent voyage. All the ftock we had confifted of but one cafk of beef, five or f X buffiels of farina or Caffader flour, ecgethef with four or five live hogs. I made feveral experiments to cure both fifh and feal, but found it impoflible. At lengthy we luckily thought on a method of curing the conger-eel, by fplitting it, and taking out the Vol. II, A a back- 178 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. back-bone, then dipping it in falt-water, and af terwards hanging it up to dry in a great fmoke. As no other fiffi could be preferved after this mariner, the fiffiermen were ordered to catch what congers they could. And now feveral of the people, who had not yet ftruck a ftroke, began to repent of their folly, as they grew weary of living on this place, and offered their fervice to go a-fiffiing, every one making fame foofiffi exeufe or other, for having been fo long idle. The new boat being fent to try her for tune, returned at night, and brought in a great parcel of fiffi of feveral forts, amongft which were 200 conger-eels. This was a good begin ning, and every tent took a proportion of them to cure. Having this conveniency of a large boat, I defired Mr. Brooks, our only diver, to try what he could recover from that part of the wreck which lay under water. He accordingly under took ir, and could find but one fmall gun, which he weighed and brought on ffiore, together with two pieces of a large church-candleftick, which was a part of the plate which belonged to the gentlemen adventurers. Our boat was now daily employed in fiffiino-. The armourer conftantly fupplied them with hook^, and there was no want of fines, which were made of twifted ribbon. In the mean time, thofe who were nfliore, made twice laycd ftuff for rigging and other ufes. We patched up the canvas for fails ; the cooper completed his Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 179 his cafks ; and, in a fliort time, we had mafts an-end tolerably well rigged, and thought we made a comfortable figure. And now, having done all we could, when we came to put in water, to try the tightnefs of our work, it was fofiowed by an univerfal outcry, Afieve! afievel I was afraid the people would have defpaired, and defifted from ufing any far ther means : but, in a little time, and by incef- fant labour, we repaired the ffiip's pumps, and fitted them to our bark. The next fpnng-tide we found means to launch her, which fell out on the 5th of Odober, by which time we had faved about 2300 conger-eels, weighing, one with another, about one pound each, and made about 60 gallons of feals oil to fry them in. This, with what 1 mentioned before, was all our fea-ftock. As ffie went off the blocks, I named her the Recovery, though I was fadly afraid of hearing ill news from thofe afloat in her ; but all proved indifferendy weU ; and, knowing it to be dangerous for her to lie here long, efpecially having no other anchor than a great ftone, and a flight rope to hold her with, and that the leaft puff of wind might have driven and deftroyed her upon the rocks, we got a-1 the water off that day, which we did fo much eafier and quicker, becaufe the caflis were ready ftowecl in the hold. She had two mafts, and was of about the burthen of twenty tons ; and, to my great fatisfadion, I found, that one pfimp, conftandy working, kept her free. The next day, Odober the 6th, we A a 2 got i8o Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE, got every one on board and embarked, leaving behind us eleven or twelve of thofe who had deferted us. They were deaf to all perfuafions; and, in ffiort, fent me word, ' They were not ^ yet prepared for the other world ;' fo they, with the like number of blacks and Indians, remained behind on the ifland. This ifland enjoys a fine wholefome air, info- much that, out of 70 of us that were on it for the fpace of five months and eleven days, not one of us had an hour's ficknefs, notwithftand- v/e fed on foul diet, without bread or fait. For my own part, I muft acknowledge the bounty of Provid'Hce; for, although I loft much of my fleffi, I necame one of the ftrongeft and moft adive men on the ifland, from being before very corpulent, and almoft crippled with the gout. On the tops of fome of the mountains of this ifland, are plains covered with groves of the Italian laurel. Palm-trees are likewife found in moft parts, growing in fmooth joints like a cane, fome 30, fome 40 feet high. \Vhat feamen call palm-cabbage is the '/ery fubftance of the head of this tree, which being cut off, you find in- clofed a white and tender young cabbage : but, for every one we got, we were obliged to cut down a fine lofty tree. The northern part of this ifland is very well watered, and the water keeps well at fea, and is, I dare fay, as good as any in the world. Down the weftern peak defcend two cafcades, to ap pearance, at leaft 300 feet perpendicular ; which, with Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 18 1 ^ith the palm-trees that grow tip clofe by the e4ges of theni, exhibit a very grand and romaUr tic profped. , We might have found goats enough in the mountains, if we had been able to follow them ; |9id cats are fo numerous, that there is hardly taking a ftep without ftarting one. Thofe whofe ftomachs could bear their fleffi for food, found a more fubftantial refief from hunger by one meal of it, than from four or five of fiffi. The Spaniards, who firft ftocked this ifland with goats, have fince endeavoured to deftroy thefe goats by dogs, which arc likewife very nu merous ; but the gdats' have many inacceffible^ places of refuge, where , no dogs can follow them ; and they ftill continue to afford a plen tiful fupply to ftrangers. While we were here, it was the feafon for the lea-lioneffcs to come to land, tO bring forth their young. Thefe have bodies of a monftrous bulk, being from 10 to 1 2 feet long, and near as much in circumference. I inay venture to affirm, that, one with another, they would yield each a butt of train-i^il. They are fo iridolent, that, as foon as they have gained the land, they fall afleep, ^nd in that condition remain a month together fo torpid, that you might fire, a piftol at their heads without difturbing them ; ,but where the fea-lioneffcs lie, as they do m companies after they have yeaned, to give fuck to their yopng, there is always an old liori, of the largeft fize, fn^pJTantly on the watch, and at the approach of %n 1 82 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. an enemy makes a hideous roaring, threatening death to him who; ffiould be fo hardy as to mo- left his charge ; and, in truth, were they not lb unwieldy, they would be a defperate creature to encounter. We were accuftomed to walk a- mongft them without dread ; fdr all, btit thofe who were to take care idf the young, were loft in the profoundeft flumbers. On the land they in- gender; and bring forth their young, who ingen- der alfo before they go off; againft the ncHt'fea^ fon ; fo quick and fuddenly do they incieafe and propagate. The feals here rhay properly be called fea- wolves, frorh the refemblance of their heads to the heads of wolves, differing in that particular from the feals in the northern hemifphere, where their heads are more like the dog's. They are naturally furly, and fnarl in an angry manner, on the approach of any body. Two fins compofe their tails, and with the help of thefe they get along much fafter than the lions. Every thing onc fees or hears in this ifland is different from what is elfewhere to .be found. Thc very ftrudure of the ifland, in all lis parts, appears with a certain favage, irregular beauty, not eafy to be expreffed. The feveral profpeds of lofty inacceffible hills in the day, and the fo- Jitarinefs of the gloomy narrow vallies in the night, added to the mixed, confufed noife of the furge eonrinualiy beating againft .the ffiore, the tumbling of the waters from an immenfe precipice, the roaring of fea- lioa? and (^a- wolves, Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE; 183 wolves, whofe voices are more or lefs ffirill or hoarfe according to their youth or age, compofe fo wild and horrible a medley; that the ftouteft man muft long be accuftomed to it, before he can tafte the fweets of refrefhing fleep, or whol ly diveft himfqlf of. terror. Odober 6, we fet fail, whh nothing to fubfift CHI at fea but the before-mentioned fmoked con gers, one cafk of beef, and four live hogs, toge ther with three or four buffiels of farina. Wc were upwards of forty of us crowded together, and lying upon bundles of eels, with no conve nience of keeping the men clean, nor any thing to defend us from their abominable ftench ; not zdpop of water to be had without fucking it out ofthe cafk through a pipe, which being ufed pro- omifcuoufly, became intolerably naufeous. The unfavoury morfels we daily ate created perpetual quarrels amongft us, every one contending for the frying-pan. All the conveniency we had for firing, was an half tub filled with earth, which made our cooking fo tedious, that we had a continual noife of frying from morning; till night: » IV -^ Thus wc traverfed the ocean : happy, how ever, in the thought of being once more afloat, and cheriffiing -the hope that fomethiri^ would fpeedily fall into our hands. Every day, while the fea-breeze continued, we were hard put to it, for not' having above 16 inches free boaird, and our bark tumbling prodigioufly, the wacet cdn- tinually ran over us y and, haying only a grating deck, 1 84 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE!; deck, and no tarpaulin to cover it, our pumpsf would but juft keep'us free. Odober lo, bfeing the fourth day (rf" our new expedition, we fell in with a large ffiip, which I could plainly fee was Europe built. This ftruck me with the dread of her being a man-of-war j however, pur cafe being defperate, I ftood for her, and, before we could get quite up with her, the enemy difcovered the brownnefs of our can vas, and, fufpeding us, wore ffiip, and hauled clofe on a w'ind to the weftward. This done^ they hoifted their colours, fired a gun, and crouded away from us at a great rate; but, in about two hours it fell calm, and we had re- courfe to pur oars. In the mean time we over hauled our arms, which we found to be in very bad condition, one third of them being without flints, and we had but three cutlaffes ; fo that we were but ill prepared for boarding, which was the only means we could have of taking any (hip. We had but one fmall cannon, which we could not mount, and therefore were obfiged to fire it as it lay along upon the deck; and to fupply it we had no more ammunition than two round ffiot, a few chain-bolts and bolt-heads, the clap per of the Speedwell's bell, and fome bags of beach-ftones to ferve for partridge. In about four hours we came up with this fhip, and every one feemed as eafy in his mind as if adually in. pof^ feffion of her. But, as we advanced nearer, I faw her gUns and patararoes, and a confiderable nuniber of men upon deck, with their arms glit tering; Captain SHELVOCK'S VOtAGE. 185 tiering in the fun, who called out tp us by the name of Engliffi Dogs, defying us, in q, fcornful •way, to conie on board of them, and at die fame time gave us a volley of great and fmafi fhot^ which killed our gunnerj.and almoft , bropght our fore-maft by the board. This warm recep tion ftaggered a gre^t fiiany of my men who before feemed the forwardeft, infomuch that th^y lay upon their oars for fpme time, ip fpite of all I could do to make them keep tfielr way. We recovered Ourfelves again, and rowed clofe up with the enemy, and engaged them rill all our fmall fhot was expended, vl-hich obliged us to fall aftern to make fome flugs. In this plan ner we made tliree attemptSj but with no betted fuccefs. All the night it was calm, and we Were bufied in making flugs, and had provided a large quan tity by the next morning, when wp came to a filial determinarion of either carrying the ffiip, or of fubmitting to her; and accordinglyj .ac day-break, I ordered twenty mep in our yaul, to lay her athwart the hawfe^ whilft I bearded her in the bark. The people in the boat put off, giving me repeated affufanrespf their gpod behaviour; but, at the very jundure vve were coming to adion, a gale fprang u.p^. and i|i8 went away from us. -pi This fhip was called the Margarita, anjcl s^ag the fame which had been a privateer belonging to St, Malo's, and mounted forty gups,, ali tht laft war. In the fkirmiffies we had with her. Vol. IL B b we iS6 GAitTAm SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. we had none killed, except Gilbert Henderfbn, our gunner ; and only three were 'vypjjnded, viz. Mr.Brooks, Firft Lieutpnant,through the thigh, Mr.Coldfea, the Mafter, through the groin, and one of the fore-maft-men thrpugh the fmall of his back. Two of thefe did very well, and 1 think there was fomething eJEtraordinary in their cure; for the furgeon had nothing to apply to their wounds, but what he himfelf had prepared with feals oil, and other matters he had found on the ifland. Mr. Coldfea, indeed, fingered in a miferable manner for nine or ten months; but at length recovered.. ,., - Our condition now grew worfe a,nd w^rfe; for fooii after we had parted from this ffiip, a hard gale came on, 'which lafted four days with out ceaflng, during all which time . we had not ah hour's hope of living a minute. We were obliged tb feud away under bare poles, with our yaul in tov? ; and, having but a ffiort fcope of boat- rope, Wc were, on the defcent of every fea, in the'grCateft danger of having the bark's ftern beat ift by the violence of' the boat's pre cipitate fall after Us ; and, onCe in particular, a a great hollow fea had like to have thrown her tipbri our deck, which would have put an end fo our ¦voyage immediately. The exceffive fright of this ftorm made many of our people form a refolution of going on fliore the very firft oppottunity. In this extremity, calling tp mind M. Fre zier's account of Iquique, I inentioned the fur- prizal Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 1 8 7 prizal of that place to the crew, which being univerfally approved of, we direded our courfe to that ifland. It was three Weeks before we got this length j and having nothing to ride the bark with, we were obligM to' keep the fea with her, whilft the boat went in between the rocks, and was received by fome Indians oh the ftrand with a fort of welcome. The men, being landed, went to the Lieutenant's hOufe, broke it open, and rummaged the whole village, where they found a booty more valuable to us at that time than gold and filver. It confifted of about fixty bufhels of wheat- flour, 120 of calavances and corn, fome jerked beef, pork and mutton, fome thoUfand weight of well - cured fifh, ' a good number of fowls, fome rufk, and four or five days eating of fcft bread, together with five or fix jars' of Peruvian wine and brandy; and, to crown all, they had the good fortune to find a large beat near the ffiore, to bring off, the booty with, vvhich otherwife would have been of little ufe to us, our own boat -being already fuffi- ¦ ciently laden with the men. Words cannot exprefs the joy that reigned among us when they came oh board-: the fcene was now changed from famine to plenty ; the loaves of foft bread were diftributed to, every onCj 'and the jars of wine were broached ; but I took care they fhould drink but moderately of it, each man having rib more than Ji^f a pint to his ftiarC : and, af^ter a day or two's B b ? , livipg i88 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. living on wholefome diet, we wondered how o\fi ftomachs had been able to digeft our rank and naufeous eels fried in train-oil, and could fcarcely believe we had liVed upon nothing elfe for a month paft. Mr. Randall, our Second Lieutenant, who commanded In this enterprize,' told me, they did not meet with the leaft oppofirion, ind that the few Indians they found feemed to be as glad pf this opportunity of pillagipg the Spaniards . ^s v/e were. The fettlement ^t IquitjUc Confifts of about 00 fcattered Ill-built houfes;whIch hardly defetve that name, and a fmall church. There is not the leaft verdure to be feen In or about- it, nor does it afford the leaft neceffary of life, of its own produd, not even water, which they are obliged to fetch- in boats frOm Pifagua, ten leagues to the notthward. 'By two Indian prifoners* we took here, we were informed, that tbe Lieutenant's boat was then at Pifagua, and that It would hOt be lohg before her return ; however, being determined to make fome attem.pt in the rpad of lc Nafco, in lat. i6 deg. S. and at Pifco, in lat. 13 deg. 45 min. S. we fet fail, and the very nroming we came off the Sierra or hi^h-land of le Nafco, two hours before day-light, we fell in with a iaitge fnip. The circumftances of oul- meering and engaging her were, in fome meafure, tiie fame with thofe We had with the Margarita. ¦^,e ii^et \yith both ac the fame rime in the morning, CAPTAm SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 189 'mombg, andi whilft in purfuit of. both, had thc misfojrtune of belitg becalmed. We fl;fUg- gled with this laft for fix or feven hours, and were at length obliged to leave her, becaufe the fea-breeze came In fo ftrong, and the" fea ran fo high, that, Jiad- ffie been of no force, our flight bark muft have beeh in pieces before a third part of us could have Entered her. This fljip was called the St. Francifco Palacio, of 700 tons, eight guns. and ten peterardes^ and was well mantled and provided with fmall arms. It happened very unfortunately; that " wfe ifhbuld thus mifs two of the beft equipped flilpS in the private trade at that time In the South Seas.- This laft repulfe 'wai; mkde a pretence fbr much murmuring; many, defpairing of ever being able to take any thing as our cortditioii ¦was, were for furrendcring to the enemy, who Vras all the night becalmed near us. To pref- vent their defignt, T took -care to remove the two boats out of their power, by ordering tv(rt> men In each of them, 'fuch asl thought I .could truft, and td- caft off from us at a little drftaace, that none niight efcape in them. But, ndtwltbftanding the confidence I Wad in thele .four, the. two in the bef|: boat ran away with her; and the next day I, was info^ed, that ;;- the Firft Lieutenant and . MoT.phevv had.maxie a party, too ftrong for hie to oppofe, to ^ away .with the boat that was kft; but, it blow- -ing. freffi .the next night, they werc..p,i!e1?enied lirom execuring their defigfli ..:.• r-c -..f The I5Q Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 'The next day we ftood into the road of Pifcp, as wc had defigned, where we difcovered what appeared to be a large fhip. We bore down to her with a refolute defpair, and laid her athwart the hawfe ; but, tp our great fatis fadion, wc met with no refiftance, and were received by the Captain and his Officers with their hats off, in the moft fubmiffivje manner afkirtg for tju^rter. Before we came up, I had ordered our boat to initercept theirs, which was going on fhorie. They clapped her on board, but, not holding faft, they fell aftern, and could not fetch up with her again ; fp_ that in this boat was conveyed awfay every thing that might have been valuable in the prize. She was a good ffiip, of about 200 tons, called the Jcfus- Marla, almoft laden with pitch, tar, copper, and plank, but nothing elfe. The Captain of fered 1600 dollars for her ranfom, but I could not give ear to it in the pondition which I was then in. The Spanifh Captain infprmed mc, that thc Margarita had been arrived fome time at Callao, where fhe.had given a full account of us ; that thd CaptaiA of her, and three more, were killed in the adion with us, apd that the Prieft and feveral others were woynded ; ,and that fhe was no# ready to put to fea again,' with an addition of teJii guns and fifty men, to cruife fpr us>,i and, rdoreover, that the Flying-fiffi, a frigate of 28 guns, was already out with the fame,, in- . |;ent. Upon this a4vice, h^yiq^. cleared , oijr tiark, Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 191 bark, we gave her to the Spanifli Captain, and as foon as the breeze fprang up, we weighed, and went to fea, and inking out met with our boat, which I havc_ mentioned to h^ye Jeft ijs in the night ;' they edged towards us, imagining we were Spaniards, by which means we got them again. The two fellows ih her were almoft dead, having ate Or drank nothing for three days, and had juft been affiorc ori a fniall ifland, tp_,ki|l fcals to drink their blood. They had no excijfe: for themfelves, kul that they fell afleep, and the . faint breezCs of the night had wafted us in the bark away from thCm. . ., . Pifco being 40 leagues to the windward of Callao, I kept clofe hauled till I had gained a two degrees offing, and kept that diftance till we had got well to the northward of Callao, apd,, hauled in again for the land, a lltrie to thc fouth ward of Truxillo, and looked Into, the roads of Guanchaco, Malabriga, and Cheripe ; but, fee ing no fhip at thofe places, I paffed between the iflahd of Lobos de Tierra and the continent ; and, Nov. 25, found ourfelves near the Saddle of Payta, where having rliade fome prifoners, I examined them concerning the cpndition of tl^p - town, which they anfwered was very poor at pre fent, there being neither money nor provifiqns^in it, and fhewed me a fmall bark on the fhore, ' ^ ft i. -' ' '' • which capt. Clipperton had fent in 'here^a fittle while before with fome of , his prifoners, v^hjfh , had given them fuch an alarm, that every -fling,, ., , had been again removed into the country. I'hia unwel- 1^2 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. unwelcome news did not hinder us ftom keep ing on our way, with our Spanilh ctflbors flyingj till \\^e'Cariie to the 'place or anchora^. '¦' No" fooner was our anchor down than I fent away Mr. Brooks, "with both the boats, armed ¦with 24 men ; no 'more of them, however,' ap peared than thofe who rowed, and tv^rp or three fitters iri each, the reft, ¦with their arms, lying in thc bottom of the boat. Thus they advanee4 toward^ the town,' -without giving the leaft um brage 'tothe Inhabitants, who were fO thoroughly perfuaded of our being Spaniards, that,when the people landed, they found the children playing on the beach, who were thc firft that took the alarm, and ran away atthe fight of armed men. In^an inltarit the whole place was in confufion ; the town was deferted, and nothing kft In it but a few bales of coarfe cloth, about 500 pf dried tole or dog-fifh,'two Or three pedlars packs, and an inconfiderab'ld quantity of bread and fweet- meats; fo that we unluckily had but little em- ployriicht for our boats. As we lay atari^ anchor in the ffiip, we took i boat with about fifty jars of Peruvian wine and brandy, the mafter of which told us, he was Come by ftealth from Callao, there being orders that none but ffiips of fome force fhould ftir our. This man was the firft who acquainted me with Captain Hatley's being takeri'y and the value of his prizes ; and Kkt\yife affured nie, that, if Captain Cfipperton had landed the' firft time he was here, there were 400,000 pieces of eight in it* GAf TAIN SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 193 it, befides a great quanlty of jefuits bark, and other valuable commodities, of all which he might eafily have made himfelf mafter ; but he wanted courage. Some of the King of Spain's treafure is frequently lodged under the Governor's care ; and, if he had made an attempt, even the fecond time, it would have been worth his whilci As for Collan, which is two miles to the north ward of this, fituated near the mouth of a little .river, it is a mean place; being entirely inhabit ed by Indians. . From this place wc direded our courfe fot the ifland of Gorgona, In the bay of Panama, and in our paffage thither built a tank, or wooden clftern, big enough to hold 10 tons of water, wherewith to fupply our want of cafks, as without the help of fome fuch contrivance we fhould have but little hopes of being ever able to return home. In our way we made the Ifland of Plate, Cape St. Francis, and Gorgonella ; and on Dec. 2, we came to anchor'to the leeward of the northermoft point of Gorgona, within lefs than a quarter of a mile ofthe ffiore. Here we had the advantage of fiUing our water-cafl ¦Lis-;'^but as I only thought of taking water cndugh to carry US to Panama, vvhere we were fully rfcfolved to furrender, if it was really peace!,' I iriiagined we might make ffiift without her, and get fpch a quantity as we might wapt ' jn two or tl^ree days rime. The Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 213 .' The winds were favourable, and we, arrived there on the tenth foljowing.in.the^venlng. As foon as we had enterjsdthe gplph, we found our^ felves In, die midft of feveral fmall iflands, one of which was the Iflanc^, of .Tygers, where we expeded to find water ; but opr expedationa proved vain, for, after a. hazardous and fruitlcfe fearch not t only on that, hut on, fpme. pf the greeneft, of the otheri ifles,, there , was not the leaft drop of frefh water tp be found, by, us,, on any of them. ,, , ,., • In this miferable condirion, threatened on all fides with inevitable deftrudion, unfit for, the fea, fearful of trufting our-fdves In the cruel hands pf.the inhabitant? on the. flipre, quite dif- plrited by the continued courfe of misfortunes which had : hitherto been our copftant;, atten-. dants ; but, abpve all, lamenring this unhappy baulk. in not finding water where we fp mj,ich pxpeded It, which had reduced us to fucli, extre mities as we had never known before,; in ffiort, ready to fink under the burden of, our calami ties, we weighed pur anphor on. th^- 13th of April before day-break, and ftopd.:;Out from this gulph. And now having /he, open fea,J?e- fore us, I brought my people in -general to an obftinate refolution not to furrender on this part of the coaft, let die copfequences be ever fo miferable. Upon this unanlmpps agreement, with not 40 gallons of water , in the fjiip,,and no other fiquids to fupply fhe want of it, vve f apie tp fo fmall an allowance as half a pint of water 414 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. water for 24 hours ; and even this allowance was rather too laree, there being no place, that we knew of, where we could get any more, nearer than Quibo, to which ifland, about 20d leagues diftant froni us, wc ffiapcd our courfe,- but having very uncertain winds and weather,- we were 13 days at tjhi^, allowance. Our fuffer-^ ings firpm the extremity of thirft are hardly to be conceived ; Tome drank their own water to allay the burning heat wkhln them,, but though this moiftened their mouths, it increafed their mifery ; fome drank large draughts of feai-water, which v^as near putting a period to their lives ; while others eat juft enough of the calavances. moiftened with water to fuftain life, and thefe fuffered the leaft. At length we were fortunately relieved, by falling in unCxpededly with thc ifland bf Cano^ in lat. 9 deg. N. where feeing a run of water, Mr, Randall, without dreading the dangerous furfj paffed through the breakers, and, to the unfpeak- ablejoypf all the company, foon returned on board with his jars filled ; but as he could not bring off more thati 60 or 70 gallons, I took care to reftrain our pepple in the ufe of it, allow ing to each man only a quart' for their imme diate pfe": .a,pd I was the more ftrid in this dlftri- . tribution, becaufe Mr. Randall affured me, the breake'rs ¦\yere fo dangerous that he believed we fhould not be able to get at any more. B.eLng willing, however, to make another trial, I next day fent the boatfwain, to endeavour to procure Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 215 procure a funher fupply ; but, after wafting the whole day in fearch of a fmooth beach tp Land upon, hc could not fee one fpot where he durft venture on fhore. Therefore, thinking we had a ftx)ck fufficient to carry us to Quibo, I weigh ed anchor, and in ranging the ifland I acci dentally difcovered a fmooth beach, where tlie lit tle boat getting on ffiore, the crew filled nine jars, which lafted fill we arrived at QuibO, where we anchored at the fame place we had twice an chored at before. Here wc confulted about fur- rendering purfelves to the Spaniards, being within 80 leagues of Panasma, a place of little or no ftrength towards the fea, and but little frequented by the enemy's ffiips of war, where wc could treat with theifi at a diftance, and be truly informed how affairs ftood In Europe. During our deliberations wc wooded and wa tered at leifyre ; and fome fearched the woods for fruits to refreffi us, by way of preventloft againft the fcurvy, which we had been all along lefs fubjed to than any fhip 1 ever faw Or heard of in fuch long runs. Thofe who were thus ufefully employed brought us papas, guayavas, eaffia. Urines, and a fmall kind of whke four plumb, which was much eaten and admired by moft of us ; but, by Its violent operatic^. It put a ftop to our proceedings for focne days. Howr ever, we fbon recovered, without any bad fyrnp- toms, and made an end of wooding and water ing, and fet fail, fully determined to furrender at Paaama. In our way we paffed by a great many ivasili ii6. Captain SMELVOCK*sVOYA0E. . fmall Iflands, but the moft remarkable are, Mori- tuofa, Sebaco, and thc ifle of PIcara, which lies on the weftern fide of Quibo. May 16, a fmall bajk, taking us for Spaniards, bore down to us, the mafter of which was in the greateft confternatlon when he found his miftake, but recovered when he heard we were bound for Panama fO furrender, and readily offered his pilot thither, his vefiel, called the Holy Sacrament, being bound totljat port, laden with dried beef, pork, aud live hogs, which, as fhe was leaky, , he defired that. I would take in tow. I was glad .this bark fell into our hands, and readily Com plied with his requeft, becaufe,' If we found the Governor of Sonfonnate's account to befalfe, we might be thoroughly enabled by this help to go to India. In the mean while, It had remained a point yet undetermined, who ffiould be the per fon entrufted with the flag of truce ; for my peo ple, having known much treachery, were appre henfive the perfon fent would only, or chiefly, make good his own cafe and that of his friends to the Governor, and not care what became of the common men. At laft, my fori was •judged the fitteft to go, as he would furely re turn, if it \yere purely for my fake. Other dif ficulties' were flarted that cpuld not fo eafily be removed, notwithftanding which, we kept on bur way, fully fixed In our refolution. May' 17, another fniall bark came down upon us, but having ftood pretty near to us, ffie bore away again, and ran on ffiore diredly, at the ha- . .. zard CAptaIn SHELVOClt^s VOYAGfi. iif izard of thc lives of every foul on board. This bnaccountable behaviour, gave us good reafon td believe that the Gbverridf 'of Sonfonnate's ac count of a ceffation of arths was gfoundlefs. May 19, ,we faw a fail a-he^d of tis, 'ftanding along fhore, and being defirous of fpeaking with her, I let go the bark we h^d in tOw, and rinade all the fair we Could after her. We gained *^^cry little upOn her all the day ),' buf had; neverthe-^ lefs, got a great way a-head of our bark, ivhetein were four of our Own people and five Spahiards; However, notwithftanding riight Camd ori, all our fait was kept abfoad, ahd next morning we were within gun-fhot of hCr. I Immediately oi-- dered our colours to be fptead; fired a gun tO leewstrd,' and fet a rinan to Wave a flag of trtice ; bpt, on fight of bur Ehgllfti Cnfign, ffie fired at us, and fo continued td do, with her decks full bf meri, abufing us with the gtoffeft appellarions. I made no return Until I came clofe upon thijli: quarter, arid then I fent'one Of their couritrymeii to the bowfprit end, to inforrin them in Sparitdi* that we were bourid to Pariarhaj and de'fifed to treat peacfeably with them, and hoped, at leaft, they ¦would havfe'foriie regard to the white flag which they faw flying ;' but they ftillconrinued their fire; and prefuming, as I fijppofed, by our quiet behaviour; that we wfere unable to defend OurfekeS, they werte preparing to board tis, which I no fooner perceived, than I mfet them vvith our helm, and gave them fo warm a falute, that they flieered round off from us. We jufi riiiffed get- VoL. IL Ff ting ^i8 .capta!m shelvock*s Voyage* ting hold of them, but it falling almoft imm©* diately calm, we continued our engagement for the fpace of two or three hours at the diftance of mufquet-fhot. At length* a breeze wafting us nearer to theiin, we foutvd that as faft as we ap proached, fo faft did their courage cqol., - Their Captain, however, ftill bravely encouraging his people;, and expofing himfelf in the (^eneft manner. Was fhot tiirougfa the body, and drop ped down dead ; upon which they imflpediately, and with onc voice, cr-ied out for quarter, and put an end to the difpute. Mr. Randall, and two, or three more, went on board the pn^ and found the prifoners in the mpft fabiwi®ve pof- turcj aiking for mercy, whkh was granj^, though they had no great reafon to expcft it, after their dkeft breach of the laws of arms and nations iti firing at a flag of truce. T-het moft confiderable pri&iners, being brotight on board, informed me, that their ihip, called the Conception de Recova, belongii^ to Callao, was of the burthen of 2001 tons, and laden with flour, loaves of fugar, bales of boxes of malmalade, jars of preferved peaches, grapes, limes, and the like, mouYited fix giins, and had 70 odd men on board. In this engagement, the Spaplfh Capi- tain and a ncgroe were killed, and one or two flightly wounded. On our part, our gunner was flightly Wounded by a piftol ball, and our main- maft' had a fmall piece carried out of the fide of it. We had now about 80 prifoners of all co lours, though'wc o^lrfelves were not above 26. Amongft Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 219 'Amongft our prifoners we had feveral of note, particularly Don Balta^zar de Abarca, Cpndede Hofa, an European nobleman, who had been Go^ vernor of Pifco, and was now upon his return to Spain, together with Captain Morel, who had formerly been taken by Captain Rogers. They ' were all treated with the utmoft civility^ which |hey the more wondered at, becaufe, from.a felfr- convldion oftheir pwn ungenerous behayiaur towards vijs, they could not but exped to have been dealt with quite otherwife. The winds and calms prevented our joining the Hjply Sacrament, the prize we had left be^ hind us, riUMay 22, when we bore down to hcr^ and were furprized to find no fp.ul on board, but that her dtclis and quarters were covered with blood, By many circumftances it plainly , ap peared, that the Spaniffi crew ha,d butchered thofe who were left to affift them* while they were afleep ; otherwife it could pot have hap pened, that five unarmed Spaniards could have overpowered, four Engfiffimen completely pro-. vided with arms for their defence. It is very probabk^: however, that thefe mpF^erers paid .with their fives, thp lofs of thofe lives they had taken away ; for, being abpve fpur leagues from the landj and. having, no, boat with them, they probably jumped into th? fea on pur approach, fearing, if they fell, into our hands, to nieet the vengeance due for To l^prrld acrime., That part of the deck which was dyed with gore they. endea voured to cover, by throwing the flocks and F f 2 ftuffings 220 Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. ftuffings. of beds over it ; fo that till thefe were removed, the Mood was not to be feen. This tragical accident put a damp to the plea^* fure we had enjoyed for a day or two paft on the account of our late prize. Our prifoners, at fuch a fad and fudden change, began to be alarmed, and looked at one another as If they all ex peded to be the vidims of our revenge upon this unhappy pccafion. On thc other hand, I was fearful left thefe apprehenfions fhould urge therii to fome defperate attempt, they being 80 in number, and wc not above 1 7 on board of our own fhipj and, when we were all together, not aboye 25 that could ftand to arms. In this dilemma, I ordered, all the prifoners into the ftern-gallery, except the nobleman, and fome of the chief officers, and a guard to be l^ept in the great cabbin. The Spanifh gentlemen obferving this, let fall fome expreffions whereby T perceived they were afraid I Intended to proceed to feverities towards their people ; but I affured them, that, if 1 was of fo. revengeful a nature, thc laws of my coun try forbad me from indulging^ It ; that I aded under my King's commiffion ; and that the na tural abhorrence our nation had to barbarity, might quiet;their fears, and make them perfed ly eafy-r^.^They then, on their part. In the moft folemn ojanner difclainaed the very thought of an attempt upon our fives ; and affured us, on jiheir honour, that they thought they fhould jiever be able to make a juft return for the generoqs Captain SHELVOCK'S VOYAGE. 221 generous treatment they had met with. It was, however, prudent- to feeure our prifoners of the meaner fort, arid when we had fo done, we hauled the Holy Sacrament along-fide of us. She was half full of water, and the greateft part of her dried beef was wet and fpoiled, but all that was not damaged we took out, together with fome live hogs. We alio took out of the Conception a twelvemonth's provifion of bread, flour, fugar and fweetmeats, and a like propor- rion for the Succefs, whom I expeded to find at the Tres Marias, being then a ftranger to Clip perton's faithlefs defertiOn. I likewife took From them their launch and their negroes j for confidering we had a large fhip, and a run of 175 degrees of longitude to fail, which was little lefs than half way round the World, I thought wc could do no other than reinforce ourfelves with thefe blacks, who arc common ly good failors in thefe parts ; and, indeed, we afterwards found we fhould never have reached the coafts of Afia without them. Thus having fuppfied ourfelves with every thing the Coriceprion afforded, I' fuffered oui: prifoners to return to their own fhip' again"; but the chief of them would riot leave me rill they had drawn up a writing, which they Tigried', whereby they acknowledged fhe circumftances of our engagement, in the manner I have already related. In ffiort, no people, ci'rcumftariced as we were, cpuld part Iri'a more frlendly'riiahner fhan we did. . Thus %i% Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. Thus were we put by our defign of furrendcr ing, and were going to undertake a long and hazardous voyage to Afia. Our ftrength was indeed confiderably augmented, for we had now 1 5, guns, and amrnunitioa enough to fup ply them, , Before we proceeded any farther, it was necef fary to get in a full ftock of water. The ifland of Qtjibo was hazardous for us, being too near J'anama; it was therefore determined to ply up tq Cano, where, having a good boat, we foon did our bufinefs. In our paffage thither, the fweetmeats ^f all kinds, which wc had taken out of our late prize, were divided among the mefles. It happened that one of thc fellows, one day,, com plained he had a box of malmalade which be could not ftick his knife into, and defired it might be changed. I opened it, and found in it a cake of virgin filveif, moulded on purpofe to fin fuch boxes, and being very porous, it was of near the fame weight of fo much mal malade. In overhauling the reft, we found five mpre of, thefe boxes. This was a contrivance to defraud the King of Spain of his fifths, which he clainis in all the filver taken out of any of the mines in PcrUi We dpubdefs left, a great many of thefe boxes behind us, fo that this de ceit ferved them in a double capacity, to defrajud their king's officers, arnd blind their enemies, An affa\^|, as vexatious as this, is faid to have beep, difcovered too late on board a prize tbe Succefs had taken, where they foun^ a very confiderable Captaij* SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 223 confiderable quantity of Pinna's or virgin fdver, in the form of bricks, very artfully plaiftered nver with clay, and dried in the fun, which bcr ing all the confiftence they give their bricks in that country, they were taken to be really fuch, and a great number of them were thrown over board as' fo much rubbifh, without any difco very of what they were, till the fotir or five. laft pieces. How true this may be I can't fay, but it was reported to me, as mafter of fad, by feveral of the officers belonging to Captain Clipperton. I muft here obferve, that every thing we took in the Conception was divided among us ac cording to the Juan Fernandlan articles, and that I had no more than fix inftead of fixty fhares. They would not fo much as allow me the money I had out laid at St. Catherine's, which was upwards of a hundred pounds. I had fome difficulty to perfuade them to run to the north ward fo far as California ; and was obliged to ufe many arguments to prevail upon them to believe that the harbour of Puerto Seguro Was the only port of fecurity where we could fafe ly lay down and refit our ffiip ; buf having ac laft obtained their cpnfents, I weighed from Cano, fteering to the northward, and had fa vourable gales for 48 hours ; but then came pn %he conftant, or what may be called the trade wind on this coaft, which being as contrary to us as they well could be, I was willing tp try bow far off thefe winds might prevail, which, , in Z24 Captain SHELVOCK's V0YAG6, in my opinion, may be called the eddy of thft true trade wind, whofe courfe may be perverted by the Interpofitlon bf this vaft mountainous. continent. ^ Accordingly I found,' t hatj at the diftance of 60 leagues, we had fight winds and variable, and that, at the diftance' of between 70 and 80 leagues, it fettled at -E-. N. E, and N. E. I therefore kept at this diftance from the land till we 'had run up to the height of 20 degrees north. In all this paffage, we were not in the leaft fenfible of any currents, and entirely out of the way of certain riplings and overfalls of wa ter. Which we frequently met with nearer to the land, and which often furprized us when we were bCcalnhed In deep water. In this paffage we were accompanied by vaft Ihoals of fiffi, and were continually incommoded by numerous flocks of the birds called boobics; making our ffiip their refting place, which fouled our yards and deck- with their dung as faft as we could clean them. However, for change of diet, fome of my people made ra gouts of them, and the fmoakers made ftems for their pipes of their long wing-bones. We fell In with Cape Corientes in the begin- ing of the month of Auguft, and were carried away to the Iflands. called the Tres Marlas; by a hard gale at fouth, and came to an anchor under thc lee of the middlemoft of thefe iflartds, but could fee no fign of the Succefs having beeii there. After a tedious fearch on all the three iflands Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE, ii^' Hlands for frefh watcr^ there was nothing like a iftream of it that we cbuld find. This was the more aftonlffiirig tO u^, as ohe or two of oiir late navigators have J'epOrted that freffi Water is' to be found there Ih fufficfent plehty. It may have been fo wheri they were there ; but we Were unfortunate enough to feek; When none was to be found. After em p!©y ing three days iri a ftuitlefs fearch, I ftretched over for the coaft of Cali fornia, arid arrived thereon the nth of AUguft. Thc inhabitants, as foon as they difcovered us, made fires all along the ffiore as the Ihi^ ran by them ; andj towards the evening, it filling calm, two of them Came Off to us on a bark-log, hut Were a long time before they Would accept of our invitation to come On board of us. At length, they ventured in ; when, in a moriiCnr, feeing our blacks promlfcuoufly ftanding toge ther with us white men, they, with vefy arijgry- countenariccs, feparated them from Usj iarid' would hardly fuffer them to look atuS. They talked to us with great vehemence, but we could comprehend ftorfiihg m6re of their meaning, than that they rejoiced so fee us. Night coming On, they took their leave, and we gave them a knife of two, an old coat; and fome othet trifles-, which feemed to pleafe them very well. They expreffed themfelves by I5gtt« in fuch a manner, that We could guefs they gave us repeated invi-' tations to go pri fhore with thenh Vol, IL G g On 2.2^ Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. On Sunday the i3thof Auguft^ at 'day-break, we found ourfelves near Puerto Seguro, which may be readily known by three white rocks,- not much unlike the Needles of the Ifle of Wight, and you muft keep clofe on board the putermOft to fetch into the bay. We entered Puerto Seguro, furrounded by numbers of fmall embarkarions of the inhabitants, while the fhore, on all fides, was crouded with, Indians, whofe numbers vifibly encreafed by multitades which flocked together from thc adjacent parts. Our anchor Was no fponer down, than they came off to us In ffioals, fome few on their bark-logs, but moft pf them fwimming, talking and call ing put to one another in a noify and confufed manner, but fuch as plainly fficwed how defirous they were to come to us. Our fhip was in an inftant full of thefe fwarthy gentlemen quite naked, and amongft the reft was their King, or Chief-man, who, uncxpededly, delivered to me his batoon, or enfign of royalty, which I imme diately returned to him. This man, notwith ftanding the wlldnef^ of his appearance to us, I;iad a good countenance, and his behaviour had fomething that was very engaging in It. I was, at firft, at a lofs to know how to entertain our numerous guefts, but at length I thought Of re galing them with fome of our fiquid fweetmeats, which we had in grcat plenty. This they liked extremely, and thc fpoons, which were moftly filver, they returned with great honefty. Having Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 227 Having thus commenced a friendffiip with them, at day-break next morning our -boat wenton fhore to cut wood and fill water; and before the fun was up, we were again crouded with our former guefts, who feemed as if they could never be weary of gazing at us. To keep up the amity we had already contraded with them, I ordered a great boiler to be carried on' fliore, with good ftore^pf flou ir and fugar, and a ncgroe cOok, who was continually boiling of bafty pudding for the numbers of fpedators on the beach; and it really, behoved us to en deavour to keep in their favour, for on feeing a few of our men rolling grcat and cumberfome calks of water over the heavy fand, it incfined them to help us. To this may added, a fenfe of the kind treatment they met with froriti us, and thc particular readinefs of their Chief to ferve us, by fhewing his people a good example ; for, after Mr. Randall, my Lieutenant, he him felf took up the fecond log of wood to carry to the boat, and was immediately followed by tw'6 or three hundred of them, who, encouraged by bis example, all took to the work, repaying our civilities with their ferviccs, arid every day they feemed more and more fond of lis, Mean while, the rumout of pur^riyal was fpread through all the neighbouring parts, , and fome of the clans, different from thofe Who in habited the fhores, came daily to take a view of -Us. Thofe who came from arty dIftanCe in the gountry could not fwim ; and that they were dlf- G g a ferenc ^2? Captain SHELVOCK's V0YA<5E, ferent frpm thofe w;e liad firft: feea .op ouf arrival here, appeared by their manner of paintioig themfelves, ; and by other little. difl:indion», which were vlfibjle amongft thepi ; Ibut they all unitpd to affift us, npr were apy of them idl9 jjut the women, wfio, ufed tp fit in companies 90 the feorching fand, waiting for their fh»re of what was going forward, which they ufed to rcr e their fervice,. and af fifted mc with W.hat they coujd ;' and, had it not^ been for thenri,'! dont know what L might kav^ fuffered^ Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE; 24I fiiffered, for I was under perpetual alarms thai: the Chinefe had a defign to chop my ffiip, that! is, to feize her. ;'" Having ' fQarid Out hly error in applying' to the Captains, and not to thc Supercargoes, I fent up a letter to them, not to defire, but to de-* ^and a paffage for me, my officers, and ffiip's company, which I was fenfible they could not refufe, and indeed they did not ; but their coni defcehfibn was accompanied with a charge fo the Englifli Captains, net to receive any thing belonging to u§, except it was configned to the India Company In England; This was an ar*- cicle Which my people utterly rejeded, vowiHjg they would -as foon throw what; they, had intd the fea, as com.ply with fuch a demand ; for my part, it gave me no concern.; being- confcious to myfelf that I had infringed none of their privi leges. At the fame time that I Was aEqualnted with this intention of receiving: us as paffengers^ I was alfo informed of the. Hpppo's dernand for anchorage ,iri the river, which was no lefs than ,6000 tahel'; And, to quicken me in the p^iyriiept of this exorbitant fum; there was a penalty an nexed to this extortion ^of 500 additional tahel for every, day- we failed in,- the myment of It. In fliort, there was no means by which I could , evade this uncbrifclonable impolition ; and as ic was a day before I could poffibly fend the 60Q0 -tahel up to'Cantonj they required 500 tahel more fpr negled of payment ; fo ,that they received - from me, upon this extraordinary occafion^ the -, Voj. II. ^ l] ' . fuli 24® Captain SHELVOCK^ VOXAGEv full fum of 6500 tajiel, equal to 2i6^rt. 13s. 4cJ.; EngliPi money. Ikh was, as is apprehended,. about fix times as much as the Cadogan paid,, which was the largeft Englifh fliip there, a^pd meafured a third mpre than mine. It was. now high time to get out. of my flilp ; but b/slpre I quitted her, I fold her for 2,opo tahel, wfiichi money, a.n4 tberejft of my effeds,, were con-i figned to the India; Company. » Towajcds. the, latter end of December, 1722, I failed, in the Cadogan, copiiij^ndedby Captaia John Hill, in c<)mpapy with theiyrancesj Cap tain Newffiam, who, failing- bpttep than we, left us as fbon as we were put at fea. Ga|>tain Hill> finding bis fhip very tender, pot into Batavi% wJjcjje.we conrinued about 10 days, and. 'Were informed there were feveral pir^es in thoft feas 5 we, therefore, when we departed from, Batavia^ joined the. Dutch, homeward- bound fimt in Ban tam-bay. The Dutch Comjnodore promifed to affift us in, wooding and watering at Mew-ifland, the water at Batavia being very bad ; but on our joining Capt. Newfliam, in the ftraks- of Sunda, the Dpteh made that a pretence to leave us be fore we got the length, of Mew-ifland ; and Capt. Newffiam, ayb deferted us. the faqie eveniogt fi> that wc>werc left to ourfelves. We cp/iriiiued at Mew.-iflandfixor fevendays, during which tiime feveral boats came to us from Princea-ifland, and brought us turtle, cocoa- nuts, pine-applesj and other fruits. Som? of tite people having ieen wild cattle grazing Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. '241 «raziiig near the ftrand, went on ffiore With de fign to kill theni ; but before they had advane- ceci near enough, they difcovered a fmall tyger, and faw the track of an old one, , upon which they retired to the boat. At this place fome of the gentlemen belonging to this fhip, in their outward-bound paffage^ faw a rhinoceros. From Mew-ifland we had a very pleafant paffage to and about the Cape of Good Hope, which, in my opinion, was greatly owing to Cap- ' tain Hill's good condud; In coming in with tjie land betimes,' I mean upon the eaftemnioft part of the bank, and keeping a moderate diftance from the land. I cannot be pofitive, but I think we never ejfceeded a degree in diftance from it, generally lefs, and fometimes even made the land itfelf In this courfe, I do not remember that we took in our top-faUs above twice ; once for a fqually which was over in an hour's time : and, another time, being threatened by the appearance of bad weather, Capt.' Hill made all the requifite pre parations to receive it, vyhich dohe, he ftood in for the land ; and, in a few hours, we had fair weather, a favourable gale, and all our fmall fails fet, at the fame time that there remained gre^t appearance of foul weather to the fouthward of us, which continued for feveral days aftetwdrd^. " I have obferved before, that the Frances and •the butch fliips had feven days the adyantage of us, by leaving us in the ftraits of Sunda, not- ,|8(i^hftsHiding which, we gainecJ the Cape about I i a as 244 CAPTAIN ,SI^EJ-.VQCK's VOYAGE. as rriany days before the Frances,, although fhe failed fo much better than we: and, as to the Dutch fhips, there was no appearance at all of their arrival when we left the Cape." The officers pf our fhip, by comparing their accounts \yith thofe of fome Of the ge'ntlemen ^belonging to the Frances,^' found that ffie had fuffered a great deal bf bad weather ; •whilft we, 'who were lo leagues, or thereabout, to the northward of them, or nearer the fhore, enjoyed fine pleafant weather and fair wind continually, j:Ill we arrived in the Table-bay, which we did the latter end of March. This I fliOuld think pf fufficient weight fpr any other to purfue the fame track; Here we found Governor Boon, in the London Eaft Indiaman, and others, bound for England. Whilft we lay at the Cape of Good Hope, nothing remarkable occurred, and It has been fo often defcribed, that I can fay nothing of k that has not been faid by moft who have been there before. From the Cape of Good Hope we had an agreeable paflage to the ifland of St, Helena, ftrid' from thence to England, We made the Land's-end in the latter end of July ; and, being come into the Britiffi Channel, |net with brifl< gaks from the weftern quartei*, |vith thick foggy weatker. Op July the''30tb,' in the evening, we an- iphored under Dungenefs, and the fame night |bf!ae'Of the Supercargoes and' paffengers, and • ' ' - . " amcngdj^ Captain SHELVOCK's VOYAGE. 245 amongft the reft myfelf, hired a fmall veffel to carry lis to Dover, where we arrived early the next morning, and the fame day proceeded to- \yards Lopdon, where we arrived on the firft of Auguft. Thus ended a -long and upfortupate voyage of three years, feven months, and fome days ; after having failed very confiderably more than found the circumference ofthe earth, and hay ing gone through a great variety of dangers and diftreffes, both on fea and fliore. Com- Co|vIMODORE ANSON's V O Y A G E ROTUND THE- WORLD. WHEN, in tire yefr.1739, r^ie Spanifli depredations ha^ roiled: 3 the mtional refehtment, , and . the pacific miniftry who.then were entrufted with the adminiftration of affairs, found It impoffible any longer to prevent a war with Spain, feveral projeds were propofed, and feveral plans formed, for diftreffing the enemy in the moft effedual manner, by cutting off the refourCes by which alone they were encouraged to continue their infults, and by which alone they could be enabled to fupport a war. Among the reft, two expeditions were planned by, Sir Charles Wager, then at tlie head of the admiralty, and two gentlemen named by him for Carrying them into execution ; which were no fooner laid before the privy council, to be examined than they were unanimoufly approved. Captain Anfon, who was nominated to com mand the one, being out upon a cruife, a veffel was difpatched to order him to return with his fhip, the Centurion, to Portfmouth ; and Mr, Cornwall, who was appointed to com.Tiand the other, was accjualnted with the -honour con ferred upon him, and direded to prepare ac» ^;prdingly, Jherg Coj^HODORB ANSQN's VOYAGE* 247 .T^fesSft.are npjj to be found in the annals of Brk^P; twO; QxpscS*iftns» remote in the deftlna* t;jphi yie^kaving-a connedion one-withthe otherj 1^1;; p^pr^&d equal advantages, wiih thefe to jhe^ nation, equal honom to the, promoters, o» equal .v^:^'6h-. aadf glojy to the. commanders : but by what! ffeafcty th This done* they were to ad in conlundiohi"' as^ ^ircum* ¦Stances fhould arife, or to wait for frefh orders •froni Gbvernment to proceed on frefh' enter* prizes. The reader will perceive, at firft vicW, the vaft importance of this noble undertaking'; calculated at once to enrich the nation, and td determine the war without the effufion of much ;blood ; for the places intended to be attacked -were at that time incapable of refiftance*, and as they were in poffeffion of the royal treaibre?, any failure in the return of which muft of ne- ' ceffity oblige'' Spain to fue for peace, that ^haughty riition 'muft thus haVe been ^bdtied without a battle. But pofterity will ftand amazed when they are told the iffuc of this projed; oni which Sir Charles Wagef Was fo intent, that,- thd* it was the loth of September before Captain Anfdn arrived in town, yet by the i Sth he had received orders to take under his command the Argyle, Severn, Pearl, Wager, and Trial floop, ¦ and to prbceed to vidual the fame with the ut moft Go^i/^poR5-ANS,OBir's VOYAGE. 24^9 .moft c.i^tpedi^ipn. jBefore the end of December fuch ,4.i(patch had been n^ade by that vigilant QfEcer,„that,the fhips were in readine/s tq take the troops on,. l;^)frd; .qjui; in January, when Captain Anion attended the Board to receive further orders, he was told , by Sir Charles, that ^|ie Manilla expedition .was laid.'afide, for what reafons itie knew not, but that, the expedition tb the South Seas was, ftill intended ;; and that' he and his fquadron, as .their firft dcftinatlon was now countermanded, ,ihould . be employed ia .yiat fervice. I - A.eeQrdingly on the icth of January, 1740, h.e .receix^ed His cpmmlffipn as CorpmpdPre/'ydt it yifa? nQt till the i pth of 'June that he obtaipea from the Duke of NewcaflJe his Majefty's iri- flrudlons;, aijd eyen then fo many obftacfes were thrown' in the way, fo piany^ difficulties , ftarted, .ar^clTp many delays cOptrived, that, be fore lie;Wa.s permitted' to fail, which waS not till the laitej: end of September, the Spaniards were fo well Informed of his defigns", that ,^a perfon wljo had been einployed ih, the South- Sea Company's fe^syice, '' arrived from Panama, and was aVle to relate to the Conimoddre. rihdft of the particulars of his .ftrength ,atid de^ftlna- tion, from what h€ had learnt amoipg the 'meV- chants before he left the South-Seas : but a ftill more extraordinary proof of their earl^ ' and perfed .intelligence was , difcoyered afterwards, in the courfe. of the ypya^^^ -when tli^ Pearl, being feparated from the reft of the fdtiidrori, voL^iL rk- ^-^''^ in 250 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. in a ftotm,'ori the coaft of Brafil', fell in with the Spanifli fleet, that, during the unprecedented de lay, had been purpofely fitted out to ruin the ex pedition, and found Admiral Pifarro (6 well In ftruded in the forni and make of Com. Anfbn's broad pendant, and thofe he employed had imi tated It jfo exadly, that Capt. Mitchell, who com manded the Pearl, was- decoyed by It within gun- fhot, before he was able to dlfcovei' his miftake. All delays being at length overcome; the fquadron, confifting' of five riieh of war, a fl'oop of war, and two vidualling ffiips, nam.ely, the Centurion, of 60 guns, 400 riie'n, commanded by Captain Anfon, as Commodore ; the Glou- cefter, of 50 guns, 300 men, of which Richard Norrls, Efq; was Commander ; the Severn', of 50 guns, 300 men, the Hon. Edward Legg, Efq; Commander; the Pearl, of 40 guns, '250 men, Matthew Mitchell, Efq; Commander ; the Wager, of 28 guns, 160 men, the Hon. John Murray, Commander; two viduallers, the In- duftry and Ann pinks, the largeft of about 400, and the other about 200 tons burthen ; were or dered to take the troops on board at St. Helen's. But how much the numbers, ftrength, and pro bability of fuccefs, of this fquadron, were dimi- niffied by the various incidents that took place in near a twelvemonth's procraftlnatlon, may fully be conceived by what has' already been faid. Had the honourable Board' from whence thc firft idea of the expedition originated been permitted to dired, all the oW and ordinary feamen Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 251, feamen on board the fliips would have been ex changed for fuch as were young and able ; the full complement ,of each^ ffiip would have been mac^e, up ; and the fait provifions which had been fo long on board ip the Channel wpulcj have been remanded, on fliore, and freffi provi- vifipns replaced In their room : but, inftead pf thefe neceffary precautions, t'le Captains were glad to, retaip their, old, crews; the deficiency in the numbers of which, amountlno- to more than 300 men,> was np otherwife made up than by fending on board about 100 cripples from the hofpltafs, and a party of raw marines who had never been at fea btfore : nor were they more fortunate In the change that was made in the land-forces ; for, Inliead of three indepen dent companies, of lOo men each, and Bland's regiment of foot, as firft promifed, tliey had only 400 Invalids from Chelfea allotted them, one part of whom was incapable of adion by their age and infirmities, and the other part ufe lefs by their ignorance of their duty, ^ut this diminution of ftrength was not the greateft mlf- fortune that attended thefe meafures; thc im portance of the time^whlch was wilfully v/afted was in Its confequences the fourcc pf all thofe calamities to which the enterprjze was after wards expofed, by obliging the Commodore to make his paffage round the Cape in the moft tempefttious feafon, when, as it was forefeen, almof^ all the .invalids, ^9 a man, perlffied long before they arrived at the place of adion, ex- K k 2 pklng cJ52 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. piring in a moft lamentaible condition when they came to be attacked with the fcurvy, with their V-'ounds bleeding afreffi, Which had been healed fomebf thetii 20, fome io;' and fome 40 years Derpre. But to' proceed : ' Of this -tHoyage' theVe- are two very authentic and well-Writren accounts; one by Pafcb Thomas, the mathemarical mafter on board fhe Ceiuurion, who failed in her out of the Britifli Channel, ahd reti'irned with her in fafety wheri ffie arrived at Porifmouth,' ahd Was an eye-witnefs and careful obferver of all that paffed : the other by the Pvcv. Mr. Richard W^alters, Chaplain to the above fhip, who re ceived his materials, and every other affiftance neceffary to aufhenricate his narration, from the Commander In Chief We have chofen to follow fhe former inthe narrative of fads, as moft exad and leaft Hable to impofition ; but, ip the explanatory part, we fhall copy the latter ; becaufe, though Mr, Tho» mas fuffered nothing material that paffed to efcape "his notice, there v/ere many things tran- faded, the' motives for which he could only guefs at'; pil': thefe motives Mr. Walters has, by nieans.of the Comtiaodpre's affiftante, been able to explain. ". Beipg quite ready about the be'ginnihg of $eptemberj'i74o, we plit to fea thrive 'ditferent times, but were as often put' back to th'e road pf .S^t, t-Ieleii's, by conWai-y ' wiri'ds and 'ftorniy weather. At laftj'oh Thurfday, Sept. 18, we failed Commodore 'ANSON's VOYAGE. 253 failed in com pany .with the Lark and St. Alban's, two crf'his Majefty'5 ffiips, and feveral merchant"' fhips, Ijefides our own fquadron ; and, Saturday evening faw fonr*e men-of-war, and a large fleet of n"ierchantmen, waiting for us at Torbay. At one in the afternoon we joined them ; and the Commodore hoifted his broad pendant, which was faluted byallkis Majefty's fhips In the fleet with 1 3 guns each- . T^e King's fhips which joined us here were, the Dragon, Chatham, Windhefler, aqdiJouth-Sea-Caftle, and near 200 fail of merchantmen lUnder convoy, fome of whom were bound to the Mediterranean, and 'Others to feveral parts of North America. We had at prefent the command of the whole fleet ; and this fame afternoon, feeing a ffiip to the fouth-weft, we made the Dragon a fignal for chaf ing her ; but ffie proved one of our own fliips, too far a-head of her ftation. At four this af ternoon, the Start Point bore from us E. by N. at the diftance of eight leagues. Monday the 2 2d, we faw two fail to the weft ward, and fent the Trial floop to , fpeak with them. They were Dutch ffiips bpuhd to Curar foe, with foldiers for their garrlfbns there. Thurfday the 25th, theWIncfiefter and South- Sea-Caftle, with the merchant-fliips "under their convoy for Virginia, and other parts of North- America, parted from us, and proceeded on their refpedive voyages. And Monday thc 29th, the Dragon, Chatham, St. Alban's, and Lark, with the merchant-fliips in their. charge for the Medi' %S4 Commodore 'ANSON's VOYAGB. Mediterrapfiao»r.did, the like; and we h»dj€lm no fJiipsJefE in, company but our; own proper fquadron, ' ' - i^^TwVfday the 30th-, fwe fpoke with a Dutch -^ man-of-war, who came from- Malta,i,bound for Amfterdam., ^,^ ti, tit 3W7'"iior-ft'^ v^ar^^s- Friday, Odober thc 3d, we fpoke.-wich two Engliffi merchant-ffiips from Lifbop fer New- tYork, and thc 8th we fpoke, with a- French floop ,from Rochelle., The ac3th,. one Philip MPTOfi,' a common fallo'r, died, which I mention he$^[kie he was the firft man we loft on the vtoytagf^ The f nextday, by an order from the Comtnodero^ere '¦went to ffiort allowance; that is, one thi«d of the allowance granted by government is kept back, in order to make our provifuuisiibld'jotilr'' the longer. The 23d, we fpoke with a* &ip from Liverpool, and the next day with anot&er from Glafgow, for the Cape de Verde iflands ; as alfo with a fmall brigantine from Falmouth for Madeira, "^who kept us company thither.) Ihe next day we fpoke wkh a Dutch ffiip from Surinam for Holland. Thea6th, at fix o'clock in the irtornirig, we faw the land bearing W. N. W. dift^nee fix leagues, and at'Jfour in the even- »' ing'anchored in Foncbale road, in forty ifaxhAm^ water^'a-tbreaftthetownof Fonchale, and about a tifile:>«»idoa)laM from it. During thfi whole 1 paffageV we had almoft-' eonrinualiy^ contrary f winds, and boifterous uncertain 'Weather ; by - which meftri6>(-a'pafftge which is very cpmnien- I' ly made in 10 or 12 days^-took us up 38.^ b? . Ouff CoitukefiORE 'ANSON's VOYAGE. ^5^ ©ut^feufliiefs' in tirti' place Was only to waterj aft#^iS|cS'i»'wiHe, ^nd fome private ftocks : but, foon after our arrival, we were informed, that Cheyi Iliad feen from-the-' ifland; to the weftward, abliilc'ig'br'iS fail of Jhips' fij* feveral days to gether, which were fuppofed to be a jondtoh of Frehch*nd-Spaffiili ffiips of wiar ; and as we had reaftin to i^ia^ltel fh^ our expedition had long ^ei*tkhOwni thejie- was httle' room to doubt, but that thofe fliips were < defigned to intercept and dtftroy" us before wd could attempt "ihy thing to l^iprejodice of6f>ain; jOn this news the Com modore fent outran Engliffi privateer which lay ihthe road^iwith orie of his own officers, to fee "ifithey could ^lifcover thfem at fea,''and What they wete 3 but Jhe returned the next' day, having made no difcovery.' ^tf, r;,.-' tiv*,!' f --'; i '* Nov. 2, Captain Norris, at his Own requeft, being In an;iil ftate of health, wkh the confeflt of thei Commodore quitted the command ofithie Ghiuoefter, in order to return toEngland. The Gloucefter was hereupon given to Gaptaiin Mit chell, tbe Pearl to Captain Kidd, the ^Wager to <^tJWHon. Captain Murray, and tije. '.Trial floop to Dsvali Cheap, our Firft LieutenaBtl; ; and as one of the' Lieutenants of the GJoucefter, had quitted, f^ik' Captain- Norris,, iO^iijwo-qiates, whoi had long- dflpendeduorii tbe Commodore, rwere-^pcefejifa^i^i^l^ ;U^^ajiiSr« 0.$ y|h is: g£ca- fion. ; ^'. , T IwiNth^'at ftaftt.tjt(th»^lfeK5poopjfiTpaw(9f^h- .«d and .put-to fea, wkh all tbeafquad^Hj^nd^r itiv.t our ^56 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. our commznd. An Englifli floc^, which lay i" the road, faluted us at our.depimure wifciit aine g«ns, to which we returned five. . :-.• -9 ¦: The 6th, at four o'clock in the pvepii^, jW-e faw the. ifland of Palma, one ofthe Capairy iflands, in the latitude of 29 degrees .pe croffed the Northern Tropic for the. firft :p . off' apace with fevers and fiuXesi occafioned chiefly, I bdieve, by the vio lent heat of tliBJClimatfe|u'knd the bid air ; the CKiiMBrs beiiflgao very woody that the air aiuft fchereliy be .ft'agnated,-and rendered unhealthful* i IWe conrinued here wooding^i watering; and overhauUng '^rr rigging, -till Sunday, Jan. 18, 1741, during which tirtie we had variable un certain weather, fometimes fea and land breezes, at other times ftrong gales of windy with heavy rain, thunder and lightning, 3 but always ex-cei- five beat.fi-- . irou -¦¦r^i si-ftlu ,rfiit"/7iil ,.:' ^ While we lay here, we gave our ffiip adio- rough cleanfing, fmoaked her between .? , •: As herei are .feveral fijifi fandy bgys,... we ha4 very good fiftiing Wi^ia feine, for mullets, old wiveSj.ftJBgtcay^jim^ids,; turbots, apd other flat fifh, filver fifli, bafs, a, very boney long fifh like a:^bafs, 'but^lwhich our-, feamen call, a, ten- pi^mder, and .fome other forts. liWe likewife hadifrefli beef for prefent expending plenty e- nough, bpc fcarce better than the carrion that we. gave to our dogs. As fpr lemons, limes, plantains, banauaes, potatoes, and other roots, fruits, and greens, with which thofe cfimates generally abound, which the authors above mentioned aver to be extremely plentiful here, and which we principally depended on for fea- flores, there were fo few at the tlpie of pur be- Ingiihedre, that f believe we could have con- fumed all that came to opr knowledge of thofe things in one day. The olficerS| however, no doubt found plenty ; as Mr. Walters agrees in |iis report with Frezier, that, there, w.as no want off pfaie-apples, peaches, grapes, lempns, ci- trpns, melons, apricots, and adds, there were ^glides, potatoes and onions for fea-ftores. Saf- fafrafs ^^2 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. ditfrafs is here in great plenty, and v^e cut muck _ (Of it among other wood for fuel. Guaisciiai itihey report to be very plenty here likewife, but I faw nonq of it, nor heafd of any perfon vrfio did during our ftay. Rupi and fugar- they have in fmall quantities, but very indifferent, fnd dear. The inhabitants are a ifiij^ture of forou- guefe and Indians incorporated together, -^d .appear to be Very poor, idle, lazy, ignorant and rude.. I believe tbe origin4 of the Portu guefe here was chiefly from felpns, who fled hi ther from other parts of tke Brazils to fhdter themfelves from juftice; they never till lately having any government among them, exce|>t ,a Chief chofen from among themfelves, wHo wes more like a Captain of thieves and robbers, than the Commander of a coJony. At prefcnc there are fome European Soldiers, and a Gover- opr from Rio Janeiro, whofe name was Don Joffe Sylva de Paz, an expert engineer, who, 4s- Mr. Walters obferves, undepftood one branch of his • bufinefs very well, which is the advan tages whkh new works.bring to, thofe who are entrufted with the care of creding them ; for, befides' a battery on a neck of land that nar rows the channel fo a little more than a quar ter of a mile, there were three other forts car rying on for the defence of the harbour, none of which were then compleated. ¦ The country, both- the main and the Ifland, is twoufttainous, and all over-grown with thick .wootis. Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE'. 26^ woods, and thofe fo entangled wkh the under- gmwth of thOf ny briars, brambles, and the fike,. that in moft places thdy are fcarce penetrable.^ Thefe Woods ate report W to be full of very fiefce tygerSj^ which, makes any exturfions into «b^ cpwntry dangerous, unlefr ybti gO well arm ed,' arid even then much caution is neceffary. ' They have here fome hogs ahd fowls, but |. believe, not yery plenty ; and in the Woods: are monkeys, apefe, armadlUoes, and other wild creatures unknown to nie ; ias alfo parrots, par- roquets, and many other forts of birds propes 10 the climate. AlligatofS^ are faid to be plenty iife'ar the fhores and in the lakes, but we law none isPthem. 'The country appears to me to be a gobd foit, land very capable of improvement,' were the in habitants more civilized and iriduftriousr. This ifland lies In laritude 27 deg. 30 min. S. -longitude, as before determined, 49 deg. 53. •min. W. from London j and the variation of the compafs II deg. 20 min. eafterly. ' Dec. 27, we difeovered a fail in- the offing,. and the eighteen-oar'd barge was manned, and armed, and fent, under the commarid of the fe cond Lteutenant of the Centurion, to examine her before 'fhe arrived within Che protedion of ?he fort. She proved to be a Portuguefe bri^ ganrine from Rio Grande ; but, though the of ficer behaved to the mafter with the utmoft ci vility, ' yet the Goverpor took offence ac our fending our boat, complained of the violation ^f the a64 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE'^ the peace, and made that a pretence for fending Don Pifarro the moft circumftanrial Intelligeiice of our force .and condition, as we a&eEwards found by letters intercepted in the South Seas. January i8, 1741, we leift this ifland, having' had a melancholy proof how. much the h^althi-' nefs. of this place had been overstated by for mer writers ; for wc found, that, > though the Centurion alone had buried no, lefs than 28 men fince our arrival, tbe number of the fick in the fame interval had increafed to 96 ; and this very day we had three men die. ,; .,! Before our departure the Commodoce took every precaution, to prevent a feparation; .fcit confidering that, in fuch boifterous feas as ^e were about to encounter, he himfelf might be difabled, he called the officers together, and in a full council fo ordered It, that, if but one fhip efcaped j the . expedition fhould not.be a- baridoned. Prbper places of rendezvous were ap pointed; the time was fettledfor ftaying at thefe places ; and, if the Commodore did not arrive in that time, the Captains were ordered to put themfelves under the command of the fenior, and to proceed without farther delay. The 22d in the morning, we had very ftormy weather, with fome thunder, lightning, and rain ; and the Trial carried away the head of her main-maft. A thick fOg fucceeding, we lay to, and fooa after loft fight of the Pearl, the Trial, and tbe Anne pink. In the afternoon ^e got fiaht of and joined company wit-h the Trial CoMMOiioRE AN'SOT kke that of thf^ Englifli CprtimO- dorl, at the Admkal's maln-top-maft head, and hoping by that means tp be taken for our Com modore, and fo to iD\^igle and make fure of their prey; Capt. Mitchell, tfius decoyed, narrowly ef caped them, hy .running through a fpace of water, where the tides Or currents' makiiig a grcat rip- ling, the Spaniards, wkbthotjight It was rocky aiid broken ground, were afraid to follow her. Thefe ftiips we fuppofed to be. the Spanifli fquadron, commanded by Adriiiral Pifarro, the fame who got fo great a name among them for his con dud in bringing home their ffota fafe Into Port Andero the laft year, eluding the vigilance of our fquadrons who waited for them off Cadiz, and was therefpre looked on as the propereft perfon to be fent to intercept us. We fhould not have been dlfpfeafcjd, however, to have met them with bur whole force, anid did not much doubt to have either deftroyed or difabled them. But the time of their deftrudion was not yet come v their niiferable fate fhall be. relatW in its proper place. We were now, being the i8fh, faillhg along fliore for the harbour of St, Juhan.. I found the tide to fet here north and fouth, about a mile an hour. The time of flowing here Qn ths M m 2 full 26S CoM-MODoaE- A,NSON's VOYAGE, ., fu|l and change days. is.N. E. by E. and S. W,^ by W. neareft. We fent one of our boats with an officGr in-fliore, to. found and endeavour to difcover the mouth , of Vhp. barboyr,, At£vi. in . the evenlna we carne to a,n anchor Ip 12 fathom . watc};. At eight tke Lieutenfintr/sturned, hav ing found the harbour! We fent' afliore our boats to make farther dlfcoverles, and tq endea- vour fome t-o get frefh water, and others to pro- '' ' '^' . I 1_ ^I.Jv'T^- I'll ' *" ' ' , ' ' _ cure fait, (of w|ij);h air J. Narborp^^h obferved, when, ,he, was here,, ,^,^f, ip- February ,tjiere was enough of jt tfaJdad ippq (hi.p^)j,for,fhe ufe pf die fquadron ip.t^e.S.^u^li $eagi W^ ^Atinued herjC ^ill .t^f 27th>. .O.uring whjch tinie ,we itPYC moft qf our empty, caflfs, in o^der to clear. our fhips „,a5 much k;s, poffible, : an^tJ'gQ.t' op ^d mounted .fuch of ^ur^Jguris .as, We had before %U«k down Into tnelwldjiii' order xtp.reafethe fhips.; for po^y, not Jlchowin,g how fopn, we mighf me^t with the Spanifh fquadron, it was neceffary to have them all in readinefs. We could fipd no ffefli ,water here,, and bu| a very fmall quantity of fajt, .apd nq other refrefhments :what;ever ; all the ccpiintry, as far as we could difcover, being quite barren ancl"defolate. We got fome prpyilipns opt of the Anne vi^u.aller ^n board each of .^he other fliips, repaired tli§ Trial's maft, and affifted her and the vldualler |0 oyerhaiul and new-fix. ,moft iaf ,.thpir rigging; l^avin^ loft the hopes of a fupply of wateic here, we were put to the allowance of on? miart a man for 009 day, and three pints fpj; Commodore ANSON's VOYAtJE. 269^ ppother, alternately; but, confidering pur paf fage had hitherto .proved extremely ftormy and cold, and 'a dead' time of the year coming on very faft, it vvas^thpught proper,' in order to Jceep the people In as good lieaf t- ^s' ppffible,, to give ^hem whole allowance of a^l pt|ier prpvi- Con^ .which was ordered accordingly. ' . " Hei-e we farther fecured our lower-deck guns,' by riaifing "quoins undgr' the trucks, jn cafe the tacliles, breeehings, or iron- Work, might gjve^ Way^ or fail in' tke ftormy weather which we Had much i-eafon to exped:. Here likeWne the Commodore removed the Honourable Captain Murray into the Pearl, i'q the room of Captalh Kidd ; and Captain Cheap into the Wager jn, the roorn of Captain Murray. He advanced " Mr. Charles Sauiiders, his^ Firff Lieutenant, to he Commander of the "trial floop, In tlie room of Captain Cheap ;. and made Mr! PIei;cy Brett, F|i*ft Lieutenant of the Glbuceftei\ Second Lieutenant of his own fhip. The Triaj being. repaired, and the Pearl, ¦who had thrown about 14 tori of" water overboard when chafed by^ the Spaniards, being fuppfied from the other fliips, we made ready. tp profecute Our voyage.,.. This harbour of Port St. Jufian is a barreq harbour, only, fit to receive finall mips and vef fels. We lay off in the road about two miles from t^hc mouth of If. It is hpit to be feen open I'ro.m Where wc lay*.^ o^i's point fhutting in anp- fher; and before any fmall ffiip) or veffel pre? fids to ycfiture into the harbour, they ough| tQ 2'"70 CoMMODOftE ANSON's VOYAGE. tp fend in their boats at low water, and fix poles or buoys on the ends ofthe fhoals, which, in a tnanner, block up the paffage. The country about it is pretty much on the level, except a leW copling hillocks' to the northward, and a pretty high onem the bay, which bears W.S.W. from the place Where we lay at anchor. The la titude of Port St. Julian is 49 deg, 10 min.S. its longitude ftom London 69 deg. 48 miln. W. and the variation of the compafs 1 7 deg. 20 min. E. We had here uncertain boifterous weather, with, much rain, fpme fnow, and eeacrally thick fog, with fo much wind and fea as made us ride hard, arid hafleried our departure from this un- eafy fituation. Sir John Narborough and ' fome others write, that they have often feen and converfed with the inhabitants in this and pther parts of Patagonia, ' and have given wonderful defcriprions of them; ^ut as we faw none of thern, I have nothing to fay of that fort, nor indeed do I think there is any thing ,in this wild part of the world worthy of thc leaft notice. The 27th, at fix in the morning, wc made the fignal, weighed, and put to fea ; but the Glou cefter being long in weighing her anchor, and the weather proving thick and hazy, we foon loft fight of her, and at one in the afternoon, tacked, and lay by for her coming up ; at feven We fired a gun, a fignal for 'her, and foon after fhe joined us, having broke her main-yard in the flings. previous Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 271 Previous tp our leaving this port, a council was held on board the Centurion, at which all the oflicers by fea arid land attended,, when it was propofed by^ the Commodore, that their firft attempt, after their arrival in ! the South Seas, fhould be the attack of the town of Bal- dlvia, the principal frontier df , the diftrid of Chili. To this propofition the council unani moufly agreed ; in conftquence of which, new inftrudions weire given 1 to the Captains of the fquadron, by which they were direded, in cafe of feparation, to 'rendezvous at the iflapd of Neultra Senorb del Secoro, and there cruife for 10 days; after which, they were ofdefed to re pair to the height of Baldivia, and there be- .iween.40 deg. and 40 deg. 30 mip. to continue to cruife 14 davs longer ; and, If in that time they were not joined by the reft of the fquadron, they were then to quit that ftation, and direct their courfe fo the iflarid of Juan Fernandez. March the 4th, in the riiorriing, we paffed by the Streights of Magellan, fo near that we faw them very plain ; the northernmoft point of 'which, known by the name of Cape Virgin Mary, I found to be in the latitude of 52 deg. 28' min. S. longitude from London 70 deg. £,< min. W. variation of the compafj 1 8 deg. 40 min. • E. the foundings, when it bears aboUt S. W.'by W- at the diftapce of eight leaguea, from 32 to 50 fathom, the bottom, black-grey 'fand and mad. The afternoon of ' this, day be ing very bright' and clear, With fmall breezes, ¦ ' iiidiii- 272 Commodore ,ANSON*s VOfAG^ incliriabre to calm, moft of the Captains took the oppbftijriity of this favourable weather to pay a vifit "to the Commodore ; but. While they were in coriipany togetker, they were all great ly alarmed by a fudden flariie which biirft out on board the Centurion, and wkich was fuc ceeded Bya cloud of fmoak. However, they Were fppri relieved froiii their apprehehfiofis, by receiving information, that thc blaft was occa fioned by a (park of fire from the forge light ing ori fome giiripowder, arid other combuftibles, which the officers on board' were preparing fijr ufe, in cafe we ihoiild fall in with the Spanifh fieet; and that it had bsben extinguifhed with out any danger to tKe fhip. '^The 6fh, in the morning, we faW the land of Terra del Fuego, confiffing of high craggy hllk, towering above each other, moftly covered with fnow, \yith deep horrid vallies, fome few fcatter ed trees, no plains, nor one chearful green through all the difmal profped ; fo that tlie whole may not improperly be termed the LanB of Defplation ; and I much queftion whether a more dreary, alped is to be feen in any othe^ ^part of the habitable earth j for voyagers fay this Is Inhabited,, but furely its mhabitants muft be the mpft miferable of "human beings. This evening we lay by, that we might not overikoci't the Streights of Le Maire in the night ; though I believe, had we kept on, and paffed round Staten Land» a fmall ifland or two, which lie to .the eaftward oi thofe Streights, and "togetlier with CoHMdDORE ANSON's VOYAGE. 273 -with Terra ^el Fuego frabe them, it Would have been more tp Our advantage than by paf- "iing through them. ' The . yth, '^t' eight in the, morhing, we were very near a .point of land oh Terra del Fuego, called Cape St. James, bearing E. S.'E. another called Cape St. Vincent, S.E. half E. the mid- dlemoft of the Three .Brothers, being diree high hlUs on Terra del Euego, appearing ^Inio'ft'cbri- tiguous to each other, S. by W. and a very high Sugar-loaf Hill, called Monte Gorda, farther up in 'the country, and appearing above them, bore fouth froni us. It is by thefJe marks "that you know you are near Strait Le Maire ; and in deed vye began to open them In this pofition. ^y noon we were almoft through them, being affifted by a very ftrong tide.with rj^uch rippling, and .which made, to ^he fouthward .Ibmewhat "before ip o'clock iri the morping. The courfe thrpiigh is almOft diredly fouth, and there are "00 fhoals nor rocks in the paffage from, whence ypvf may incur any danger ; the only thing you have to fear is,'. th^ tide's turining againft you Whiie',you are in the ftraits, for jn that cafe you are certainly hurried back ^gain, and can have no paffage there, till the next |urn of the .tide. The breadth of this ftrait may be about fix or feven league's, and its length about fevefi or eight; which being paffed, you enter into a vaft open ofcean, coriimonly known by the name of the South Sea. This ftrait lies in laritude 55 deg. fouth, longitude from "London "67 deg. ' Vol. II. N n 30 274 Commodore ANSOj^I's, VOYAGg. 30 min. weft, .variajtlpn of the pompafs 21 deg.' ^6 min. eafi:,| foundings in libe flraits from. 43 to 58 fathom,' "tke b'bttom bjack. fand and peb- ^ble-ffones. In paffing, through here, pur joy was increafed by the brightnefs bf . the *fky and the ferenity of the weather, which was indeed remarkably pleafing ; for though the winter w^s now advancing apace, yet the morning; pf this day, in. its brilliancy and mildnefs, gave place to none we had feen fince our departure from England. But we hepe found what was con ftantly verified by all our obfei-vations in thefe high latitudes, that fair weather was ever the forerunner of a fucceeding ftorm, and that fun- flilne- arid tempeft followed one another like light and Ihade.. We had fcarcely reached the fouthern extremity of the ftraits, when the fere nity of the fky,._which had fo much flattered our expedarions. Was all at once obfcured, the "'Wind fhifted to the fouthward, and the fea be gan to fwell to an aftonifhing height. Before night the tempeft arofe, aiid the tide, which liad hitherto favoured us, turned furioufly againft us ; fothat, Inftead of purfuing our in tended courfe, we were driven to the eaftward, by the united force of Wirid^ j^hd current, w:uh fo much precipitatibn,,' that ip the morning we found ourfelves feven leagues tp the eaftward of Streight Le Malrq.' From this time we' ^ha^ fuch a, con tin uaL fucceffion of tenipeftuous weather as furprized thc oldeft and moft ex perienced mariners pn board, and" obliged them ta Commodore' ANSON's VdYAGE. '275 to cOnfcfs, that,i,vhaf they had fiit'hcj-fo called ftorms were iriconfiderable gales compared with the" violerice ¦ of thefe' winds, which raifed fuch ftjptt'arid at ' thc fariie flme fuch'mountainous Waves, as greatly furpaffed in danger all feas' known in any other part of the globe : and it was not without reafon that this unufual ap pearance filled us with continual terror'; for, had anyone Of thefe wives broke fairly over us, it muft in all" probability, have fent us to the bottom. Nor did We efcape. with terror, only'; fpr the fhip' rolling Inceffaritly gunwale-to, gave: lis'" fuCh "quick arid viblerit motions, that the men were iri 'perpetual danger of being daflied' a'gainff the rriaft.!s or fides of ffie fhip: and though' we were extremely careful to feeure ourfelves from thefe fhocks by grafping at fome fixed body, y^t many of our people were forced from their holds, fome of whom Wefe killed,- and Of hers'greatly Injured ; in particular, one of dur' beft feamen was carried dVer- board and' drowned, another, diflocated -his neck, a third was thrown into the main hold, and broke his fiiigh, and: one of our boatfwain's mates broke his eollar-bonctwlce; not' to mention many ©ther accidents of the fame kind. Thefe teni- pefts, fo dreadful In thenifelves, though unat-' t«ndcd by any other unfavourable circumftartce,' were rendered more mifchievous to us by their inequality, and the deceitful intervals which' they at fome llriies- afforded ; for, though we gere often obliged to lie-to fbr days together •- - , N n a under 276 ConfMoixoRE ANSON's VOYAGE.- u^der a reefed, mizen, and were frequently re duced to lie at the rhercy of the waves under our bare poles, yet now and then we ventured to' make fail with our .pourfes double reefe(f ; and the weather proving more tolerable, would perhaps encourage lis to fet our top-fails : after wliich, the wind, without any previous notice*. would return upon us with redoubled force, and would In an inftant tear our fails from t/ie yards. Atid, that no circumftance might be wanting which could aggravate our diftrefs, tfiefe blafts generally brought with them a-great quantity of fnow and fleet, which cafed our rigging, arid froze our f^ils, thereby rendermg tlieni and our cordage brittle, aiid apt ¦ to fnap upon the flighteft ftrain, adding inexpreffible tjlfficuity and labour to the wprking of the Iklp, benunibing the limbs of thc people em ployed in, handing the fails, or handling thc ropes, and making them incapable of exertmg tjiemfelyes, with' their ufual adivity, and even difabling many by mortifying their toes and 4ngers, . And now, as it were to add the finifhing firoke to our misfortunes, our people h^afi to be univerfally afiiided wkh that moft terrible, obftinate, and, at fea, incurable difeafc, the fcurvy, which quickly made a mo^ dreadful kavpck among us, beginning at firfl to carry off two or thrqe a. day, but foon increafing, and at laft carrying off eight or ten ; and as moft of $he living were very ill of the f?«nc diftemper, an4 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 277, and the little remainder who preferved thpir; healths better, in a manner, quite worn out witk inceffant labour, I have fometimes feen four or five dead bodies, fome fown up in their hanir. mocksi, others not, wafting about the decks, for want of help to bury them in the fea. But as the particulars of all the various difafters and. fufferings of various kinds that befel us, would be endlefs, I fh^Il only mention a few. , The loth, nth,, and 12th, very i|prm,y wea ther, with fnow and fleetj and a very great Qye;r- grown fea from the S. W. The 15th, one William Baker fell overboard and was drowned. The i6th, the Anne pink, which had feparated from us the iith In the ftorm, again joined us, in lat. 5,g deg. 20 mip. $. Part of the 17th, 18th, apd j 9th, very ftrong gales, and a great rolling fea from the N. W. . The 18th, we had again ftrong gales of wind With extreme cold, and at midnight the main top-fail fplit, and one of the ftraps of the main dead-eyes broke. The 23d, and part of the 24th, a moft vio lent ftorm of wind, hail, and rain, vvith a very lofty fea. The 23d, in the evening, we fprung the malH-top-fall yard, and fplit the main-fail into rags, the greateft part of whkh was bloyvr-t^ overboard. On thefe accidents we furled all our other fails, and lay- to under a mizzen. The latter part of the 24th proving more mOf d^sraie, we bent a new main-fall, gpt down the broken 278 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. broken inain-fopfaif yard, and got up and rig ged another In Its placer. ', ,'" , The 25th, it blew a very hurricane, and re- ddced us to iUe hec^ffity of lyiri^-to undei- pur bare poles. As our fhip kept the wind "better * than any Of the reft. We were obfiged iri the af ternoon to wear fhip ; in doing of which, we had no other expedient but clapping the helrn s- weather, arid main'ning the fore-fhroiids ; irt the execution of whlch^we had'orie'i^ oUf .beft'trien canted overboard: 'We perceived, thati' not withftanding the prodigious agitation of the Waves,: he fwarh 'Very fb-on^;' arid it was With the utmoft concerri' that We found ourfelves In capable of afftftiri^ him. indeed^ 'we were the more grIeVed'ar his unhappy'fltej as wc loft fight of hlni ftruggling With the 'waves, and'coricdv- ed, from the manner iri which ke fwam, that he might continue fenfible for a^ confiderable time loHger of thchorrOr attending his' irretrievable fituation. • ¦¦ Thc 2'6th being fomewhat more' moderate, we found tWo of our maln-fhrbuds broke, which we repaired ; we likewife bent our main-top-fail, and made fall. The 30th, in the evening, the Gloucfefter made a fignal of diftrefs ; and, on fpeaking* with her, we found fhe had broke her main-yard in the flings ; an accident thc more grievous, as it tended unavoidably to delay us in thefe inhof- pitable latitudes, where evCry moment we were in danger of perifl:iing. The weather proving favour- Cmufipp^n ANSON's jgY^GE. 279 favourable, , all the carpenters were ordered 00 board the Qlpucefter, apd next day , flie was ready to fail. Thc 3d, 4th, 5th, an<;^i 6th of April, a con tinued iD[orm,of wind and rain;, a .dr^^dful fea, and very cold weather. We lowered our yards, furled our cpurfes, apd lay by for ^he mpft;, pare under a mizzen -and mjzzen-ftay fail. The 3d, about II o'clock at night, a raging fea took, us on the larboard, quarter, where it, .ffpye in the quarter gallery, and rufhed info the fhip like a deluge. Fpr fome time it. laid ^he fhip dqwp upon her fide; .but fhe providentially rig^jced again, thopgh flowly ; it threw dowp and half drowaed all thg people on the, deck, , broke one of the ftraps of the main dead-eyes, and fnaped a mizzen and puttock Ihroud. This, was the greateft fea which lye had.encounfpred fince we came info thpfe parts, and we met with but one fuch ftroke mpre in the whp^e voyage ; two or three fuch fucceeding muft certainly ba,ve,fei3i.t us to the bottom. The, 7th, 8th,, 9th, and .loth, continued very ftormy and fqually, with fnow, hail, rain, apda large fea ; the weather continuing very cold. The Sth, at four in the evening, 'the. Anne pink made, a fignal of .dlftrefe ; iand, ori fpeak ing with her, we found fhe had fprung ,her fore- ftay, and the gammoning of her bowfprit. This was the more unfprtunate, as none of thecatr penters were yet jteturned from the GJouceftef. I^or wasth): Anne, the only fhip that fuffered in this a«o CojhKtokE ANION'S VOYAGE. this ftrorfti j the Wa^r lOft her mizzen-mafl aiid main-top-fail yard, owing to the badndfs ofthe iroA'wfork.' * In this dilemma We Were obliged to beat 'away till 'thefe ffiips had made all faft. ^'fhe'iOth, foggy and hazy. This afternoon tl«r^ Severn and Pearl Were far a'-ffeni, and feem ed to me to lag defignediy. We inade a vCfy eify fdl all day, '§fna'"1af b^' Ut riight, and ffr^d 'ftverall guns as a fignal for them to jpin us yWe weather 'beirtg ptetty' bioderatfe, and the 'wiWd fair fof them, they might haVe effeded it witb ¦eafe.^ By the Ctofe of the evening we could ^dt ijuft fee the*rii, '^nd from that time faw Aem-rfo niSte. However, We heard afterwards in ffie South Seas, 'By letters taken on board fome bf the Spanifh fli^sj of their arrival at Rio Janeiro, 'in thc Brazils. • The 15th, the weather proved fomewhat ra'6rS moderate. At half an hour paft ^ppe in the morning wc faw tWo iflands right f-heact, at about two 'leagues diftance; we immediately wore our' fhip, and ftood off to the fouthward. Thofe iflands were very unexpeded, as wql a,3 unwelcome. We imagining we had been to the weftward bf alfl^nds and iflands of tlie.coaft of T«!ft^MH' Fu^gO ; but we now foun^ our mif take^ aild that there was a rilecefilty of our fland- inafarthertb the fouthward, in order to acta . fufficient weft'hig. Thofe iflands 1 find to Ij^ in*ihe hritudfe uth latitude we made during the ; voyage. • ¦:¦ '¦¦' - -^ . The 2 3d, very hard gales and fqualls, with ' much rain. -This evening We'loft fight of the 'Qloucefter, Wager, -Trial, and 'Anne pink; be ing all thc remainder of our fquadron, after the defedion of the Severn "and. Pearl. The Wager's unfortunate cataftrophe is well known ; ' the others afterwards "joined tis at Juan Ferrian-' dez; as fhall be related in its proper place. ¦Ther24fh, r25th, and a6th, thc wind being moftly fair, though ftill blowing hard,- We made pretty-good runs under an eafy fail to the north- weftward. Thc 24th it blew a hurricane, and thc ' men endeavouring to hand the topfails, the clew- iinesand bunt-lmes broke, arid thc fheet beino; half flown, every feam in the forC-topfail wasfobn fplit from top to bottom^ and the main-topfail fhookfo ftrongly In the vvind, that if carried away the top lanthorn, and endangered t^^e head of the ¦ maft ; however,'at leiigth, fome of the moft dar ing of our men ventured. upon the yard, and cue - the fail, away, clofe, to the reefs, though with the utmoft hazard of their lives, whilft at the fame time the . fore-topfail- beat, about the yard with Vol. il " O o fo iSa Commodore ANSGN's VOYAGE. fq-iijjUch fury that it;wa^ loon blown to flireds?-; nor was oyr attention to opr , topfails our fojc eniplqyment j fcir t{ie mainfailtjblew loofe, which ob%ed ps to lo\Y|3r the yard tp fecpre the fail, ai)d the fore-yard being likewife lowered, we % to under a mizen. The 25th, we found much of our running rigging broken, which wc repaired, The 27t^iy we bent other t<^feilsin the places of thofe fplit. Nothing more re markable Xha refl: of this, month and the firft week In the next,, but ftormy uncertain wea ther; and great ficknefs and , mortality among. our. pepple. Friday, May 8,,ai;- feven in the morning, faw the main land of Patagonia appearing in high mountains covered moftly with fnow. We likewife; faw feveral iflands, one of which we took to be the Ifland del Soccoro, fo called by Sir John Narbofpugh, in his account of his voyage Into thpfe parts' j and from the fine de* fcriptlon this gentleman had given of this ifland, (having been there iri the very height of fum-, ^ roeti), this place was appointed for our firft crene- ral rendezvous in the South Seas. An unhappy . apppip;tmcnt it was in its confequences ; for. : wkepithe people, lakeady redviced to the, laft ex- trenilty, found this to be: the place of rendea- vous* where they had hoped to meet tlie reft of their companions with joy, and what a miferable pai;t of the worid it appeared to be, their grief gave way to defpair; they faw no end of their fuf ferings, nor any door open to their fafety. Thofe who Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 283 who had hitherto been well and in heart, now full of defpondency, fell down^ fickened, arid died 9 and, to fum up this^m^lahcholy jiart, I verily believe, that our touching on this -coaft, the long Aay- we made here, 'and'our hinderanc^ by crofs winds, which we Ihould ' have iavoided in a dired cOurfe to Juan FcrHaridez, Ibft us at leaft 60 or 70 of as ftout' and able men as any in the navy;: This 'unfpeakable diftrefs was ftill aggravated by thc difficulties we fourid in work ing the fhip," as the fcurvy had by this time de ftroyed no lefs than 200 of our men, and had in ft>me degree affeded almoft the whole crew. It were, indeed, cridlefs to recite minutely the various difafters, fatigues, and terrors, which we encountered on this coaft ; all thefe went on in- creafifig rill the 22d Of May, at which time the fury of all the ftorms which we had hitherto ex- pei-ienced, feemed to be combined, and fo have. confpired our deftrudion. In this hurricane al moft all our fails were fplit, and great part of our ftanding rigging broken ; and, aboiit eight in the evening, a mountainous overgroWh fea took us on our ftarboard quarter, ahd gave Ms fo^odigioUs a fhock, that feveral df our fhrouds broke with the jerk, by which our mafts were iii' danger of coming by the board ; qpr ballaft and ftores too were fo ftrangely fhifted, that the fhip heeled afterwairds two ftreaks a^port. Indeed, it was a nloft tremendous blow, and We werie' thrown into the utmoft confternatlon, froM the apprehenfion of inftantly foundering. Ouir de- P 0 2 plorable 284 CoMMQDQiVE ..ANSON's -VOYAGE. P^ofable fituat.ip9;j^liewin.g;.ap3rlc93gefe any itdona fpr dem^eration,- we:ft we had fo feverely felt ; for her Com-^ mxadev^ Captain Saunders, waking on thc Com-i- jnodore, Inforriied him, that, out of his fmall complement, he had buried 34 of his men ; and thofe who recovered were fo univerfally affllded ¦wdih the fcurvy,'* that only himfelf, his Lieute nant, and three of his men, were able to ftand by the fails. 47 B^' The fame day we got out our long-boat, and fent her on fhore with materials for building tents for the fick, and with orders to bring on board fome water. . The 15th, we fent, our pinnace to aflift the Trial, fhe being driven from her anchors tp fea, by the violent flaws of wind which blow off the high lands. This and the next day we put afhore 75 fick men, in fo weak a condition, that we were obliged to carry them out of the fhip in their hammocks, and to convey them afterwards in the fame manner from the water-fide over a ftoney beach to the terits prepared^for their re-,*^ ception. Inthis work of huiuanity, "not only the oflicers, buf the Commodore himfelf, chear- fpUy lent their affiftance. ^'^ -^vM-^-^i^i- ^ -'^" . The 17th, the Trial came again to an anchor, u ^d {pogr?d, This day and the'^nejjt we fent .:'2:';. ... on z36 CoKMoooRE ANSON'S VOYAGE. on fhore the cemainder of our fick people, the whole number now on fhore being 135, man;^ of whom, being too far gone in the fcurvy, died ©ne after another to the number of aot lefs than 4xty. ^,.,We Jiow began to fend on ihore materials for tents for the coppers,, fail-makers, and fotne -isf the officers ;. a copper oven which we had with Us for balgng foft bread.for tbe "fliip's company, and the finith's fprge for making or repairing Ijjcb iron-work as was necefl^r-y : aiid, after a fhort interval of relaxarion, all hands were bufily employed, fome in cutting liarge quantkies of wood for the fliip's ufe, fome In making char coal for the fmlth, and for a farther ftore ; the bakers in baking bread, the coopers in making up and cleaning the caflcs. for water, the fail- makers In mending the fails and making others; fome in fifliing for the fick, and the reft were otherways employed : and here being very great plenty of fine fifh, all taken by the hook, two or three people could never fail to take us as much in about two hours as all the fhip's company could eat : befides this we took great quantkies for faking and curing; and fome private per-' fo{^\y}ip had hooks and lines fiflied for them felves, and never failed of enough for their own ufe, and to give to thofe who had none. The' people on board were employed in cleaning the fhip, which was in a very filthy condition, and in ftripping' the mafts, and overhauling the rig ging- One of the boatfv«aio's matesj with fome affiftants. CoMMODtwE ANSON's VOYAGE. 2 87' alRftants^' having run up a rope-walk on fhore, was employed ift making what fmall cordage w6- might want ; others in watering, ' and", in fhort, in every thing that might Contribute to put us-' in as good a condition, and in as fhort a time as poffible ; and as fail as the fick recovered, they^ were put on the like employments. At firft fight of this ifland, it appeared with a. moft unpromlfing afped, being extremely •' nlountainous; rugged, and irregular ; bur, upon^ our nearer approach, it itriproved upoft' us ; and • wlKn we were landed, we found all thevegE'-' tables which are ufually efteemed to be pecu liarly adapted' to the cure of thofe fcorburic dif orders which rare cOntradted' by fait diet, and' long continuance at fea ; for here we found wa- ter-creffes and purflain, wiid-forrel, and Sicillart* • radifhts. In profufion. Thefe vegetables, riotf to mention the turneps which now abound- in every plain, with the fifh and flelh wc got here, were not only grateful to us in the extreme, but were likewife very refrefhing to the fick, and contributed not a little to the recovery of thofe who were not already too far advanced in the diforder to admit of relief; and to the reftoring^' of others to their wonted vigpurf who, though', not apparently under the mali^iiftlcy of the diftemper, and- its baneful concomitants; were' yetrgreafiy debilitated by continual watching and anxiety of mind, from which not a foul on^ board was exempt. ¦^'fl* During the rime of our refidence here,- we^ found 288 Comm6dore ANSON's VOYAGE, fpund the inland parts ofthe ifland noways to fall fbort of the fangulne prepoffeffions we had firft entertained in its favour; for the woods, Vfhich covered moft of the fteepeft hills, were free from all bufhes and underwood, and afford ed an eafy paffagC through every part of them ; and the irregularities of the hills and precipices, ip the northern part of the ifland, neceffarily traced ouf, by their various combinations, a great number of romantic vallies, moft of which had a. ftream of the cieareft water running through them, that tumbled in cafcades from rock to rock, as the bottom of the valley by the courfe of the neighbouring hills was at any time broken into a fudden fharp defcent. Some particular fpots occurred in thefe vallies; wkcre the fhadcs and fragrance of thc contiguous woods, thc Ipftlnefs of thc over-hanging rocks, and the tranfparency and frequent falls of thc neigh bouring ftreams, prefented fcenes of fuch ele gance and dignity, as would with difficulty be rivalled in any other part of the globe. It Is in this place, perhaps, that the fimple produdlons of unaffifted nature may be faid to excel all the fidltlous defcriprions of the moft animated ima gination. The fpot where the Commodore pitched his tent, and where he ehofe, during his ftay, to fix his refidence, exceeded in beauty any thing that words can be fuppofed to reprefent. It was a delightful little lawn, that lay on an eafy afcent at the diftance of about half a mile from the fea, and was probably thc very fpot on which ' ' ^oMMoDOifE ANS5N's VOYAOSi 2% which -Shelvbek twenty years before ha pitched his tent; In front there was a large/venue cut through thc woods to ihefea-fide,/vhich flop ping to the water jvlth a gentle depnt, opened a profped to the bay, and the flips at anchors This 'lawn was fcreened behind /y a tall wood of myrtle fweepirig round it ir/the form of a; threatre,the flope on which the yood ftoodrifing 'With a muchfharp'er afcent tha/ ^he lawn Itfelf^ though not fo much but that /he hills and pre^ cipices within land towerey up confiderably above the tops of the trees' and added to the grandeur of the view; Tnere were, befides^ two ftreams 'of chryftal waer, which ran on the right arid left of the ten/ within an hundred yards diftance, and wer/ fhaded by thc trees that fland which feems likcwlft peculiar to the ifland» and Confequently withouv a name; It is ftill. lefs than the former in ize, but not inferior m beauty; though not "b mufical ; . the .feapk, wihgs, and head, are cf a lively, green, inter mixed with fine fhining golden; fpots, and. the belly a fnow white grouirf, with ebony colour ed fpotSi fo elegantly vaied as no art can imi tate. To the catalogue of birds mentioned by former writers as inhabiiants of this ifland, fhould alfo be added blackbirds and thrufhes very like thofe in England ; and owls, but of a di minutive fize. i Of four-foQtei animals wc faw none but dogs, cats, catsj and. goats ; aiid of tbe latter but few, as the dogs of varioes kinds, grey hounds, maftifs', pointers, fpaniels, and mun- grels, have thinned them in the plains, and driv en chem to the inacceffible mountains ; yet fome were Commodore ANSOT^'s VOYAGE. 291 were fhot by the hunters, and were prefierfed by them ioy^e beft Venifon. Among thofe ptektitf^' to the Commodore were two or three venerable through age, that had been marked more than thirty years befowe by Sejkitk, who trained them for his fpca-c," flit their ears, a'nd tamed them''k>ofe' to graze the mountiaihs. . I remeraberwe had once an opportunity of ob» ferving a remarkable difpute betwixt a herd of thofe animals and a number of dogs ; for going in our bibabiifito the eaftern bay we perceived fome dogi; run very eagerly upon the foot, and being wlllirigto difcover what gamc they were af ter, we lay upon our oars fome rime to view them, and at laft faw them take a hill, where, lopk>- ing a little farther, we obferved upon the ridge of it an herd of goats, which feemed drawn up for their reception. There was a very narrow -path fkirted on each fide by precipices, in which the kader of the herd pofted himfelf fronting the enemy, the reft of the goats being ranged befimd him where the ground was more open ; as this fpot was inacceffible by any pther path, excepting where this champion had Jxlaced himfelf; the. dogs, though they ran up hill with great alacrity, >y€t wheri they came within'aboBC twenty yards, found they dprft not erictJttmer this formidable Gollah, for he would infallibly have driven- the firft thaifap'^roaChed him down th'e precipice ; they therefore quietly laid them felves down, panting, and did hot offer'co' ftir while we remained in fight. " ; < ¦; P p 2 Thefe ,35:2 Commodore ANSON»s VOYAGE. Thefe dogs have multiplied prodjgloufly, and ^avc deftreyed moft of the cats as well as goatp: the 'rats, however, keep 'poffeffion,] and were very Irdutlefome: guefts jn the night, when they generally paid tis their iVifitsv^ ^t isnoteafy to det#mipe in what> manner fuch a multitude, of dogs fubfift, as they arc much more numerous than, all the other four-footed 'Creatuf 68. upon - the iflahd. Our people;. indeed, were inclined to ^hink, tbaf they lived in a great meafiire i^on the young fea-lions and feals, '"and fbpported their opinion by the report of tlie faifors, Ame of whom killed the dags for food, 'who faid they tafted fifhy : and, truly,' there is iiardly any btfier way of ^counting for the. fdbfiftdnce jof thefe animals,; ; for, as has been faid, they have already deftroyed • all the goats in the ac- peffible parts of the. country 5 fo that there now fenjainonly a few among the crags and pre cipices, where the dogs cannot follow them. •Thefe are divided into fcparate herds of 20 or 30 each, which inhabit diftind faftneflfes^' aind -never mingle with- each ether ; by thi^ means -we "found it extremely difficult to kfll them, and yet we were fo defirous of their fl^, that we difco yered, I believe, all their herds, and it ^^ thought, by comparing their numbers, that they fcarcely exceeded' 200 upon the whole iflahd. The dogs bad deftroyed the pardellas, too, of Ijvhich former. writers have given a large- ac- .ppypt, fo that there wai not one of them to be ^een ^ •we found indeed their boroughs in the r* i 1 earth. Cqmmopore ANSON's VOYAGE. 293 /earth, which leavers no jrpom tp djjpbt of their being found iBsplenty in Selkirk's time, as ,well as cats, of which there is now fcjarce one alive. Fkfli oieatlj^jpgi thus- .extremely fcarce, pur people,, being tired of fiflj, though excellent in their. kind, ^t length condefcended to ^at fealsi which,, by degrees, they came to relifh, ,and calledthem lamb. Of thefe, it being ptieir brooding ripie,, the npmbers were Incredible; T*nand likewife of the fea-llop,-'— thefe animals have frequently. furlpus battles among theni-^ felves, principally about stheir females ; and we were, one day furprized by the fight of two animals, which, at firft, feemed different from all we had ever obferved ; but, on a nearer ap proach,, they proved to be two fea-lions that had'been goring one another with their tufhes, -and.rwerc covered with bipod, with which they I^entifuUy abound. This led us. to .watch them more clofely, and ope was obferved larger. than , Jthe. reft, and from jhis driying off other males, .and keeping a great number of femalp to him felf, he was by the feamen humpropfly ftiled the Balhaw. To thi^ pre-eminence, lioijsfever, keh^d not arrived without many bloody cpn- tefts; for, on our people's attacking him,, in the. midft of his feragllo of females, hc made a defperate defence, and, when overpowered, the ffgnals of . his bravery appeared in numerous fears pn every part of his body. ,Wc had now, been ten, days on this, ifland, . j^hfii^pme pf pur people frpm aji eminence dlf- • cern?d 2$.4 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. cer ned a fhip to leeward Wkk her courfes even wkh the Utofhtoft,^ Withoik^fiy ®the^- fail abroad than her n^ain-tbpfail; frorii- which circunri* ftahcC, it waairnmediately concluded, that k was brte oi bUr own fquadron; b'eit the Weathei^bEtiff|; ifeij^^ no definirive conjedure could be brined concerning hei*. She again difappeared f6rfome days, and we were all thtoW^ into t^hedeeptift concerri, fearing the wedkriefs of- tier condition had difaWed kdr from working to windwa:ird, and that all her people had perilled. We continued our employ till the iSrh^'when we again faw' the fame fhip ; and, on her riCater approach, could diftinguifh her to be the Gfou- Cefter ; and, making no doubt of her bein^ in diftrefs, the Cbmmodore feht our boat on board her with Water and refreflinfients. We found her in a miferable condition, not many above lOO people alive, and almoft all thofe helplefs with the fctfrvy ; their water fovery fhort, that they Were Obliged to allow but onc pint a day to a man ; and the continual flaws off the'iand, to gether with their being difabled in their fails arid yards, hindered them from' getting Into the feiy. The next day' we fent them afrefh fupply off™, greens, wkrer^, and men to hdp'to Work the fhip; Ibbri after which the flaws drove them off again, and the fhip appeared no more till thfe 3blh, when at tWoin the afterrtoon fhcfirfedaguh, and made^ a fignal of difirreFS; She contlnii^d in this mariner off and On,- fometimes ih''iight, jjnd fometimes not, till July -23, during -which time. Commodore ANSON's VOYA5GE. 295 time, .thoiigh we oftep relieved the people pn boarid with wflt&r.snd-othfr necefTaries, yet their fufferings were Infupportable, ^d their vyhol^ complepiept wete .rsfduced tp ahp^t 96 living perfons, all pf whom tni,ifjt have, perifhed in a few days fnore,;jiad not the w^nd proved favour able to briffg-theJ:^ into tbe.bay ; ;but providen tially a frefh gale fprung up from the fea, and brought .them to an, apchor. We ipimediately fent men on board to affift In mooring the fhip, and. continued our conftant affi&a^e, afterwards, during pur ftay ^t this place. The 5th of .Auguft, the Commodore, fent the Trid flpop to fearch the ijQ^ndjjOf Litde Juan Fernandez, left: any of the fquadron Ihould have miftaken that ifland for the place of rendezvous, apd might remain there in expedaJt^OEl^of meetr. ing the reft of the fleet. „ ; On the iB.th,,.the Anne pink, which was fe parated from us with the reft of the fquadron thc'^sd of April, appeared in fight. Her arrival gave us newipirifs, fhe being ladep principally with provifions, , and, we immediately were Qf4er- ed J^ll alfowance of bread. IJhijSjflijp had bee a abiput two months in a fs^£e harbour, on the mahj-^and,: near;the fanie parallel with del Soe- cprp, where fhie had been dIre/^^d,jby;Prqvi-^ depce, pnd whprp ;fbe,lay in fecurity, enjoyed pleofy^i,:,and her people, 16 in number, fc«etng pnCe freed from their J^^rs of i^ipwireck, ,ve.ry foon recovered fhek; wonted vigour,, Ji^ving. ex;- pi^ieHG^ rfone^of thofe hardftilps that were en dured %g6 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE.' dured by the feft of the fleet. They told u^ they had feen fome Indians; and one time took one of their canoes with a man, a woman, fome children, adbg, acat, &c. and fome implements for fifliery ; but in a day or tWo the whole fa mily, the dog excepted, made their efcape from them in the fhip's fmall boat, and left them theif canoe In her ftead. Thofe Ihdians, they fayj' under ftood a few Spanifh words, and probably , might have fome little correfpondence with the fouthern Spaniards of Chili, or their nearer bot- dering Indians ; or, perhaps, fome of the Fa thers for propagaring the faith may now and , then have -been among them. The principal refrefhments they met with in this port, 'were wild celery, riettletops, and fofrel ; cockles and jHufclcs of an extraordinary fize ; good ftbre of geefe, fheep, and penguins. TKey judged it to lie iri lat. 45deg. 30 min. S. and it may be known by an ifland Whrch faces it, and which the Inha bitants call InMn, and by a river in which they found excellent fifh. This veffel; the Anne pink, was the laft that joined us at Juan Fernandez. The remaining' ihips of the fquadron were thc Severn, the Pearl,- and the Wager ftore-fhip. The Severn and Pearl, as has been already obferved, parted company off Cape Noir,- and, as we afterwards learned, put back to the Brazils ; fo that of all the fhips- that came into the South Seas; the Wager was the only fliip that was miffing. Captain Cheap, who commanded her, knowing the importance; of GosiMOOORE ANSON*s VOYAGE, ¦ig'f Of the charge he had in truft, 'Without which nd fertterprize on fhore could- be undertaken, wa3 extremely follcitous to reach Baldivia as the laft place of rende^vOU^, and the firft to be attack-- ed, before the reft of the fquadron fhould have finifhed their cruife; that noblame might reft upon him; if the attack of that city fhould be judged improper to Be carried into execution. But, whilft this brave officer" was exerting himfelf in endea vouring to keep cleat of the land in making the ifland of del Soccoro, he had the misfortune to diflocate his fhoulder, and thereby to difable himfelf from profecuting with vigour the pur pofe hc had in view; The fhip being little better than a wreck, the crew in a miferable de- fponding condition, the ofiieers quite exhaufted^ the weathet cold and ftormy, and the wind arid currents bearing- in-fllore, all thefe unlucky cir cumftances concurring, fo entangled the fhip with the land, that all the efforts of the feeble crew could not prevent herfrom running upon a funken rock, ' where fhe grounded between two fmall iflands; not a mufquet-fliot from the fhore. In this fituation fhe continued entire till every onc on board might have reached thc land in fafety, and might have ftored themfelves with provifions, and every neceffary for tkeir prefent fubfiftence and future efcape : but ^he moment the fhip ftruck, all fubordlnation ceafed ; one part of fhe crew got ' poffeffion of tbe liquors, intoxicated themfelves in a beaftly manner, and grew frantic in their cups ; another part began Vol. II. Q^q to ^9^:. Commodore ..ANSON's VOYAGE^ %o furnifli thetJifelves with arrts, and to make flhcmfelyes mafters of the money and things of moft value on board ; while the Captain, and fopie of the principal oSicera, endeavoured in^ v4In to maintain their authority, ajid t© preferve a proper difcipline among fhcna^ in order to ef fed the deliverance of as many as it was poffible from the common dangef in which all of the^ were involved ; but the mutinous dlfpofitloi* that prevalBed rendfred every effort for their prefervation ineffedual. Thofe who remained inpofleffion of the fjhifj'and ker ftores, pointed the Cannon, and fired at thofe who had gained the land ; thofe as lapd grew; rlptqus for want of provifions ; nothing but anarchy ahd confu fion prevailed ; and, what added to tke cataf^- ftrophe, a midfhipman named Cozens, who had bufied himfelf in oppofrtion to all good govern ment, was, by the Captain, fhot dead upon the^ %ot. 7 his put an end at once to all manner of fobferviency ; and after this every one thought himfelf at liberty to purfue what fcheme he thought beft for his own prefervarion. Of about 13.0 perfons- who reached the fhore, ^0 died on the place ; about 8is others, hav- ijig convert-ed tlie long-boat into a fchooner, failed to the fouthward, attended by the cutter. Thefe, being dilireffpd for want of provisfions in re-doubfing^ Cape Horn, and having loft their (futter In a ftorm, fuffered unprecedented bard- Ihips in their return tp the coaft of Brazil, where only 30 of them arrived to give an account of the Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 299 the miferable fate of theii" companions, feveral of whpm died of kunger; others defired to be fet on ihore ;, and fome, beginning to be muti nous, they landed and deferted. .Of the if who were left b^ind in Wager-Ifland with the Captain, 16 embarked on board the barge and thc yawl, a^d attempted to efcape to the north ward i of thefe one was- drowned In the yawl, and four were left on a defart part ofthecoaltj where it is probable they all perifhed; the re-? maining 1 1, after a fruitlefs attempt to weather a point of land, called by the Spaniards Cape Ttefmentes, were forced to return to Wager ifland, from whence they firft fet. out, where meeting with a Chiloen Indian, who could fpeak allttleSpanifli, they agreed with him fo pilot them to Chiloe ; but, after coafting along for four, days,, the Captain and his officers being on fliore, five In number, thc other fix perfuaded the .Indian t apd Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 503 and at noon coming within gun-fliot, wb fired five fhot at her rigging to bring her to ; but fhe keeping on -her courfe,, we fired four more, on which fhe ftrlick her colours, and furrendered without making any oppofition,: This fhip hap pened not to be the fame we went out after. She proved a Eick mercbant-^ fliip, having on board i8,oool. fterling in dollars and plate, wk& fome jeweb, and abundance of gold aftd filver twift i but the bulk of her cargo confiflied in fagaf s and bale goods, moft of the- latter Eu*. ropean, btit fome the produce of the country; She was called the Nueftra Senora del Monte Garmclo. Shewas^fabout 500 tons, was com manded by Don Manuel Zambrra, and had on board 13 paffengers, moft of them perfons of fortune, amongft whom was the fon of the Go*^ vernor of the city of St. Jago, the capital of Chili. She came ftom Callao, a port of Lima, the capital of the empire of Peru, bound for Valparaifo in Chili, where thofe fhips annually trade, exchanging filVer in return for gold and corn, the latter being very fcarce in Peru. Soriie of the prifoners informed us^ that, if we bad taken her in her return from Chili to Peru, we ffeould have met with as inuc^ gold in her as we had now found filver. She had in the whole a-board her 6-7 perfons, many of therti Indians and black flaves, who were afterwards very ufeful to us in affifting towards the fhip'iS duty. She had been 27 days from Callao, and wanted 304 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGfi/ wanted not above two days fail to COmpleat hef voyage when we took her. We found in'this fhip, on fearck among the letters from fome merchants in Lima to theif friends in Chili, an account of the fate of the Spanifh fquadron Which had bden fent after us* viz. that, in attempring to pafs the Cape, they had been forced to put back, after encounter ing thc moft terrible ftorms and moft preffirfg famine, being reduced to two ounces of bread and half a pint of water each man a day ;- that^ befides beirig grievoufly attacked by the fcurvy, which had made greater hatvbck ambfig- them than among us, their fhips were almoft en tirely difabled, their mafts, fails, yards, rigging and hulls In a rtianner fhattered and torn to piecesj thajt Admiral Pifarro, and one more of hisfqua- drOn, after having fuffered the greateft' extremi ties, had got, with the utmoft difficulty, to Buenos Ayres, on the River Plate ; that another of the fquadron, a fhiji of 70 guns, had been entirely loft near Rio Grande, and that two more had never been heard pf ; that on their return they had feen two large fhips pafs by very near them, which they fuppofed to be two fliips of our fquadron, but the weather proving ftormy, and the fea running fnountains high, they could not interfere with or attack each other. Thofe fhips of ours we believed to be the Severn and the Peari, and hoped they were fafely arrived at foriie port of the Brazils. Thofe letters came over land from Buenos Ayres to Lima, and CoMMODQRE ANSON's VOYAGE. 505 and y^ich thfm came others containing Admiral Pifarro's advice and inftrudions to the Vice roy of, Peru concerning us; wherein he told ijjia, that, though , he himfelf bad bee© forced backi.in Iuch a mife.rable condition, npt having ^30ve 80 or 100 of his men living, arid his. ffaips In fd ill a ftate, that, till fufficient reln- fcrcemei^ ccguldcome to him fcom Old Spain, He could not pofSbly come into thofe feas, yet as the Englifh were a ftubborn and refolute peo ple, an4 daring enough to perfift obftinately in the moft defperate undertakings, he did be lieve fome of us might poffibly get round ; but as he.experimentally^knew what of neceffity we muft have iuffered in that dreadful paffage, he ipade no, doubt hut we fhould be iri a very weak and defencclefs condition ; he therefore advifed the Viceroy to iit out all fhe ftrength of fhipping he could, and fend them to cruife at the ifland of. Juan Fernandez, where we muft of neceffity touck to refrefli our people, and to repair our Ihips.; ^nd farther advifed, that, in cafe of meet ing us, they fhould not ftand- tp fight or can-. nonade at, a diftance, in which poffibly we might have the advantage, or make our efcape, but fhould hoard us at once fword in hand ; whick' muft, ,if well executed, in our weak condition* infallibly prove the means of faking us. This was a well-laid fcheme, and in pur fuance of it the Viceroy equipt three fhips at Callao; one of 50, one of 30, and one of 20 guns, all double manned with the choiceft men Vqi,. U. R r they 3.og JCokyb-DORE ANSON's VOYAGE. jflwy coidd poffibly f)ro£ure,\?Bd fent them, to waitfor.us accordingly. Thofe fhips arrived ac Juan Fernandez fpme rime, l^thlnkr- *" /May, and : conrinued till 4IJDdt June the ^th,'when,- ijjiiagining that we .muft be eithej: put.bagk or loft, they quitted their flailon, apd failed for the port ,of Concc.pt^B In Chili, and.by thjs.means ^ciuckiliy miffed t^eaiu; haduk^happcncd otheTT wifc,,;as. we arrived there yvitk qnlyjOiirfingfe fliip,; in fuch a def^jicelefs con di tion, .^pd bad they put their Ofdcis/ijji^execurion. with ai;iy tolerabb .degree, of refolntioii,j^ we., muft. ^i;. all hpiitan probability ;have faUeA^ intq dieir. hamd^;, ii'jc tsr;, v/t>i^ , . i . • ;D^r. prifoners informed as further, that tfeafc fliips, doling their ciluiffi, had, met with ai-ftorm, iii.whlxrh-tb'ey. had received fo muck -damage, that it. 'muft be at leaft j\kq months. before they could.again be fit to gq to fea. The vRkolecdf rijis intelligence \yas as./avoprahle.as we coyld have wiflied ; and />ey( we were at .u.a lofs to account for the .ffcflf uilajrks . we libupd at Juan Fernandez, pf |:ba;t ifland's having bebi.lati^y* ylfited by fonie white people. Sunday the i3th,kavlpg got on bo^d nioftof. The prifoners of note, a^d all the- iilver,! we nnde fell for Juan Fer-nande?;; and.thc Vsteather proving yfjry modewe, at fijf .15 . the evenir^. that iflj^nd bpre N. W. byN. at the- diftanca ^ five leagues. At three the pe^t miprning. we fired thvqe guns, as afigna|, to the fhips jn the |l2y. i^t four we anchored, got in our fpiall .bower. GbkiamblTE: AN30N*s- VOYAGEs §o^ tower ca|)ieili«hi:tkwe;had flipped at leaving thd place, and moored our fhip. , ,. , :vS' The' 15th 'We:;eroployed in. Watering; and fet ting np oqf-zlggkig.np order tb purfue dur Voj?age.-«-' And this day^ :tHe Co,mmodol-e b'eih'^ informed that fevferal roerthRnt:fliips were now putfuingj their' t'radc witholit.fearof any fur^ prize, the Trjal was Q^defed Tout ori a cruife^ and proceeded immediately. ..-¦, ,-!i : j .-; The i6th jw^igptup's hew top-gallant- niaft; and wanting ,fome ' cordage iie- were fupplied with' it frorii the Gloucefter. '-This and the fol lowing days.'Hiijiril; the i9.th. We fpent in getting every thing: ready for fea':^ith, the utmoft ex-; peditloni, '"1 liru; ^fflir •, ¦; tj', ! '. : The 19th -Wfe ferit 2^8' of our prIfoHers.iOn board the; ^¦PU^ilciV flie beirig Weakly manned,: and thofe, I prifoners,' bein^jglood failors. ,W£} likewife fppjpjfed the' prize with t\Ko. biootlis provifions of-aHforis^ .atffuirallbwanCe,' for 20 men ; put alLthe guns biddi%ing to the Anfaei pink' on bolard of her;"!aii(^' havirigjefit ordierss \*^ith -.Captain MldifilMibf the (SloMocfter, ! tot burti the pink, ,ittgethef;,wltkrherf ufelfcf^ fkiresj: aaid'appolntedfhirii h& fliationl'off 'the town of Payta, ¦whtfih-jlsi'the: placei . Where Thd' fliips be^' tWecn-Iiima and Pan^a ^ndrallyiiouch to de liver 'part of their Cargoes to oe difperfed throbgh thc:inland parts of Peru; Wltkordfers' to fail to that:(ftatIoti:*as ifbijJi as poffible, • we vprfiighali. and iitOfflfctdeaVe 'df ' »kir Winteri fefis ' deiite,- in d&tnpgts^^i^ith the ptize, v^hich the I ;;.i/ R r 2 Com- so? Commodore ANSON's VOYAGEi Commodore had fiued op to cruife againft the enemy. -iV-?-* • -i ^^('i^l - The 2 1 ft, at four in the evening, we had the laft fight of this ifland. It then bearing from ua W. by N. at the diftance of 1 7 leagues. The remaining days, until the 24th; we had variable and uncertain weather, in which we fplit- our main-top-fail and fore-fail, and fteeived fome other flight damagc#,iv we hadr intelligence by the Trial's prize, that there were many: fhips at fea dGhlyTaden,.^and that they. -r. ;.,¦-' t , had Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 50^ had no appreliienfions. of being attacked by us; having received intelligence that our fquadrort Was' either put! bade or deftroyed. In the courfe^ 'Ehcreforei, of the 48 hours we were de tailed inrwairing upon the Trial, I am per fuaded we miffed the taking many valuable prizes.. The refult" was, that a council being cafied, and all the officers convened together on board our fhip, it was there concluded^ that in her prefent condition the Trial could be of nO; ^farther' fervice ", and the Commodore, being refolved to feparate the fliips, in order to cruife upon^the coaft: to the greateft- advantage, gave orders to Captain Charles Saanders, the Com mander, to burn the Trial, and in her room Gonimlflioned the Trial's prize for his Majefiy's ferrace, with the fame Commander, officers, and pecqil&i This fhip, the Trial's prize, was called by; the Sp^naasdr the Nueftra Senora de Arin- zazne^ but, being now commiffioned for his Ma jefty's fervice, fhe was henceforth' called the Trial'sPrlze. She was the largeft fhip we took in thofe feas, being between five and fix hun dred)! tons, 1 and loaded with bale goods, fugar, andfother commodities, to a confiderable ialue, and-about:500ol. in fpecie and wrought filver. The 28 th, at nine in the morning, we parted with the Trial and both the prizes. The 30th we faw the main land of Chili. This- day we began- to exercife our people, with fmall arms, which was the firft time we had done it fince we came into thofe feas, and Which .-.;:. , we 3=to CoMMoboYii AN-SQN^s VOYAGE) yve conrinued at all plrdper opportbnities duiiiflj| the voyage. - 5t -tifi'Jit'* 'f* ri On thc ift' of Ocbabeiiwd came in fighfof tbe bigk la«d oir.yaipaaiDifi^ bearing N. P.-J half E. at the diftance of aboqu 14' leaguesi Th4§ city lies, in- the latitude of 32 deg^. 58' n4iri/*S; its longitude from London^is by my actemm 80 deg. 317 min. W.; • • -w'v tlj -^ 1.- • :j On the 5tb, the GbraQiodore,'fieing infottheii that there were niilrmiurings' amongft the- pfe(W pie, becaufe; the' ptlad-inloney was not immedi ately diitflttoSijordeped'theUrttdBs^ofw^r^tiidnbe read; and after that remonih^awd to theni on^h© danger' of mutiny, and faLd hc had keacd the- reafon of their difGoritenl!, but affiared theiwftheir properties were fecured by aft of pailiamcnt> as firmly as any ©©e's own Inheritance, and rhatt the money, plate, &c. weile we%hed amt marked in- public ; fo that any capable' pel^ti',. if he pleafed, might tailce' an inventory of the whofeiii Heathen read' an acconaht of the pariN- culacs, and told them tfaey. might (if- dicj* pleafed) nliake'choice of ahy perfon to taifce an inventory for them, or buy' their parts. -iThiS' fpread' a vifible joy, and gave content to'every: one, '.We continued cruifing off the" codft of - Valparaifo tilhtbe 8th, wkcmat twelve at night we broke the maln-top^fail-yard in the flinij-s, on which We .unbent t.he top-fail and gotdbWn tke broken" yard. At ten in the morning we &w the high laftd of Choapa, and-' over k • the ^ CbrdiHerar.njRJwtir^ns, b«ing part- of thaf long' ridge CoMMOBORE ANSON's VOYAGE.' 311 ridge' of mountains cadled. the Andes, .which Pun- £f«9ni ,one .(end;^i«fi,SpiU|:h-Anfteri!ca to, the other, appearing .dxc^lisjelydugbicwith/cheiritops. covered wkh fnow. .:; ,i .The;i4th ,vwe-crcd0fed theifomh Trppic td the nortijWard, .ancj) fffoaa i^his time, tilU we were fome degrees to the flcrtbward of tbc-J^qtmor,' met with nothing ibutt &ir wfiatiher and a fmooth. feg.-, ¦:.} Inw..... . -.•'.:-- : ' 1 The. 2 ift, at 1100134, ithe kigh' land cf Morro Quemado boreE, feyjNuat the diftance of fpwr lea^fisijii^d here, we continued cruifing off and, on till ,l)fo>^. 2, when, about fix in the- morning, we faw {wiafail of fhips ftanding to-* wards us; upon Which > we marie; a dear fhip, and immediately igfccei them chace, when we foon perceiyed .that th^ were the. Trial and GentiurioH prizes. As we had the wind of them, we ibrotiglu .to, and waked their ictwiging up, 'whepC a f:^iti, Saunders came on board,; and ac quainted the Commodoce that ' betdiad cleared the. Trial, piLpfuaot to bis Drder.s, and-; having fcutded her,; he remained by her tiibfheftink; buttbasijt was not till the 4fh- of iOiflpber be- foce^tlais was effeftedjiby reafon of the great fwdl and hollow fea ; that, during hi^' attend ance on thc floop, they , were all driven fo far im keward, that they, were afterwards obliged to ftretch a long way fo the weftward, to regain t;he,i ground they had Iqft.; that in their, cruife tJiey had met no prize, nor had feen any veffel - pnall the coaft. -.;- Nov, 312 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. Nov. the 3d, at five in the evening, the ifland of Afia, in lat. 13 deg* 5 mlh. S. long. 84 deg- 43 min. W. bore from us N. E. by E. diftance five leagues. The 5 th, at four in tlie eVening, we faw the high land: of Barranca, bearing N. EL by E. diftant eight or nine leagues ; and half an hour after we faw a fail to the fiiorthWard, to whom we gave chace, and cleared our fhip for engag ing. At 10 in the evehing we came up with her,' ffred eight gUns, and tp6k her. She came from GuaiaqulL and was bound for Callao, with tim:ber, cacao^Gordage, tobacco, cacao- nins^ and a fmall trunk with bale goods ; all of little value tp us, though, a very confiderable lofs to the Spaniards. , She was called the Santa- Terefa, commandiedby Don Bartoio Urrunaga, with between 30 and 40 people on board, paffengers included, and five or fix women, befides children. Our Third Lieutenant, two other officers, and a party of fallOrs, were fent 'on board to command and take care pf her ; and our other prizes being far a-ftern, ibccafioned by our chafing this fhip, we lay by tijl four the next morning, and fired a gun every hour as a fignal for their joining us. This day I find, by the difference of our dead reckoning and obfervations, a current to fet a- long this coaft to the northward of near a mile an hour. , The 7th, we were employed in getting aboard feveral, neceffary ftores, as planks, cordage, and the like, from our laft prize, for the ufe of the fquadron, Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 313 fquadron. The fea here appeared for H^vcral miles of a blood-red, colo.ur,;Which the prifoners infprmed us was commpnip, thofe parts, and of which menlibn lias been made more, than once already in this worfe. This day we found aboard the prize, In fpecie and plate, 50 pounds averdii- pois weight. , The 9th, we brought from on bpard the Te refa 10 ferons of cacao, one of wax, and 180 fa thom of three ^nd a half rope. The 10th, wc brought frpm'pn board our firft prize the Carmel,o^ the following gOpds,, viz. cloth twp bales, bays five dit^p, fugar 182 loaycs, ftraw mats two, tar one fli^n, ,raifins three biales, indigo four ferops, cotton cloth one bale, hats two cafes, and 25 loofe ones, fkins one parcel^ •chocolate one baa;, camlet one bale and two parcels, filks one bpx, lead four pigs, and combs One fmall .parcel. The i2th, at five in the morning, we faW a fail, to which wc gave chace ; but there being very little wind, we manned and, armed pur barge, pinnace, and the Trial's pinnace, and fent them to take her, and at eight they boarded and took her, and brought her to us at half ap hourpaft 10. She was called the Carmen, com manded by SIgnior Marcus Marina, *and came out of Payta the day before, bound to Callao, laden with iron and cloth, being a very valuable cargo. We found on.bbard anlrlfliman, nam-, ed John Williains, who pretended hinifelf a pri.r foner amongft them, and with riiUch' Teeming Vol. il S f ' joy 1 14 Ctw^MQDeRE- ANION'S VOYAGE, joy entered witk us. He informed .us, that, a- mpngft other fhips' in the port of Payta, they left ip thc road a. bark which was tajcing in 400,000 dollars, with whicb fhe would faU for Panama In a day or two at fartheft,; and the Spanifli prifoners being examined, and confirm ing the intelligence, and farther giving fome ac- poant of the ftrength of the place, the Commo dore refolved to attack it this very.'nig^t, and made preparations accordingly, j^r. Thomas Simmers, mate pf bur ihip, with. one midflap- man and about 10 or ii'men, were fent tp com mand and take care of this laft prize. At four in the afternoon. Point Nonpra' bore E, by S. half S. diftant eight leagues. At i o at night» we fent opr barge, pinnace, and Trial's pinnace, to attack the town of Payta by furprize. They had 49 men well armed, and were commanded by the Lieutenants Brett, penni?^ and Hughes, yvho had orders, if poffible, to feeure the Govetr nor of Payta, and fend him prifoner on board, in order bv that mpans to procure a fupply of provifions, and a ranfom for the town. Half an hour after 1 1 we fopnfled, and found 43 fathoin water, the ground mud, the ifland of Lobps bearing N. N. E. at the diftance of three or four miles. At feven in the morning, Point Onado, being the point that fofm^ the bay of payta, bore S. S. E. two miles diftant ; and the town of Payta at the fame time began to open in a direft line with it, diftant about four miles ; |oon after which we law our Britifh colours fly- csMiwoijofeE A1^s6n*s Voyage. §13 ing on the caftle. At 16, the Trial's boat camd on board, Ipaded with gold and filver, cornj wrought plate; jewels; and rich moveablesi They' informed us, that they took the towfi about two in the morning ^^ and tfiat; though the SpaniatdS had fom^'tinie before been ap prized of our intent, they yet niade a very faint J-efiftattce, having fired but two guns frotn thetf caftle befbte our men landed, and a feW fitiall arms afterWa,rds, when they all quitted the f pwh With the grc«eft preclpitatipn. The Governot and his fantily made their efcape irt fo muI*s VOYAGE. of the Governor's houfe, wfiich'' again command-- ed that fort, together With feveral other houfes, was fined with armed men, of whick there might be about 400 in the town i but thefe people having enjoyed a long peace, and being enervat ed by the luxury fqcyflomary in thpfe parts, their amis in a bad condition, and. np perfon of experience or" courage to bead, them, it is no wonder that they made fo fmall a refiftance, and were all driven out pf thc town in lefs than half an hour by only 49 men ; but I believe the noife of.tvyo^drums which \ye made ufe: of, together with the fuddennefs ofthe furprlsec, contributed to Intimidate them, and facilitated our fuccefe. - On. our getting poffcflfon of the caftle, our commanding-officer yery inconfiderately order ed the guns to be thrown over the walls, which accordingly was executed ; but fome time after rcflefting on the ill confequence which might attend that proceeding, he ordered two of them to be got ti.p and re-inounted. , At ii,0U;r barge came op board, Ipaded with money, plate, and jewels. This town contains about 140 or 150 houfes ; there are in it two. churches, which, together with the Governor's houfe and caftle, are the only remarkable build-' ings. .There ace feveral large ftore-houfesfull of rich European, Afian„ and American goods, all which were. defE.rp'yed when we fet the town on fire"; pf which ih us place. The town Kes in latitude. 5^ deg. 3.;min. S. and longitude from I^pndoii ' 88 deg. 48 min. "VVi This afternoon' •see CoMMpDORE ARSON'S. V9Y AGE. 317 we employed Qurfclves , in getting off the plunr dej-, and provifions pf hogs and, fowls, which were here in great plenty. In the evening we " anchored. in 10 fatfiom. water, the tpwn bearing from us S. by E. half E. at ab,ppt. three miles diftance, not being able to get farther, in, by reafon of the flaws, of wind from i?ff the land.. , Erom thifitimetp the 15 th we were employed in getting on beard the plunder, which chiefly confifted of rich brocades, laced clpaths, bales of fine linens and woolens, Britannia's, flays, and the like ; together with a great number of hog?^ fpnic fheep. and fowls, qafks of Spanifli brandigs and wines, a great quantity of onions, ofives, fweet-me.ats, and. tnapy pfher things itootedious/ to name ;, all which tfic failors hoped would have $een equally divided ampng the fhips companies, but they fppnd themfelves, difappointed. .'We fpund In the ro.ad, one fhip, two fnows, one fchopner, and two quarter-gallles, all which. wc took poffeffion of. The 14th,, in the mor-. ningj we faw a,baFk-lpg, as they call. It, being a fort of raft inade.of the ftumps, of trees faftenqd together, overlaid with poles, and covered, with fmall twigs twifed mat-wife, wii^h .feveral peo-^ pie in her coming alpng fhore from. diic. fouth'- Ward.^ She had a. fort of maft apd^fali, In her, and at fii'ft. fight we knew not what to make of her ; and none pf our own boat? being on board,; we fent the Carmen's boat, vfith Mr. Langdon, a' midfhipman, w|iq. compianded in the fecond place 'on board that fhip, and fome armed peo- pie. >< Si8 CoMMbbbfefe ANSON's VOYAGE.. pie, to purfue them, who perceiving it put ofi fhore, and made their efcape over the rocki. Mr. Lartgdon took their bark-log, which hfe found to be laden with dried .fifti, whick we fuppofe they were carrying to Payta for a mar ket. This evening' the Spaniards, who had all along appeared in great numbers froogi the hills< and were now copfiderably increafed, making a jfhew of warlike preparations, as if they defigned in the night to attack our people in the town, they thereupon barricaded the ftreets, and kept very ftrift ' watches, to prevent a fur prize. Several negroes delivered themfelves up^ defiring to be made prifoners, that they mighl have fOme food, and more efpecially water, to keep them from periftiing; for the country thereabouts being for many miles round quitd barreh and fandy, without either water or an/ other thing neceffary for life, and the neareft town to them, named as I think Sanfta Cruz, whence relief might be got, being a day and a half or two days journey ofl^ the people who had left the town were in a ftarving condition^ and we had melancholy accounts of fevefal dy- ing among thctii for want chiefly of water dur-' ing our fmall ftay ; and yet fo greatly were they infatpated or frightened, that they never offere-^ to treatfor the ranfoni ofthe place, which if they had done, I believe It would not have been de ftroyed ; in which cafe, they might have fecur ed to thefflfeives not only their habitations, but pr though the negroes in' all other plantations in the Weft-Indies are ever ready for revolts and rebellions, thefe^ on the contrary, are always rea dy to defend their kind mafters with their llveS". In cffeft they live very eafy,'^are favoured by the' Spaniards, and fcorn and Infult fhe poor In dians, who in return hate and deteft both them and their mafters; that being all that is left in their; power. This day an order was given to Mr.Brett,the then commanding-officer on fhore, 'to burn and , deftroy thc town entirely, the two churches, which ftood a little out of the way ofthe reft, only excepted j the Spaniards, as has been ai- VOL. II. T t ready pz Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. ready faid, never having made any advance to wards treating for its ranfom. But now, before I entirely quit the relation of our traflfafiions at this place, it ma^, -perhaps, be expeded, that I fhould give a more particular account of the booty we made, and'bf the lofs the Spaniards fuftalned. I have akeadyobferv-i ed, that there were great quantities of vakiabla effeds in the town ; but, as moft of them were what we could neither difpofe of, nor carry away, the total of this merchandize can only be rudely gueffed at. The Spaniards, in their reprefenta- tions fent to the Court of Madrid (as we were afterwards affured), eftimated tlieir whole lefs at a million and a half of dollars ; ahd when it is confidered, that no fmaU part of the «oods we left behind us, were ofthe rkheft'and moft cx- pcnfive fpecies, as broad -.cloths, filks, cambrks;, velvets, &c. I cannot but think thcic valuation ftifficiently modetate* As to o©rfel-veSj the acqulfition we made, ikouigh inconfiderable in comparifieiiof what we deftroyed, was yet far from dsfpieabk ; for the wrought plate, dollars^ and other coin, Which fell into our hands, amounted to upwards of 3Q,QOoL befides feveral rings, ihraeefcts, and jewels, whofe intrlnfic value we cauU not then eftimate : and over and-above ail this, the plun der, which became the property «f thc immediate captors, was very great ; fo that, upon the whole, it was by much the moft uuportant boow we met wfith uppB tihat coaft* There Cf the buccaniers, and theartfuJ isfei tifee ecole-fiaftics had made of it, had filled rises natives of-El*efc- countries with the moft ter rible ideas of Englifh cruelty, we always found oUr prifoners^ a* their firft coming on boafd Us, to be extremely- dfejeded; and Under great hor ror and anxiety ; particularly this youth,* who,- kaivifeg never! been fr^ni home before, lamented hife captivity in the ftioft- moving manner, regret ting, in very plaintive terms, his parents,' his bro thers, his fifters, artd his native CoUntfy 5' of all which, he: was fully perfiiaded; 'he 'had taken his laft farewel, believing that he was now devoted for the remaining part of his life to an abjed' and cruel fervi tude. Indeed, his companions on board,' and all the Spaniards that came Into our f power, had the fame defponding opinion of their fituation. - Mr, Anfon conftantly exerted hi^ ut- utmoft endeavours to efface thofe terrifying im- prcffions they had received of us, always taking T t a care 324 Commodore .ANSON's VOYAGE. care, that as many ofthe principal people arfiOng them as there was room for fhould dine at his table by tutiiS ; and givihg fhe imofl peremp tory orders, too, that they fliould, always be treat ed with the utmoft decency and hutaanity : but, notwithftanding this precaution; it was generally obferved, that for the firft day or two they did not quit their fears, fufpeding the gentlenefs of their ufage to be only preparatory to fome un- thought- of calamity. However, being, at length convinced of our fincerity, they grew perfedly eafy in their fituation, and remarkably- cheaifuU. fo that It was often difputablg,'; whether- or no they (Confidered their being det-alned by us as a misfortune: for the youth I have abeii'e-men- tipned, who was near two months on boar-d-us, had at laft fo far conquered hig mejaft^holy.^fur- mifes, and had taken fuch an af^diop^toMr.. Anfon, that it. is doubtfivl to me; twitether, if bi& Qwri opinion had been afked^ he woijld not have preferred a voyage to England in the Centurion, to the being fet on fhore at Payta, where he was at liberty to return to his country and friends. This condud of the Commodore to -his- pri foners, which was continued without interruption or deviation, gave them all the highe-ft-idea of his humanity and benevolence, and occafioned them,' likewife, (as^ mankind are fond of form ing general opinions) to entertain very favour able thoughts of the whole Englifh nation. But whatever they might be difpofed to think of Ivlr. Anfon before -the capture of the Terefa, their Commodosle ANSON's VOYAGE. 325 their veneration for him was prodigioufly in- creafedby his condud towards the ladles whom hc' took in that veflel; for, -being Informed that there were among them a mother and two daughters of exquifite beauty, ,who were of quality, he not. only gave orders that they fhould, be, left In full poffeffion of their own apartments, but alfo forfaid, on the fevereft pe nalties, any of the common people on board from approaching them ; and, that they might be the more certain of having thefe orders com plied, with, . or of having the means of com plaining, if they were not, , he permitted the pilot, who 4n. Spanifli fhips, Is. generally the fe cond perfon on , board, .to ftay with them as g, guardian, and; protedor. Thefe were meafures |hat feepied fo different from what might have been expeded frpm an enemy and an he retic, that the, Spaniards on board, though they had >hei9|elyes experienced his beneficence, were fur prized at this new. inftance of it ;^ and the more fo, as all this was done without folicltation, and without the. interpofitlon :of one friend to infer-' cedg in their favour. The ladies were fo fen fible of the obligations they owed him for the C^e„ an,d attention with :whlch hc proteded them, that they abfolutely j refufed to, go on fhore at Payta, till they had been permitted to wait on him pn bpard the Centurion to return him thanks in perfon. , Indeed, all the prifoners , Jeff us wkh .the ftrongeft affu ranees of their grateful renicm.bfance of, his uncommon treats ment ; 326 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. ment: a jefuit, in particular, wkom tbe Com modore had taken, and who was an ecclefiaftic of fome diftindion, could not help expreffing himfelf with great thankfuteefs- for tbe civili ties he and his countrymen had found on board, declaring that he flibuld confitfer it as his duty to do Mr, Anfon juftice at all rimeSj adding that his ufage of she men prifoners was filich as could never foe forgotten, and fuch as he fhould never fail to -ackhowledge upon all Occafions ; but chat his Behaviour to the ladles was fo ex traordinary, and fo extremely honourable, that he doubted if all the regard diie- to his own ecclefiaftieai charader would be fufficient to: render it credible. Indeed, We were a{tetwatd§ informed, that he and the reft of Our prifoners had hot been filent on this head ; but thati both at Lima and acother places, tftey had given the greateft encomiums to our Commodore ; that the jefuit, in particular, as we were told, on his account, interpreted in a lax and hypothetical fenfe, that article of his^ church which afferts the-impoffibifity of heretics being faVed. — But to iieturn:- After we had finifhed our bufinefs, fet riic town In flan-.es, and got the treafure op" board, Mr. Brett, the oflicer who commanded the attack, having colkded his men together, was ! direiSa^ng his march towards the beach where the boats waited to take them on board, when the Spaniards on the hill behind the town, obferving his retreati refolVed to try if they Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 347 they could not precipitate his departure; and thereby lay fome fpundatipn for future boaftlng. To this end a party pf ,,hprfe, all. picked men fingled put for thl* daring enterprize, marched down tbe hiU with much feeming, refplju^Ion ; fo that, had we iV>t entertained a juft opinion of their prowefs, we might have imagined, that, now we, were upon the, open beach, wkh no sydvantages of fituation, they would certainly have charged us : but we prefumed, and we were npt miftaken, that all this was mere often- tatipn ; for, notwithftanding the ^omp and p»a- rade they at firft carne on with, Mr. Brett had no fooner ordered |iis men to halt and face a- bour, than the enemy ftopt their career, and never dared to advance a ftep farther. When our people arrived at their boats and were ready to go pn board, they were for fome tiniie retarded by miffing one of their number j and being unable^ on their mutual enquiries *¦ moi^ each- other, to inform themfelves where he was left, pr by what accident detained, they, afte^ a confiderable delay, refplyed to get into their boats and to depart without him,: but, whejn tbf laft man was adwafiy embarked, and the boats, were jyft .putting off, they heard hina calling to them to take him in. The place was by this time fp thoroughly on fire, and the fmpke covered the beach fo effedually, that they could fcarcely difeern him, though they beard his voice. However, th^ Lieutenant in ftantly ordered one of the boats. to, his relief, wba 328 Commodore AN SOH's VOYAGE. who found him up to the chin in water, for he had waded as far as he durft, being extremely frightened with the apprehenfions of falling Into the hands of an enemy, enraged, as they doubt-* lefs were, at tlje pillage and deftrudion of their town. On enquiring Into fhe caufe of his ftay ing behind,, it was found that he had taken that morning too large a dofe of brandy, which had thrown him into fo found a fleep, that he did not awake till the fire came near enough to fcorch him. He was ftrangely amazed, at. firft open ing his eyes, to fee fhe houfes on a blaze on one fide, and feveral Spaniards and. Indiana not far from him on the other. The greatnefs and fud dennefs of his fright, inftantly jr^tjuced him into a ftate (^f •fobrlety, and gave him. fpfficient pre fence of mind to pufh through ,the thickeft of the fmoke, as the liklleft means to efcape the enemy ; and, making the beft, of his, way to the beach, he ran as far into thewater.as he durft :(for he could not fwim), before he ventured" to look back. By the time our people had -helped their com rade out of the water, and were making the beft of their way to the fquadron, the flames had taken poffeffion of every part of the town, and burnt fo furioufly, both by means of thc combuf^ tibles that had been diftributed for that purpofe, %nd by the flightnefs of tlie materials of which the houfes were conipofed, and their aptitude to take fire, that it was iii-fficiently apparent no ef forts of the enemy (though they flocked down ^ in CoMMobofefe ANiSON'k Voyage. 329* \a great numbers) could poffibly put a ftoji to it, or prevent thc entire deftrudion ofthe place, and all the mertBandize contained therein. Mr. B^ect had the. curiofity to delineate its appear-* ance, together with that of the fliips in thd har* bbuf, as may be feen in the Plate. Our detadiment having'now fafely Joitted the fquadron, the Commodore: prepared to leave the place the fame evening. At feven; Cape B lattco, in lat. 4 deg. 28 min. S' and long^ 8S deg. 16 min. W. frp:m London, bore from us S. $4' E. half E. about feven or eight miles diftant. This afternoon and the next day we were employed in taking the moft ufeful -and valuable things out of the Santa Terefh arid the.: Payta bark : we likewife defigning to take every neceffary thing which we cdnveniently could oUt bf the Santa Terefaj in order to deftroy her, and bring out* ftrength into a lefs eompafs; wc- took her in tow, |ind fet the Payta hark on fire with the fame view. The next day we deftroyed the Santa Terefa^in the fame manner, having got out of them both fome anchors, cables, hawfers, yards, and tpp- mafts, blocks, bales of goods, and feveral other neceffaries. The 17th at three in the afternqop, the Giour cefter;- with a* prize pf hers in tow,' opined 'us; This prize wa^ called the Del Orb, and wa« chiefly laden with 'winej however, but of het and a finall boat which they took goipg- along .fliore, they got, in gold, filver, and wrpughc plate, to about thg value of 17 or i8,oool. Vol. il ' U u Thefe 530 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE.^ Thefe two were all the prizes the Gloucefter i took in thofe feas; . ! , ,/ t\ _ . On board this prizseof the QlpOcefter were twQ, horfes, .wilch. being, I fuppofe, fat; and probably better food than their fait beef or ; pork, they killed and eat them ; and this, I imagine, gave.groimd to that fidion which one of the fpurlous accounts of our voyage. has giv- ^, of our eagerly hunting and eating wild. horfes, whereas in, reality we never faw nor. heard of a wild horfe during the voyage. ' The.Gfoucefter.had chaced two or three Ihips which had efcaped/ her, and one of thofe touch ed at Payta; and though they could give no certain account that the fhip which had chaced them was an eneni-y; yet thc circumftances they gave were fo ftrong, that it put the people of Payta upon fecuring theirtreafure, ahd fhe beft of their effeds, not caring to be too well prc^- vided for the profit. of fuch unwelcome vifi- ta'nts. 1 The 2ift, at half paft fivi^ in the morning, we faw thc Ifland of Plata, fo called from Sir . .' . "* Francis Drake's having, as it is faid, divided the treafure he took in the South Seas at this place. At two this afternoon the port' of Manta bore S. E. by E. diftant about eight or nine leagues. "We at this time fent fix months provifions on "board the Carmen ; and all the fliips had ofdersi irt cafe of feparaiion,for feveral rendezvoufes on the coaft of Mexico, or, in cafe of not meeting there, to make the beft of their way to Mafcao, • : - .- in Commodore ANSON's" VOyAGE. 331 "1 in China, wheie they were to await the arrival -ofthe Commodore. ' The azd^ a divifion was made of the plunder •of , Payta, and fhe CommbdorC hot ^ppearirl^ ih -that ^ffalr, It* was done at 'the pleafure, and tb the entire fatisfadion, of 'five or Tix (no doubt) very difiriterefted officers ';' and, indeed, moft things of this natur'e, during the ^courfe of- the ¦voyage being managed with the fame difcretioh ;and honour, iio room wis left -for cbmplainin^ of partlcula.r partialities. ' ^ \' ' • Here;.,, however, we cannot' help remarking 4 very confiderable difference between the relatiort given by Pafcoe Thomas, and that giveri by Mr. WTaltets; t|ie' former having afferted,* that thd Commodore did hot Interfere In the diftribution ^ the latter, 'that 'if was by his prudent manage ment, that'a jealoufy, which hadarlfen between thpfe who Were the real Captors, ' and thofe who remained on board the fliip, Was accommodated; Mr. Wak'ers' account will fet this matter, fo. a true light : " And now, fayS he^, (while the fliips lay-to, In hopes of jolhing the Gloucefter,) a jea- loufy,Whfek had taken ir^rlfe at Payta, between thofe \ynb had been commanded on fliore for the attack, and thofe who had continued on board,' grew to fuch aheight, that the Commodore, be ing ma!de ''^^'q&'ainted with it, thought it necefX fary to interpofe his authority to oppofe It. The ground of this anln'ipflty wafe the plunder goften at Payta', 'which thofe Who had aded on fhbre ]^ad approjjriated tO" 'themfelves, confidering it * U u 2 as 332 CoMMopop ANSON's VQ}!AGE. as a reward for the rifques they hfd runj, land the refolution they had fliewn ip that fervicg. But thofe who had remained on bo^rd looked ont this as a very parrial and upjuft proceduri?, vrging, that, had it been left to their choice, they flibuld have preferred the ading pn Ihorp to .the continuing on board; that their duty .while their comrades were on fhore was es^ tremelyfatigtiing; for, befides the labour of th^ day,; they were confiandy under arms all nlgh^ to feeure the prifoners, whofe numbers^expeeded their owft,i and of whom if was "the^ neceffary to. be extrenicly watchful, to prevent ^^ny..^t^ tempts they might have formed in thaj ^ijitiqal conjundupc : that, upon the whole, it coiildrPOt be denied, bu| that the prefence ^f a fuffiwent force on board w.as -as neceffary to, the fuccefs of the enter^prlze, ias the adion of ?he others oa ikpre', and, therefore, thofe who had continued pn.board maintained, that they could notbedcT prwed of their fhare of thc plunder without ma- ¦ piieft injuftiee. Thefe were the cpntcfts ampngfl oiir men, which weje carried op with great ijcf^ < on both fides ; and, though the pJupder in quef^. |;i0n,was a very trifle in comparUbn of th^ trea fure t,aken in the place (in which there was no ^oubt but thofe on hoard had ^n eQ"^^ "ghtj, yet as tfie obftinacy offailoys is jipt always .rfgi^l-! lated by the importance of the master in dif^ piite, the Commodore thought it. neceffary tci ppt a ftpp to|this ferment betimes. According ly, ihe q^prning ^fter our leaving Payta, he ar^ \ ' "¦' 'deted GoMMODoiiE ANSON's VOYAGE. 333 •dered all hands upon the quarter-deck, where addreiffing himfelf to thofe who had been de tached otl ftorej'^he.compended their behaviour, •arid thanked them fcr their, ferviccs on that oc- icafiqh^ but then, repifefeniing 'to jihera the rea fons urged by thofe who had continued on board, ¦fbr an equal diftribution of the plvmder, he told -rhem, that he thought thefe reafons very con- clufxve, and that the expedations of their com- tades were juftly founded ; and therefore, he in- (fifted, that, not only the men, but all the officers Jikewife who had been employed in taking the place, 'fhould produce the whole of their plun der imm.ediately uponcthe quarter-deck, and that it fhould be impartially divided amongft the wliok crew, in proportion. to each man's rank, Sthd commiffion ; and, to prevent thofe wfio had •been in pofleflion ofthe plunder from murmur ing at this di munition -of their ftiare, the Com- modoi^ added, that, as an encouragement to others who might be hereafter employed on fil^ fe'rviees, hc would give his entire 'fhare to be diftributed -amongft thofe who had been detach ed' for the attack of the place. Thus, this troublefome affair, which, if permitted to have gcMie on, might, perhaps; have been attended wkh' ttiifchlcvous confequences, y?a(s, by the Commodore's prudence, fpon appeafed, to the general fatisfadion of the fhip's company : npt but there were fome feW whofe felfifti dlfpofi^ tions were uninfluenced by the juftice of this; ©ijpgfd'vjrej ^ild WJiQ were incapable of difcern- 334 CoM-M'ODORE 'ANSON's VOYAGE., ing iheforCe, of equity, hovyever glaring,, when it tended ;tp ^deprive .them of any part of whst^ they, hjad ppce got Into their, h and s.''n'>v'3; • ' {, ,. Being, now joined by the GlouGrfter,and ,ber prize, it was ; refolved, that . v/e Ihould ft^andnto the northward, and make the beft of our way ' cither to Cape St. Lucas on ^California, .ar to Cape Cprieptes on the eoaft of Mexico, in- .deed, die Commodore,,, when at Juan Feoiarc- dez, had,;determlne4 -to.touch in the, neight- bourhood of Panama, .and, to endeavour to get fonie cprrefpondencft over,, land with the fleet under the command of Admiral Vernon; ^ifor" when we departed from England, we left a large forqe at Portfmouth, which was intended to be fent to the Weft Indies, there to be -em- ,, ployed in an expedition,, agaipft fome of the -Spanifli fettlements. A,nd-Mr. Anfon,(,taJ^-ing it; for granted that this enterprize had fuccc^d- ,..ed, and that Porto Bello perhaps might be th^n rgarrlfoned by Britifh troops, he hoped that, on his arrival atj the Iftmus,he-fhould eafily pro cure an Intercourfe with our. coun try men .oDll^ • other fide, either by the Indians, wliol .ivere igreatly difpofed in our -favour, or even by tlie Spaniards themfelves,'' fome -of whom for pro per rewards might be induced to catty on this intelligence; 'which, after it was once begun; '•might be -continued with 'very little difficulty; lb that Mr. Anfon flattered himfelf, that lie ¦ might by this means have received a rcinforce- -mentof men frpm the other fide, and that; by ^•, . fettling Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 335? fetriing a prudent plan -of operations with our- Commanders in the Weft Indie's, he-might have taken even Panama itfelf, iwhich. would have givferr! tothe Britifli, nation the poffeffion ofithat iftbrous, whereby wc^ fhould kave been in ef- h&. mafters of all- the treafures of Peru. -Such were the projeds which the Commo dore revolved in his thoughts, at the ifland of Juan Fernandez, -notwithftanding 'the feeble qpnditioh to which he was then reduced ; but in examining the papers- which- were found on board the GarmClo, the firft prize we took, we learned, that our attempt againft Ckthagena had failed, and that there was no probability that our fleet in that part of tbe "world would eiigage In any new enterprize thaeVould at all facilitate this plan. Mr. Anfon therefore gave 6ver^ll hopes of ; being reinforced ' acrofs the ifthmus, and confequently had rtajndocemenc at prefent to proceed to Panama,: as. he was In capable of attacking the place, and there was great Tcafon to behcvc that, by this time, there was a general embargo on all- the coift. t -..i The only feafible meafure, then, which was left us, was to fteer as foon as poffiWe to the fouthern parts- of California, or to the adjacent eoaft of Mexico, there to cruife for like Manilla galleon, which we knew was now at fea, bound to the port of Acapulco; and we doubted not but to get on that ftation time enough to inter cept her: but there was a bufinefs which we fore- •favv would occafiqn fome delay, , and that was the vii'^.ti:, " recruiting 336 CoM'MoDo&E ANSON's VOYAGE: recruiting our water, it belrtg ' m^dfllblr tt> think df Venturing iipdii thii* pafS^tO' the ooaft dfl!«9exito till We had procured a ft^lh fupply. ' It' was for fome time a'mattetof'de^- liberation. Where we fliOuld take trt'^tftls'^neeef- fary article ; bi«, by confulring thc acCoUfits of forriier navigators, and examining our priSsh-' ers,' we at laft refolved for the ifland of Qolbo, fituated at' the mouth ofthe bay of Panama. Nof wias'lt but on good grounds that theCommodore conceived this to be the propereft place for wa tering' the fquadron. Indeed, there was 'a fmall ifla'nd called Cocos, which was lefs o'ut of our way than Quibo, where fome of the buccaYiiers had pretended to find wa^er;: but non^of oui^ prifoners knew any thing of it, and it was thought too dangerous to" rifque the fafety of the fquadron, by expofing ourfelves to the haaard of not meeting with water, when we came there, en the mere authority of thofe legendary writers, of whofe mifreprefcntations and falfitles we had almoft daily experience. Determined, there-' fore, to take in water at Quibo, we ditieftira Our courfe nof-thward, being eight fail in Com pany, and confequently ha-ving the appqiaFantcl of a very formidable fleet ;' and on the iptli, al day- break, -we difcovered Cape Blanco, bean rig S. S. E. half E. feven miles diftant. By tJii^ time we found that our laffeprizei the Solidad'» was far from anfwering the charader given of her as a good failor; and flie and the Santa Te refa delaying us confiderably, ihe Conrmodore commanded Commodore A(NS0N's VOYAGE. 337 commanded them tb- be cfeared of every thing "thafim^btj prove lif^ul to the reft of .the fliips, andjthj^nto be burnt; ; •And havingj given. pro- ¦ per inftrudions, andiappolnted a.,rcndezvous to the Glciuceftcr, and' to. 'the prizes. In cafe of -feparation, we proceeded in our,, courfe for • Qnthe 25tk, Point Manta bore S.E. by E. at feven miles diftanjce, and there being a, town of the fame name in the neighbourhood, Cap- "tainfMitehell In thc Gloucefter. took the oppor tunity of; fetting on flipre feveral of his prifoners. , The. boats were now daily employed in diftri- buting provifions on board the prizes, to con> pleat. their ftock for fix months ; and that the Centurjon might be jhc better prepared to. give the Manilla f^ip a warm reception, if happily Ihe fhould fall in our way, the carpenters were ordered to fix eight flpcks on the main and fore tops, which were properly fitted fpr the mounting of fwivel gups. On the 25th we had fight of the jfland of Galfoj and from kericc we croffed., thc bayof Panama,, fliaping our cqyrfe in a dired line for Quibo, _ Here We found, in a few days, a very confiderRhle alteration in the climate ; -forj in-.- fiead of that uniform tepiperatpre where neither the excefs^ of l^at or cold was prevalent, .we had now. clofe and fultry weathet, like that- we met with on the coaft of Brazil. Wc had, befides, frequertt calms and heavy rains, 'which. Wear H'rft afcribed to the neighbourhood, ofthe Line, Vot.. \l. X X ^ where ^38 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 'where this kind of .weather is labfervedr >torob£ain St all febfoos of the year:; but, .ftndiDg .that.it attended us for more than feven JegreeSniof north latitude, we began to fufped that ^ ftormy feafon, or, as tbe Spaniards. call it;3«he Vandewais, was not yet paft; th(>ag^£an^ij|f writers, particularly Captain Shelvocky-^-affert, that this feafon begins ..in June, and endsi in November: but, perhaps^^ its end inay;nat;ibe always regular. 'loffus^tf. ni'fj jA«i.Bm;;fc'H^-!f :r.' ' On the 27th, Captain Mitchell havingideated his largeft. prke, fhe was likewife fet on -fire; and now our fleet confifted only of fiieei flops, and we were f<^rtunate enough to .find t^em all good 131163:8. On the 3d of December sre:faad a view of the ifland of Quibo,' the eaifae^ii^ which bore from us N, N. W. four leaguesdif- tant, and rhe>ifland of -iQuicara W.:N.-ii5/^ at about the fame diftanpe. LWhen we had^thus get 'fight of land,, we fopad the wii»djtp;hang wefterly; and therefore, night comingOB:, wc thought It advifable to ft*id off till morning, as there are faid to be fome fhoals at tlMfTOO- trance of the channel, *\ At fi^f. the t^m>^vt!tif ing, Ppipt >Marrato bore N. E. haif N. three ot^ fotfr < leagues d'iftaflt. In weatHeriugv. this poi'nt;' al'lJ the fquadipnj except*the CcBturioh., were Very near It; and the Gloucefter, being the leeward-moft fhip, was forced to t«ek,^d ftand tb ,ehe fsuthward ; fo that we lofl fight of her; and;' tfie wind proving unfavourable, we faw her ho pwsre rill we quitted the ifland. At feven ^imAtom AiifJsot^'s Voyage. ^3^ fem^jfoittJ tihB/Gviahinfg wfianchored im tkti^aflal BuEaib; . «r lS»bd-)(Ehajnt!cl", -which. isijyhl&lififMJ milesin breadth, maddyfip-ound.^ Jlksfebbioi^t- ing »r oflicer was difpatched aop fkore to diA, cdyepithcAwatcring.' place; whoy having found iftieretuf-ned before noon; and then we fent our long-boat for a toad bf wiater, and at thteilame time -Weighed and flood further in^ With ouf fldp^ for the convenience of being fooner fup plied V fo that we were little more than two days iffi-iaying in all the wood and water we wanted. Whilft the fhip contlhued here at anchor, the ConKriodorev attended by fom.e of his officers. Went iet a boat to examine, a feiy which lay to tJiemarthWlafi^p and they afterwards ran^d all along- thea eaftern fide of the Iflartd. In the plic^ijajhejtte'ihey put on fhore,/ in the courfe of this expedition,! they generally found. the kai. to be; rich, and met. with great plenty of excellent water. In particular, near thc north-" eaft ^li* I of 1 thc ifland, they difcovered a Jiatu- rat wSaee^i which furpiaffed; as they conceived',! eirar^it^il%. ->af this kind which humananii^had ev*pjiyar. produced. - It was a river of tranf-* pawant warer,; about 40 yards' wide, which lolled dEWm: a deblivity of near 150 feet in iength- TikeittcJianriei itfelf was very irregular,' iritlrely compofedi of rocks, botk its fides and bottom^ being- madd up of. lar^ detached blocks^ and by thefe the courfe of the watei-, w»s frequently iwiflerfcil^ied ;¦ for ia fome parts it ran Hoping with a fajftfd' but uniform morion, whilft iii . * X X 2. others 540 Commodore ANSON^s VOYAGE. others it-^mbkid' over 'ledges of iHsdtte withiai pei»j«#ffal«ute defcent. -©i^ thcHeighbeurtaMd. of 'lMi>c|li4art'i was a-fifie^wood; m^l^if&d'^'t: huge mefles of rock vfhiehover-buH^J^e vWB- tbt-i'i and-;-^ which by their 'various ^Cdje&ia^* fbrmed the inequalkies of the cbaanidi' iwere- doveredii with lofty"' forefi trees, Whilft-'the Commodore/ with thofe who aceomp^tdf- him, were atgewrively viewing this place, and'fvi'eiae tieimM&githe different bkndings of-%lt«iW^f, tbefocks^'arad the wood, there- came .in^^fC, 3sit'W@l^to heighten and animate the(pr4ffKi6t, a prodlgisiis flight of mackaws, whkh, ^ bowfer- ingne^eir-' this-^ fpot, and often wheeling Jaittd playing on the wing above It,, affcwdedssmtfft brilliant appearance, by the glktemngiiof ^e ftirij and their variegated plumage'', -^fo*«ter fome of the fpedators cannot refrain from a kind of tranfport when they recount the beauties jwhieh occm'reddn this extraordinary waterfai. *iii oi -f In' three days- we compleated our bufitiefs in this place, and were impatient to depart, ;andiiiextfli^, ¦when we had gained an offing,- while -we ownre hovering about In hopes of getting fight osfeahe Gloucefter, we on tbe 20th defcernedi a fmall fail to the northward of us, -sto whkh wc gave chace, and coming up wkh her tookilier.. She proved to be. a bark from Pjanam*! called ihe Jefu Nazareno, kden-, with oakum, .rock rfiife, £ . and CdiajteSoRE ANSON's VOYAGE. 341- aihd''a''jfel«H quajitityi of money to purchafe *. catg9aJ Cheripe, 'aii,.Inpftnfidej- mbl«3^ligft^onb^aes^cai|fti^j0t, whkb,) howp^ver, hasr».i|»9drffiaiket,tfnpra) i^hepce fuiftreivqyj^g- e«g* iOiCafe pf neceffity j, majy. be pJcntifyUy lup- pti^-'-'.^; L,:.!'_> ¦ainJi'^ift rTi n: tati-m.. at"'-, p'oi ^; fiiOiil.sh^j I2fh of September .,vre joiijedj the GlQii6tl|&Fi who informed; VIS, tha,t,:,in tscking ia^^i«i>^^rdi^on her firft appt;9Mliti^'<;^^ tbfeifl&fti,'Hft>e had, fprung her Jglpt^ft^^sa^^, ¦wifei^fciha^.-difabled her, from S«or,feing?Jte£39flp4r IJIStti^i: and prevented,, her frpmcsi^oing. US fo^tr. ,fs!W,e now fcifittie^, and fpnk the Jefix :Jfeza,rengjt^nd, qp the 1.2th of December, ftood jBirrthe 5i?fiftward, keying, previoufly delivered .feefhL)ii^rydions fbg^t^^condud of the fleet. We jhadi Sow, fittle, dc^t of arrLying foon e- nough Uf^en.Qur infiinded ftation,. as lye exped- i ed, Aipsw the^ increafing, .Qui^: ofling from Quibo, to fall in, with the regular ,trade-ypihd J but, --to ««iHBi-e3§Ereme yexaiti,on„ we were balHed for near •a na©n$h, fo that it was-the 25th of December ^fpirewe few the ifland of Cocos, which, ac- oojiding to, our reckoning, was only iqo kagues .fiom the. continent, and even then„we had the nappiifiGation tq. make fo. little way, that we did ii;]5gti>lo|e,'ifight of; that; .ifjv^nd again in five days. ;This,rfland wcfoundtpi.beJH the lat. of 5 deg. .2p mIn...JNr-., ..',. .-, 3V.^wi.»--4i-4<'-M -SfUfP: >;'U ¦ t .; "VVe hadfiatte^d oiu|f^yes, that the uncertain ui&adi.vie^ernM§^&amiJn$t with were awing, to ith^|f^^M^|fl0^^p|continentj ftom which ^i?^f. as 344 CoMifoDOR^ AnSCm% V05?i*f®E? as^^cgot-more diit»i«,-we'^JiQped: to' btf-i'eUev** faf faMkgJifiJ with thie cafterri ti*ade'iWittd i^btic' in thi^ 600' being difaii^iWc-a,'' we' beg&fl- &» le9%thH6i:ide^k' of fhegi^at-purpOfe we had4H» view. -This produced; a generA'd^^iS^'^»- inong us, as we had at firft confideied the pr^ jgd as alnioi* InfalliMei .andha(§l¥iai3«^dfb*r* fdVes-irt fhe -moft bduHdtef^' hdpes of tlfc^iSWtt? t^b»>we ^uld thefii®& tfH&^t I*^(W«*fefi,' daif defp'(»i4«dy*wasj.irf fottie meafur^, 4lft^Sw»* by-^'favi!iurable chari^- of the wind ; ^nd^ av tW now advanced a- pace tbwiiRis bw fk^Otfl^ ottr hopes began again td'i'eviVe. 0tt the'ii^di? ef January, we Were- aflvaridid to* Ite^lat. of- rz deg.^^omin. N. arid,- on the 26tif :3cHsg JJQW in the ,tf%ek of the Main^k gal- leipirt, it was;a ikmbx with .ysj as it .was near the efidLdfJanwry,! whether flie was orwasript ar-' ^fiyed:. but, cxaipinin^. pur prifoners about it, thg^^affured ws, flie was fome£imje% known tg tXiiae in after the middle pf Fjebruary ; and tfe^y pndeayQqredfo perfuade us., that the fire we had feen: on flaorc was, a, piioof that fhe -was yet at fea, ^it heing cuftoflsa^y* as they faid, tp make 4^ of tJwfe &gs ^ figj^ f^r her diRedipn when 544 Commodore ANfi0N*« V05PABE? flie 'con tintied out tengeritfcati ordinary. ' On fWsi rekfoning of our prifoners, wc refolved -to- cnuiffe for' her fome days, and we accordingiyi^sesld Ottr fhips at the diftance of 12 leagaes'from the xoaft,' in fdch a manner that it was>iift^feffi6te Ihe Ihould pafs us Unobferved ; hiy^i^^ littt feeing her foon, we •were very felicitous to .^ath fome pofitive intelligehee. 'With thisr view ebe Commodore refohredto fend a boat< under cover of the 'night into the harbour of Acapuko, to fee if the Manilla fliip was there or net-,; Toex- ecute'this enterprize, the barge was difpatched the ©^ of February, carrying 1 a faSiei^t crew tand two officers, as alfo a Spkaiihl ^ibl a;ad an Indian/' Our barge -did-not return till the i itk, f^feeiii' the ' officers icqiialnted -KJr, AnfoJi,.that "they had miftaken the ilarbouf, ancl •Chkc Aca- ^i^eei-lif-a cPnfidcFabteidiftaficeT.iTviBre'to the eaftward, and that, not havings a fttfScieht^uat»- -tity of provifions for their 'paAage^tljiKher,! (hey '^1^% obliged to return to make kJisWrfthcwdif- appointment. On this inteUIgeHce-We mac^e fail to the* eaftward, and the riext day wc difpat^ed the barge, with particular inftrudions to keep at a fufficient diiia&c-e not to be feen from the fhore; ' We watched' fix days wkhout receiviijg any intelligence, fo that we began to be uneafy for her fafety ; but on the yth day fhe returned with advice, that,' being at the very place they foughrfor, though they were then ignorant of their fituation, they furprized a fifhing canoe with three liegPoes, who toid us that thcManilU galleoq dok^ri^^i AN'St)^N*s VOYAGE;.:.' 3i^|f g^^e#'irrived;jit Adapulbo on^'the' ^tHibfffaft , h**f|^*dlt^1af?ha*iftgtd wSii^Sifillk^'te vNatier ¦«f!td f^vifi'ons in 'ordrr t(^ r4«*i(^7and that the Vicwo^-df IVi^JJco kad b^' pTOClifitarioft 'fixed h«f > depaJtufe^^from Aca- pfi*?b.--t6'>the 14th of'^Matdh;' This 'tift pews Wi#moft -joyfully received.' by; Us, flncfe^wte had il©^«l9t bur flie muft fall into oUr hiwds f and irWasc'imich.more el'igifelfe tor M^e her dn iier rettirrt, thah it would have been to havetakerii herbef4>re hw arrival, - a* the fpecle&fdf' which fhe had fold her Cargo; and which 'fhe Wduld now have'"dn hoktii, swoisld be metk'^i^ere efteemed by us «haK'the'-8irfgtf''i#lfi>io'ipii^ti|?>s wei'e a fecond ^rime engs-gediln an «laigi?f txpeelj t«diai of liieerir^'wftktbi^.'Manitla'fbipg whteh;. by the fame ^of its Wealths *vq had been ^in^M to conflidef'-ag thb nabft .deSre?i^e e^j>ie!ie «bai wasr to be 'made Oh 'anj^ 'part of the ocea*« *i" 1 ''^ As rfwwpthe t^h^of gebruary wh^«itlebkrgel returned,, and bpoag^ff'ufeoor Intelligeniepjlaind the gdieOn was not to. fail till the gdof MaJ-chj the Commodore *ef«:(Ne4i to cotitinHe the;igfea-(5«- tftp&fi of i the Wternaerisate 'time Irt „lft#3p»ifcnt ftatiOn tb tfe'Weftward of Mekpi^lmi^'mm^enr'w avoid a di&qvery fj?o Gooftantly im.agining.tJW.they difc^v^re^ipne of oun CjUtferStreturning.wkha.figpal j.fbutjcjtp our extreme) vexation, both,'this day r afld nthe' fw^aeed3%bWards thiiVpTiftg^head, the fofter^andt^ffiSJ^ pt^Oved. TMi^Itfid us -tinder a neceQitv''of -filling al'l-dm- c^S from the fartheft part! (If the lake; Which WSis facilitated by means of eanoes" which tra- ^asa the kke, and brought a number fef fmall calkSh tb the fide #xt the beach ; thence^ the wa- te^wa^' ftarted into larger veffels in -the' boats; afrfii by-^hit contrivance brought on boafd with very4}itle tr&uble. '• *= ' ' • ^-'^' ^sg - ...q..,- As the country her/?abouts, parti'Siilarl^ the trad of Cbaft -cdnW^4idtis'^t6 Acapulcbi-' abat ed to be well peo'pl?a and cultivated. We' lio^ed to haVe^ekfily procilred from thence fome frefli f¥ovifidnst iahd Other refrefh men ts/*Wh'ich'" We nOW'ftoOd much in need of. To facilitate" tfidfe vicA^s, theCommodore, the morning after we cimetO' in anchor, ordered a party of 40 meii Wellafriftd fo march into the country; and to endeavour to difcover fome town where they were tO'Sftempt fo fet on foot a correfpondence with the iB?tebItahts ; for, when we had once fe^gbffif4l??i'Ihtercourfe, we doubted not biit by j^^[ferj^cfefrts we fhould allure them to bring dfcwn c<9-'ifi''^hktever fruits or frefli provifions WBi^ fii ^their' power.* As our prize! abounded WithVariofus forts of coarfe merchandize; which were bf Httle confequence to lis, though'to th^ they Would be extremely valuable, our people were direded on thiS' bCcafibn to proceed with the greateft circumfpedi'yn, and to make aslktle ' - Y y 2 oftentation 34,8 GGH-MOD0^^'A;M:Si0'N's V^Y:AQ& often ta^i^p- of hoft'tUfyf ais $i9fllWe^rNia?f its back. This fifh Isj : indeed, of a. rpoft fing.ular nature, bcr iHnjnbIng, whoeyer touches it all over his body, but miorc:! paftieul'arly that limb which kappefts to, come in immediate contad with" it. J The farHji^ e^edj.too, will be in fome degree ^<)du««d byr tcjwc^ng; the fiih with any thing held kitbe hand ; and it has lately beefldifcovierbd, tliat it may be commurficated like the ekdrkal-il^ck to a- large-^circle, by means of a certain appar-a- tus much more fimple than t-hat which is ufed in experiments. In elcdricity. i/i ..t;; jqiii - The animals which we met wkh on fliore ' ¦i\r '.•,-jI .. were CwwoDORE ANS-ON's VOYAGE. 349 were '^'l5ftievethey Would he furprized by the Span^ifefif wfed^duWddflbt- lefs be very folicltous to^cl^ili'^fbmie bf tfiehi', in hopies of getting intelli^CHce'Bi" bvlr¥utfire defigns. To avoid this Inconvenience,' thfeHlWIf- teft orders were given to the cchtinels, tb'let^rio perfori whatever pafs beyond 'this poft;'b'lir, ., notwithftanding this precaution, we miffed one Lewis Legere, who was the Commodore's cook. As he was a Frenchman and a Roman Catholic, it was at firft imagined that he had deferted wkh Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 351 with,^ vj|w pf betraying all that he knew to the enen|ji' -^ thougl? th^^l^eared,;by^ the event, to b^ .^?i^lrgrounded furn-ilfe,; for it^ was after- vy,ards known, that he had been, takCiO by fome lR,dI^ns, who carried him prifoper ,^p Acapulco, frpm whence he was tranfported.,, to Mexico, a^ thence to Vera Cruz, where he was fliipped qp,bogr4i a veffel bound ^tp Old Spain, But, . the, \j^|p|r|_, hpng obliged, by fome accident,. tq put ^o jt^ifbon, Legere efcaped^^on fhpre, ,and was ^jthe Brklfh Conful fi^t from thence to Eng- li^d V where he^ ^ye the firft authentic account of the fafe^j^"C^j^|he Commodore, and of his principal t^aJifadigns in the' South Seas, p tnon , The re^^yn fie ga vie of his own feizure, was, that he. ratnbled into the woods, at fome dif tance frpni the barricadoe where he had firft attempted , to, pa&, .but, had been ftopt apd threatened tp bepupifhed; that his principal view was to, gather a quanrity of limes for his mafter's ftores ; and that in this occupation he was, furpf^zed upawares by-four Indians, who ft^Ipt him, ,paked> and carried him in that con- diji;iqp to Acapulco, expofed to the feorching h^^^.pfjhe fun, which at that time of the year fhone.with its greateft violence; that aftervyards, at.,Mex:ico, his treatnuent was fufficiently fevere ; fo ;kat tl}e whole cp,urfe, of his captivity was a continued, inftance of the hatred which tlie Spa niards bear to all thofe who endeavour to dlf- turb them In the peaceable poffeffion ,of the ,_ coafts of the South Seas. Indeed, Legere's fortune 351 GoMMobOR-E AN50^#s "VOYA®^ fbrturiewas, lipcJh the whole, extlfemd^ffh^-' lar; as, aft^ the hazards he -bad run -irt -the Commodore's fquadron, andthe feverities* he had fuffered Ih his long confinement anibng tSl^ enemy, a more fatal' difafter attended' hiWtift his return to England; for though; when he arrived inLondon, fome of Mr. Anfon's fncnds intereffieli thcifffcl'^y in relieving him from the poverty to which his captivity' had reduced him, yet he did not long enjoy the benefit' of their humanity, fince he was' 'killed in an infignififcaiit night-brawl, the caufe of which could fb*t?^ ever be difcovered. ' '¦ - "'• ¦.'-'¦^ .^n: . * When we were neeeflratbd to- proceed ta Cheqiietari to recruit Our"water,'th«*€ofri mo dore confidered that ouf aitiVaHn that li^i'boor' would feott be known at AcapulCo ; ' arid there fore he hoped, that on the intelligence- of our being cm ployed 'in thai'port,; thc^lleort ASigkt put to fea, 'efpecially as Cheqnet^'is'fo Very remote from the courfe geirerally fteered by the galleons: hc therefoi'e ordered the cotter, as has already been noticed, to cruife twenty- fe«^i6^s off the port of AcapUlcb,' and her Commahrdfer /Was direded, on perceiving the galleon under fail, to make the beft of his way to the Com modore at Chequetan. As the Centurion Was certainly a much betterfaifor tlran the galfeon, Mr. Anfon, ih this cafe, refolved to have 'got to fea as foon as poffible, and to have purfued the galleon acrofs the Paieific Ocean ; however^ t-hsf CoMMODOR E ' AIS'SON's VOYAGE. 353 th« Viceroy "bflilexico ruined 'this projed, by detaining the- 'galleon in pOrt -ill the year. ' Towards the latter end 'of April;, all thing* being in reatdiiiefs -forifalling, the Centurion and Gloucefter weighed anohO'r ; -and, after having gained ari' offing, the prizes were fet on fire, "and a cainoe-fikftl to a -grapple iri the mi'^le of 'the+iarbour, -with- a bottle in- it, well corked, inclofing a letter- to Mr. Hughes, direding hi.m to go bkck iifiiiiMdiately to his formel" ftation before ' Acapulco, where he "iwould find Mr. 'Anfon, who refolved to -cruife for him in that ftation feme days. Indeed, it was no fmafl mor- 'tification to' Us, now we were to fea, -arid the '^ftormy leafOn approaching; that we were de- 'taindd by tbe abfence df the- cotter, arid^uhder a neceffity of ftanding t-owards Acapglco in fearch of her. As the time -ef her cruiise-hi^d ¦ been ekpired bear a fortnight, we fufpeded that fhe Tta^ - been difcovered 'from ¦ the -fhore, atrd.thattte Governor of Aeaplllco -hkd there upon 'fent out a force ¦ to feize her ; whick, 6s fhe carried but 'flk hands, was no very difficult .eriterprize. - However, riiis being only conjec ture, the Commodore, as foon as he was got clear of the harbour of Chequetan, ftood alongi, the coaft- to the eaftward In fearch ©if -her; and, to prevent herfrompaffirig' by us in the dark, we brpught-to every night, and carried lights Which, the cutter could not but perceive, . ¦ By the 2d of' May we Were advanced within three leagues of Acapifteo ; and, -having -feen Vo^. II. Z z nothing 55'4 CoMMODOTfE ANSON's VOYAGE. nothipg of. pur, boat, .we g^e her oyer fpr fl ^ which, befides the compaffipr^te.jcp^^cprjn fof our fhi|^mates, and for what it was app^ehenqp^ the;y might have fuffered, was ^p, itfelf a. mifi- fpftune, which in our prefent fcarcity of hapd^ we Were greatly interefted in ; fince. the cre,W.of the cufter were, the ffower pf our peopk, pur pofely picked opt for this fervice, as^k^pvyg^tp be, every pne of them, of tfied-and approved refolptlon, and as fkllful fc%gien as ever Wpd a deck. However, as It was the general belief among us that they were ^akfjn^^and carried into Acapulco,, the Commodore's prudence fuggefted a projed which we hoped would recoyer them. This was founded pn our having many ^pani|b and Indian prifoners, on bpard, fome of them of quality. The Commpdorq, dierefore, wrote a letter to the Governor of Acapulco, tcll^ him, that he would releafe thern all, provided the Governor returned thc cutter's crew. Tlus- letter was difpatched by a Spani^ officer, pf whofe honour we had; a. high opinion, and vyho^ was furnifhed with a launch . belonging to ,pne ©f;dur prizes, and.a crew of Spaniards, who gave their parple for thek returp. The Spanifh officer, too, befijdes th^ Cpmmociqre's letCf r, car ried, with him, a j,oInf peririon, figned by all the reft of the prifoners, befeeching the Gpyernor to acquiefce in the terms propofed ,for their li berty. But while we were ,thys contriving their releafe, the centinel called out ffom.themaft- head, |;.h^ he few a boat under fail at a confE- derablf Cftlh^^o^^ ARSON'S V6t Age. 3-55 dfefable'-tlii^fee'-'tli 'Ec f^uth^caftWard', ^hlch, td^^oii^ ^^ij^^i^irij^^ tip^h; h^^^^ pYdkdl?,' %e%Uftd Wa's*^ oiir own cuttci-t'tM wail' and'mfea^e fco'untenances'of wliqTexrcvvv the lertgth of their beards, arid'theTcelife' aHf h6l- ' l6W tone of thei^ yOi^&s;' convinced us that they had fuffefed much greater'' hardfliips thaii cpuld ^ lie" expeded Trdrii' eVen the feverities bf a Spa nifli ^if6n. They were obliged to be helped into the fhip, and were immediately put to bed ; Where, by reft, and nourifhing diet, with whicl^ they were jpleri-t'ifully fupplied froni the Com modore's" taBK^,'' they recovered their'health . and vigour.' Arid now we learnt that they had kept the'feai the'wHo^' time oif their abferice, whicli Was abbve^fix Week's ; that, wKeh they had finifhed their cfuife,';''arid had juft begun to ply fp the" weftward, iri order to jplh the fquadron, aftrpng acfverfe Curi;ehth'ad forced them upwards of So; leagues to leeward, where they found eVery Where fo'^great a furf, that there was no poffi- bifily "or llandtng"; that tfiey paffed fome. days iri the'' rfbft' dreadful fituation, without wafer, h'aving ho^ other fneans left them to alky their " fnirft'^^than fuckirig the .^l^food of the turtles* Wmch'they caught ; that at laft, giving up^l| h'^pes*'of fiic'cour,' the heat of the climate top aitgraeriring theiV heceflities, and rendering their fufrerlhgs infupportable, they abandoned them felves to defpair, fully perfuaded that^.'t.hey fhould perifti by the moft terrible of all deaths ; but that foon after a moft Unexpeded incident Z z 2 happily 356 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE, j h^P|j,ily relieved therp;; f^-tfiere felifo h^ljt, a ^^ri, that, on fpreadJSg-their'feils horizont.^|^; aria putring bullets ,i^Qaie^^ers ofthe^y^t^^^ caught as much W^tet-aisr-filidd thek c^^qsfi;; that immediately Upcip-'this fortunate fupiplf(b[ they ftppd to the weftward in queft of the CommQdbtti',^(d being now luckjly favoared by a ftrSngi Current, they jolnedhlm in lefs than; 50 hours from that time, after having^bjeen- ^|jr , fent In the whole fuU43 days. ; iJA,ip,;j^fens^ having firft, though m^mi^pyft^^j^^^^^ cufioni of ifea- faring prople at- ^^a^jj8gE,-Wi: wifhed us,a pcof- perous voyage. „y , .- ^r.4: j.gi ^'i uioH - Frpp the 6th qf ^aiy,, .tha..d^.ye;tof)teoqr departure, we jmet,i^^4?i^lLjfefpV'*^iabki^^ above a month, exQgpij^la^.ji;b|q, t;rocot|fl!|^ . wind, which is faid n^^tQ,.faJl jit about fix'ty^ or feventy kagues fronv'the fhbr^ of Mexico at the fartheft, was .fp tar from 4n.f'.^erie.g pur ex pedations, tliat. we had .not|iipg but crofs winds, I". • .JJ^ ' ' fqualls. C^^fffpppvcf ^Jf.SON's VOYAGE. 357, fqV^dfeu^ol.^feafedsrkajacydgiitBWgd t-iU^^ra^ ^ cp|i^x)^e^.v^eKe j^^^rif a^M'^-R/fl^ef ^yi'^d'. pf it«P(^l/iOi h*vingbeenrsbpve. 4«f5>rday;s.iB.gef.tkig^ fo far. The 9th, we found the fpr^piaft fprupg, ip^ (^; .dangerous ^ n^KWiCr, and , djtqreppipp ifiQ^ed a/td.^cured it veryftrangly. ,jij; oj boof; /ji!v tgi 1";^ he 22d, in, t he joye^jflgj iVjift fprttflg % leak, ipifklAg 12 inches water in a watch,r and pn a f0*r« little 'trouble. 3 fl :> ^0^}iTt£-jd IIJ ;.'» •iThei'^tb of.Jijne,iwe found a raiHEienttofet tio the I fouth wapdii': about 2.4 miles: a day, but «sjgiid>notrdifcQverwwhether to the^eaft" or weft, for .want of opportumoy to try w. This was by j^CWtttiUabout 450 leagues from Acapulco ; and, rbmchifbiaut this lime; abundanee of-icorbutio .fyiBptoms;' fuch as - blacknefs in-tbeiklni liard i^te^: in the^ ffefti^; flioirtnefs. -of breatfe, and ^ g^i^^Hafljtude.-and iveaknefs^ofi alt the parts, Ibeg^ja! to prevail,'; altmoft univerlallyv among odr people. 1 iThis, With the greatmcrtality we ei^Eilihc^ilFiiiaii^v^i&idiftemper in- > our (Cape %W93'$S(0%ge;iiandjdje time' ly^migto ftill -ex^ ped-sobc at'tfea^ having: yet i §00 leagues t& «'b0#oiflia(n! derations. - -T> ) 3 ^8 Commodore ANSON?s VOYAGE. derations, I fay, gave us. dreadful aj fioins qf what .this paffage might terminate m j and the event fhewed that we had but too muCh reafon for them, ._ - The 14th,' at five In the evening;' the Glou cefter, having fprung the head of her main-maft, i^^.feet below, the truffel-trees, fired a guri as a fignal of diftrefs ; on which we brought tO, and waited for her ;':and, after enquiring into,- and bearing the caufe, we fent them on board two carpenters to affift in- fifhing and fecuring it;* but fhe carpenters In concert, having viewed and confidered the damj^e,' reported, the liext day, that the maft was', unfit to ftand;^ and' would not bear repairing ; but that it mdft be' fhortened ¦ 26 feet from thc head, and thetop- maft be fet ,on fhchftump.' This, iherefbre, was concluded on, and ordered accordingly.' ¦.r The 2 3d, ,we found our own main-top-maft fprung In thc wake of the cap ; whereupon, we reefed it; 20 inches,, that is, wc lowered it fo much, apd Tecured It there, and fleeted! and fet up thc fhrouds and backT-ffcays;^ ., The 24th, In the evening, we got the top-' maft down, and put up another In its place; arid a man falling overboard, wc brought the fhip to, and , took him up fafe ; . likewife, the flipgs of our crpfsjack-yards being broke, we fixed'new ones, and the next day got up the fore- top -gal lant maft and yard. J The 27th, wc made the Glouocftei*! fignal, {>od fent ow- boat on board of .her. -^ ' The Ceti^MODORE^ -ANSON's -VOYAGE, ^sf ..¦y,he„f.^th, wej-eceived from the Gloucefter lul^, an.anqhor-flodc, for a farther Security to t^^ifore^maft. ,; .. .^ .li- * Thp 29th, the Gfoucefter finifhed her jury- maft, and made fail on it. • Nothing farther rej^k^bk till:, ,j .. Jyly ift, we had„fre|hl gales, and cfoudy wea- th^ with fome lightning. ' • , /The 2d, we upbent the fore-fail, and bent ano ther. . We had, not only now, but- for alrao|l: our -whole paffage, abundance of birds of prey, j^^, flying filh, which are their proper food, ,^ui yaftqijapritles of fkipjacks, alblcores, &c. ^|j|p,^eqf we tpok a great number, which contri- l^ed much f® our refrefhment after the lofs of the tortoifes, thati generally-leaye all fhips ,abopt.twenty or thirty leagues off-the land. I think this the more worthy of norice, becaufe E^ampierv Hogers, Cook, Cpwley, and moft QtJ^r voyagers, fame of whom have . besn not only once, but .feveral times on this voyage, ., hajve, reported, that they never- faw a fifh or 'fowl In this whole run. I will not fay, as iVfr^ ilQg^ I'pgquently does, when any other perfon's ac^epunt dpes.not.happen to fquare exadly with yfhff^ himfelf has obferved, viz. " What credit is to be given to fuch authors ?" neVer making 4J9Wftnces for contingencies which might or might not happen, and which Would better have . difplayed his ovynlmpartiallty, thaa a dogmatical^ condemnation of every other perfon, without exaralnatjon. , Foe- my part, I readily believe and $5o Commodore ^AfCS^N-VVOYAOE. ahd cdndudW "^at this differ«icc w oaf t>bfer- H?ariorrs-and' accounts Is reaMf'crcCafioned'by tlVe different feafons of the year in wtffeh^'hap- ¦pened--to \prerform this paffage ; it bcipg a ¦^hoWri truth, "afnd cbrffitmed bytHe expetlencte of thoufands in all ages, that ffioft fifh have 'fli^ir''dTfferent feafons for theif* different ?^eftde?- voufes.'^'^"^^ .. - : ' '¦'¦ "*^ The ir.dtir. We faw thtee gannfcts, or, as they -c^!l theni Iri S.cotlarid, folatid geefe;' i!^g( by •¦what I fekfrlehrn from the moft Irttclligent of •that riairion WRdm I' have converfed -Wi^j'ah'd •Whaaft^ri'h^e opportunity tO:fetoferi#e' tth^ehi in "feveral-'diffefen't parts, -of One ffffd'the famefpV •'¦cifes'v vlre likewife f^ fome*- felj^ee^d&t bq^ Which circumftances fiiadC^Sls iraagi.le that^foqie -inaritJs <5r 'flioals were'-lNoV fafislf,' thofe ^Wls 'nHvtr beirig obferved to'flif^Vety^"ar out fo fea. The' lath, •vfe'unben'f'the fore top-fall, "ind 'bent anothe'fr^'' ¦'•'''' ' '- ' - ¦ ' ' ' The iith, %t' noon,* '' we-' Were, by my ac count, 180 deg. 1 1 rrii'n. to the weftward of the meridian of •L'oi'idori;" which is' juft' i 1 rriin. ihore-than half round theglobe, for whichteafon I note it. We Were at this time, by my account, 1429 'le%ues "diftant from tlie "pdrt'bf Aca- • :pulco. "" "''^ • ' From this time till'the i6th we had frefli. gales, wicii fquaUs and rain. -. ¦ - '¦ The i7tfraHd i^th, we''had moderate- and ¦cloudy weather. ¦' '-"' '¦*¦ The -19 and 2otfi, frefli' g-ales," with" abun dance ttoXMifSME i>CN^ON's VOYAGfii 361 difrete 96J'&0!N'S VOYAGS ^In^i' whofe breath was any (fw9y*3#^Mi'iS^ doB)|E)(5(l off immediately ; but tli^K)t«l¥?f|«'pal o.^cers no^ ^jccepted, was, ob,liged, tp tal^e his turn at ft.he pumps, and all httle enppgh t^,jl<^fbus abpve, vvatcr. ^ ^ ti > -^ ,-,- ; lv. ,,^hR:,^^d^,of .Auguft,,at ,10 in the morning, thp J§^u(^et,-(m,ade »a fignal of dlftre.fs,, and, lieuig j^9tj.)yl^ward, bore down towards i»s ; , but, ,'^^ obferved flic vvas long in wearing, rolled, 'vety muc,h, .and r^^e bad fteerage. AboUt haljf an houtrafter noon they fpoke with us, and tpldus iha^thfiFiwere fo Jeal^y that they muf^ ,qiilt,lhek ihip ;,,tha^,|hey kad feven feet water inthe hcJd; jK^i- i... " and 3-68 ,Co«*MODORE ANSON's VOYAGE". and. that alLthe- men they had capable of flsrr ing Were quite. exhaufted with pumping, a^ couW work no longer, This was an additional mis fortune, and feemed to be wkhout reftmree-; for, whilft the Gloucefter's crew were thus enfeebled, our own fick were now fo much Increafed, and thofe who ftill remained in health fp,€«rer-fo« -tigued with labour, that it was impoffible for us to lend them any aid : all, therefore, that coald be done was to fend our boat on board for a more particular account of the fliip's condition ; as it was foon fufpeded,that the taking herpe«Jple on board us, and then deftpoying the'Gloucef. ter, was the only meafure that could beprbfe- cuted In the prefent emergency both for the prefervarion of their lives asnd of our own. Our boat foon returned with a reprefentation ofthe melancholy ftate of the Gloucefter, and -of her feveral defcds, figned by Capt. Mitchell and all his officers ; by which it appeared, that the fhip was decayed in every part ; that her crew was greatly reduced ; that there remained alive no more than 7.7 men, officers included, 1 8 boys, and two' prifoners ; that of the whole nunjber, only 16 men and 1 1 boys were capable of keeping thc deck, and feveral of thefe very Infirm ; that the water was fo deep in the hold, that thofe who were yet alive were ftarving, and could neither come at frefh water nor provi fions. From this reprefentarion, which was in no one inftance exaggerated, the Commodore fent im mediately t^^mi6i'i iil^soiSrs voyage. ¦ $6^ nwdia*Sly tffl ofder to Capt. Mitchell, to brifrg bii>>f6>pi& on fedafd the Centurion, and to takd ouC- fiiCh ftores aS' Coll Id mOft eafily be come at, ftiftdng -which he ¦^^aS Very defirous of f^ing twd cstbies, and * fteel-ariCh'Or ; but the ftiip rolled fd rAnMihy and the men were fo exceffively fatigued, thiit it Was With the greateft difficulty the prize- nwWey was feetked (the pri2:e-gobds ariiouriring tb 'niany thotjfarid pbunds being abandoned) f nor could *iy" more provifions be got at, than' fivecafes of floui* (three of which were fpoiled b^i^the falt'Water )i* a frftall quaritity of brandy, arid fofrie Irving ftock. Everi this fittle bufinefs wa^s fo'latt^Mhingly performed, that two days V/«eWafte#iri th^fesdetiitiOn;' during which ttriie three oV'ff^Vif'^of'' the fick' periflied on being moved.- •-¦^''-''-i-^'- ¦'¦¦¦'•¦.<"" 'As thelu^feiitRiTWas 'HoW calm, arid We were uncertainr k&w fa? diftttrit wfe might be from- Guam, a f^tlement'in pofi^fftori of the erferily,' to'wk^fti the'**?t'e^k-of Pich-a fhip With guns ati^i^iftfUiition Oft ' board would have been a veaS^-^Kiible" acqui fi tion, the Commodore judg- e'd*lSie-'me/ft effedual way' to prevent her from faliy^into their 'hands Wds to fet oft Ire: arid atiffSfdlngty; as foon as the Captain and his Offi ce^ b'4d' quitted her, the combuftiblef placed fof'that pUrpofe were lighted, arid flie contihu- ed bni*mng the whole night, and at fix the nej^f rritfrnlng flic blew up. Thus perifhed his MJi- jefty's- fhip the Gloucefter ; andnoW, It might have- beert ei^eded, that; being freed from V6l, IL 3B the S^o CcttiMotraRE' ANSON's- VO^AiG®. the-e,rilbarraffment in which her-fre-quefttidifd^ telfs had' involved us, we fhould h^ve proceeded on dur'way rriuch briflcer than we had hkhcrto ao;ie. tipWeVer, we were feionf -taught, that 'eur 'anxieties' were hot yet to be relieved. -£03, We we/e^aC this time ia the utmoft diftrefs ^ the fhip confiderably lumbcred'wkh.prizc-'gOiads, and the fmall roOm wc had left thronged- witi* the fick, whofe numbers were now very muc^ iricreafed With thofe from the Glouceffer;^ the dirt, iiaufeoufnefs, and ftench, almoft every Whole intolerable; more pcoplc daily difabled with die difeafe ;- no fign of land, nor but very little wljrd, and that not fair but variable ; verybadipKovifioQs and water, and the fhip very leaky ;, and, tbot^ we difcovered the leak to be in her boW^oneach fide the ftern, it lay in fuch a manner that we could not ftop If, nay the atteniptingJiEraiter made it worfe. In this diftrefs we made the beit of every Iktle fpurt of wind.^ ;;'rj - ^ • •• . -.lic.. Nothing farther remarkabIe-ha|>peLi»^.tjll. Sunday the tzd, when, about eight- in 'thei^¥CH- ing, we difcovered two ifiands, one .bearing W. half S, and the other S. W. by W.* at th&dif- tance of about lo leagues* We were oy€iig]]^d at this fight, and ftood toward them wkh alhour fail ; but, there being fittle wind, we did not get. near them till thc next day about noon, when being about three miles off the lacgeflrand moft promifing of them, which appeared very hilly .and full of trees, we fent on fhore one of our Lieutennnts in the cutter to make dJfcoveries„ who t5©»wj)«^E AN-SPN's; VOYAGE. 37s ^ftretujji^iaf nii^ein tfie .fY?fli,^gj^,R^,ga,Ye 'u^jiaaJhaveryi^idiff^rent apcpynt of the fnoie. The trees were moftly epcoa-nuf-trees, of which ¦pferewere pr^gigious quanritij^ •, ,#J?pj^t 60 cp- coa-nuts they brought on board with thepi, but .t^eyi cou^d find no water, npr any gppd .place to aiQchorin : on this account it Was thought fit to iiEWid: further to thc fouthward, for fome more f|jropeF place. This was a fevere difappointment to qncrfl'cff the fick, who, on the fight of land, (orkeaaang that we were fo near Itj had begun fenfibly to revive: but as perfons in fuch cir cumftances are foon driven tp defpond, when au aid they had depended upon deferts. them, ¦foithls difappointment deftroyed pur hopes, and iaeregfed our dejedlon. ,We feared, that, if -we met with .ro:pre ifla.n<^? , iri the fame run, they insight, be;elclier as bad, woi-fe, or. inhabited by our enemies the Spaniards, w?ho, in bur weak condition, might eafily. beabie to hinder us from proper refrefliments : add to this, how near ma ny of us were to death, and^^ow little we could exged to-'furvive any time in fearching for other ;ifla3TiJs^.g Ik:now not whether thefe w.erc the ge- o-neraf thoughts of the fick, but I muft owp they ¦ 'Wdie mine, and made our fitua.tion at that tlipe ^^ipearten, times worfe to mc than at a|y,othpr In :tiie wMsC; courfe of our voyage. I was indeed very ill, and- my Hhiefs might poffibly occaflpn every thing to appear In its worft light, yet I neVer :was one of thpfe who were frightened at 4he apprehenfion, or even ,the vifible approach 3 B 2 of 3,72 CoMMO^o|,5 ^ft9^'^ YmStM0 of death 1" it had nq unrea;ron3b^ei,mJft^^iy?i:.aiMI!i of ks pi^dfpedsi tti^me • and I al^vay^^p.^d^j^^ I hope^aWiys fliali be ready, ^^mj^t,,^j,j^h:i Calmneii 'and perftd refignation':' |^^i^Ieyf| the hfealt-hieft and ftouteft at that rim,ej>f4,fii;if^ baMy the ^kteft- apprehenfions; and I b^VC/ fince heard if from many of thofe,. that they^ejfjjj peded all to have perifhed, had we heepfofi^^j as three weeks longer at fea ; i^nd I niueh^qiyf- tion whether they were not right iii that jm^g^ nation. _ ,. .n , On the 26th, at five in the morning,. w^S^w three other iftarids, bearing frqm S. E. by^S,f|;% N. E. the middlemoft of the ,^h^e|^.w}]if^,'vyafc the largeft, due E.' '"' " '" . .,, !'TJie 27th, at three In the afternoon; being. got pretty near the fliore of the middleo^ft, iftand, wc fent our cutter and pinnace ijt)-&Qreg for difcovery. At four the pinnace came q,^^ and brought with her an Indian paroo, witha Spaniard and four Indians, Whppi'thcy ^oojc^.in. her. They likewife told us, that they had .19-^. Ihore a fmall bark of about 1 6 tons, and between^, 20 and 30 more people on the ifland, all of whqq:) had been fent there from Guam to kill cattle ^pd hogs, and make jerked beef, and c^cap-nutt,9il,,-> &c. &r the Spanilh garrifon there; and, that- there are conftantly people fent on that accop^, who, after fome months Itay at that place, aie, relieved by frelh parties for the fame purpofe. We fecured both bark and paroo, together with aU the Indians who fcjl iflto pur hands, to h.vfls, , der GoWil^^^^i ANSON's VOtAGE. 37^ dfe*^h^if 'ItSi^lhg iritelligenge,0f us to'the Spa^. rte«^^lit'^^^^W.- One ^1".%'^ Indians W?i^ ca^n'fe^l'^^rade, and his fa^^was one ofthe, jM^tSpr^ilders atManillayjI^^is young man,- having; 'IJfe^ III ufed by the Gqyernpr at Guam,' v^lftht4rily entered wi{h us, and bepaw^e -j«ne of oTjr' carpenter's crew, and prpyed a, sesiy li^l - l^dy fellow. ¦' ,^. ,r-.^5i'y3W "rv. r! J ' '^The Spaniard being examined as to the ftate- of the Ifland we were now approaching, the ac-i count he gave furprized even our rooft fangulne hopes ; arrd, tho' uninhabited, he faid, it wanted none of thofe accommodations with which the: beft' cultivated countries are furniflied. On muf- tering up our whole force, as we drew near, all the hands we could coUed capable of any kind of dttty/'^eVen on the moft preffing occafions, ambunted to no more than 71 men, oflicers In cluded. This nurriber, inconfiderable as It may f^em, were all of the united crews of tbe Cen turion, Gloucefter, and Trial, that could move without' being affifted, notwithftanding . that, when wc left England, they confifted of near jpoo men. > ^_ aiin When Wc had entered fhe road, our firft bu- firiefs, after furling the fails and fecuring the fhip, was to provide an hofpltal on fhOre for the fick ; but . the officer and feamen who were feht' ufpOri this fervice, returned joyfullyp and accfa^ht^d us, thatthe Indians on fhore had fav ed them that trouble, and kad provided for Us better than we could have done for ourfelves ; ' '¦ for. 174 Commod5re 'ANSON's VOYAGE^^ ' .'J>iq r Tii.f aH' ; ,¦¦ :'¦¦•[¦>!-'- ,- -,'¦'. j, ^ .'-I'b.vj j*i; fqr,J^fing,ereded ajiumber.of ,ritt|e cabpmSiw dieffji ^^opmiodation dpriiag'^tKeir'refideriCe 6i4 the iflaf5d,,and one in particular,' whiqh they madeivfeofby way of florehoufe to ftow thefit provifions in, there could be nothing rribriefuit- aibjy adapted for the reception both of the fi(ik and the healthy than thefe eredioris. Accord ingly, we inftantly began fending afho're'as man^. .4?f the fick :as'could poffibly be conveyed/ among which pumber I myfelf was one ; I fay, asirtany as could poffibly be conveyed ; for we were 4ll fo extremely feeble and helplefs, that wewei^e no otherwife"to be landed than by being Carried in our hanimocks, both in and out of the boats; ©n mens flioulders, in which fervice both trh'e Commodore himfeif and his officers vc'ry hu manely affifted ; and, indeed, they were almbft the only perfons on board capable of perform- rag it 9 the healthleft feamen being fo much^eh- feebled, that they had but juft ftrength ^hlSugH left to help themfei yes.' " ' "'" The next day, being the 29th, the remainder ofthe fick were brought on fhdre,bf whom Vt fopn died ; but the greateft part of the reft ik' covered furprizlngly' As foon as I was Ca pable of ftirring about^ I found the ifland to lie in lat. i4deg. 58 min. N. [Walters fays i i; de'^. .,.^.minj and in long. 223 deg. 35 min. W.from London, being, according to my' reckoning, ii7 deg. 7 min. W. from Acapulco.' [\Valters fiays. 1 14 deg. 50 min.] And hei-e it is obferv- ^e, , how writers of the firft charaders for Ve- t raclty C^M¥0,flC VOYAGE. 373 ".zr- "-' ¦'. '. ' ' '¦"-¦'-- '"'¦uotvti.'o''.: '' 133 fcriptipii, of this ifland of Tlniari' by Gomrrio- 4§jGe Byron, ,wbo lately vifited it'Tn^fiis' Voyage r^;und the World, bears ho fimifitude tbi that We 4|renckw aboutto recite ;.' nor cap any'orie 'edri- .Sfe.jy^. how an Interval of only 'J,d; years could ^cpfiQii fo remarkable an alteration. ' But tb •P-TPSe.ed.t .Z^ Xhe foil, upon examination, ^we found to be Ayg-y Where dry and healthy ; and beirig withal- ^|ne^|iat_ fandy. If was thereby the lefs difpofed ta'a.tank and oyer-luxurlant vegetatlori : and hepci? the meadows arid woods, were neater and .^frooother^ .than..iS( ufual In hot clirri&es.' The ¦yalfies and hills were moft, beaurifully diverfi- jfied by the mutual encroachments of woods and lawns. Which fkirted each other, and traverfed , the ifland in large trads. The wopds confifted ^IQ^ tall ^iidwell-fpread trees, forne celebratedfor their beauty, and fome for thei,r fruit ; -whilft tlie favsfns were generally crouded with herds of. c^ttl^, , of ^which it was not uncommon to fee |hpu|^nds feeding in a herd, and, being all rhilk- whi|e^. i^is no wonder that fuch ,an appearance - ^'^x^|ted „Qur longings, and. increafed oiir irtipa- . tlence, to kill and,eat. Add to thefe, the irinu- ^.frif|able fwarms of poultry that crouded the, vyopds, ..and, by their frequent Growings, '^al^e, u,Sj,in;,idea the pleafing apprehenfion of being in the fieighbpurhood of farms and villages ; and. we eyen fancied, that in the covert pf the Woods. 376 CoMM^B^RU ANSCa4.'s VOYAGE^ we fhould find fuch conceaied. The catde wci had fight of were computed at io,ccro ; andt bef|de$;theie and the poultry, we likewife foued abundairce of wild hogs, which were excellent food, but fierce, and not eafily mafteredi At firft we killed them by fhpotirig ; but; our am-* munition falling, owing to an incident, we at laft hurited them- down with dogs, feveral of which joined us on the ifland, and, being train ed to the fport by the Indians, readtly enough. followed us, and afforded us good dive^&etL In their confilds with the bears, fome indeed were killed ; but thofe that came off vidorious, were ftill more eager tp engage in every new- pur fuit. '. This ifland- Was no lefs fortunate to us in its vegetable than Its animal produdions ; . more particularly abounding in fuch fruits and plants as were beft adapted to the cute of that difeafe by -Which we had been fo dreadfoiiy debifitated. In the Woods cocoa-mits were to be gathered withotut number ; and, what is remarkable, cab- , bages grew on the fame trees. There were, be fides, guavas, limes, fweet and four oranges, and, what Is common to afl the Tropical iflands, bread fruit. In the plains we found water-melons, dandelion, creeping-purflain, mint, fcurvy-grafs^. and forrel; dU which, together with the frelh- meats of the place, were fuch* falutary refrefh ments, that the fick, who were at dpath-'s-door when tliey landed, before they had been a week on fliore, put on very different cotintenances, and C^fA^cfobbfe-te AN^6iN*s VOY'Afefe. ^17 and to refrefh the foil ; vplijfijk #a8igbife^»ab|eE enough by the effed it had in increafing olir appetites, and promoting OUr dir geftlon: This effed was; iraieedjT remarkable, fince thofe amongft our officers, who were at aU other, rimes fpare' and temperate caters,: ivere here in appearance transformed into gluttons:! for inftead of -^ one reafonable flefh-meal a,day, they were fearcely fatisfied With three: ^itd^tit our digeftlon fo well correfponded tothe keen- nefs of our appetites, that we were neither dif- tjirdered nor even loaded by this uricommon te- pletion ; for, after having made a laige beef breakfaft, it was not long before we^began to confider the approach of dinner as a very defir- able, and even fomewhat tardy event. u^.y^Xi' The principal inconveniences that attended our refidence upon this ifland arofe frqm. the vaft number of mulketos and other tr-oublefei^e flies, by which wc were perpetually «eized ; there was likewife a venomous little infed, that, ¦ like the fheep-tlcks in England, would bury its head in the fkin, and. If not inftantly removed, would caufe an Inflammation. ^g,;, -rria Running water there was nope in the ifland ; but that dcfed was fupplied by a large lake, or lagoon, almoft in the center of it, to which tlje ¦I cattle, in tifoes of drought, generally reforted ; but the freflincfs of their pafture, and the co pious dews and gentle fhowers that often moift ened it, rendered that refource almoft unnecef fary. There were, befides, fprings of excellent wateis <^Mi9)^ ^ms&m s^ssag-bd §70 JtH^fkr, ansf flebr'the^futfaiiiefivsfelksotoig^feie^e^y ^hfe«ribeidijgi whdfe^attfSiokisaaJHetb'elidplaefti would not have been com plaiiMfd of p iflBaiDni ^^in the great danger we had todre^d remains te tezdid. During four months in \he fmh *tet is; from the middle of June to tl^ middle s£i<&&bker, when the weftern monfoons pre vail, the winds, about the full and change of i^ moon, are variable, and blow with fuCh ftwy; tftat the ftouteft cables afford no fecurity ^ fhips riding at^anchor in the road : and whac ^dS to the danger is the rapidity of the tide, which fets to the S. £. and occafions fuch a hollow and over-grown fea as is not to be con ceived ; infomuch that, though we were in a fixty- gun fliip, we were under thc dreadful ap- {^ptehenfiOiS of being pooped by it. During the iffefl: of thcj^eSr the weather is conftanriy fettled, afifdafe^JlifSve nothing to fear, if their cables ar^- -Well 'armed, which otherwife will fuffer t from the foulnefs of the ground. ^, vr 'sir •• » ; ."i -Frorri -the 29th of Auguft, when our fick tVerti'Sll put on fhore, to the izfh of Septem ber, when the Commodore himfelf landed, ithTi^fe- Who remained on bOard were chiefly em- - pld}^ In ' mooring and fecuring ' the fhip, Sn Ihiftihg'her guns to come at her leaks, and in g^tkfing the cables, to prevent their being, gall^ ^'BJr the^ fridion againft the rocky bottom.' At the fame time' an anchor and cable were put oh- board the Spanifh bark, her own being on ly a heavy log of wood, ari'd a rope made of - '¦^'^- 3 C 2 bafsi 3 &a Commodqive , ANS 0.^_s ¥ce^niy;«ndHjfltoart|l thfasi, as4f.»ye. had been only in fport. Tiie next day, hovise^er, about two in the a^eemMMt' as- we were ftipding tothe weftward withaiiiiisTO leaguesof (the fhore, ft:Ill furrounded as. W<0e» we, obferved that a bpat a-head. of us ai(i9ipi^4 red §^, and blew a horn, vThis wCiapprahend- edv?a% .a fignal for ijs; and accondingly-wBhqift^ ed opt. our cutter, and fent tp know the mean- iij^ of it ; yyhen we prefently, difcovered. our mifti^ke, and that it was only tho .ufual nariQMcf kftve off fifliing, which the'Whole fleet ioftan^&ly obeyed. ,1/ (Being thus difappointed; .-ivadSfpt oii our, cruife till we came to a^ group > a£- i^^ljfli. round the wefternmoft bf whi<;h we werc-dJ5e^4 ed to pafs, and then to. haul up.. ,'Whi4e i»e were tfius jiemplpyedj aCbinefespUot.canjeoa boardi^and In broken Portuguefe UBdertook'tp. pilot us Into harbour fcr 3Q.doll^^./and on.'the J 2th of Noyember anchored us fafe In Mofap^- road ; where the firft thing -we did was to ialuM"' tlj,e fort, , and ^o fend to the Portuguefe (jpyei's., nor tp advlfe with bis Excellency in wIi^dntiM^'i ner.,tQ behave tp avoid giving offence. to 1^ Chinefe. -Jhs difficulty the .C^jumodocc-prin- eipally apprehended related to the port charges ufually paid by fliips In the river Cantpn, fro/|> which charges men-of-war are exempted in every port of F-urope,*^ and -which the ComnipdorewaSj-^ deter- tiodMtei!#scnp9iii»«y(tJib t^ ¦sU the affiftance .ih; his power. 39fi4his^)ietilHtiM4iGin| ) the Conrniodore determin- 4^w»^m-Smtm-ihmf^i ;£o:procui'e a keener - 4ttmmt^M'mmf'ito purclmfe a f^pl^^.^i^ vOMfh this Jtttt^iiicext a^.Ckkitfe.boait fiy^k^ :at^%Is ittend!atitsitai€arty theminiso port : -Iflii -jaifea&.theyittrere iiBad^ to iNidiatrki the Hisi^ips^ !^rfaftd»a8«gttg»iiift ' them**' a fiefnait ; not wowkl heimmiiiMkin&g MAht jfotefcft JtheCom- ttie^d^^^cduM tmke, withdra3V3^iiN||iftthi^i^4 ^ Vot. IL 3E' till 394 .s&mmmrym^N's^WiM^U' ¦t^Llmiit3^h^fmm^:-tQ be ;S6>n|#iiij#xiarfJsd^ &f/^»rmTfc^ «p^fladl:wben : fak d^(|HI« h^ fpir fdii..ftcpejieifrt iptgrfere in ki-i^jaThe m^ffthgnt&Afe^iSidef- -)6sok to procure him provifions, cAap^eftijI^ ; but«*hat would not fufficci^Uponkisi.ffifi^gns, he found the fliip .^ tnuch .out ^oi-^stp^ 'ti^^fifke tould not proceed, without; feeidgjahsarei down ; he, therefore, next day wrote, a letter ,,to>tthe Vkerc^, acquainting h!m,.thaCrhe was Commo dore t)f. a fquadron ofiihis^&n^uisi^iMijeft^'-s Ihips that h^'.'beeo cruIfingoiEnltbeiSfti»tb3S^ •il&fmR|L;,:t&atiiiui«»!fii^ wasileiil^tv iwtthi^jtfi^h pie were in want- of provifions ;r>fhiitiJ3eiha^{^ll9t wto Mocao, *a friendly -pottf :dSm Ji IbpplysnfelK .dBHsf. being a ftranger ta thciitruftoms pfej-^ country, he had ;beea. unable. totfafieeisd ; iJeyi^, therefore, requefted, that he niight Jb«|>e«iW(iited to employ worksiaen to rcpsHS 1m» Qii^\ and that hn might be iioppliEd! witk pronB^ns at thefua- -^tiftorned Eites'Tit whkh thc antcies he -ftood in need ^f w«3;«£:geitair8ilh|^oid< Another.diifiQukf ¦¦^i ¦ ,t ,-'- ,-- ".¦» .was CoMMoUoRE ANSON's VOYAGE. 395 ^KlisJheNv^rted - a^ to thetdelivery of fiiihisn Ikp- t»i^**^ tkeiMbppo at • fitfl: refufirig to int'lrme^ld: wilh it; but,*^' on the Comftiodore'e expreffihg* ftrrie 'rcfentment, and thrfeatftaUig-tonsdrivef it to^ft)Kg«nE}ej«/!and f^arniflkedAMlfft! bsfnds of mXriiCjCanae to a grapple a-hcad of *ljb»' 'Ce««lH6irpe^fle(^ t'he Mandarine fe6t ift form^ tli'iie^'afaigiiehi^^^imodore, that he y to ' exartiiRte the condkioii o^the-fliipi^'ianid k> report the fame as it fhould ^fieljt: to^Mm sejpojv a Jjufe:!fii'rvey. - On tbii' rfteffage, preparations were -iwfVartcly made to rfe- €eBii@Kb^v^>^p3^c%[lar^d hundred' of the Mefl figiltel^?jiM«Mttefs«^«th«>d4|)9tfoj^ fla'tfe- jOi3t-^ltM«jftoii»Si»b« 9eEaaityn^«»e3»a9ifpc<«p€ffi?d ia^^ e&ence-in-fhfeflStpdnbJthst; had}me!v^i^\9^ p«i!®|fidi'iO' l«^jtfeHSJ&!»i*;imfmedi»ti4y befoj*'die C^rnicjfe vpSfe'jsteJ^itirefurni He, iwa* picelsdiflg. 45arl9^s.r:»q;(jn^^i^|i®. tke :diip«iviQi '^^niaMg«. hft5nfg!i«fe ^d^setimg* he* great fliOt.'atK©^.- ip>:9ft .his- a$0{)i^iiinen(C-:at ^Mftcength andhidr )iiis®$iiiij|lu.^i the 'l^QRiniQdQrei^lo iaiewafe jdPpw^ ,hpyf e^ it.wot^d be ^jfsr^imlQtMJddfai^r lfe«bw,h9le nflY^*i|!k: fqreepfeGhiB3^.^rid>i[^rjifiB: ¦s^Mm^ him^ :tH*?3m« JifefiikaflimBcflenfie l^io^ ll? !«)ffpmd,dp«0»Ji^,hi*:W8pE* weee &ippiiBdL; dr^ ^i f9m^i^»-it]^r<^i^9db»sain|>Usatr i:3dtf^tf:|>#jligib>^^lQ££heqqi^^ l^iflg, prOJfiflQfWi to bSSi^^^^^«^' tbe.CotEnmodQre yti^ mt> tt^p^i^i H0 Werfe ftliey^nSikqsM*^ ft& being. fet4^i^ltiiiimin''Phe^> :3if8r^cm<^q^' very ankwat^l at • the' lip^ ^ {9111$^ ^^^ttjiE»«,£»ii4^>k was found^fl^je^y td: ifftr^o^ ^HflSnithshr own ;^varats to carve ^&Mheimi^^^^- ^oreMiey 3 could make an endqoE i^e* 'dlpneKJ. - Eafrif they -^were deficient in.tb&k-'-iirianiWP'of :-^«BfJg^ *h^fwepe no novices in putting aboitc .tkQrgl4i^«i$«r^ ihpeevwas not m ofii^ a«^a*)|p ^!^^^m^i0wkh>^mii Se;eii!ig»j}i^'weA!; 3ftwi^i.(ii^lWif}pi«tei ^ and tha(t-:» ^f'-Y>rekrM^ .'^iJ9:^di^fgi«r^»ri.M bai«;tl99 I^lfii^ $iipMOoo:^^ddr^ oiidereda bottle of d^- f:mkqqi»atcvi;v bss^^u^ kf^ Virhi^h, on tVfti!%»- they likedv «idi thg Com^iodore iH«eii6?)g htei> -^flpn.w:c<»a»C'ol'nah.ilkiefs heljA^i n®t y^ re- ,«pwii|djstiity?!Afl|vj>dd 4"^re!si!!if.fie«d offiefer^da r$h^^i^])%ir]^:|fid?«ie^d:j^lf#f|eiip Mm,. \;;^iin^tbyi3|:lMri»tiflrerpt€ter^' they *ere fute^te; j^P(fcW^ra«*|iIead'^iihiefs foifi %:lijMiig^la| ^^s* liWMs'-J'heHbQttlB-was out; they all rofe *^^ btsbiepawitiHoblf^peaong tobein^l^te^^ifiafts . fiiaad^nti^ sitet the ufualfceretweSiiei, -flepi^-* ¦^ii^y&ff^ktsWTfAei&A whih .^m^^ntemmms^i -ffiilTke: ^matimSkere how. iwifiafJefi^Jyif^^eJIldt i^.Tji«jent8 he hadteqvk^t)^^ but it^»a^ feieml iiMyidfefBsttrit p[£Sbi'thQ2iKe^Sag>piQ^mfWM'^ . •jjpi^teiiigttfinthi h>«%tieiiW-'ab5^t«ttth!*aiiy wk), :n .." ' having 39S . Com MODbkE ' ANSOKV- VOYAGE;* ha^hg'thi-adHhta^t of fpeakfhfr the laiiguagfr* flueWtly, was'kf'-hO lofs in -ffaveffing themea-- fiii^es of the frlen^y Mandarin^' ih favour -<^i M^?*"Ahfdnt l^'^^.^i'^efifioii 'of the' threat^; al^^ty^feferfe^iSllW^^iced, 3tt la%lh» defrf^ ^ eUVflgd. "Drf''#'iW'6t' ^J-a-nua^, ^%«I^TifccrtCe? ' i^aii^i'^ere^t^ea^'-dhd the''^ddrperite?^^ere'fet''tOf' wWft" ;%ut,*f i*ewod^^ to 'fKi'S,-'"£the proh'ibftiOftt W^^tafeefi^'d^ rnd pr6vIlioTi's(^cr€ e^'ery- da/' bfdU^it^'thfe ftiip in plefltyrr"' f^* • "^'^ -*: '^it M}i ' kots-e^^fer," the beg'rnnifig' of A^lSl'S^- fb^e-4he,fepiIrs'Cmild be tt*ny*eSfted,'-^4'the Gh^nfefe began to be Very iitteafV at their 'Ipi!^? flray.' They hadfrequently'ffetit xfteffages'tothis- Comihodore to' haflen his departdre,-' riot know-' ihg of- believirig that he was tio lefsih"*^"rrteft; to be gone, than they wer^^t-O'be frtid fttsHt the dread ofhis ftay.' *At' length,' bn- the'^^d* of April, tvm Mandarines came 'ofi board' frdtti' Mocao, with a peremptory'commattid adtif^BS ed to the Commodore, reqtrireijg him 'tb dejfkrcV^ ay which he' m*3e anfwer, m adetermi^^-ftjiiftf? thkt he would go wh^ he thought- pr«>)pe^,*-%h# ndt when -they pheflffned to ici«fllfdW(*'4&«^ Aftet this rebuke, however, aHf^tiii4^i«^ was forbidden, --and no more MMtHltJib- As^'ati foffered \K) go on board ; and^i^S^ly tvctt* thfefe' ¦ injandions carried Into !exebutIon;-^thA'e; from thenceforwards natfeing could be purchaf ed' at Einy rate nvhat^fr-'i'^On the 6th of April,' the- Centuriohvwdgliedt and «^fped-to'- tWj fouthward 5- and,: by the i;5th^> file w&s> fafe. Iri ,',«•' '¦' ¦ MQcaQ 9y-§^, h^'^m i)\. -sj-d ;iTf.&a': ,kiin% *4&o CowMonoR-E ANSON's VOltAG^: cn«n"rainffd an opinion that toth of them ha^ periflied. Bat to return from this digtetTion : From the ift to the 15th of April, we had ftormy Weather, with hdvf fains and fuck a- ma^ing and terrifying claps »f thunder ahtl ¦fiathes of Ughlning as nothing of ihe kind I had ever feen or heard bore any proportion to. This "xvas upon the*breaklng-up of ^he eafterly mon- foon, when fuch' ftorms are ufual in the coun- 'try, accompanied fometimes mth dreadful gufts ipf wind, called here by the nameof Tuffoon^, of the eflfeds of which the Chhiefe relate vety Wondelfful ftories. 'While Wc Were warping out of the harbour, the Commodore went on fhore ^o Mocao, to take leave df the Portuguefe Governor, «?hb had, to the utmoft of his power,' behaved in a very friendly manner ; and, at his coming from the fort, he was faluted with 15 guns. During our ftay we had entered about '20 frefli hands, being chiefly Lafcars, Peffians, ahd Dutchmen ; fo that our whole complement^ when we failed, amounted to 224 men and boys, among whom were fome of all nations', languages, and teligiohs. Being now at fea, we were fome time in ^ "ftate of uncertainty ^vhat courfe "the ComiiJo- dore intended to fteer. Hc gave out at Mo»- 'cao, that he was bound to Batavia, and thence ¦to England •, but his real defign was very dif ferent. The projed thc Con»hi6dore had re folved upon in his own mind, was, to cruife '¦ ' for CoAlMODORE ANSON's VOYAGE. 401 far the annual fhip from Acapulco- to-Manilla ; and, not.4i^ouraged by his^ former difafters, he determined.again to rifque the cafualties ofthe Pacific Ocean, and to ^ take his ftation off Cape Spirito Santo.6n. thciflandbfljamal^. being, the; firft. land the Acapulco fhips-^ always make_Ifi apprpaching. the iPhillppIneSk/ •Belng^now at fea, it was: no longer rieceffary. to. conceal this projed;' he, therefore,, fumr' racMied all.hjs people oh the qUar,ter3deGk,;'and in aftiorr, but fpirited fpeech, informed them of, h^. defign; w^ick wa? received, by, them with: tke moft exprefiivc^tokens of general approba tion ^.i^od ft''P.h^ confidence of fUcceedipg dif- fyflpd Itfelf through all the. i(hip*s company, that fhej^bngkl^dore;, who h|d, taken fpm§ Chinefe fheep tp, fin with hinn for his pWp, proVifion, en quiring pne day,Qf his, butcher, ^why he hiad late ly feen nO mutton, at his taple ? the manj-eplled dryly,, th^ in trpth there y/ef,e only two fheep left, and thefe, with his honour's leave, he pro^ ppfgjJi to referve for the entertaihrnent of the <5eaer^ of the galleons. , , - Wheri the Cenii:Urion left the port ,of MocaOi, fhe ftood for fome days to the weft t^vard;, and, tgi the.]^/ft of May, paffed'; the ifland of For- tnpf%i and', fteeritig to thfe foUthv^afd, onthe 4th,In the evening they cairfe 'rn, fight of the iafhee, I'fiandsj which .they fufpeded ' to be w'rong raid' doWn by l^;anipie.r,and from obfer-. fervatloV found, them 2^ leagues foo far' to the weftward. On the .20th of May, they came in • " VoL.^lI.' ' ¦ V' ¦ -^ F" " ' ' fight 402' Commodore AN'SOf?*'^ ftyf^Gt: fight of Efpirito Santo. As it was known there ¦were centinels placed upon the Cape to make fignals to the Aciipulcb fliip's', the Commodore immediately tacked, and ordered tke fop-gal- fant- fails to be taken in, to prevent a difcovery: arid this being "the ftation In which he propofed to cruife, he fixed the limits between the latitude of 12 deg. ^o mlri. N. and 13 deg. 5 min. the Cape itfelf lying in 12' deg. 40 mih. N. and in 4 deg. of eaft longitude from Pfotel Tobago Xi- ma. It was pow the time when the Manilla fhip was' every,' hour expeded; for they feldom 'or never fall of making (and in the month of June, and, fometimes fbpner, and it was now the laf^ day of May, according to their ftije, when the Commodore tpok his flatlon. ^ , it were tedious to entertain the reader with the various conjedures, furmifes, doubts, arid anxieties, that agitated the mjnd,s of the people pn board, frorn thc day they came hi fight of the Cape till the .Say that Nlr. Charles Proby, a midflilpman, called out from the rnaft-hcad, jd faiH This was on the 20th of June, juft one month; after their arrival at the Cape. There .did not remain a doubt but that It was one of .the galleons (for two were expeded this year, as nope had been permitted to fall the .year pre- ced'ing); and theCommodore accordingly ftood towards her. At half after feven in the mor ning, they could fee her from the deck, at which time fhe fired a gun to leeward, and took in her top-gallant-fails, as a fignal, as it was then fup pofed. Co^^^^qnoRE ANSOl^^'s VQYAG-K. .4^3 pofed, tp l^er copfori ; bqt in reality, as jafignal to her owp pepple to prepare for adiqn.' The Commodore was furprized . to fee her fteadily .'pujrfue. her courfe, and, was now in no fear pf lofing fight of her, as at npon he could fetch her wake. Her confort not appearing, it was cpn- cluded they had parted cpinpany -, and it no^v became vifible, .that thc gaiiepn did not intend to fly, but to fight. Every preparatipn had been previoufly made on bppd the Centurion, and all hands properly inftruded ; fo that every man on board repaired to his poft with a^ much regula rity and unconcern as If preparing for a review^. Thirty of the h^ft niarkfmen lined the tops 5 two men placed themfelves at a gun tp lo^, theni; and gangs of tep men each were appointed togp from gun to gun, to run therH out, and fire them as.faft as they vvere. loaded. A cQnfl:ant runniop iire was by this means kept up, and no interval allowed for theenen^y to ftai^d to their guns in fafety, as is comnion when whole l;wpad fides arg difehared at once. About one in the afternoon, the galleon haul ed up her fore- fail, and brought to under top- fails, with her head to the northward, holftlng Spanifh colours, ,^nd haying the ftandard of Spalp flying at the fop-gallant-maft-head. Ahoyt th^ janie. time the Centurion hplfted her broad pen- .fknt ^nd colours, being within gun-Aiot of the enemy ; and. the Commodore, feeing them cleatr ing thek ,decks. of their caftle and lumber, g^ye ©fders to fke the chace-guns, todiftwrb them in ^ F 2 ^ their '404 Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE, their work. The galleon returned the fire wim two of htr ftern guns, one of which carried away ottetif our fore-fhrouds, and our foreftay tackle, which 'could not have beert done by an ordinary ball. ' The Centurion fetting her fprit-fail fore - a^nd aft for boarding, the galleon; our of a bra vado, did the fame. Soon after, the Centurion fhot a-breaft of the Criemy within' piftol' fhot, and voxt'the engagement became hot. Fbr the' firft half hour the Cehfurion over-reached the gal leon, and hy on her bow, and, by fhe widenefe of her* ports, could traverfe almoft all her guns upon the enemy, whilft the galleon could only bring a part of hers to bear upon the CentUrlon in return. Inthe heat of the adion,' the mats with ¦which the galleon had ftuffcd her netting took fire,' arid burnt violently, blazing up near as high as the rnizzen-top. This- accident threw the enemy into thc utmoft terror, and alfo alarmed the Commodore, for fear thc galleon' fhould be iiurnt, and for fear' he himfelf might fuffer by being clofely grappled by her, Happily, how ever, that danger'was averted,- and the fire ex- tlnguiftied, by cutting aWay the netting, and let ting the whole tumble into the fea. All this while the Commodore kept his firft advanta geous pofition, firing with great regularity and brifknefs ; while at. tht' fame time the gallcon*s decks lay opert to our top-men, who; having at their firft Volley driven the Spaniards from their tops, made prodigious havock with thefr frnall ^rnis, killing oif wounding every officer but one Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 405 that appeared upon the qurter-deck, and wound ing in particular the General of the galleoh hirii felf. Thus the adion continued for more than half an hour ; but then the Centurion loft the fu periority of her fituation, and came clofe along- fide of the galleon, when thp enemy Continued their fire with great adivity for near an hour longer J yet, even In this pofition, the Commo dore's' grape- fhot fwept their decks fo effedual ly, and the number of the dead and wounded be came fo confiderable, that they began to fall in to great confufion, efpecially as the General, whb was thie- life of the adion, was no longer able tp exert himfelf. The diforder was fp great, that their officers were feen from the Centurion ruit- nlng about to prevent the defertion of their men from their pofts : but all their endeavours were in vain ; for, after having, as a laft effort, fired five or fix guns with more judgmerit than ufijal, they yielded up the conteft; and, thc galleon's colours being finged off the enfign-ftaff at the beginning of the engagement, fhe ftruck the ^ ftandard at the main- top-gallant-maft-head; but even this ofiice would have been at fhe peril of the man's life, had not the Commodore, obferv ing what he was about, given exprefs orders to leave off firing. The Commodore, when the adion was ended, refolved to make the beft of his way with his prize to the fiver Canton, being in the meart time fully employed in fecuring his prifoners, and in removing the treafure from on board the gaUeon 4o6 Cpi-^^oDORE ANSPN's VQYAgii:. galleon into the Centurion,,- His firft hMftoefs was to coipmifTipfij the ihip,, and p'ut her unfier the command of prpper officers : Lieut. §'aumarez was appointejd Captain, and was in;imediately or dered pn(bo.ar4 IQ t^kc poffeffion of his charge. But, juft as|he.g.aI,JeQn.hia^.ftr-uqk, the.p^'per who commai^efJ, between decks catpc pp, fefw- ingly tp. congratulate , the, Commodpre pn ius conqueft, but at the fame, time privately whifper- ed to hlr^, that the Centurion was ciangeroufly on fire near the powder- rooni. It feems pneoftlje Jads, called powder-mopkles, being heedlefs, a cartridge that fae was carrying blew up in h(is hands ; this firf d another, ati^ that three: of the lower-deck guns on thc off fidf of «h? ^lip* which being happily loaded apd laid dqw^, fpr fervice, and, ,fh^, ports hauled pp to vent the fmpke, they did not occafion the leaft mifchief; however, the cartridges apd guns together Taifcji fuch a frnqtheir, that it was at firft doubtful whe- .ther it proceeded frpm the explofon, or froni a ^rt of the fhip being on f^r^. In fad, upon ex amination, it was found, to proceed from both.; for, part of a cartridge having fallen betweep the planks of the ciefing, clofe aft by the f^ujitie of the Cbapl^ip'^ cabbin, pot only a confider able fmoke Ifiiied out, but a very fenfible fieaf, ?fid, hagl It not beep immedl3.tely extinguifhed, the confequence would have been dreadful : to be brief, a fpw pails of water feafonably applied did more than all the water of the ocean could have effeded after an hpi^'5 delay. This CoivMOctoRE ANSON's VOYAGE. 407' This alarm beirig thus happily fubfided, we draughted but 50 of bur people (of whom fny- felf was orie) to board and man the prize. I Had heard we had killed them 5o rheri, and vvounded as many more, arid expeded to have feen the horrid fpedacle of mangled limbs, dead cafcaffes,. and decks covered with blood; but no fuch fpedacle appeared ; a parity having been properly ftatloried, during the time of adion,. to wafli away thc blood, and to throi^ the dead over-board. We found, however, inahy defperately wdurided; and among them the General, who had received a mufket-ball i'n his breaft, and was fo III, or pretended to be fo ill, that it was judged unfafe to move him from his cabbin; but all the other officers, to gether -with tlie paflengers of note, were fent oh board the Centurion. Among the latter \Vas an old gemleman. Governor of Guam, who was gding to Manilla to renew his comriilffion, and -who had fcarce mounted the 'Centurion's fide before he was received with open arms by Mr. Crooden, Captain of marines, who 36 years befote, at the battle bf Almanfa, had 'been his prifoner, and honourably ufed by him; Thefe tVvo renewed ch^ir old acqo-alntance, and Captain Crooden had a long- wiflied-for oppor tunity of returnirig the favours he had for merly received, and which he 'gratefully re- mecfrbei'ed. - ¦ ' The ftiip, lip^rt examination,' ^as found to 'contain to the Value of more than -a tnilHon and 4b8, Commodore ANSON>s VOYAGE* a half of dollars, was calkd the Nueftra Signora de Cabadonga, Don Jeronimo de Monterq Conimander, by nation a Portuguefe, and ac counted the mOft Intrepid officer employed in the Spanifli mercantile fervice :. and, indeed, in my opinion, he was more brave than prudent ; for, furely, no wife nian, intrufted with fuch a cargo, fix leagues to the windward of a man- of-war purpofely ftatloned to intercept him, would have borne down upon his enemy,; ^ and braved him to his teeth, Wjhen, with the. advan tage of the wind, hc might have gone fafe to port, froni whence he was not more than lo or 12 leagues diftant, and where he might, then have fet his puffuer at defiance.. :j His galleon was Indeed larger than the man- of-war, was pierced for 64 gqns, but had only 36 mounted, moft of them 12 pounders, aRd 17 of thcpi brafs: fhe had, befides, 28 petera- roes, in her gunwale, quarters, and tops, car rying each a 41b. ball ; and, before the engage;- ment, fhe muftered 640 men capable of bear-? ing arms, officers and paffengers included. She was, befides, well furnifhed with fmall arms, and was particularly provided againft boarding both by her clofe quarters, and by a ftrong net work of two-inch rope laced over her wafte^ and fortified with half-pikes placed in the manr ner of cheyeaux de frize ; but, notwithftand ing all her defences, fhe had '64 men killed, and 84 wounded, whilft the Ccniprion had pnly 'two men killed, and a Lieutenant and 16 men wounded, GoimoDOfeE ANSON's -VOYAGE. 469 wounded, all pf whom recovered, one man only excepted- . , , Ar;d ho\v .the Comriiodtfre learnt from feme ¦pf the .prifoners,' that the other fliip, which he had kept in the port of Acapulco ,ihe year be- •fore, inftead of f eturnin^ in company with this, ,as was expeded, kad failed earlier jin the feafpn than ufual, and was probably got Into tS'ilanilla before the Centurion fet .fail frprn Mocap; fo that, nptw^ithftandlng our prefent fuccefsj We had reafOn to regret thc lofs pf time occafipned by die "delays of the Chinefe, '(vhich prevented our taking two ^ich prizes inftead of 'one ; though,' to fay ^he truth, if would not have been ah eify 'talk to difpofe of the prifoners. Which, even as it fell out, was a matter that gave theCommodore no fmall difquletude '; for they rWefe above double the number of our own -jpebple ; and fome of thern obferved, when i;hey \vere brought aboard," :how flendefly we ¦were mirined ; and ]thc General himfelf -'c'ould not help expreffing his Indignation to be thus beaten' by -ahandful bf "boys. , It was therefore neceffary for our own prefervation to prevent thfeif rifing'; and that.could-not be fecUrely ef feded \*ithout exercifing a de|;ree of feverky v^hlch in -any other circumftances could nqj: have been juftlfied 'on the principles ofhtoa- hity }' for; there was no, method pradlcable but that of 'firowing the men in the holds p'f. the .,two fhips J and as fpr the officers, 17, in num- 'ber, they were confined in the Firft' Lieutenant's ' Vpi-.U. 3 G cabbin. ,410 Commodore -ANSON's VOYAGE. .cabbin, under a guard of fix men^ iirft d/epriv- ing them of their arms, and then keepings ftrljSt -jy^tch on all their motions.. .Indeed^ the fufferings of the common men, fuch of th^ in particular who were not employed in navi gating the fhip, were much to be pitied; for, 'the weather being extremely hot, theitepcb of the holds loathfpme beyond conception, and their allowance of water but juft fufficient to keep.fhem alive, being only a pint, a day for each map, It was next, to a miracle that not a man of them die.d during their confinement, except five of the wounded, -who expired the very pight they were brought aboard the Cen turion.. Thus circumftanced, the ihotives of humanity, as well as" iptcreft, ftrpngly urged the Cominodore to. haflen his return to China; and the prize .being aiuch damaged. Both in her hull and rigging, it was found neccflary to take her In tow for the quicker difpatch. " Qn the 2 ift of June it blew a ftorm, which continued till fhe 25th, when the fea ran moun tains bis-h : In this ftorm thc Centurion loft her Jong-boat, andthe prize a launqh.- ... On the 2d of July we paffed .between the .Bafnee Iflands, though the rippfing of tbe fea Jeenied to indicate breakers or rocky ground ; but thc wind being fo far to the northward as .to render it difficult to weather them," we rifqued the danger to fhorten the voyage. On the 8th of July, wc made the jcoaft of China", and on the I ith came to. an anchor off. the' city df Mocaoj Commodore' AN SON'S VOYAGE. 411- Mocao ; from thence we proceeded to' thc rlver^ of Canton, Where we met with the ufual ob- ' ftrudions from the cuftom-houfe officers, and where the Conimodorc was agalh obliged, as-' it were, refolutely to force his way to his in-' tended ftation. The_officer who came tp take the dimenfions of his fhips, in thc ufual priaTi- ner, feemed aftonifhed when he talked of being exempted from the accuftomed rates, and' gave bim to' underftand that the Emperor's dpty muft be paid by every fhip that came into his ports ; and the pilot had prlyate Ijiftrudions- riiot to carry the fhips through the BoccaTygris, or narrow pafs that forms the entrance jri'tb the, river of XZanton, till fecurity was 'given for the accuftomed charges. And 'here it may be neceffary juft to mention, . that this pafs, not more than a quarter of a mile in breadth. Is defended by two'' forts on the oppofite fides-, bUt, thefe the Copfnodpre, difregardlng, and being determ'Iried to enter .the river without delay, as the ftormy. feafon , was approaching, he caufed the pilot to be brought before him, and in a determined tone threaten ed' to hang hirn to the yard-arm, if^he did not inftkntly take charge of the fhip, and, carry her ¦ fafe, without ftriking ground, through qbe Bqcca. Tygris into the open river. The poor pilot performed his office, but did, not cigape punifli- , ment for what he could npt help. He was in ftantly feized on being releafed frbm the Cen turion, committed to 'prifo'n, and rigoroufiy 302 difciplinfed 412 Cof/^RtouoR-f A^SQ})l'a VOYAGjE;^ difcipl'ined. with the baipbop. However, Hat found means to get accefs to. the Commodore, afterwards, to iupphcate a recompence, who,; ever ready to reward the. fufferers in his; fervice, pave him fuch a fum as- mpre th^n contented him for his whipping. Nor was the poor pilot the only fufferer; for the Governors of the forts, were both difplaced for not preventing what it. •was Iri vain' for thenri to attempt to oppofe, and for not doing what all the council, rouft know was impoffible to be done. . ; Onthe i6thj the Commodore feht his Second Lieutenant to'Canton, with a tetter to the Vice roy, 'afiigning his reafons for putting into that, port, demanding a licence for purchafing pro vifions 'arid ftores, and intimating an intention of waiting upori his Excellency in perfon to n^ake his acknowledgements. The Lieutenant. ¦v^'as" civilly received, and promifed an anfwer the iVe}tt,day. Iri the mean time, the principal of-, ficers ofthe prize defired permiff^on to go to Canton on their parole, which was readily granted. Thefe no fooner- arrived, than they were called tiefore the magiftfacy, arid examin ed-, when they generouQy and frankly acknow-. ledged, that thtey fell into the hands of die Commodore by the chance of war, arid that though they were prifoners, they were notwith ftanding at liberty to treat for their releafe ; tliey fiid farther, that it was not thc cuftom, among European nations to put prifoners to death ; 6ut that the laws of war avJthorized' ' , ¦ ... much Gosfi^M)DB>E AN(S©N's VOYA-GE. ) 41-3, na^ph feverer treatment than they .had hithertq, metiwlth from tiieir conc^erors. This confeffioni from an enemy had^ great weight wjth tfie Chi-- nefc, who, tilt then, though they ha4 revered the Commodore's naval- force, had yet fufped ed his morals, and had- confidered him',; rather as a lawlefs free-booter, than as- one commif fioned by the ftate for the revenge of publiC; injuries. , ; ; On the 2oth of July, three Mandarines wkfe their retinue came on board, and brought- the Viceroy's permit for a daily ftipply of provifions,, and for pilots to carry the fliips up the r'lver as- high as the fecond bar ; and, at' the fame time, they delivered a mefl^ge from the Viceroy, Irfc anfwer to that pare of tbe Commodore's letter which related to his vifitlnghisExcelleney ; the fubftance of which -meffagei was, that! the Vice roy, wrftied the Commodore to defer his vifit lull the hop feafon- was .oyer, bjit, that. In September, when the wea tJier would-be more temperate, he: fhould be glad to receive him:. This the Com modore looked uppn- as a fineffe, knowing aiv , exprefs was fefit- up to the Epopcror's court at Peking; whence the real motive for putting off thc vifit feemed to be tb gain time to receive the Emperor's inftrudions, concerning/the cere-- mony to be. obferved at his reception. The" Mandarines, having difpatched this pare of their commiffion, next eptCKed-opon. the bufinefs of ^ the port charges; whereupon the Commodore ap once cut them fhort, by telling, them, that, « as 414 CoimoDORE ANS0'N*s VOYAGE; as he did not come to trade; he was not to be" treated upon the" fame footing wkh trading' fhips ; that his Britarinic Majefty's fhips never paid cuftoms in the ports of Edrbpe;iTor ever would befubjed to any pecuniary Impofts in any other port whatever. Finding nothing to' be gained on this head, they told the Commo dore, that they bad ftill another ' matter -'in charge, and that was thc releafe of the prifon ers taken on board the galleon ; for ' that the Emperor would never permit the fubjeds of princes witk whom he was in alliance to be held in bondage in his dominions, nor could the Viceroy anfwer it to his Sovereign if he fuffered it;. and that, "therefore, his' Excellency hoped that the Commodore would give immediate orders. for their releafe. Though nothing could be more agreeable to the Commodpre, who wanted much to be rid of the incumbrance, than this rcquifition, yet, to Ilihancc the favour, he at firft raifed difiieul- ties; but at length fuffered himfelf to be pre-' vailed upon by their intreatics, and concluded,' by affuring them, that, to fhew his readinefs to oblige, he would deliver up the prifoners wheri-- ever the Viceroy would pleafe to order boats to fetch thera. Mafters being thus adjufted," the Mandarines departed : andj in a few -days, two Chinefe junks were fent from Canton to carry them to Mocao, tinder the diredion of orie Captain Fial, Commander of a Spanifh mer-' chant-man,' to wliofe fhip^wc gave chace in our paffage Commodore ANSO'N'sr VOYAGE; 415 paffage from the BaChec-Iflands to Mocao, bpt Iqftifight of her in, the ;nlght. ,:, Tothi;5 gentlematiithe General pf the galleon, pj^fj^ hi^ tifficers, except one ,whp accprnpanied us to England, were delivered up. And now Lha.vp ^occafion to ,jnention.the General, I can not help relating an affair which gave us on board the prize a great deal pf concern, .^ndjfuflicient- ly fhewed the riieanpefs pf his fplrit, and his beggarly craft. , I, have already taken notice, of his being wpijnded,, in the engagement, and of his being indulged with the ufe of his own cabbin till he was fit to be rcniovcd. The Com modore; pver.and.abovc this indulgence, fent him a fprgeon frprri his own fhip, upon a cotn- pla,int,that ^;^e Spaniflj, furgeon op, board the galleon,was quite ignorant in his profqffion ; but at tlie fame time hc fent an officer to' demand his commiflipQ. Pretending to the officer that he was, unable to mpve, he referred him to a fmall box in a locker pf his private cabbin, in which, hp faid, it was, and likewife a fword- ^leU fet.v^I.tK,dIa"^PRds of great value, his .owfn property ; but, upon fearch, neither the corii- miffipn -nor .the belt .could! be found : and, as fpme of pur people had been rumriiaging both that and other parts of the fhip, he jyoteftcd, that, if they could , not , be there found, they liiuft, have been taken away and concealed. Under colour of this concealment, though he never produced his commiffion, he all along re ceived the moft hqmane and gentlemanlike treatment 41$ Cotmotoit MmWs'^^Y^m^. treatment «h*t-'the'i!ilda:'-Wbfthy-dfEder ebatd de^ fire or exped; anS-fLich was -continued .till ^hii departure',-^ when -neither ^his chefts," of "^hich he kad two ^very 'large ones, nor ^liy* ¦6f --hft trunks or cafes -were -fuffe'red to -be feaftAed i but everything which he claimed as hisperfo- aal effeds wercrdelivered to hlm-Witf* fhe'grcac- ^?i|are-and punduallty;; thOifgh, as I Wasaf- l^l'wards informed, be 'had fnany valuable ven tures -c6ricealcd,.-which ought to have been de livered up as priSeie&the captors ; bufj ^dfat was i^vci: examined iri'tK, he carried thedKbtf with dfieMrfell)i» and, it was'fu|)ppfed, was not the leaft a^'pii^^fe- gainers 'by the capture' of'hiS"^ih-ip. l^j^^if^^ however, tq the laft'^^th'e lofs 'f^^hM^^SM"^^^ belt, and; thougli there were t\6ti^mWiiMiki^W^otnh& -could' Chai-ge rhciheft, if^'^)^(^k^ore fuffiei&ntly' ex- p^^td \^\li^^td^0^M the^h^e'by the p|lMbu.ior»JJ2*^irfupdn' tfs; as' fb'OWas "theorize <^i«fexto an'ancfiprirt the • fiver, "b/ r would have been' publkkly expofed ; for, when we afterwards fell dowo to Mocao with the fliips, where we' fold the prize, I was myfelf told by an Irifli" prieft, that the General had both his commif fion and his( belt ; that he made no fecret of the ipatter at Mocao ; and that he had offered' (the jewels (being only made up by Way of blind) among the mCFcfhants for fale. Buttoreturnj during our ftay in the river Can- Kin, our pebple were employed in repairing the Centurion, -over-hauling her fails' arid rigging, cleanfing and ventilating her decks and quarters below, and in paying and decorating her hull; infomuch^ that when fhe came to fall,- fhe had more the appearance of a fhip newly fitted out, than one that had been a three-years voyage in traverfing the globe. While thefe things were doing on board the Centurion, we in thI prize were bufied in rummaging for treafure,' till a- beut the latter end of Auguft, when wc made^ a full end of our fearch, and found, upon ac count of -this captors, in fpecie, 1,278,546 do!- iars, and 1,324 of wrought plate arid virgin • T«t. II. 3 H fUvep, '4i8 , eaMMOBOR-s' ANSOK^S VOYAGE.'* filycr.; The jewels we^fotind were not theo> valued. ,fti<^-.^,^ft, fstrff;-'. :!'>¦?• 'VNM* fJf lat Atthe fame tiqie that the inferior officers and feanaen were etpplpyed' in thefe different feryiqes, the Commodore /had a ftill. mote im-, pjirtaf^l.tiufinefs ijp hand. He knew it was im-. pOiQible fgr us to proceed to Europe* wi^hputun^i . atpple fupply. of prqylfjons and othfef^ea ftores; and, though we were fu/nifhed with a daily ^Iji^^nce, yet np order had been; obtained for "^IJ^'^g "s fpr pur Intended voyage. Ap- pjjcatipn had indeed been made, and terms ar» greqd.upop ij^Ith .^the gont;radprs.tQfurnifli whatr ever was peceffary ; and they h^^ undfiCSikeo tgjj.ppoputftj.t^e^-jgeroy's ; permiffioo --ftyj thetde- ^iy^fiyiS ^"^^^^^Pyt the mMdle of Septem ber, the proper 0|Sk5pr was fppt tQ enquire what forward nefsjt^g^thipgs were jn, he.foMnd that neither the baker had begtyi; to b^|{#.tjie. bread, ^^^i|^l^tcher to -kill- the Qi(cn,. npr was the l@aft-fwp' taken to corppk, wi.th.apy q.ne article - ofj the agreement. We could po ptherwife AC- qpupt for thl§ faji^hlefs. procedure of thfChi- n^ .^fi^j.hy fupppfipg, they, meant to ftarye ^^ int0||j,0)mpll3nqe-wkh their, accttftoi»«d d^ 5?a|iips^qr port charges, witfey^i$ibthB Com- ij^^re >yas deterniined; Qever tOi^qvaefce. In- ^S^t '^^ '^^^ fufpeded, that the .Qontradorsi wV^d Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 41^ iand attachment to all kinds of lucre, thc Chi* ncfe, as a nation, "are not to be parallelled by any other people under the fiin. It wereead- lefa to recount All trtift artifices, extortions, ^d frauds, which were pradifed on \he Commo dore andhis people by this interefted race. The method tff buying provifions in iChinabei ing by weight, the tricks made Ufe' of to iitaktt them heaVy are almoft inc-t-edvble.' At one t'fm* a number of fcmh and ducks b^ihg bought fSf the fliip's ftore; the grea:teft part of them prt^ fently^died, which fpread a gl^fSffl alarm on boafd left they fhould havddiedof poifori;' but, tin examination, it was difcovered that they had been cramWicd'-Wifh fmairftories and gravel t'hemfclVe§, thtey Contrived, by their fecret prac tices, 'wfi^ the Gomriiodoi-fe piit to fea^'that part 'of his live fea-ftore fhould die in a fhort time after k'WSispiton bbard: in order, there fore, to make a feCOnd profit of the dead car- •' mV-^n^ 3 H 2 cafts ^ffi Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. ' cafes which, they expeded wfOl|)d-be thrown over-board, they fflltowed in boats eo pick up the carrion*; and,-* accordii^ly, . two tWpds of the hogs dying before they were out of fight of land, ''their labour could not be in vain. X^^iiji;'?: jiThe treachery of the contradors being i*e>w discovered, ¦the Commodore determined to re- njgiv his, f^Sff^l requifition for an fitidience with thcVg in^en that ^, .when-'j^j the: fam^ on the firJRIi kii |Yiih this vicw^^hil'^^ified his Muni^iii^^Mh ^c^c's ihi^foi^i ^^Mn was ap toniifiiic^ the!?: coimmi] e^-^r'the pa}^Ae^^f;'thf,-fistfe _|tld be Remanded' 'aw^s-fB*^ yiej^ji^l^^GtJHflSiodorc took the ate&^rf-pr^ lent the Chinefe from fsc^katjng eir pretenfions byhavSngl-hifiiiHj Fanton, and, thcrefprei-give tfee Skhe Centurion to his Firfk Lieut. Mf. Brett (now Sir Pkrcy), with-orders; if he fhould, fee detained, to lie at the mouth of the river; and fufferf^. ftvip or boat to p^fs^ orre- pafe t'rll he was^^te|fed, by which the Whole navigation of t.]|^^ver. ^i^ld be - i|«»iedi^d|y obftruded. --'-^i-j-^-J. ¦¦'^^f,.-^--''-^:i'^-!tH , .This being known to tlie Chinefe, they were now' m^e thin ever embarraffed. in their ddi- berations. i i. •#* .f . (2|>MMC«mE ANSON»s VOYAGE. 42 j iietations. The.mpfning of the ift of Odober arrived, and jjjft as the boats crew, eighteen in nupibeTi which the .Commodore propofed. to take wuh him,, Appeared in ibpir ,umform|, jjnamely, fcarlet jackets ag^ '^Ly/tM^V^%°^^^' ghe whole tcimnied^,w.k^^lye/j'wlfh(,- filver, ¦badges. Oft , their j ackers „a^ 'caps, hisjjngy^ c-am^j^a hi.m, (rom ,the Mandarine, to tell |iim, that .a l!5ttcr ha4 been, received from the Vj(i-r roy,:,idefiring the Cprnmodore tq ,defer, jhi& in- tendsd' purpofe for* two or . three^^ys,- wkich not .feeing-.-dpubted, the men weremdered to be m^regiim4 tke,pr?pa.i:atiQns wej5^ laid f^de ; PJ*k :ia |he gfternpoq of .tljgj^^^gKr aijiother l^^ft, capie on hoard,^^3Ji)g|jg ^jg a great *^d lj^up.,that dp>|j|^gjf|g|, gpj^il^ af- f^j^f^^^ the t^n^^^^ jpms.to receive him •, i^iryJiyhfi^iT^ffi^lffiill1iiTftfi'iM,'''c;'''j^ incenfed fent the Com- jlned,. fuppo^g ,the.<;ontgn^p5.t Thigj^at«lfehd aflieded to ap2 , pear very nmeh -pleafed; ^afc he had met^ith no oppofition-in-hl^ way;* pretended; that the Viceroy was therifb fully employed in preparing his difpat&hcs-foT Peking, that there wais no get ting admittance to him ; but that they had en-? gaged one of the officers of kis court, as foon as hc was at leifure, to notify the GommOdoBe^S - - - . ff arrival CoM'StfiiibSir ANSQN^ VOYAGE.: 4^13^ smiv^ and endeavourrtto fi.x the aqdiencet- Tho«^ thc Comrtiqdore knew this to be a falfehood, yet he fuiflered himfelf to be fwnfmdr* ed by the Eurbpeatt Supercacgoes-not to appear to doubt it, provided the Chinefe; merchants. wOivld) undertake that his bread- Ihould be b'akr ed; :his-meat falted, and his ftores in readinefs^ within thc fpace of 40 days ; after whick time, if the leaft article was pretended to, be for||bt- t;en, he would force his way. to the Viceroy, and prefcj; bis complaint. During the interval, while! the contradors were endeavouring' in earneft ta fi^lfii tbeTcerms of the agreemention. their part,. (iwhich bytlie way they ipfifted> ffioilia be paidj for in ' ad's^sRce on hiSi), a fire' broke crut iri^the fjjburbs; ef Gajnton, \vkich'<' on the; firft da'rm might eafily have been extlnguiflied, bypuUing dowrii^^filajB of 'the' adjoining' flieds; which the (cQmaacid«}ff«i with? his -ofiiceri and crew. obferv-' log,' were inftantly about to carry into esaca^ tiojiij but; ithey were told, that whatever thef puirediddwn.they. muft build up again 'aBtlft&r: avin-escpBoce^ and that none but aMmdmno niuft pfefqnie to dired' uponi fuch ^occafioiw. 'jGhe)©3anti'Q«Jore, on this admbjikibn, difpattelied bis people iO© the Engfifh fadory' to- afffft then* ifjr'fccuring their ref&ds, as it was, eafy I3b forefee t^a* no diftance was fafe fwiU' fire, where thei comman-people contented: tbemfelves'Mifkhgazf. ing at it, and novvfand-then holding lip- ari idol QrtwotQceJStinguIfli'iti At length, however, a Wm^^mfmi^. ojj$ of.the cityi with 4 or ,500 ¦i'.'.CA firemen. 424 C^'iwoDORE ANSON'S VOYAGE.' liTemen, who made fomeVery'feeble eff<«'ts to puH down the neigbbouring'houfei ; but by this time tbe firfe had extended itfelf, artd had fpread among .the merchants warchoufes, where the Chinefe firemen had neither fpirit i^r fkill to encounter it; fo that it was feared the' whole city would have been laid in afhes. In this emergency, the Viceroy vOuchfafcd to make his appearance, and a mcffage'was fent to the Com modore requefting his affiftknce. Accordingly, he haftened a fecond tipie, with about 40 ofhis Ipeojple,' to the place where the fire, raged 'with the moft vioAence, and in fight of thc wholfe city performed fuch daring, and, to the people who beheld thera, fuch aftonifhing feats, that the^ looked upon them as falamanders, ahd criaj out, that they cpuld five in fire. In truth, it was no uncommon thing to fee the boldcft artd'riftbfV ac tive, among them tumble on the* roofs 'anndft the ruins of the houfes which their orfiti efforts had brought down under diem. Andthus, by their refolution and agility, the fire was very foon fiib- dued, to the aftonifliment of the Chifie& who ¦were fpedators of the wonders they performed. On this, occafion the Swedifh was the dnly Eoro- pean faftory that fuffered j yeton my arri^^il in England; tq my no fmall diverfion, I read in the Paris Gazette, that the city of Canton had been almpft whoUy 'deftroyed ; and that, in patticukr, the Englifli, Dbtch, Danifii, and Portugudb fadories, had been burnt dowrni and almoft aU jheir effeds coitfumed i but th^t the Freneh I- CoMMtffiORE ANSON^s V0tA(^. 42| ^qryjafi pjtovide&tlally efeaped, their, goods bekig.aU,ihIpped:lje&^e the. conflagration reach ed the quauer albjuedior thelE,refidencqf This figii4 ailiftance; ,Js^i?|^„ %^: Admiral much.,,refged^ he was the ne^ct day, 'Raited Mpon by the principal inhabitants wi^.prefents 9^ thank? j .and fppi^ after, a jpeffsge'.came fs^mj^be Viceroy appointing the 30th of No- Hfjmher.fQrthf day of awdlence. Being highly plc^^. with this l§ft intimation, he inftantly gave Qrde,rs/p/,the neeelTary preparations; and «0®?SF^5hM^-,,^lint, a gentleman belonging tp tfa^, ;^flgjif^,f)^<]tqry, for his interpreter, who^ h^SVm^i uf) froni his ipfapcy among the ^y»*^^ %!^ .l^eV language fl^entlyj and who A^lf4^}}yk^^9 hi«i in charge, 'a part whkh ^^Ch^^ ^tprpreters would nqt have dared ^<^^?dB^li9^, with (equal fidelity, , •'>.P^,.|fe ,4mt ^E^pioted, at 10 o'clock, the ^S9i^f8P^^,^nd.his redflucfct oiit ;' and, as.i|e WPfiR^iili 9»t^y g^^. ,^f the city, 'he Vas; paet Jti^a,g)^;d Pf.3'P9,!^°Wifi*sy who coriduded'hini fft*l^.®W^^iPffi^^.^^,f°''^ ^h^ Emperor's paface, '^;^]£^.^eylcejoy then reflded, where a body ,^^qojjSjtq tbejii^mbcf of lOjOob were drkwn ,iy^ y^de^'arms, who made a fine appearance, ]g^i^^^\^t^j/ , f loathed fqt this Ceremony. ^hf9.Vgfe^'S;'"Jddle of. this bodf the Cpmmo- i^pre wkh^^h^ fetipyft rnarched to the half of au- 4i«^£ej„ wfh^re he found jthe Viceroy feated iih- ''4er a i;ich ic%^opj in the Emperof's chair of Vol. li; ¦¦ ' 31 ftate? %ii Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE; ftate, with aU his council of Mandarines attend* ing. He was feated the third in ordei: fropi the Viceroy, the chiefs of the law andtreafyty bcr- ing thc only perfons feated above hira. „^then, addreffing himfelf to fhe Viceroy by his inter preter, complained to him of the delays he;h|d met with, the ipfincerity of thofe he had em ployed, the vexatious impofition? of t|ieof%:,^j:s Of the taiftoms, the grievances of the Britifli fyt^ jeds, and, finally, the lofs fuftalned by ^|ifi.£[aA llftgfleld Indiaman, who had arrivcfj there difT mafted but a f^w days before the fire happened^ by which the crew had been great; fufferers, and the Captain Iri particular, who hadjqft a^cheft of treafure value 45Qo.j:ahel. To the la|^, ar* tide the Commodore received f^T anfwer, that, in fettling thc Emperor's caftoms Huth , thafc fhip^ the Captain flipuld be copfideredj.," To the other complaints, the Commodore rccehred^iioanfwier at all. And having now gone tju'ough the fe veral articles hc had in charge,, fcom-the conio pany, he entered next upon his own affairs, aijd particularly concerning the licence to ihip off his provifions aftd ftores, which, ke f^^^ w^re all ready, and thc feafon for failing was now fee in. The Viceroy replied to this, that the li cence fhould be immediately iffucd, and that evcry thing fhould be ordered on board the fol lowing day; The bufinefs being now at an end, the Viceroy continued the cgnvcrfation for fome tiqfie on matters of indifference and curiofity ; ^nd, after obferving that the Centurion had been long Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 4*7 long on-^their coaft, he concluded with acknow ledgments for the ferviccs thc Commodore had rendered the Chinefe nation by the adivity of his'people at the late fire, and with wifhing him ia' pfrdfperous Voyage to Great Britain. Thus H^fjpiiy concluded this long-expeded audience j' and, ih jiurfuance of the Viceroy's promifes, thc piPovifions were begun to be fliipped the very liebct day : and now all fhe preparations for putr- tift§ to fea were purfued with fo much expedition, that B^ the 'gth the Centurion and her prize -were'r^ady to unmoor, and on tfie loth paffed thtx)UgB the 'Bocca Tygris into the open road, aild oh 'the i 2th anchored before the town of Mocao.'' While they lay here, the Portuguefe iriercfiants ehtered ihto'treaty with the Commo dore foir the '^f^chafe of the prize, for which they wobfd give no more than 6000 dollars, though worth double that fum ; but thc impa.- tience of the Commodore to be gone, that li$ might himfelf be fhe meffenger of his own good fortune;' and thereby prevent the enterprlzes of the enemy to Intercept him, prevailed upon him to concltrde the bargain ; and, fhe being deliver? vCred on fhe 15th of December, and the money received, in the afternoon of the fame day' he hoffted'^ fail, and took his departure foin thjs time; till the 6th of Marchy we had pleafant wtathtr, with few exceptions ; but on that and the three following days, being near flip Cape of Good Hqpb, -wp had fome boifte-, -f- roqs CoT»MODOR? ANSON's VOYAGE. 4a^ TOUs ftoPHis; yet, when we arrived at Table- bay, on the nth, the Dutch knew not that at)^ fvjch had happened. We found riding here two j^t^ifh Eaft-Indiamcn, th« Salifbury apd Warwick, each of whic|i> faluted us with 13 ^IjBft, Hjid we returned ii. We i»lfo fpund five )QiuGi^,^ps, one of which, having, as Admi- ^^a^flag at his «»ain-top-maft-head, faluted "V^-jSith g guns, to which -we returned 7. Af .|^ .at- night we parted pur belt b.ower cable and -fesw^ft: both of which were very rptteoj and thgjiQe^t day moored again with Gthers pur- okE ' MN>S<^|lf 's V©¥MJB. -mizzenikop-faik During'ftiisftiuall'the'fMp laid down very lik»ch;'aAd 'wte' wefe-'ii? flfe'^Httrioft danger* hf "GUI' 'biafts coming by 'the'-board ; btTt 'ptotidentlally wc efC'Spe'd withdikHftlf ther darnase. ' - *wti wi ¦»''j.vi«v -»--"•?• <^-> '"^u- ^^^.a • The 9fh'of June, \h the evening, 'it^eirig a Khiek fog;~ ^««X)rt a fudden faw a ftfi^^l^ by us 5 we fined a'^otj" and -brought her ®?ifShe proved an Englifb ftiip from AmftSidaft^Bi^Ba for PhiladelpWi or Carolina, with Palatifte %mi- grant^.-i -She' gave us thc firft notice ''of ^ war with France, and 'proceeded' on fih#?fi¥^^e. The. ittth trf^ June we came into fotfflaBftgs. The nth;. it half p^^i*feif^in tftf^ta^Sillg, we difeovered three fail; and ^totielTi ttftP^r- noon fpoke with one of^ikciS^^ll^flg-aJEifiitch ihip from Dublin. 'I' At J^U«nfti tiM!i^,^tfie' fe cond, being pretty near u^/flie*k«d'I3fiiteh co lours. ' The third, who hid ^bdcBiiirchiaVe of the others the whole day,^ perceiving* we de- figned> to fpeak ^ith^ •hters''ftodd"ftbm'iys'v^iik all "the fail fhe could; crtWii.^i Wt gave chace to her for about' three hou*s, when; finding we did not gain upon her, we refumed our foi*'mer courfe. '^ On the 12th, in the morning, theft^ clearing upt, wc perceived the Lizard Pt)ini : but thatthe fignal perils, which had ^doften threatened usi and from which we ka^49eei» more than once providentially" delivered, might be difcoverablc to the laft, we were afterwards told that there twas a French^ fleet of confi derable force cruifing In the chops of the Chan- -8ji-j , nel. Commodore ANSON's VOYAGE. 451 ncl, Jthrottgh the middle of .which we had this night £^kd withaut being perceived. - r-«f ai ¦ ; On,thei3th, between the Ifle :of Portland and .the Jfle of Wight, we faw a flilp towing another which was difabled in her mafts. This flnp pBoved the Salamander privateer, with a French prize, gi The 14th, at eleyep- in the morning ,we anchored at tbe back. of the Ifle of. '^igbti; ¦and ,in the, evening weighed, and again aisichored at Spithead. — Thus we, finifhed a loi^/^pd, ,piei|"ilous voyage, which- had lafted the^^af*rBnd» nine months, after having by its events,- as Mr. Walter obfertes, i ftrongly evipeednthis! impieii^srtt Itruth, That ', though psuflfnfilj intrepidity,, and perfeveraeceiuiiilted, are .natreKeraptedfjiom.the blow* of adverfe foftqne, yeii,? innarlfrtg :feries ;of traniiadionsy they,tifiiMiybrifof»»perior-» to its power; and ia the end rarely ^fail ©f;>ppQving fuccefsful." .Ait- -, [Haying npwr^brdSught this-ceM>i«aie#vo55a^ to a cpncli*fio?ii it mtay, perhaps, be expeded that -WBhftlfluld give fome account of the Spa- •niftfifi^liaidiifpruf "which we have more than once had OGi3afi^iW{-«lPBfii.on, and which was fo near jntcrcepting the Commodore at fiirft fetting out, thatf'had the Spanifli Admiral ¦ cruifed to the eaftwandtof the ifland of Madeira, inftead of the weftward of it, the two fleets mufti have certainly met ; and, in that cafe, whatever had been thcicvent of the adion, the progrefs of the voyage muft have -been effedually prevented. . iwv. .-.tt 5- This 432 CoMMODo&E ANSON's VOYAGE. This fqtradron was coimipo&d of the £iilQ0A ing fhips : the Afia, of 66gans, yobmen, com-^ maaded by Don Jofeph PIzarro, as Admiral } the Goipufcoa, 74 guns, 700 men ; the Her- mione, ^4 guns, 500 men ; tbe Efperaoza!, 50 guns, 450 men ; the Eftevaft, 40 guns, 350 men; and a J^aeache of 20 guns,- 120 men j And over ^d above this cotnplement, ti^iy had on board an old Spanifh' r^imeait of foot, in* tended to reinforce their gafrifons in the South Seas, and to-'boufttorbolance the laqd forces tha£ it was known were ifitended to be put on board the Commbdor^. When this^ fleet had Cruifed; as has been &id, to tke 1aewa"r# of Madeira, till Tthey were in a banner cettiiA tkat theComhrodons had either ^paffed by, dr ^ferred^hisiwiyagc^ their Admiral determined to purfue his inftrudtions, and con tinue his courfe to the Spuch iSeas ; but firfl, k was neceffary to fteer to the coaft of Brazil to recrtiif his' |ir^viflo4is, being vi^alled ariy tfor four rhonrbs, ahd fiibre than two of the fcnr being already elapfed. • ¦ , Accordingly, about the beginning of Novem ber, 1740, he bRE ANSON's V0YAt5E, 433 arrival at that port, andt)f the weak condiiabn he Was tHep ip ; ,but,;Whj>^ever'\vere his reafons, P,izarrq^dcclined malllftg anf' other, ufe )Sf,* this inteliigehce^*' than haftehih^ h)s' |)r^parations to double the capte,. which he hoped -133 effed Ibcfiire tfie tomnjbdqre Was ih readip^fs'fiif fol low him!' 'With ihis viev^,. aftfer rcffeifil'h^' h& crew,^ awd fe'cruiting his water, be inftantly fet fail wit'hbiit waiting for his'provifipns.fwhicb, however, arrived i, day^ two after he fet fail), rightly conciudirig, thst, 'if fie got the ftart of the Cdmihbdorc ih the Squth , pjeas, he fhould nqt only] alkr^ the coaft, but fq ftrengthen iht forts againft the attacks qI' the, enemy, ^s effec tually to baftle their' defighs,' by, deprlying therii of ^he means q^'procuring neceflaries, ^u't^ ript- withftapding this precipitation, the Com'moj^bfe put to fea four days lifore hiro^ |^ha,'^?n lOfiie part ttf the paffage rbUnd ^he'Clipe^ the'fteets were fo near each qther, thatthe Peiafl^ -as^i^s been faid, being feparatejd4h ^ ftorm, r'arj withm gun-fhot of the Afia befofe Ihe found^er hiif- ,take. ¦ '^ _ ' ' ' ! It was ^ith the otmiDft difficulty, ahd"'not without Confiderable revvards, that the Spartifli failors were. pre\^ajled Upoft to undertake the paflage round Cape Eiorri at that teijnficftiioiis ' feafon : hoi*^ver,. being on^c engaged, they cofi- tinued to perfefire, till by tlte latter end of Ft- , bguary they had.run the Icngtl^ j>f the'Cf fiii, and were turning to the weftward, wheti 'a ftorm arofe, in which the Guipufeoa, Hermion'a, Vol. II. 3 K - aiid 434 CoMMODoni -ANSdN^s VOYAGE. and H^eranza, loite|ah*j)^Ke Ad.twfalj'M*'6ji the '6ih 'W'l^^bh^m^^i'^'^^^ from ^^th^f -im^Wi^l^^'^th'm'4LQm>i»- m^vMetit^foir^ the ter ^irt '^'Hver of ^| , pf Miv^'^s- join^^jaiBef fniindfired.at feai ,on&^ffi#ltave^teve^^^ VGu&ie#lfe'«r't:feflf%l s;^%h5^'Jhis'^ Silk ifr^^ilH- J%f fhe^ fibri-gfe^ly^^bSfiftdd, ;k)%'^^ain^'-th¥ee; and Ao^^it?5a :s. ¦yyV wE?bh"c^i¥teA^ fo many ef th€c^fe;^ii "c Ip. }£>o; ,&±nt~:-(^ rdiers -•'!n: G<©iMpmjRE ANSON's VOYAGE. 435 liihe: A§a, t^o n^vird^ f.he Admiral, >»i?'®j?f««,®rig.T^^jy^o^'^;other nroii^g Ji><*t^|ha[6 ofgijei^riajciijjg Pie,iyhpfc fiock m •'pmtkS'' ¦^'ht^^^i '?^i^^"'2When^MiRP9i«hfi i^ay ^qi^ffl^ ??f tfjlpii^fspp ftfiiMp'ttrthe ^onfefil^ ^^ne ¦"d^aa^^^heili^ at the;i*(^it^ of n meafures to ;4?ff^t''their g,'"and to prmg three oi 'the ripg- •_h:pyni%qerit, .rf j£ ¦' ;';,:ni^-^- ^%verc o|W Sffl%ffl|"^(^ultiplied aH^ wlrich cbii% fltf^^^reVented. _*««^|^-^'^"HthiBt,7^ '«?oft ''diielSfal of all j^h# W^^l^'?^^ more gpre,yous •, 'f&@iitt^,^I^r|%|?^t^ualiy tnpre an<^ ^ni.ore ^l^ffifi^^dnf^e" ^n lefs' able 'to ftan4 ^t the p 'jViJothing was {^{be feen ' but^fife'^Qn- lihrievery Gbqr(^namdei nothing h^^^-d. but lai^htatiidn^^^ahd c^pmnts, which jy^^em- .iSttfeed li^the abfG^fie>^I^l?iUty i?f teliev- Mii^^.: Under;th%;^^'\j^^%e^ea:ing rjl^ftipftahees; the ^i^.f^^^mi^h^i^'yiyhea :&carriy^>t Monte i^^#y^^#*^Jlf her crew The.EfteVa||l,;;,Wheii ^hored tfioft brought: ffpflv^iiiynf^ii, the fcoBt', andthe ,'^hMe, fegitttearigjl'j ;'€o men only excepted, perifhed. Being 43$ CoMMpDORE A:NSOI>Ks VCSAGE^ .fpmn^'Ximf itiJitmt^^M^iitiiist'^mafs^'m^t ro\idifpatchad;.'3^c^E^«c6^^9«^ fi^,to.'Sf. ^i Chili,, ta bB^re^a^f^i^ paa^iiif^ to !issr^y.:M iipli,;^^kMxil^jg^fK^ of 20'p,®Q^ -dollars rj^^^iv^ IWM^ta&^aalh . the x^^er i»j^^m^kSi]f9^b^sf^.l^P>^^ this di^W^iui^^i^^^i^y&lmf^^^ when t^J^€Ndill(^,.^Viir''every , p«rC4^f lAi^i;i^«^tua3ite!je^^dition;-, The Efte^ van,^:9^^jQ||^^^|)%^bming down, the riye-r.-P^a^< -iran ^pnaaihpj^^nid beat, offyier rudder^itftdti^e sAfikj. tbgugjv^Jhe^ j(^0(;eeded alone, with mode* -?»?8^»^^#»^¥tf«t|*Y#J^abk gale/yet wheii 41^ ;3spdv^iyfti}B:^h^to:r)|f -Cap© Borti, .%M 4fa,^^tj^j^H^va^co^S^ui, Wearitig-^,e; ihip, J&rae UStf^fedt^cJ^ W-the rivCr of Plate ; ..fronj ?i?dhience-^^rQ: undertook , to crpfs ^ t§c cp^ti- i:»p|ipb^l|w^-^d, w^h fome diiScmlty'aG^omr 93^i{b^^-4rfign.nii^ rJ^'^" '=:,-St. r;^0 i^.i «fcs^^wt^:{ilne "Don-.l^^yiiji^Sa^-I^Cla^i;!.!?!? ^^I^^CQit, wreciseip^-?!^.,!^ 'jb^^n^^i^,. ,on Ijef Braz^, efcai , which Mindmuetta*d'aputfij|,f SBr'^i '^mcur^^Mof^ between thif/Ii^*' ,r^i(yifh |tkof^;£«f bJ5 1^ o^^f^n^eft- jei^pflMV^h^jftt i' t^.the Pqrtpguefe, i*^-|.q|fpl§ted hjp- > repair, ad, arrived m Pizarrp, ¦f^fpgrapza, _.3nc;ilfalak !^qii^:>3Bjders, which 4^^ C^mtobOKt A'N-SON^'s VOTAGE. ^c^ ^? )^iperqf Tpf^I*^?^ in KPin*cf(^#««»"cd ^o^ J-cfl^iFbaJp •? to'jfe'^Hth;, rff^n^^pyer M! th^fEp'gUfti and 'l^rt^^ttefei-Whoiif ftfe |^ Ui^-d^jpfeidcwit-h great infolence.. At-t-he-k^ad of r:?h;js <3onfpiracy was ¦ their Ghjdf -Ocdykna,; andj.-ftne ,eyening» about nine o'ck^I?;^-!^ and his c^hiifrsmbns eame'afl together qjp,^ t^S? qflfWr tiiry^tkt'P^^- drew towards the door^^j^gpf^ cabbinv 'The boatf^iy^in • jmfliediai&?}j? ^iifpri- imnds(df tkfem, J andi0t#red 'them tb^igdi^i -©n- tht5 Orellaoa- fpoke to -his fe4ipw(Hit.vii| . his Ijwitlve -jiartgiif^r.^''^*^ ij^ .-^^^ dte*r^x)flfj* two towi^di^eaek gaj^v^jbaj^^ the Ghk^-atid the .femaiiMag-.^Jt-^era^y^f* be ftdwlyj qukting *h&- ORE A'NSO-N's VO'^AGE. 439 ay uf63^fe^-th0fe fav.^i,^lved to' attack them in their turn on thei qdarter- xleck. ?iVil!h this viewr, Pizarro ^nd his officers ventured to half'^open the cabbin-ddor,''wfeIch Orellarta atttempiing to force, was IhOt dead by Mindiriuetta; on which his faithful followers, •abandohidg all thoughts- of further refiftance, inftahil-y leaped into the fea. Thus was this infurreJS^i&n quelled, and the Spaniards fuffered aftcrw^S quietly to proceed on their voyage j and, about the beginning of 1 746, they arn-ved fafe in Spain, after having beenabfent between ¦four and five years. ' : ' By this unfortunate expedition the! naval force of Spain was much weakened : they lofl: •in it 3boo of their beft failors, ope whble ii*^ 'ment df ' veteran foldiers, four ftout ihi^s'-' of v(i^r, and a patache-*, for we have obferved that the Hcrmiona foundered at fea; the Guipufeoa ^was ftranded and funk on the coaft of Brazil ; the St.'Eftevan was condemned and broke u]|> in the riverof Plate; and the Efperanza, being carried into the South Seas, was unable to re double the Cape, or to return back ; lb that the Afia alone may be regarded as all the re mains of that fquadfbh with which Pizarro firik pqt tofea. '¦ .-IO