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The Second Edition, revifed and republifhed By George Shelvocke, Efq\ ,. r. -!«— k LONDON: ■■ ; ' '■■*^^^;| Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, M. & T. LoifQMAtr^ in Fftter-mfter.rinM. MDCCLVII. » 'V^^.^iJ. .^:»' i^i'-'ji '»«'.A'.»",-iffii;«!.' ipiiiJHi||w •'iw^mfm'm'm^mr^ T^f!3:^"^^Y0PK■ PUBlhJ^.RARY l|g734. , WENOX AiMU fOUN DAT Kims,. 1889, • u A I 1 ''i .. •^ / V •'•■-■"'A •^?T"'?^ /-'■■'■ " .. -•*•■■ » ♦» -. .. - If " *■ V -v: ir '^'xitf ^^'&m- z*^^: > V ^,'' « w • ' * . '. ?'J( * ' -it \h ^?±:. xi ?■ ".-j'-.iish'^'L I • 5i «Ti a^JS -< _>. ••(; &t^ .,? It'' lb lb it; To the Right Honourable The Earl Temple; Honourable Edward Bofcawen, Efq-^ Temple Weft, Efqi George Hay, L, L> D. Thomas Orby Hunter, £/jr; Gilbert Elliot, Efqj Honourable "^ohn Forbes, Efq'f. Lords CommiJJioners for executing the -Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, ^c. . ■'•'••? My Lords y / HERE having, for fome years paft, been a defign to republifti late father's, voyage, I A 2 thought ■<:•:!•* / DEDICATION. thought It a duty incumbent on me, to attend to the performance of it, in the heft manner I could ; and, efpecially, as it was my chance to go through the whole voyage, in company with him, myfelf. The advantages it may have derived from this circum- ftance, may be too inconfidera- ble for me to fay ; but, flich as it is, I beg leave to prefent it to your Lordfhips. It could, certainly, have been no where elfe offered with more propriety, and as every attempt of this kind, may, in time, be of ufe, to extend the limits of our navigation and commerce ; I perfuade myfelf I can ftand in no need of an apology, with your Lordihips, upon this occa- iion. dedication/ fion, as, by virtue of your office, you are fo eminently and immediately concerned for the profperity and prefervation of both the one and the other. It is with this prefumption that 1 beg leave, with very great deference and refpe£t, to fub- fcribe myfelf. Tour Lordjhips Mofl Obedient and Mojl Humble Servant^ Gkorge Shelvocke. 45096 i. ^ -i-.-.j -'-',-.- .'■aiii/... ii \ PREFACE. T Hough, after fo long an interval of time, it may be needlefs to revive the original preface, which ap- peared with the firft impreffion of this voyage, in the year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, it may, nev- erthelefs, be neceffary to acquaint the reader, that two fhips were imployed in this expedition, the one called the Succefs, a river built galley, which carried thirty odd guns, and the other called the Speedwell, a foreign built fhip, which mounted twenty odd guns, both of them much too fmall for the force they were defign'd to be of, both in regard to the number of men and guns. The Succefs was com- manded by Captain John Clipperton, who had ferved in the South Seas, un- der Captain Dampier. The Speedwell A 2 was 11 PREFACE. was commanded by Captain George Shelvocke, who had been bred a Tea- man under Admiral Benbow, and had gone through a regular courfe of fer- vice in the Royal Navy, where he had acquired the reputation of an excel- lent officer, and a gentleman v/ithout reproach, wich all that knew him, and among the reft, with fome in high command, under whom he ferved as lieutenant, in fome of the great fliips, and by whom, if they had lived, he might have been more particularly diftinguifhed. Captain Clipperton having been in the South Seas more than once, it was thought proper he fhould have the largeft (hip, and the chief command, and Captain Shelvocke was to ferve under him. Thefe two fliips were to ad in concert together, for the good of one common intereft; but being feparated by a violent ftorm at fca, foon PREFACE. iii fooii after they left Plymouth, the fhips themfelves became divided for ever afterwards, though the men them- felves met more than once, after a ve- ry long fpace of time, and in very dis- tant parts of the world. After this, no more need to be faid, by way of introdudion to the voyage itfelf, ex- cept it be that the reader is entreated to excufe fome errors of the prefs, the moft material of which, it is hoped, are corrected in the following table of errors. ERRATA. Page 21, I. 25, for ther read ether, p. 69, 1, i i.for jiriatt jevid-jiraits. p. 70, iox South by Weji , and Eajl bj South, read South and by JVeft, and Eaji and by South, p. 77, for Noi-th Eaji by EaJi, and South Eajl by South, read North Eaft and hy EaJ}, and South Eajl and by South. In the fame paragraph, for dijiancc x^'.zA difiant. p. 1 19, 1. 15, for //^zV read By this. p. 13I 1, 13, {qx f.ajhing XQzdiJIafiing, 1. 18, f OX got to lead go f. p. 170, in the title of fedion V. for tiventy. eight read eighteen degrees, p. 18c, 1. 20, for Eajl by South read Eofi and by South, p. 262, 13 for refcmbling xtzArefetnhie. p. 336, 1. 23, for ^very read a 'very. p. 41 1 , 1. 17, for traSl read track, p. 414, 1. 10, iox M^ejl by North xcad IVrJi and by North, and Jower down, in two places, for North by PFeJi read North and bjWeJi, p. 448, I. zJj., {ox luork xq2lA ifjorked. ■i fftf-fritnp-waYiH i i'M" ' jtrnw .iaatfjWi THE CONTENTS. SECTION I. Page i SECT. II. Arrival at the ijland of St. Catherine's, on the cooji of Brafil, in the latitude of twenty-feven degj-eeSy thirty mi- nutes South. 1 4 Account of the ifland of St. Catherine's. 54. The Voyage continued. 59 SECT. III. Arrival at the tfland of Chiloe, on the coaji of Chili. S3; An Account of the ijland of Chiloe, on the coajl of Chili, and its inhabitants. 107 Voyage continued. 1 20 SECT. ly. Arrival in the Bay of Conception, in the latitude of thirty fix degrees South, on the coaJi of Chili, and tranfaSlions whil/i we lay there. 127 Defcripiion of the bay of Conception. 159 Voyage continued. 161 SECT. V. Arrival in the road of Arica, in the latitude of eighteen de- greesy twenty minutes South, on the coajl of reru, and tranfadions there, 170 Voyage continued. X78 Arrival at the iflands of Lobos. 188 Defcr'^ption of the ijles 5/" Lobos. I go SECT. VI. Arrival in the cove of Payta, on the '•oajl of Peru ; an ac- iount of our tranfa^ism thergy particularly of Qur taking the i •i 54 59 127 159 161 de- and 170 178 x88 193 ac- hing the CONTENTS. ilye Uwn ofP&ytz, and engaging with the Spanlfh Ad- jTiiral in that harbour, 193 Second arrival at the ijland of Juan Fernandes. 212 SECT. VII. Jla account of the moji remarkable tranfaiiiom and occur- rences^ during the time of our flay on the ijland of Juan Fernandes, after we had been jhipwreck'd there. 21 5 Our manner of living on the ijland of Juan Fernandes. 251 Vefcription of the ifand of ]uzn Fernandes, in the latitude of jhirty-thres degrees, and thirty minutes South, on the caajl of Chili. 254 Departure from the ijland of Juan Fernandes, iu the bark we built there, called the Recovery. 267 Defcription tf the ijland of Iquique, and the high land of Carapucho, in the latitude of nineteen degrees, fifty mi- nutes South, on the coaji of Peru. 278 SECT. VIII. Arrival in the road of Pifco, in the latitude of thirteen de- grees, forty- five minutes South, onthecoajlof^^xw, where we take a Spanijhjhip called, the Jefus Maria. 285 'Voyage continued in the Jefus Maria 289 SECT. X. i Second arrival in the cove of Payta, in the latitude cf five degrees, fifteen minutes South, on ihe coaft of Peru, which town we take a fecond time by flratagem, 291 Vefcription of the town ^- .,-...-,4 ■?* I Map oftiie ELD r , \ , / I '"orfi' V O Y AGE ROUND THE W O R T would be needlefs to give the reader an account of the many difficulties we met with in equip- ping our fhips from England; my delign herein being purely to relate what- ever remarkable happened to us in the courfe of fo long and dangerous a voyage, and with- al to give a defcription of the diiferent coafls and countries I faw (fo far as came within the reach of my knowledge) whether for th^ fervice of the navigator, or the amufement of the curious., This being what I chiefly aim at, . I fhall endeavour to contra(5t my re- B lation A. D. 1719. f ui,!. , iiiin A. D. 1719 -I .■:l .i i«Sii!!!t. !/^ Voyage round the H'^orU, lation, fo as it may neither deter the reader by a ncedlefs prolixity, nor leave him unfa- tisfied with an impcrfcift account of things. On the thirteenth of February, one thou- fand, feven hundred and nineteen, wc failed from Plymouth, in company with the Suc- cefs of thirty-fix guns, captain John Clip- perton, who in confideration of his know- ledge of the coafts and cuftoms of Chili, Peru and Mexico, was to adl as chief of the expedition, from Knd ^" Sunday, February the fifteenth, I came under the Succefs's lee, and com- plained of the cranknefs of my fhip, which proceeded from our having too much weight aloft ; and therefore defired captain Clipper- ton to fend for his wine and brandy, which , I had on board, that I might have room to ftrike down fome of my guns into the hold» which being done I did not doubt but that i fhould be able to hold him way. But this he entirely neglelSting, he loft his fea flock of li- quors; for we were, a night or two afterwards^ Separated feparated by a violent florm, fo that we ne- two years afterwards. We kept company to- gether no longer than till Thurfday, Febru- ary the nineteenth, when between nine and ' ten reader unfa- lings. : thou- r failed e Suc- 1 Clip- know- • Chili, ■ of the enth, I i com- , which 1 weight CUpper- , which, room to he hold» Mt that I it this he )ck of U- :er wards, it we ne- :iU about ipany to- Febru- nine and ten j4 Voyage round the World. ten o'clock at night, there came on a very violent ftorm ot wind at South Weft, which obliged us to take in our topfails. The gale encreafmg upon us, and being very much prefled, I hauled up my forefail under the Succefs's lee, upon which (he made a fignal for bringing to. By eleven of the clock we v^ere under bare poles, with our yards a port- land, not being able to fufFer one knot of canvas to be out all night, except, for a very litde while, a reefed mizen. About midnight a fea ftruck us upon the quarter, and drove in one of our quarter, and one of our ftern dead lights, where we fhipped great quanti- ties of water, before we were able to ftop them up again. For a confiderable time we were under continual apprehenfions of foun- dering. This accident expofed us to the greateft danger. We were not able to get the Ihip before the wind, nor could we work the pumps upon deck, the lee pump being all the time under water j befides, that a fuccef- fion of prodigious feas drove over us, fo that no one could ftand on his legs. In this me- lancholy ftate, the chain pump was the only thing we could have recourfc to, and, by means of that, it pleafed God we were deli- vered from impending deftrudlion. When I B 2 mention A. t> ■Jigfe, ii^H*>X> A, D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. mention this, I muft obferve, that it is un- common for fhips not exceeding two hundred tons, to have chain pumps. In fliort, a feaman can judge what muil: have been our condition in a (hip of not above two hundred tons, with eighteen fix pounders mounted between decks, 'vith a large launch, which rowed with fourteen oars, under our hatches, and with a hundred and one men on board of us, four fifths of which were land men, and crouded with provifions for fo long a voyage. But all the damage we fullained, by this bad weather, was the Ipoiling of about a thou- fand weight of bread, and one barrel of pov/- der, which the water came at. February xh"^. twentieth. We had no fight of the Succefs or any other vefTel whatfoever. At noon we fet the mainfail double-reefed, and at midnight fet the topfails and flood to the north- wefl ward. In the morning the hehn coat was waflied away, and was not fe- cured again without much difHculty. The people This florm fo terrified the greatefl part of my fhip's company, that I was informed no lefs than feventy of them were refolved upon bearing away for England, there to make com- plaint againfl the fhip. They alledged flie was fo very crank fhc would never be able to «mtinv *. % : IS un- undred feaman )ndition ;d tons, 3etween I rowed les, and rd of us, en, and , voyage. ' this bad a thou- . of pov/- l no fight atfoever. e-reefed, flood to |ning the s not fe- • ft part of >rmed no \:) 1 IL^. A Voyage round the Worlo, ' to carry us to the South Seas. But on the twenty-third, having perceived fome difcon- tent to be amongft them, I ordered them all to come upon deck, and ufed what arguments with them I was maftcr of, to encourage tliem to proceed -, I told them that if the fliip was tender and unable to bear fail, it wascaufed by her being peftered fo much aloft, but that as we were incumbered only with provifi- ons, we fhould, in a little time, eat and drink her into a better trim ; that having through providence efcaped a moft violent tempeft, a fmall fpirt of wind would now run us into fair weather ; that I would take all opportunities of repairing the defedls we were fo fenfible of in the late hard gale of wind, and fill up our quarter and great cabbin lights (which were very large and low) with firm plank -, and having no aw- ning, I promifed to provide fome fhelter for them over-head.' I at the fame time affured them, * that- to my own knowledge, our bottom was thoroughly refitted, and in a perfed: good condition; and reminded them of the fcheme of the voyage, which formerly they were fo well pleafed with, and which promifed- I might almofl fay, a certain recompence for all the difficulties B 3 « we A. D. 1719. .gmmSML A. D. P7'9- ^^T ^ Voyage round the World ' we might have to encounter.' But all I could fay was but to little purpofe ; for they continued in their refolution to clap the helm a weather y and grew to that height of info-» lence at laft, that I was obliged to call upon my officers to afTifl: in bringing thefe muti-- neers to reafon. To this purpofe they moil of them appeared armed ; and the fight of this fo ftartled them, that they foon diiband- ed } and having ordered two of them to be made faft to the geers, to receive the punifh- ment they deferved, I was prevented from doing what I defigned, by fome of their com^ panions, who came in a very fubmiffive man- ner, and begged I would forgive them, as I did, upon their promife for the future to behave themfelves more obediently, and as became them. A little after this, obferving them to • be in fome tolerable difpolition, and inclined to be tradtable, I ordered them fome brandy, and tney drank to our profperous voyage, and I found that the dram being repeated, proved the befc means of overfetting their wicked intentions. But the very evening after this, Simon Hat- Simon Hatley, my fecond captain, inftead of the command contributing (^s he ought) all that was in his of th? fhip. power to keep us quiet, had like to have thrown us into the utraoil confufion, by ta- king It all I for they he helm of info-, all upon fe muti-- ley moll fight of diiband- em to be E punifli- ited from leir com- five man- i,asldid, o behave became them to • incUned e brandy, pge, and I, proved r wicked after this, inftead of A^as in his to have |i, by ta- king ^ Voyage round the World, king an opportunity to difpute with me the command of the fhip, telling me upon deck, and before moft of the fliip's company, that he had private orders from one of the chief of the Gendemen Adventurers, and captain Clip- perton, to take the charge of the the fliip upon himfelf. I afked him if he had a pri- vate commiffion too ? but to this he returned nothing but expreflions of contempt for the commiffion, treating it as what was but of little value or confequence, alledging it was but juft he fhould have the command, becaufe he was the only perfon that had any knowledge of the South Seas, whither we were going. How far this might have prevailed amongft the people who had begun one mutiny by themfelves, and were probably ripe for ano- ther, efpecially when headed by what they might think fo confidcrable an officer, I can- not fay ; had not his unfeamanlike behaviour, in the late ftorm, rendered him ridiculous to them, and apparently unfit for fuch a charge. It may be imagined I was under no fmall uneafinefs when I reflected on my ill fuccefs hitherto -, to have been feparated from captain Clipperton as before mentioned, and imme- diately after that, to find myfelf with a fhip's company, I could not well exped any thing B 4 from A. D. 1719. i^tL 8 A. T>. 1719. I ' -^Voyage round the World. from, but trouble and vexation ; and to have To foon the diflatisfadlion of knowing I had an officer immediately next to me, from w^hofe imprudence and milbehaviour, the worfl v^^as to be dreaded in the courfe of fo long a voy- age, could not but give m^ fome uneafinefs and alarm. It was not unreafonable to con- ceive, that thofe who could dare to be fo info- lent fo near our own country, where I might, in a day or two have brought them to juftice, "Would ftick at litde or nothing in remoter parts, where they might have plaufible pretences for behaving as ill as they pleafed. ^ ' . - ' . Refleding on all this, I found myfelf un- der a neceflity to behave myfelf with all circumfpedion and precaution, to prevent our being divided into parties, or our being fub- jed: to the caprices and humours of an igno- rant fet of men, either of which was more than enough to fruflrate the ends of our ex- pedition. We had a very tedious paiTage to our firil: place of rendezvous with our confort, which was the Canary Iflands, where we were to cruize ten days for one another. In our way thither, we fpake with feveral (liips but could hear no news of the Succefs. March /m ■m igno- .A Voyage round the World. a March the feventeenth, we arrived at the Ca- A. D. naries, and cruized out the time appointed by '7*9- our inftrudlions to meet with captainClipperton the Canaries! there. During this but little remarkable hap- pened, except that on the twenty-third, I fent my launch in chafe of a fmall velTel we difco- vered under the Grand Canaries, whofe people perceiving themfelves purfued, ran their vefTel took a fmall afliore. My people with much difficulty got ^^^^^^' her off again, though fhe was hardly worth the trouble. She was only an open boat of about fixteen tons, with nothing in her but a fmall quantity of fait, and a quarter-cafk of wine, the greateft part of which was drank by my boat's crew, before they brought their prize to the fliip. Having finifhed my cruize among thefe iflands, without hearing any thing of the Succefs, I found myfelf in a very melancholy ftate. I was to confider that the next appoint- ed place of rendezvous was at the ifland of Juan Fernandes, in the South Seas, and that I was to get thither by the way of the ftraits of Le Mair, and by going round cape Horn, a navigation I was appreheniive our fliip was in no condition to cope with, and particularly as ihe was without any fhelter to cover the people from the fiiow, or to defend them in any de- gree tmHa J^ > +; m m 10 A YoYAQL round iheWo'SLLD. A. D. gree from the rigours of fo cold and fo inhof- '7»2. pitablc a climate, or the aflaults of fuch feas as we fhould have to pafs through, in the more fouthcrly trades of our voyage . The profped: being fo full of danger, it was neceflary to employ all our thoughts how heft to prepare ourfelves for fo perilous an undertaking. How, or at what place, this was to be effeded, was the difficulty j however, I refolved not to look back, but to proceed in fuch a manner as might prevent the evils I could forefee, taking efpecial care to betray nothing in myfelf that might daunt or difmay my ihip's compa- ny, or difcourage them from prdceeding on fo perilous a voyage as ours might have feemed to them to be, in a fhip we began to feel was fo flenderly provided to carry us through it. Upon March the twenty-ninth, we took our departure from the ifland of Ferro, in Departure^ from the Ca- iiopes to meet with captain Clippeiton among nanes, ^^^ iflands of the Cape de Verd, and we took our prize along with us. But in our paiTage thither, my people began again to be dif- contented, and, in fhort, mumrured among themfelves, and grew to be fo troublefom, that I thought I could do no lefs than keep the arm.3 out of their reach, which I did by (lowing them away in the bread-room. ' Upon :;'-,3, J. b inhof- uch feas he more profpedt jlTary to prepare r. How, ;ed, was I not to manner forefee, in myfelf ; compa- eding on e feemed feel was ugh it. we took ''erro, in n among we took • paiTage be dif- 1 among blefom, an keep ! did by n. Upon A. D. 1719. yi Voyage round the World. if Upon Saturday April the fourteenth in the morning, we made the ifle of May, and run- ning along fhore, we faw a wreck, and an Eng- Arrival at lifli fliip's enfigri flying near a great fmoak on May. the land, and a fmall floop in the bay, near the wreck. We flood in for information, and a boat came off to us, and told us it was the Vanzittern Eaft- India -man, captain Hide, commander, who had had the misfortune of . running afhore there about three weeksL be- fore. Upon the hearing of this, I begali to think we might here fupply ourfelves with what neceffaries we wanted. With this view I enquired of the mate, if I could have the purchafe of any planks or nails out of the wreck, and he told me the fhips in the road to leeward, had got every thing that could be faved out of her. I therefore bore away for the road, but my entrance was oppofed by The fliips all the fhipsthere, who were about thirteen in J" Q^g*" '^^f number, and who fired feveral fhot at me, mif- entrance, taking me for a free-booter. But being foon fatisfied of what we were, the miftaken com- modore, with the reft of the mafters, came on board of me, and aiked my pardon, and promifed to let me have whatever I ftood in need of. Sol came to an anchor ; but at laft i : u II MtMi ■< W « II A. D. 1719. 12 yi Voyage roimJ t/jeWoRLDi I got nothing of them, but two or three fheathing boards, and about three tons and a half of fait. Some time before our arrival here, Turner Stevens, my gunner, very gravely made a propofal to me, in the hearing of all the other officers, as we were fitting together, to go a cruizing in the Red Sea ; for, faid he, there can be no harm in robbing thofe Mahometans, but as for the poor Spaniards, continued he, they are good chriftians, and it would, doubt- lefs, be a fin to injure them. Upon the hear- ing of this difcourfe, I ordered him under confinement ; and the man, after that, having threatened m a very outrageous manner, to blow up the fiiip, I, for thefe reafons, and o- The gunner thers as fufficient, difcharged him here, at his difchargcd. ^^^ requeft, which I was very glad to hear him make, and to fee every body elfe as well pleafed at his departure, as I could defire. Chief mate I alfo difcharged my chief mate here, he difcharged '^^^|j^g \yQQ^ guilty of many and great mif- demeanors. The night after we anchored here, he had the imprudence to quarrel with Mr. Brooks, the firfi: lieutenant, and to fight with him, w^hich caufed a very great difturb- ance on board of us, for which I corredled him, but was very well fatisfied to find hirn fo "n three and a ["urner lade a J other o go a there letans, led he, doubt- e hear- under having ner, to and o- at his o hear as well defire. ;re, he It mif- chored el with o fight lifturb- Irredted nd hirm fo A Voyage round the World. fb inclinable to leave us, he having been a very troublefom perfon in the (hip. Wednefday, April the eighteenth, at fix in the morning, we weighed anchor from the Ifle of May, and, the fame morning, arrived in the road of Porto Praya on the ifland of St. Jago, one of the Cape de Verds. Here the captain major gave me fome hope of af- fifting me with things I wanted, but day after day deceived me, fo that I got nothing here but a few frefh proviiions. At this place I fold our prize for one hundred and fifty dol- lars to the governor ^ and filled all our water cafks, and gave my fhip a very good heel. Six of my people having deferted from my launch here, I applied to the officer on fliore to deliver them up to me again ; but finding it was to no purpofe, I thought of another method to get them back again : there was a Portugueze fliip in the road, and I fent to the captain of her, to tell him I would have him go on fliore in queft of my men, whom I underftood the governor kept from me, and threatened to take the like number of men out of his fliip, if he did not bring them ofi\ Ac- cordingly he went, and brought me oif two of them, which happened to be the befl, being both good feamen and drummers. They fell n A. D. 1719. on fl 14 A. D. II! A V0YA6E round the WorId^ on their knees and aiked my pardon, afluring me the captain on {hore had deduced them, by offering them extraordinary encouragement, if they would flay and fail in his fcrvice ; it being his defign to fend the bark, I fold him, on the Vanzittern's wreck, where they might all make their fortunes j fo I loft the other four. Finding I could neither hear of the Succefs, nor get what might be ferviceable to us in this place, I fent an officer in the launch to the town of St. Jago, where the chief governor refides, to enquire of him, if he had heard of any fhip a- mong the other iflands here. But he fent me word he had no advice of any ; nor was there a- ny thing to be purchafed that might be ufefuf to us at that town. There being now no proba- bility left of feeing the Succefs before we fhould get into the South Seas, and not meeting with materials to fit the fhip with as I had promifed, I was at a ftand to know how to proceed with thefe unruly fellows. But having, in Frezier's voyage, read of the ifland of St. Catherine's, on the coaft of Brafil, in the latitude of twen- ty-feven degrees, thirty minutes South, which according to his account, afforded every thing we ftood in need of, even without any ex- pence, or at leaft in exchange for fait, which is very valuable there s and this being con- firmed '5 [Turing 2m,by sment, ice; it d him, might er four. Juccefs, s in this be town fides, to r fhip a- fent me there a- 36 ufeful proba- e fhould ing with romifed, sed with Frezier's herine's, oftwen- L, which xy thing any ex- t, which ng con- firmed -4 A. D. 1719* yf Voyage round the World, firmed to me by by one of my officers, who was a Frenchman, and this place lying in my pafiage, I could not but for thefe reafons con- clude it would be beft for me to put in there. On Monday April the twentieth, we failed '^ from St. Jago. We began to heave up our anchor the day before, but in doing it wc wrenched the drum-head of our capflane, which took us up the remainder pf the day to repair ; but we failed the next day, as I have faid above. We happened to have a very long pafiage. Departure and were one and twenty days before we could ca^ de Verd crofs the equinodlial. While we were be-^^^^'^s. tween the two trade winds, we had generally little variable breezes all round the compafs, and fometimes we had great fqualls of wind and rain, with thunder and lightning, and in fhort the moft uncertain weather that can be imagined. We were five and fifty days in going to St. Catherine's, durbg which little remarkable happened, except that on Thurf- day June the fourth, we made cape Frio, bearing Weft of us, diftant feven leagues. Brlf;)' Our latitude by obfervation that day, at noon, was twenty-three degrees, forty-one minutes. South. On Friday the fifth in the afternoon, we faw a (liip ftemming with us, and fpoke with t^B m Arrival on the coaft of mmii^imii s A. D. 1719. 16 -^ Voyage round the World. with her. I ordered the five-oar'd boat to be hoifled out, and fent captain Hatley in her, to inquire after news on the coafl, and gave him money to buy us fome tobacco. The Suc- cefs amongft other tilings had got our ftock of tobacco on board of her, and had made what the feamen call a Weft-country famine on board of us. When Hatley returned from on board of this fliip, he told me flie was a Met a For- Portugucze from Rio Janeiro, and bound to tugueze Ship. Fernambuco. Inftead of tobacco, of which he faid fhe had none to difpofe of; he had laid out my money in china cups and plates, a little hand neft of drawers, four or five pieces of china filk, fweetmeats, bananas, plantains, and pompions, and the like ; but upon my exprefling my dilTatisfadion at his having fquandered away my money in fo filly a man- ner ; his anfwer was, * that he thought what * he did was for the beft, that he had laid * out his own money as well as mine, * and, in his opinion, to a good advantage, * and that, to his knowledge, the things he ' bought would fell for double the money * they coft, at i:he next port we were going to.' However, I afiiired him I did not like his proceedings by any means. At noon our Lati- tude, by obfervation, was twenty-four degrees, twelve 1 1 A Voyage round the World, twelve minutes South, meridian diflance, fix hundred and thirty -one miles Weft ward ; the next day we faw a fail, which my people would fain have fpoke with, but I would not fufFer it» On Friday, June the nineteenth, at ele- ven in the morning, we made the iiland of St. Catherine's, the Northermoft end of it bearing South South Weft, diftant four leagues. Saturday June the twenlleth, at four in the afternoon, we faw the iiland of Gall, and the Eaftermoft iiland, bearing South Eaft half Eaft, diftant fix leagues. From four till five in the afternoon, we had but lit- tle wind, and fteering South and by Eaft, had gradual foundings from twenty to fifteen fa- thom . At nine at night we came to an anchor, theiflandof Gall bearing Eaft and by North diftant two leagues ; from eight to nine we had gradual foundings from fiftern to ten fathom* and at five the next morning we hoifted out our launch, and fhip'd the capftane. At i<^y^^ we came to fail, and at ten anchored in ten fa- thom, the ifland of Gall bearing Eaft North Eaft, diftant two leagues, and the Eaftermoft point of St. Catherine's, Eaft and by South> diftant four leagues. n A. D. 1719. c 5ECT. I5 if A, D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. SECT, II. Arrival at the ijland of St, Catherine's, 071 the coajl of Brafil, in the latitude of twenty-feven degrees^ thirty mi- nutes South. }e(3fc2^ U E S D A Y, June the twenty-third, pR T Q^ we got up to the anchoring place at M]?^)9( St. Catherine's, and found it to an- fwer pretty well. There was timber enough, but it was to be cut down with our own tools, the iflanders having nothing of that kind a- mongft them. The firft thing I did was to fend the carpenter on ill ore, with all the people, that could be ufeful to him In felling of trees, and fa wing them into plank, and to order the cooper and his crew to trim the cafks, and fill them with water. Thofe who remain- ed on board, I employed in new flowing of the hold that we might make room for our guns, and come at the meat cafks, to give them a frefh fupply of pickle. Others, in the mean time, were employed to overhaul the rig- ging and fails. I made all the difpatch I could, with the indifferent hands I hud to deal with. Mea an tffr ^ A Voyage round the World. 19 Mean while the captain of the ifland, and the ^' ^* . il of the inhabitants, came off to us every day with the produd of the place, which I pur- chafed with fait, ? long as I had any to fpare. On Thurfday, July the fecond, we were Saw a large diflurbed, at break of day, by the appearance In,^^ *^°™*"^ of a large fhip at anchor under Parrots illand, which being four or five miles below the place where we lay, I fent an officer in the launch, well manned and armed, to fee what he could make of her, but with ilrict orders not to go on board her on any account whatfoever. In the mean time I had mounted two of my guns at the watering place, and pofted a fufficient number of men and ammunition, to defend wh at we had there. This done, I hove apeak on my anchor, and laid warps to haul intq ihoal water, if there fhould have been a ne- cefiity for our taking to it 5 in '^ word, I put my fhip into the beft poflure of defence I could think of, or contrive. About noon my launch returned, and brought me word this fhip was the Ruby, formerly an Englifh man of war, and now one of monfieur Martinet's fqur^dron; that fhe was come from the South Seas, and was commanded by Monfieur la Jonquiere j that he, his officers, and feamen were all French, to tlie number of about four hundred and C 2 twenty. mmmmm mmmmmm "■■ m ! 20 A. D. 1719 [A Voyage rowjci the World. twenty, and that though /he was adlually la the Spanifh fervice, they had not the leail de- fign to moleft us, having left the South Seas on the firfl advice of a rupture between the crowns of France and Spain. The manner how my lieutenant came to be fo puncftually informed of all this, was by a dired breach of the poiitive orders, I had given him, to avoid going on board of her. And truly all the excufe he had for his indifcretion was, that he was perfuaded to it. This was but a poor pretence, and his temerity, or want of condud: might hive coft me very dear ; ibr had they been enemies, I fliould have \y\. twenty -three of the befl hands I had belong- ing to me, together with their arms and ac- coutrements, liut their return gave me room to hope there was fome truth in the ftory this officer, and the people with him, had told me. It muft however be allowed to have been a great misfortune, that I had not, to the beft of my knowledge, one man of experience or ca- pacity fufficient to enable him to perform the common duty of an officer. And yet, upon fecond tiioughts, I can't tell whether it was not for the beft, conlidering the courfe of things In the fequel of the voyage, v^hcn the ungovernable fellows, at times, looked and ■ behaved t^'t IH'""lltiBi b. tually Iri leafl de- uth Seas veen the ! manner mdlually ^ breach him, to truly all ion was, A^as but a • want of lear ; io^ have 'o d belong- Is and ac- me room ftory this I told me. vc been a le bed of ice or ca- ■form the et, upon er it was courfe of e, when oked and behaved -^-2 A Voyage round the World. behaved themfelves as if they only wanted fome head they could depend upon. The next day, viz. July the third, the Ruby turned up towards us, when, not be- ing thoroughly fatisfied as to the difpolition fhe might be in, I could not but have my ap- prehenfions about her. But the French cap- tain perceiving I fufpedled him, having my guns pointed, and every thing in apparent readinefs for adion, he came to an anchor fiiort of us, and fent one of his lieutenants and a prieft, to alliire me of his friendfhip, and that he did not entertain any thought of doing me the leill injury ; but that, on the contrary, he (hoald be ready to do me all the good offices that lay in his bread. This meflage removed all the miflrufl I had of him, and I hove up to my moorings again. The next day Monfieur la Jonquiere fent me an invitation to dine with him, which I did, and ; v.::t with the moft handfom reception ima- V :; able, together with offers of what money I V raid have upon my bills on London, or in ge- neral any thiqg elfe his fhip afforded. Among ther things he told me, that when he came into the harbour's mouth, he had but fixteen guns mounted i but that upon feeing us, he had got up the reft of them, which in all C \ made Zl A. D. 1719. 52 A.D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. made fifty-four -, that he had feveral wealthy pafTengers on board of him, and that, in fliort, his ihip was extremely rich in gold and filver. He Ijkewife informed me that the Spaniards in the South Seas, had had advice of our two Ihips, and that they talked of fitting out fome of their men of war to receive us. I defired that this piece of news might be kept fecret if poffible. He replied, that it fliould ; for that he believed none of his people knew any fi'^^p- of it 3 becaufe they had not been on fhc > for a confiderable time before they took leave of thofe feas. Upon this occafion, I thought it might not be improper to acquaint him, that the difpofition of the generality of | my fliip's company was iiich, that if they | heard of any thing that favoured of great dif- ficulty, I fhould never have it in my power to make them proceed any farther. To this he was fo kind as to anfwer, that he, and his ofiicers would pay me a vifit, and take an op- portunity of giving my officers and people fuch probable hopes of fuccefs, in our enter- prize, that they fhould not, for the future, be inclined to relinquifh the Weflern coafts of America, to go to any other part of the world. It was about this time there was a report fpread, that Hatley had taken a bribe of the mafler 4. $ , ILD. :al wealthy It, in fliort, I and filver. : Spaniards of our two ig out fome . I defired kept fecret liould; for e knew any lot been on re they took occafion, 1 to acquaint generality of .hat if they )f great dif- my power r. To this he, and his take an op- and people 1 our enter- e future, be •n coafts of f the work! . vas a report Dribe of the m A Voyage round the World mafler of the Portugueze we met on the fifth of June or, as moft faid, had robbed him of eighty or a hundred moidores, and that he had given ten to his coxfwain, and fix to each of his boat's crew, not to divulge it. Upon hearing of this, I called him to a fi;ricl account, and charged him with what had been faid againft him. What he thought befl: to fay for himfelf was, that hfe had done nothing he was afhamed of, or that he could not juftify himfelf in. Not fatisfied with this, I affured liim I fhould be very diligent in fearching after the truth of this matter, and that if I fi^und him guilty of what he was accufed of, I would infallibly deliver him to the captain of the iiland. But in the end, not being able to come at any fufficient proof againil him, all I could do, (I might as well havv*; faid, dared do, for he was become a mighty favourite with thepeople) was to pro- tefl againft him, which I did, and gave the protefi: to captain Clipperton in the South Seas. I muft own it to be my opinion, he was bad enough to adt any unhandfom part, efpecially if one may be allowed to judge of a man by his adions ; for, at this place, from our firft arrival, he began, and continued to commit fuch outrages, that I had daily com- C 4 plaints 23 A. D. 1719. '2/t i Ml A. D. 1719. The boat- fwain raifes a mutiny. A Voyage round the World. plaints of him, and particularly of his abufing their women in the grofTeft manner. I had been told, that he and a gang that ufed to go about with him, to buy frefh proviiions, had threatened to ravifh old and young, and fet their houfes on fire ; and that they had a6tu- ally burnt one, which the inhabitants had permitted us to make ufe of, as long as we had occafion for it. Thefe and the like vio- lences had like to have coft fix of our people their lives, before we failed, as fhall be here- after related. July the fixth, Monfieur la Jonquiere, ac- cording to his promife, came, accompanied by feveral of his officers and palTengers, to dine with me. But in the midfl of our entertainment, the flrangers had a con- vincing proof of the nature and teniper of thofe I had to deal with ; for Hudfon, my boatfwain, took it into his head that he was ill ufed, and had not the refped: paid him that was due to one in his pofl 5 becaufe he had not been inviteu 'nto the cabbin as a guefl. He affirmed, that though there were fo many lieutenants and other officers, who were ef- teemed to be fo much fuperior to him, yet, that in flrid: juflice, he ought to be looked upon as the third man in the fliip, though at the A Voyage round the World. the fame time, neither the mailer, gunner nor carpenter, who were more properly his equals, were invited. The boatfwain, to fliew how much he refented this his imaginary ill treat- ment, refolved within himfelf toraife fuch an uproar, as fhould fpoil the mirth and jollity of thofe, who thought themfelves fo much above him. To this purpofe, and with the help and alliflance of two or three more, who be- gan to fancy themfelves in his cafe, he firfl alTaulted Betagh the captain of marines, and Mr. Adams the furgeon. This outrage being committed in the fteerage, I flepped out to fee what might be the caufe of the noife that was made 5 but was furprized at the impu- dence of thefe fellows, who, when I came to enquire into the caufe of this confulion, ac- cofled me with all the faucy and infolent language they could think of. By the help of the reft of my officers, and the French gentlemen, I foon drubbed them into better manners \ but it was as much as we could do, for their number was very confiderably in- creafed, by fome of the petty officers and fore- m aft-men. When all was pretty well quiet- . ed, Monfieur la Jonquiere defired he might have the liberty to fpeak a word or two, to thefe unruly fellows. He told them, that ^5 A. D. 1719. rt " u -^ } . » ;.!„ '^, h^^^ n'. .M as 2.6 A, D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. ' as he and his officers were eye-witnefTes of * their piratical behaviour, if they periiiled * in their difobedience to their captain, he * would fee the ringleaders of them punilhed * at my requefl, by carrying them home in * irons.* And as they grew a little quieter, he expoflulated with them, and appealed to themfelves, whether they did not think it monftrous for people to behave themfelves in fuch a manner. He reminded them of the profpedl they had before them -, and affured them it would be owing to themfelves, if they failed of making their fortunes . He de- lired them to judge of the truth of what he faid, by what they might obferve of his own people, who were full of money, and yet, by what he could underfland, had not half the en- couragement they had; and declared to them, he had not a man in his fhip, who would not leave all his wages due to him, to ferve me in this expedition. This fpecch from Monfieur la Jonquiere feemed to pleafe the greateft part of them.^ . However, it was but a melancholy refledlion for me, that after having been thir- ty years an officer in the fervice, under the beft regulated difcipline in the world, I fhould be now harrafled with continual mutinies, and cxpofed to the unthinking malice and unac- countable .Av.-.-jV, *._if^i A Voyage round the World; countable humours of a fhip's company, that ought to have been more ftridtly under my command. I mufi: ingenuoufly profefs, I dared not punifh them as they deferved; and was cer- tain that fomeofmy chief officers, privately, ap- proved of their adtions, and indeed I afterwards found it to be fo by their condud. The next morning I was informed, that the authors of the difturbance were moft of them forry for what had happened the night before, throw- ing the blame of all upon the boatfwain, and the effedl of too much liquor. I was glad to hear this, and, therefore pafled it all over with only threatning how I would manage them, if ever they were guilty of the like again. I had refolved to punifli the boat- fwain in the fevereft manner ; but I was pre- vailed on not to do it, he coming in a ve- ry humble plight, afking my pardon, and begging I would not ufe any feverity towards him. He faid it was drink that had made him mad, and withal defired I would give him leave to go home in the French fhip. This I willingly agreed to, he being a very odd fort of a fellow, and always incenling the people againil the number of officers, whom he termed Blood-fuckers, The 27 A. D. 1719. -I'l i" ' :iu ml 'It f M 'I I :tW1 i 28 A. D. 1719- ji Voyage rotmd the World. The fifteenth of July, we faw a great fhip plying into the harbour's mouth ; but when fhe difcovered us, fhe made the beft of her way out again. This pofTefledMonfieur la Jon- quiere with a notion of her being our con- fort, and put him into the greateft confulion and hurry imaginable to be gone. Accord- ingly, when night came on, he weighed, and fell down the harbour, and went to fea the next morning, and at his departure fa- luted me with five guns. Three Frenchmen, belonging to me, went away with him. But I had two Fienchmen and one Morphew, an Irifliman, in lieu of them. Upon the whole I cannot forbear faying, that Monfieur la Jonquiere was very civil and obliging to me, being very ready and willing to affift me with his advice, and notice of the ftate of affairs in the South Sea, and with every thing that might be of fervice to me in any refpedt. During all this, our carpenter v/ent on but ilowly in the woods j which was attributed to the badnefs of the faw, and t^^.e want of fome hands expert at the ufe of it. But to fpeak more plainly, they were very idle, and there was no driving them on fafter than they were inclined to go. For my part, I had no fpur they would be fenfible of, but double allowance ^i.- '.-.%- JCii ■■vi_'W.:.,A.;., ■ 29 A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. jillowance of brandy, and, after all, tlicy hardly deferved the water they drank. At length, when we came to fill up the ftern, and to cafe it all over with thick firm plank, we could find, to my great aflonifhment, no nails fit for that ufe, or hardly any other, no not fo much as any for the ufe of the pumps. Upon which there was no remedy left but to fet the armourer to work, to make* fome ; which he did, by the help of a forge and bel- lows, which were given me by the captain of the Ruby. I was now told, that the firfl carpenter, and his crew, had fold moft of the ftores before the fliip came to Plymouth, which was before I commanded her, fb that I never heard of it till now. July the twenty-fifth, we were hindered ^ French . « 1 r I /I • fhip arrives in again by the appearance or a large Ihip, co- the harbour, ming in under French colours. She was cal- led the Wife Solomon, of St. Malo's, of forty guns, and about a hundred and fixty men, commanded by Monfieur Dumain Girard, and bound to the coafls 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 gendeman abufed Monfieur la Jonquiere to me in the mofl fcurrilous man- ner, calling him renegade, for having ferved under It, ■■^•l \.m ■BE 30 A. D. 1719. ^1 A Voyage roun^ theVJo^Rin. under a foreign crown, againft his own coun- trymen } for la Jonquicre being one of Mar- tinet's fquadron, their bufinefs in the South Seas, was to fweep thofe coafts clear of the French interlopers, which they did very ef- fedlually. There was not above two or three, out of ten or twelve of them, that had efcaped falling into Martinet's hands, who made them all legal prizes. Mr. Frezier was not much lefs obliged to Monfieur Dumain, and his officers, for a defamation of his charadler, in regard to his voyage to the South Seas, he often telling me, he would not have me truft to his defcription of the ports and places on the coaft of Chili and Peru, becaufe, to his know- ledge, it was a book full of the groflell error It was natural to fufped he had fome end to ferve, in endeavouring to give me a miftruft and ill opinion of JVIonfieur Frezier'r per- formance, and that his view might have been to mifinform and miflead me; but I foon perceived, notwithftanding a little forced ci- vility at his firft arrival, that he was a de- figning mercenary man, and full of all the conceit and vanity that has been afcribed to his nation. He pretended to make a ftay here of two or three months, for a better feafon to go about Cape Horn with, and there- fore '^■■ / A Voyage round the World. fore, as foon as he had anchored, he fcnt feme of his people on fliore, to dig a fmall garden, to raife greens in. Dcfiring this gentleman to fpare me fomc nails, he readily anfwered he would j but, at the fame time, gave to underftand they would come very dear, for that he could not afford them for lefs than thirty-twc dollars a hun- dred, which fum I was glad to give him, as it would have been an endlefs bulinefs for my armourer to make a fufficient number for the prefent, and for future ufe. I likewife bought of him fixty cheefes, and three hundred weight of butter, to add to our flock of pro- vifions ; fo that it happened well, for me, that I had fome money from one of the Ruby's people. This being done, I thought myfelf in a tolerable way of making a very quick difpatch from this place, when there came a letter from my (liip's company to me, with Articles annexed to it, which they faid they were refolved to infift on, threatening that they would not ftir a flep to fea, till what they demanded was fecurely agreed to by me, and the chief officers, according to their de- fire ; and I think it will not be amifs to in- fert a copy of the letter and articles as fol- lows, On 3» A. D. 1719. =%i ;»vC| I :,i' TT- i ' 3 m n''^*i ^<^..,,*«V*^^': 1 1! iW 72 A. D. 1719. ji Voyage round the World. On board the Speedwell, July, 31, 1719. Honoured Sir, * 'Tp H E reafon of our troubling you at * this time with the Articles on the o- * ther fide, are chiefly thcfe, viz. we have * very good reafon to believe, that if what * we (hall have the fortune to make this voy- * age, fhould be carried tc London, we * fliould never receive half thereof; for it is * known to all, how the people on board the * /hips Duke and Dutchefs were treated, and ' if we carry our money to London, can ex- * pedt no better treatment. Secondly, That * the articles we figned ?.t Plymouth, were * never read hi our hearing, neither would * Mr. Godfrey allow us to read the fame. * He told us they were the fame with thofe ' on the cabin door, though wq arc now af- < fured of the contrary. One thing we faw * in them was, that there was three times * as much writing in them, as in thofe on ' the cabin door, and written by feveral * hands, and intei lined in a great many pla- * ces, which we do not know the meaning * of. And laftly, how dangerous is it for * poor I ( < c c c c c < t c < < c c < c ( ( A VoYx\GE round the World. poor men to truft their fortune in the hands of rich men ? * By fliaring the mon::;y as foon as pofli- ble, we defign noth ing againft the good of the voyage and owners j for we fhall all do our endeavours to fee them get their fhares, and as to our defiring plunder, we have delired nothing but what the people on board the Duke and Dutchefs had be- fore us. We hope you will not take it amifs that we have made bold with what we will infift upon as our due right, which is defigned for no harm to the owners, and to the good of us all, we are fure it will make every thing to be eafy among us, and it will always make us willing to ven- ture our lives in bel vlf of ourfelves and owners. You may alfo be aflured of our refpedl towards you. We fliall always think ourfelves happy under fuch a commander, and we pray that God may long preferve you in life and health, and guide you in all your adions, which we fliall reckon a blef- fing beflowed on us. We are, with, all humble refpcd:, SIR, Your mod humble fervants, D Matthew 33 A D. \1 / *, i'y ;u"* -34 4 ' t ■!•., A. D. 1719. ^Voyage rounJ the World, Matthew Stewart, Mate. James Hopkins, Mate. John Sprake, Mate. Robert Davenport, Carpenter. Gilbert Henderson, Gunner. Gilbert Hamilton, Enfign of Marines. Nicholas Laming, Boatfwain. WiLLiA M Morgan, Surgeon's Mate. John Doidge, Surgeon's Ma^'2. B elides thefe, all the petty officers, and thirty-fix of the chief foremaft men, fet their hands to this letter. Here follows a copy of the Articles which they fubjoined for the regulation of Plunder, viz. * Imprimis, That our part of each prize ' we take, fhall be equally divided, as foon * as poffible, after the capture thereof, be- * tween the Ihip's company, according to * each man's refpedlive fhares, as borne on * the fliip's books. * Secondly, That all plunder on board * each prize we take, fliall be equally di- * vided among the Ihip's company, accord- < ing to each man's refpedlive Ihare, as a- ' bove. Thirdly, A Voyage round the Worl1>. * Thirdly, That gold rings found hi any place, except in a goldfmith's (hop, is plunder \ all arms, fea-books and inftru- ments, all cloathing and moveables, ufu- ally worn about prifoners (except wcmens ear-rings, unwrought gold and filver, loofe diamonds, pearls and money) all plate in ufe aboard fhips, but not on {hore (unlefs about the perfons of prifoners) is plunder j all manner of cloaths ready made, found on the. upper deck, or between decks, be- longing to the fhip's company and pafTen- gers, is plunder alfo, except what is above limited, and is in bundles or pieces not o- pened in the country, that appears not for the perfon*s ufe that owns the chefl, but defigned for merchandize, which only (hall not be plunder ; all manner of bedding, all manner of neceffaries, all button^, ackles, liquors and provifions, for our own expend- ing and ufe, is plunder. It is alfo agreed, that any fort of wrought filver or gold, cru- cifixes, gold and filver watches, or any o- ther moveables found about the prifoners, or any wearing apparel of any kind, fliall be likewife plunder. * Fourthly, That if any perfon on ''oard * the fhip do conceal any plunder, exceed- D 21 ' ing 3S A. D. 1719 1 «" 1 1 Mj Cm i' t; ^ ' 'i k Mi „'i» .1 i m 1 • I 36 A. D. 1719. l/i Voyage round the World. ing one piece of eight, twenty-four hours after the capture of the prize, he fliall be feverely punifhed, and loofe his fhare of that prize and plunder, one half thereof to be given to the informer, and the other to be equally divided among the fliip'c compa- ny. The fame penalty to be inflidtt^d for being drunk in time of a6lion, or difobey- ing his fuperior officer's command, or con- cealing himfelf in the fea or land fervice, except when any prize is taken by ftorm or boarding. Then whatfoever is taken fhall be his own, as follows, viz. a failor or landman ten pound, an officer below the carpenter twenty pound, a mate, gunner, boatfwain, and carpenter forty pound, a lieutenant or mailer eighty pound, and the captain a hundred pounds. ' Fifthly, That all plunder fliall be ap- * praifed and divided, as foon as poffible after * the capture; alfo every perfon to be fworn and * fearched, as foon as they come aboard,by fuch * perfons as lliall be appointed for that purpofe. ' The perfon or perfons refufing, ibdW forfeit * their {hare of prize or plunder as above. ' Sixthly, In confideration that captain < Shelvocke, to nake the Ihip''^ company eafy, c c c c c € e < c c c c (C c c e .«i )tain )any ^afy, c c ( c < c c A Voyage round the World. eafy, has given the whole cabbin plunder (which, in all probability, is the major part) to be divided as aforefaid, we do volunta- rily agree, that he fhall have five per Cent over and above his refpcdtive fliare, as a confideration of what is his due of the plunder aforefaid. « * Seventhly, That a reward of twenty dol- lars fliall be given to him that firfl fees a prize of good value, or exceeding fifty tons in burthen.' A. D. 1719. 37 This is an exadl copy of the original letter and articles, which I have no vv by me. And, I dare fay, no body will doubt of it. I had not troubled the reader with this, had I not thought it neceflary to give him a more per- fect ideaof fome of our tranfadions afterwards. This was a matter of weight, and required to be well confidered of. On the one fide, I had to deal with an obftinate fliip's company, who perfifted in having what they called their due and lawful rights, and would give ear to nothing that might be objeded to them i and on the other fide, if J cnrleavour- ed to make them eafy according to their de- fire, I was obnoxious to the difiatisfadion of the Gentlernen Adventurers at home, who D 3 might ■ili ft - f:^ m: ■■m.. S8 i^ t A. D. 1719. u4 Voyage round tbe World* might have thought themfelves wronged, and have thrown all the blame upon me, without giving themfelves time to confider in what manner I was circumflanced -, but, at once vent themfelves on me, who had it, by no means, in my power to prevent what followed, though I ufed all the artifices I was mafler of, to defeat this project. I found that moft of the fupeiior officers ta- citly approved of thefe meafures, and particu- larly Captain Hatley, who was on Captain Roger's expedition, and (as I was informed) was the chief perfon concerned in this affair. It is plain, that the obfervations in the letter were his, for he had been an officer on board the Dutch efs. He faid, he knew by woeful experience, how they were ufed on board the the Duke and Dutchefs. That they were ne- ver paid one tenth of their due, and that it plainly appeared how a certain gentleman de- iigned to treat them, by his bullying them, and endeavouring to force them from Grave- fend, before they had received their river pay, and imprefs money. This he obferved, was a thing never attempted before, as well as to be hurried to fea without any knowledge of their voyage. That he was very well affijred, jt was captain Clipperton's defign to divide their A Voyage round the World. their (hares in the country. By all this, I was given to underftand, how he came to be fuch a favourite with the people, all at once. I conceive, that, in this cafe, where my chief officers were cold and indifferent, and did not think it for their intereft, to afford me any of their affiflance, all I could poffibly do, was to interpofe my authority, and if that failed, nothing remained for me to check them with, in their proceedings this way. But the more I oppofed them, the more they grew impatient and impetuous, and my delays ferved only to fix them the more firm- ly to their point. In fhort, they fent one Matthew Stewart to me, as their agent and manager, that he might (hew me the power they had given him to adt, for them, in that capacity. It was figned by the whole fhip's company, excepting fome of the chief offi- cers, and was as follows : A copy of the power of attorney and agency, made to Matthew Stewart, by the fhip's company on board the Speedwell. * Know all men by thefe prefents, that we * under fubfcribers, officers, feamen and o- * thers, on board the Speedwell of London, D 4 ' captain 39 A.D. 1719. N V^ 'if ♦•: ! J i m w'>'. 40 A. D. -^Voyage round the World. captain George Shelvocke, commander, for certain good caufes and conliderations, us hereunto moving, have, and do hereby name, make, and in our flead and place, put and conftitute our trufly friend Matthew Stewart, our true and lawful attorney and agent, irrevocably for us, in our name, and to our ufe, to a(k, claim, demand, reco- ver, and receive, from the above-named captain George Shelvocke, or the owners of the faid fhip, or whom elfe it may con- cern, all and fingular fuch wages, falaries, prize-money, &c whatfoever, as now is, or at any time, or tirnes hereafter, fliall be due, payable, and belonging to lis, for our fervice on board the fhip Speedwell, or any prize or prizes taken by her -, giving, and hereby granting to our faid agent (provided he take orders from us from time to time, as we fhall appoint) all our authority and lawful power in the premifes for receiving, recovering, and obtaining, compounding and difcharging the fame, as fully and effec« tually as we ourfelves might or could do, being perfonally prefent ; and acquittances or releafes, or any other difcharges in our name, to malie, feal and deliver ; ratifying, and hereby confirming all, and whatfoever * our 41 nding Id do, lances li our )cver our A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. our faid agent fliall lawfully do, or caufe to be done, in and about the premifes, by virtue of thefe prefents. In witnefs where- of, we- have hereunto fet our hands and feals, the twenty- third of April, one thou- fand, feven hundred and nineteen, and in the fifth year of our fovereign lord George, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King. Having perufed this, he told me, the peo- people had fent him to beg the favour of an 'The flap's ,- 1-1 111 o 1 company fend anfwer to their letter, and that they expected their a^^ent for a favourable one, being refolved to have their ^jj^^.^"^ '" ^ fhare of what fortune fliould blefs them with, before it came into the owners hands ^ with this referve, that they would always do juilice to the gentlemen in England. I replied, that * I did not imagine they could or would en- ' tcrtain a thought of doing any thing to * their difad vantage \ but^ at the fame time, made him as fenfible as I could, of what pro- bable injury their demand might be to the ad- venturers at home, whofe intereft they fecm- ed to have fo much at heart. And therefore bad him take for anfwer, that ' I never * would confent to any alteration that might ' bear the leafl hkelihood of being pre;judici- al ..er. W '4 . ;'•■;., Jit ' Mi A. D. 1719. 42 ^VoYACy^ rouN^ fhe World, al to the gentlemen adventurers. I farther delired they would confider, that I, myfelf, muft be a very great fufFerer by thefe their proceedings and demands, not only in my charader, but in my fortune too, as I had given very great fecurity for behaving my- felf according to my inflrud-ions ; that, for my part, I could not tell what might be captain Clipperton's intention j that what he might do, might be warrantable in him, for ought I knew 5 but that it was not in me, and that, doubtlefs, they fhould fare as well as his people. I defired therefore, they would defifl until we had joined the Succefs, in the South Seas, and that then conform- ing ourfelves to what they had made a rule in this cafe, we fhould be blamelefs.* I concluded with telling him, ' he had h '".rd my refolution and advice in this affair, and that if he, and the reft of them, had but a tenth part of the refped:, and regard they pretended to have for me, they would not fo much as think again of what they had offered to me in their letter/ The people in But after fome few days of murmuring and noufly^SeUneafmefs amongfl themfelves, and no work that the je- pQ^^cr forward, the fhip's company came all letter may beupon the quarter-dcck to me, in a mutinous complied with .^ « « ., ^.. ^ manner jy - ■.? A Voyage round the World. manner, and dcfired to know what was my final refolution, as to the bufinefs they had propofed to me. They faid I knew theirs, which was what they would fland by, telling me they knew how to provide for themfelves, without running fuch certain hazards, for fuch uncertain gain. They clamoured in a mcll outrageous manner againft Mr. G , who was our principal agent, and againft one of the gentlemen adventurers, faying, they had been well informed what a paymafter he would make, if ever their fortunes fhould fall into his hands, with a number of fcurrilous expreffions which aftonifhed me. In fliort, they were fo deaf to any thing I could urge againft them, and fo very importunate with me to comply with them, by figning their articles, that, confidering the profped: I had of meeting captain Clipperton in the South Seas, when they might be again reduced, and made fubjedl to their firft articles, or at leaft be made fubjedl to the fame reftridions with thofe under his command ; and verily be- lieving the confequence of my refufal in this particular, would be no lefs than their run- ning away with the ftiip, and following the old gunner's fcheme, or fome other like it, whereby they might provide for themfelves as 43 A. D. 1719. '!«1 i; I. ' ', '•11 1 \ ^p A. D. 1719. 44 A YoYAG^E round the World as they called it : Upon thcfe confiderations it was, that both myfelf, and all my chief of- Jhfef ^offkcl ^""^'^^ thought it would be befl and mofl ad- fign their arti-vileable, to fign their papers with them, ra- ther than run the rifque of their proceeding, when they had got out to fea, in any piratical manner. As foon as they had gained their point, they exprelTed great fatisfadlion at it, and promifed me they would be always ready to hazard their lives in any undertaking I ihould think conducive to the ends wc were fitted out for. However, upon the whole, though it may be called a defperate remedy, when I was not certain what might have been the confequence of it, it ought to be confidered as applied to a defperate difeafe, and as the only means left to prevail with them to go on, at all, quietly with our expe- dition : for the mofl favourable conjecture that could have been made, if 1 had not com- plied with their requefl, was, that they would have certainly deferted, and have left me, with a few others, here to have ended our expedi- tion in this port. I dare fay, it would have been imputed to me as great imprudence, if I had not complied with them, when fo ma^ ny opportunities might have happened in the courfe of fo long a voyage, to oblige the fliip'g company A Voyage round the World. Company to fubmit to their firfl agreement with the gentlemen adventurers. If the reader thinks I have dv^^elt too long on the particulars of this affair, I afk pardon for trefpafling too much upon his patience. But I promife myfelf a ready forgivenefs, when I affure him I have been the more ex- adl on this head, not only as I thought it worthy of being fully related, for the fake of others who may go hereafter on the like expeditions, but alfo to vindicate myfelf from an afperfion that has been thrown upon me, as if myfelf had been the promoter of this change ; which, I fliould hope, would ap- pear to be abfurd to any one who will give himfelf but a moment to relied: on it ; for who can think that a perfon in command, would not exert his power to the utmoft, to maintain himfelf in it, when both his ho- nour and fortune were, in a manner, at ftake. But to go on with our voyage, on Mon- day, Auguft the third, there came in here, the St. Francifco Xavier, a Portugueze man of war, of forty guns and three hundred men, from Lilbon, bound to Macao in China, commanded by Captain la Riviere, a French- man. I made no doubt but that Captain Hatley's affair would be reported to this Gep-. tleman 45 A. D. 1719. \ ' U^ :..'./ir ^T';> A. D. «7>9- 46 ^ Voyage roimd tte World » tleman by fome of the inhabitants, and, therefore, 1 told Hatley, that I expeded he would go and vind'^^ate himfelf to the Por- tugueze Captain, to prevent any dillurbances that might arife, by any account of his mif- nianagement on board the Portugueze, which we met at fea. To which he readily reply- ing he would, I gave him an opportunity of doing it, by fending him with a compliment to Monfieur la Riviere. taiifSftlf^' ^^^^^y> ^^ ^^^s return, told me, the Cap- with a com- tain did not mention any thing of it to him, Portugueze ^ Until he fpake of it himfelf, and that the Captain. Portugueze Captain told him, he had heard fom.ething of it, and defired to know what the fliip was. Hatley faid he defcribed her as well as he could, and informed him of e- very thing he had had out of her. Upon which, Monfieur la Riviere v/iihed he had met with her, and feemed to be angry with him for thinking he could harbour any ill thought of a gentleman who ferved under fuch a commiilion, and bound on a voyage, which, to his knowledge, could hardly fail of anfwering the largeft expectations, and that with honour and reputation. He told him, * It was very likely he might receive « a gratuity from the mailer of the fliip, to « prevent A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. 47 * prevent his being troublefom : Btit that his « Captain's coming immediately into a port * ci his own nation, was a convincing de- * monftration to him (belides the meannefs * of the flory) that there could be no pub- ' lick, or general bafe delign, and that he * was far from miftrufting there could have * been any private one j and defired him to *■ give his humble fervice to me," and tell me * that he had a great deal of honour and re- * fpedl for me, and begged I would let him ' have the conveniences I had on fhore ' (when I had done with them) if the French * Captain had not pre-engaged me.* Thurfday, Auguft the fixth, three of my Three of men deferted, and hearing they were detain- JJJ'j "^^" ^^' ed by Monfieur Dumain, I fent on board of his fliip to demand them, but they denied tliat they had them. Then underflanding that they had been feen at our tents, I fent one of the mates, in the pinnace, co go after Send the them, with orders to go no farther than the^JJ^^^^^ ^^^ tents, but to return witliout lofs of time j becaufe I was heaving up my anchor, with Heave up defign to fall below the road that night, that^H^^^down 1 might be in the greater readinels for failing the road, the next morning. But the mate, and thofe with him, miffing thofe deferters at the place they »•* « IS , t *' ' .lil < K i , ^'n "wpf smsm 48 ji Voyage rouftd the World. A. D. they were fent to, they went, before they re-* '^*^' turned on board, up to the Portugucze plan- tations, which were two leagues farther. It being towards midnight, the inhabitants took the alarm, as if it had been Hatley, who was come to take his leave of them, in the manner he had threatened. They however, fufFered our men to go up to their place of dwelling, to fearch for thofe they were in quell of; but upon finding a different reception from what they had been ufed to meet withal, they fuf- ped:ed fome ill intent againft them, and there- fore made the beft of their way back to their boat again. In the mean time, ibme of the Three of the pQj-tup;ueze had planted themfelves 'n ambuf- pinnace screw '-' *• wounded bycadc, to dcftroy them as they returned again of Te^wto the water-fide. No fooner had my people gueze. got into the boat, than they heard them ruili- ing from out of the woods, crying, * Kill ' the dogs, kill all the EngliOi dogs.' This outcry was inftantly followed by a volley of fmall arms, which wounded three of my men, two through the thigh, and another through the arm. They again difcharged feveral times at the boat, as fhe was going off, but did no farther damage. The wounded fufi:ained a great lofs of blood, by being fo long before they A Voyage round th^ WoRld; 49 tliey could get on board of us again, for they ^- ^* were above three leagues diflant from the fhip : but our furgeon was a good one, and he performed the feveral cures in lefs time, and with better fuccefs, than could have been hoped for. This unlucky accident obliged me to weigh again the next morning, and re- turn into the road; to try what could be J^^turn a- •^ , gain the next done to punifli thofe who had been concern- morning into j.^i-t t •, 'T-'i.i,* r t r A. the road with ed in this barbarity. 10 this purpole, I lent amy fhip. letter of complaint, by Hatlev, to the captain , , , . ^ '' ^ '' . ^ And fend a of the Portuguefe man of war in the har- letter of com- bour : c it Hatley at. his entrance into the^apt"^in^of Jj^^ fliip, was furioufly alTaulted by Emanuel ^°''^"s;?^*® ■y.^ r /I • r 1 -n IN • manofwar. Mania (the captain of the illand) crying out, this was the man who had committed fo many infolencies towards them, and that this was he who had burnt one of their houfes, and had made it a common pradice to a- bufe and affront him with the opprobrious name of cuckold. Upon this exclamati- on, the Ihip's company fided with Manfa, and fell upon Hatley, and would certain- Hatley who Iv have ufed both him and his boat's crew "'""^^ ^^^ ^^' , ^ ter, m great very feverely had not the captain and his danger of n is officers, with much difficulty, prevented it ; portuonefe for the Portuguefe feamen were exafperated^'p'^^°"^P** IW''S ' 4«ll : .'I ■ ncsaBEgse: ESSB9 50 m i. wm A. D. 1719. u^ Voyage round the World.' to that height, that it is more than likely they would have murdered him, had they not been timely hindered. This is the account which he delivered to me at his return from on board this Portu- guefe fhip, from the captain of whom I re- ceived a very obliging letter (in anfwer to mine by Hatley) which was, word for word, in broken Englifh as follows. Dated on board the St Francis Xavier in the road of Santa Catalina, the 1 6th of Au- guft, N. S. 171 9. Sir, T Have received your*s agreeable, and no- ' thing is more forrowful to me in the world, than to hear your men are wound- ed. I hope you know that thofe people are without knowing King or Prince, and though they have one, they don't fhew him the honour according as they fhould. I am very forry not to give you juftice as I fhould defire, being out of my power, you may do whatfoever you may judge to it. I would in my particular buy the health of your men, and I pray to confider that thofc ' people c c c c < < c c < •I A Voyage round the World. people are wild, and hidden in the woods if you fhould feek for revenge upon them. It would rifk your men to a very butchery, and without any fruit. I will contribute all in my power to help you to have the fatisfacflion of this, and at the fame time I will fend an exprefs as I fhall to Rio Ja- neiro to the Governor, and acquaint, him, as well as the court of Portugal, of what it hath paft, and at the fame time of thq tyranny your men have received. I am 51 A. D. 1719, .IV A 1* t ^ \ your mofl dutiful and obedient fervant La Riviere,' The evening after the receipt of this letter, I myfelf go I went on board of the Portugueze, where Portuguezc I was treated with abundance of complai-^'P* fance. The captain afked my pardon for the ill ufage my officer had met with ; but with- al gave me to underftand, there could be no greater provocation to the people of that na- E 2 tion ii t t s ■» ' t\ \ If- J 111 .' 5^ A Voyage round the World.' A. D. 1719. comes on board my ihip. tlon, than that which Hatley was accufed of by Manfa. That his fhip's company had got Hatley amongft them before he knew any thing of the matter, and that he was obliged to call his prieft to his afliftance, before he could get him out of their hands, and in a very handfom manner, touched upon Hat- ley's flory. I made no long ftay on board of hem, and at my departure was faluted after their manner, with feven Vive el Reyes^ and The Portu-eleven guns. The next morning, Monfieur comes "n ^^"l^ Rivicre came on board of me, with his chief officers, to breakfafl with me, and fall a tide's work down the harbour with us. At his go- ing away, I could give him but three guns, having only four mounted. The reft were flruck down into the Hold, to eafe the lliip and make her fliff when we came to fea. We were now ready to depart, and I had made the fhip perfectly nl io go through the tempeftuous navigation we were to expedt, in failing to the Southward. I had made our ftern as firm as poffible, by covering it en- tirely with thick plank, and had only left two fmall fkutdes, to give light into the great cab- bin. I alfo furniflied myfelf with plank, wherewith to build an awning, but I chofe i-ather to fet it up at fea, than make a longer flay A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. 53 flay here. I alfo added ^'' ^y confiderably to our jftock of provifions, and did not make the leaft expenditure of our European ftores, Here we add- liquors excepted. My people had lived cn-^^ confidera- tirely upon frefli prcvifions, during all the ftock of pro- time we were at this ifland. I purchafed twenty-one head of black cattle, fome at four dollars each, and others at eight ; feveralhogs, at four dollars each, and two hundred of large falted drum-iifh, at ten doUars/fr hundred. I moreover purchafed one hundred and fifty bufhels of Farina de PaOy which is the flow- er of the CalTader root, and is fomewhat in the nature of our oatmeal. It is very hearty eating, and is prepared for the Mefs with very little trouble. It need only be thrown into boiling water, and makes a Burgou immediately. To all this I added a very neceffary article, which was, a good flock of tobacco. Thus provided with everything necefTary Sail from the for the fhip and the people, we, on the eighth cathtrine^'* of Augufl, failed from St. Catherine's, to my great fatisfadion, it being what I had long defpaired of ever being able to bring to pafs, becaufe of what I had long obferved in the temper and difpofition of my fhip's com* pany. E 3 A ^\\% ^ sW V 'n 54 i/ii'i: m '>« i ^M il ] A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. Accou7tt of the iJlandofSx., Catherine's. M Onlieur Frezier, though he has other- wife given a very good account of this ifland, has been guilty of taking no notice of an ifland lying between the illand of Gall, and the Northermoft point of St. Catherine's, and has not well obferved a reef of rocks running almoft two-thirds acrofs the channel between the ifland of Gall and the main continent of Brafil. The iirft of thefe miflakes furprized us very much, for as we flood through the forementioned channel in the night, we took the ifland, he has omitted, to be the North- ermofl part of St. Catherine's > but having palTed it, and found an opening to the fea, with only an high ifland about two miles in circumference, we apprehended ourfelves to be in the wrong place, and therefore came to an anchor again immediately, but in the morning we plainly perceived Monfieur Fre- zier's omifTion. Direaions ^*^ order to arrive at the anchoring place, for the an-yQu niuft Continue to fail in the channel, be- chorage. •' tween St. Catherine's and the continent, till you come within, or near to two fmall iflands, which have as yet had no name given them. Over- ji* 'j4 Voyage roumi the WoRtt>. 53 Over-aeainft the Northermofl of thefe is the ^'^* watering-place on St. Catherine's, near to the entrance of a fmall fait water creek, oppofite to which you may come to, in fix or {even. fathom water, very fafely, the bottom being a fine grey fand. The ifland of St. Catherine's itfelf, is a- bout eight leagues and a half in length, but in breadth it no where exceeds two leagues -, and the channel between it and the continent is fo narrow in one part, as not to be much above a quarter of a mile in breadth. The whole ifland is all over covered witli inac- ceflible woods, fo that excepting the planta- tions, and places of habitation, there is not a clear fpot upon it. The leaft ifland about it is, with the fame luxuriancy, overfpread with a great variety of trees and undergrowth of brambles and thorns which deny all accefs ; and the main continent of Brafil itfelf, in this part, appears to be one vafl:, continued wil- dernefs. The fafliifras, fo much efl:eemed in Europe, Several fort* is fo common there, that we laid in a good° quantity of it, infl:ead of other wood, for firing. They have here a great quantity of oranges, both fweet and four 5 lemons, citrons, limes, banana's, palm-cabbage, melons of all forts, E 4 and mm m^-^:^ 'yj m t I- * .u 1719 'ji6 A VoyAGE round the World. and potatoes. They have here too the fugap cane, very large and good, but they make little or no ufe of it, for want of utenfils j fo that the little moloiTus and rum they have, they fell very dear. Game. -^^ ^° game, their is hardly any to be had, although the woods are full of parrots, which are good eating, and are always i^QW to fly by pairs, notwithftanding there may be fome hundreds of tiicm in a flock. They have Mac- caws, cokatoes, plovers, and a great diverflty of other birds of curious colours and peculiar fliapes, and particularly, a fort of bird fomewhat bigger than a thrufli, witb a fpur in the joint of each wing. The fiemingoes are very of- ten fcen here in great numbers, they are of a fine and rich fcarlet. They appear extremely beautiful when on wing. They are about the fize of the heron, and in general, may be faid to be not unlike them in fh^pe. It is quite other wife with the fifhery ; for of fiili? as they have a great abundance of feveral forts of good fifli, fo they have almofl every where the beft conveniencies for hauling the feyne. All their bays and creeks are well flocked with mullets, large rays, grimters, cavallies, and drum-fifh, fo called from the noife they make^ and by which they are followed into fhoaU water oaU atcr A. D. 1719. yf Voyage round the World. ^y Water, and taken. Some of thefe Drum-fifh weigh twenty or thirty pounds a piece. Their fcales are large and ftrong, and ahnoft as big as a crown piece. The Portuguefe call them Meroes. If you go up three or four miles into the fait- water creek, which I have before mentioned to be near the watering place, you may find each rock and flone, and even the roots of the mangrove trees, afford a delicious fort of fmall green oyflers. Among the rocks, ' by the fea-fide, you find what is called the fea- tgg\ in its outward form, it nearly refembles a dock-burr 'y excepting that it is generally three or four times as big, .nd of a fea-green or deep purple colour ; but in the infide it is divided in partitions like an orange, each par- tition containing a yellow fubflance, which is eaten raw, and, in my opinion, exceeds all the flicll-fifh I ever tailed 3 they have prawns of an extraordinary fize, and m our nets we fometimes caught the fea-horfe, defcribed by monfieur Frezier, in his relation of this place. On the favannas of Arezitiba, on the con- Black cattle, tinent, over-againfl the fouthermofl point of St. Catherine's, they have great numbers of black cattle, fome of which we were fupplied with from thence, and which we bought at a reafonable price. Take f !( m 1;%- U 'K t j8 ji Voyage round the World. A. D. Take the charadter of the Portugueze of this ifland from the Portugueze captain's let- Inhabitants, j^j. . ^^j. jj. -g certain they arc a parcel of Ban- ditti, which come for refuge hither from the neighbouring, and more fl:rid:ly governed colonies of Brafil. Emanuel Manfa, who was what they called captain of the ifland, was ilill their chief as much as in Frezier's time. However, for my part, I cannot but da them the juflice to fay, that they traded with me very honcHly, and were very civil to e- very one but to thofe who gave them the grofs affronts, I have already mentioned. They en- joy the the blefTings of a fertile country and a wholfom air, and ftand in need of no ne- cefTaries except cloatliing. They have fire- arms fufficient for their ufe, and indeed they hav€ need of them very often, for they are Sadly peRerMfadly troubled with tygers. But though ufe has made them eafy under that inconveni- ence, yet in their houfes they are obliged to keep a great many dogs, to defend them from thofe ravenous creatures, who oftentimes make great havock among them. I have been told, a tyger has killed eight or ten dogs in a night ; but if it be day-light, the tyger feldom efcapes them j for he then af- fords the inhabitants a kind of diverfion, and an with tygers. A Voyage round the World. an opportunity to deflroy him effcdtuallyj in lliort, nothing is more common than to fee the prints of tygers paws upon the fandy beach. As to their fine dwelling-houfes men- tioned by Monfieur Frezier, we could none of us ever fee any of them 5 nor have they any place worthy the name of a town, nor any fortification, of any kind, excepting the woods, which to them is a fure retreat and fecurity againfl any enemy that might ven- ture to attack them. As to the Indians of this part, I cannot fay much of them, hav-^ ing never feen above two or three of them, while we remained at this ifland. 59 A. D. , ■ .:.t \ 'i.,' .'■/ (••?> iM^^i m The Voyage continued from St. Catherine's. Upon Sunday, the ninth of Augufl, we took our departure from the Northermoil: point of St. Catherines, in the latitude of twenty- feven degreeSjtwenty minutesSouth, the difference of longitude, fifty degrees Weft from the Lizard. Wednefday, Auguft the nineteenth, at fix In the evening, Mr La Port, my third lieu- tenant, broke his leg, by a Aide on the deck. From the time we left St. Catherines, till now, we had for the moft part fqually weather. At noon, our latitude, by obfervation, was thirty- fix degrees twenty-five minutes South, our me- ridian ('••., 1.1 • ■'» ,» I' \ hi'- dtp L'if 6o A Voyage 7'ound the World. A. D. ridian diftance a hundred and forty-two miles ^1"^^' Weft from St. Catherines. I kept the lead going all along the coaft of Patagonia, other- wife called the Defart-Coaft ; and I prefume it will not be amifs to infert the following ac- count of the depths and nature of the ground as follows, viz. Soundings In latitude of thirty-fix degrees forty-two and nature ©f.^t* vj/* j* • -^ the ground on nnnutes oouth, we had loundmgs in ninety tlie coaft offatJ^Qj^^ Patagonia. In thirty-fix degrees thirty-four minutes South, foundings in fixty and feventy fathom grey fand In forty degrees twenty-two minutes South, foundings in fixty-eight fathom, grey and black fand. In forty degrees twenty-one minutes South foundings in eighty-five fathom, the fame ground as before. In this latitude we faw vaft quantities of large fea- weeds. In latitude forty-one degrees two minutes South, foundings in ninety-five fathom, grey and black fand. In forty -four degrees fifty-eight minutes South, foundings from fixty-five to feventy fathom, the fame. In forty-five degrees fixteen minutes South, foundings in fixty-three fathom, rocky. In A. D. 1719. ji VoYAGt romiii tfX' World. ' 61 In forty- iiv'e degrees twenty-Ax minutes South, foundings from iixty-tvvo to feventy fathom, the fame. In fc.ty-five degrees torty-two minutes South, foundings and ground the fame. In formfe/en degrees eighteen minutes South, foundings from fixty-twp to feventy fathom, grey and black fand. From the latitude of forty-nine degrees thirty-four minutes South, to the latitude of fifty-one degrees ten minutes South, we had foundings from fifty-five to fixty fathoms,, black fand and yellow gravel. I found the foundings to be very regular, and though I cannot be certain of our ex- ad diftance from the land, at any particular times of our founding, yet I dare fay we were never nearer than thirty, or farther than forty leagues diftant from the land. From the latituu"j of forty degrees, to the latitude of fifty-two degrees thirty minutes, we had fight of continual flioals of feals and penguins, and were conftantly attended by See vaft Pintado birds Thefe are of about the bij^-'^^^f^' "^^^^'» o and penguins. nefs of a pidgeon, and the French call ihc-ii Damiers^ becaufe their feathers being bla;:k numbers ^"^^of and white, are difpofed in fuch a manner, as^*",^^'i?, y^^i^ , 1 . , , , . and Albitrof- to make their bacKs and wings appear chec-fe$. quered m \:n) I- f ,5!.'!, A. D. 1719. Incom- moded by the 62 ^ Voyage round the World, quered like a draught board. Thefe were accompanied by Albitrofles, the largeft fort of fea-fowl we know of, fom'e of them ex- tending their wings to the width of twelve or thirteen feet. Whilfl we had the river of Plate open, great quanti-thc fca thcreabouts was covered with prodigi- ties of fea- . . 1 • 1 r wecd. ous quantities 01 large lea- weed, which often incommoded us. It was impoffible for us to avoid running into the midft of vafl (hoals of it. It was very troublefom to get clear of it again, whenever this happened, and it always made us lofe feme of our way. But as we went more to the Southward, this inconvenience left us. After this we had, on the furface of the water, abundance of things appearing like white fnakes. We took fome of them up, but could not perceive there was any life in them, nor were they formed into any fhape fefembling any kind of animal, they being only, in form, a long cylinder of a white fort of a jelly. I might have obferved that as we advanced to the Southward, my people's ftomachs increafed with the fharpnefs of the air to that degree, that the allowance vd^iich the government gives in the navy, was not fuf- ficient to fatisfy their hunger. Some of my officers A Voyage round the World 6t officers, in particular, were very angry they •^- ^* could not have their bellies full, or at leaft a *^*^* larger allov^ance than the common people. Mr. Betagh, my captain of marines, who had Betagh the been formerly a purfer of a man of war, and^f^J^f ""g^™^; a man whom I had a g^reat regard for, vv^as the f^oublefom , . -, ... _ becaule I champion for an addition of allowance at my would not en- table i for he told me he had orders from thelo!|anctatmr adventurers to eat with me j and what was my^^^^^* table, if I did not eat better than the cook ? To this I anfwered, that he knew I was not allowed an ounce of frefli provilions to fea with me, and that he could have no rea- fon to complain, having all along fared as well as myfelf, without any charge to him. But notwithftanding all I could fay, this gentle- man did not think it neceffary to ufe any ce- remony at fuch a table, and would fometimes take the greateft part of what we had, upon his own plate; fo that I found myfelf obliged to di- vide the allowance of my table into equal iliares, and every one had his fliare by lot. Upon this, Mr. Betagh ufcd his endeavours to perfuade the people not to ftarve themfelves, as he called it, and he gained his point fo far, that, in a very ^j^j.^ j^g^_ little while after, I was forced to give them an tagh's means extraordinary meal, every day, either of fa-giveanextra- rina or calavances, which at once made a con-o^^^'n^ry d- fiderableprovifions. ' 5' I, I ir A.D. 1719. 64 A Voyage round the World. fiderable confumption both of our water, an4 fewel. Betagh could not ftop here, but urged by his intemperance, and finding me unwiU ling to Iquander away our provifions, without knowing when or where we might get any more, he at length had the infolence to tell me publickly, that the voyage fhould be fhort with me, which he often repeated. liliould have had reafon to fear it, had he been capable of commanding ; for I had been in* formed he was a Cape-of-Good- Hope-man. Betagh by But, however, for his punifhment, I excluded obV"s°meTo^^'^ both from my mefs, and the great cab- expel him the bin. Upon this, captain Betagh, finding I fnTorder himwas in earnelt with him, and fearing fome onder confine- j^g^^y. punifhment might befal him for his mutinous behaviour, fent me ,the following letter to aik my pardon for what he had done. September i8j 17 1(;. Sir, * T Shall not here trouble you with many ' arguments to extenuate the crime I * ftand charged with, which were to put the ' delinquent upon a footing with the injured ' perfon. * I ^'•^:: ki A Voyage round the World. * 1 therefore own, and am forry, that paf- lion and the diflrefs I had long laboured under of your ill will, have fo far tranf- ported me, as to give you fuch language, as is no ways juftitiable from any officer to his commander. I heartily iSk your par- don for it, promifing that I will ufe my befl endeavours never to tfanfgrefs in the fame manner. But were it permitted me to expoflulate any thing herein, it would be to put you in mind that I fear you are too much prepoffeffed in my disfavour 5 for you gave me your word at St. Cathe- rines, that no omilTion or tranfgreffion then palTed and over, fllould ever more be ob- jedled to any perfon therein concerned. And yet my misfortune is fuch, that the words I fpake feven or eight months agone, were made the occafion of this bufinefs, though I am furc, with other pcrfons, and on any ntVcr fcore, you would not violate your promife. Next, I fliall beg leave to affure you, I never entertained any thoughts of ever becoming a party-man, for it is my avc ^.on } and I am almoft afTured, that were I fo inclined (as I never fhall) I fhould not find one to join me ; for I find every one fo well fatisfied, efpecially fince the F • late ^5 A. D. 1719. I ■ ■ 'HI mm lil mm 66 H;- ;; '"'■ liH ^.'■' u A. D. 1719. A Voyage r our hi the JVorld, late amendment to the diftribution of prize and plunder money, and that the worll: or mofl fatiguing part of our voyage is almofl paft, that each, and every of them is well enough pleafed wixh the profprdt they have in hand. I am w^ith great refped, Si r, your moll humble and mofl obedient fervant William Betagh. Upon this It may appear plain enough to any one iffctatHber-who reads the foregoing letter, that this was *^' not the firfl offence he had been guilty of, and in fad: it was not. The perfon who de- livered this letter to me, told me, that cap- tain Betagh was fo far from thinking the ac- knowledgement, in his letter, fuflicient to merit my favour, that he begged I would give him an opportunity of confefling his crimes openly, which he would do in fuch a manner, as he hoped would move me to par- don him. Upon which I again rellored him in A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. 67 in a handfomer manner than he afterwards deferved, as will appear by the fequel. But now to refume the thread of our voy- age, I muft inform the reader, that between St. Catherine's and the river of Plate it is but an indifferent coaft. For which reafon I kept a good offing, till I came to the Southward of Cape St. Anthony, where I hauled into foundings, as has been faid before. There is another thing worth our obfervation, and that is, that the whales, grampuffes, and 0- Great num- ther fiHi of a monftrous bulk, are in fuch^'^''^^'"^'^" numbers on the coaft of Patagonia, that they were very often oftenfive to us. They would come fometimes fo clofe to us, as almoll to ftifle us with their flench when they blew, and would lie fo near us, that I have fre- quently thought it impoflible to efcape ftrik- ing upon them on every fend of the fea. I am a ftranger to the Greenland fiOiery, there- fore cannot fay why a trade for blubber, at leaft, might not be carried on here. I may venture to affirm, it is a fafer navigationj^ and I am apt to believe here is a greater cer- tainty of fuccefs in making up a cargoe. Saturday, September the nineteenth, I re- membering to have heard of fome fhoals in F 2 th« H I iA .% 63 ' i A. D. 1719. i«U A Voyage round the World the latitude of fifty degrees, thirty minutes South, and having no draught that defcribed this coaft (for captain Clipperton, who was fupplied with every thing neceiTary, of that kind, for both ihips, did not think fit to let me have any) and judging that I was not a- bove twenty leagues from the land, I flood right in, the greatefl part of the day, with Intent to flrike ground upon thefe flioals, but did not come into lefs than fifty-five fathom ; therefore at night I altered my courfe a~ long fliore again. About midnight I per- ceived the water to be difcoloured all at once, and upon heaving the lead, we found our- felves in twenty-fix fathom of depth ; this done, I flood off again to fea, but we did not deepen our water in the running of five leagues. At fix the next morning we had thirty fathom, but had no fight of land though fome were of opinion they had^ which I did not depend upon. This bank mufl lie very near the entrance of the flraits of Magellan. On this bank, or fhoal, we faw great numbers of blubbers appearing, like the tops of umbrellas, curioufly flriped and ilteaked with all forts of colours. They were a fpecies entirely different from any I had ever leen, of the kind, before. From '■,'* o A Voyage round the World. 69 From hence I fhaped my courfe for the ^' ^• ftraits of le Mair, and as we approached the coafls of Terra del Fuego, we met with very foggy weather. I had a fine opportu- nity of going through the flraits of Magel- lan i hut captain Clipperton, in his fcheme, pretended, out of the abundance of his judg- ment, and experience, that the ftraits qf Le Mair would be the beft navigation for us at this time, though he himfelf palTed thro* the flriats of Magellan. From this I might have conje(5lured that he who never was fond of having a confort with him, defigned to make ufe of this as a likely expedient to fe- parate himfelf from us to fome purpofe ; a,nd it will be feen in its proper place, that he was a man who would do any thing rather than not follow his own way of thinking, though ever fo dillioneft or inhuman. September the thirteenth, the fog clearing Arrival oti up, we faw fome mountains of a ft^ipt''''i'Hi»fjl|;',,"Jf^^ height on Terra del Fucgo, entirely covered 'i^" with fnow. The nearefl point of Idliii to m was atleafteightleagii('?i(lJllan(, lietujn/^ ^niifli Weft, but before we rnuld make any farthct difcovery of this fliore, the UiKl rettUlifcc) m)|| made us ftand ofF again for fome Hltie, ahij then bring to. At four the nexl Jimiiilng I F 3 macje f .ill # A. D. I m ■/ f ■!;' ^ Voyage round the World. made an eafy (ail to the Southeailwaid, and at day-light it proved very clear; when I found I had fallen in with the land about five leagues to the Northweflward of the flraits of Le Mair. We had now a full, but melancholy profpedt of the moft defolate country, to all appearance, that can be con-r ceived or imagined, feeming to be no other than continued ridges and chains of moun-* tains, one within another, perpetually buried in fnow. Towards noon we were becalmed, within three leagues of the mountains called the Three Brothers, fo named from their e- qual height, near refemblance, and proximi- ty to one another ; the Weftermoft of them bearing South by Weft, and cape St. Vincent Eaft by South, diftant two leagues, Each of thefe three mountains rifes gradually with an even furface to the North weft ward, and thev then drop almoft perpendicularly on the foo. of each other, and form three bluft^ heads. Thus they appear at a diftarce, which caufed Monfieur Frezier to tell us, in his description of this part, that they are contiguous. Bu^ I was near enough to fee that the two Weft- ermoft of them arc divided by a large river, or very deep bay, where, perhaps, a fhip jnight find good flicker on any emergent oc« CiifiQUs 71 A Voyage round the World. ' cafion. Thefe mountains were free from A. D. fnow towards the fea, and appear no other than ' 7 >9' rocky precipices. They are a very obvious mark to inform all fhipping which come this way, that they are near the mouth of the ftraits of LeMair. But there is another thing which makes them the more remarkable, and that is a llender peeked mountain, appearing behind them, like a column of fnow, much fu- perior in height to the reft of the land about it. This column, if it may be fo called, though fituated fo far up in the country, looks as if it was clofe behind the Three Brothers, when you are at the forementioned bearings. It may be farther known, by leaning its head in a furprizing manner to the South eaftward. We favv it at feveral bearings, but it keeps to its fliape and feeming diftance, and one would have almoft thought it followed us as we rounded Cape St. ' 'incent, to go into the ftraits, which are about three leagues to the South-eaftward of the Three Brothers. Before we came on the coaft of Terra del Paflagethro' Fuego, we had not been fenfible of any aelps^^J.^, ^^^J^^^^ or hindrances, by currents, from the time that we had got to the Southward of the ri- ver of Plat:; J btjt this afternoon we were hurried with incredible rapidity into the F 4. ^ ftraity. ^ '-■■ ?!■ ' m:\ ftll I m 4^ "^> IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) fe c ^' 4s, %^4i. ./. y ^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 1^ 128 |2.5 lu m t U£ 22 2.0 M. ill 1.6 -*' <5: 7 Hiotographic Sciences Corporation # ,1>^ ^ p^" 4K?x t/i o^ A. D. 1 A Voyage round the World. flraits, and juft as we had gained feme what more than the mid-pafiage, the tide flack- ened upon us. We then founded, and had but twenty-leven fathom of depth, with a rocky bottom. At the lame time, I took an opportunity to make what obfervations I could of the ilraits themfelves. We had a clear view of Staten land, which yields a mofl: un^ Comfortable landflcape, of a fiirprizing height, covered with fnow to the very waih of the fea, and looks more like huee white clouds; than firm land. Thefe fl raits feem to an- fwer very well to Monlieur Frezier's map of them, being about feven leagues through, fix leagues wide, and lie almofl North and South. But in the midft of thefe obferva- tions, the northern tide came rufliing upon us with a violence equal to that of the tide which had brought us in, and to our great aflonifhment, drove us out of the flraits a- gain at a great and extraordinary rate, not- withflanding we had a frefli and fair gale with us at North Weft, and when at the fame time we ran at the rate of fix knots by our log, fo that I cannot judge this tide can run lefs than ten knots in an hour, in fliort, we were quite carried out of thefe flraits again in about an hours time. Upon the fhifting of ftinjT of A. D. A Voyage round the World'. of this tide to windward, there arofe fuch a fhort, wild, while it lalled, fo hollow a fea, and fo lofty withal, that we alternately dip- ped our bowfprit enu and poop lanthorns in- to the water. Our fhip laboured in the moil violent and mofl fhocking manner, and be- came infenlible of the guidanceof her helm; but at midnight th^ tide fliifted, and we put through the Straits, Aeering South with a brilk gale at North Weft, without feeing the land, diftindtly on either lide, and in the morning had a very good offing to the South- ward. • : • , After we had got well to fea, we unftocked our anchors, and brought them aft, and got in our fpritfail yard to eafe our bows, and make every thing as fnug as poffible. We had found it yery cold, before we came this length, but now we began to feel the extreme of it. The bleak weflerly 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, JJ^'^^^y^'^ and rigging, had cafed the mads, and every f^*^' rope with ice, and had, in a manner, render- ed our fiils ufelefs to us. So much were we accuflomed to the mofl: fevere florms> that we ufed to think it tolerable weather, if we could n Meet with wea< ier. 74 A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. could but bear a reefed mainfail ; for it was common with us to be, two or three days to- gether, lying to under bare poles, expofed all the while, to the aflaults of prodigious feas, much larger than any I had ever obferved be- fore. Now we began to be thoroughly fenlible of the benefit of our awning, and, indeed, we could fcarce have lived without it. The winds reigning thus tempefluoully, without intermiffion, in the weftern board, we had ftretched away into the latitude of lixty-one degrees, thirty minutes of Southern latitude. With all this, we had the misfortune of having continual mifly weather, which fuggefted to us a continual dread of falling foul of iflands of ice : but, thank God, we efcaped that dan- ger, though we had many alarms at the fight oi fog- banks, and other falfe appearances* Notwithftanding we had the days of a great length, yet it was very feldom we could get a light of the fun j fo that we had but one obfervation of the variation in all this pafTage, which was in the latitude of fixty degrees, thirty-feven minutes South, five degrees to the Weftward of the ftraits of Le Mair, by our computation, where we found it to be twenty-two degeees, fix minutes to the North J^")afiward. Thurfday iflr, ■ V A Voyage round the World. Thurfday, 0(5lober the firft, at feven in the evening, as we were furling the main- fail, one William Camell cried out, that his hands were fo benumbed, he could not hold himfelf i but before thofe who were next to him, could lay hold of him, he fell into the fea, and the fhip making very frefh way, and the fea running very highj we loft fight of him before we could bring to. The cold is certainly more infupportable in thefe, than in the fame latitudes to the North- ward } for though we were pretty much ad- vanced in the fummer feafon, and had the days very long, we were neverthelefs fubjed: to continual fqualls of fleet, fnow and rain, and the heavens were perpetually hidden from us, by heavy and difmal clouds. In flioit, one would imagirfe it impoflible that any thing living could fubfift in fo rigid a climate , and indeed, we all obferved, that we had not had the fight of one fi{h, of any kind, fince we were come to the Southward of the ftraits of Le Mair i nor of one fea-bird, excepting a difconfolate black Albitrofs, who accompa- nied us for feveral days, and hovered about us as if he had loft himfelf, till Hatley (niy fecond captain) concluding, in a gloomy fit, that the company of this melancholy bird brought IS A. D. 1719. '*ii A. D. 17x9- 76 A Voyage round the World. brought us ill luck ; refolved to deftroy him, in hopes we might then have better weather, and more favourable winds than we had hi- therto had to deal with in thefe remote tem- pefluous feas. I muftownthe navigation here is truly melancholy, and it was the more fo to us, who Were a fingle fhip, and by ourfelves in this vafl and dreadful folitude ; where- as a companion would have mixed fome chearfulnefs 'with the thoughts of being in fo diftant a part of the world, expofed to fuch dangers, and, as it were, feparated from the reft of mankind. The very thoughts of the poffibility of lofing our mafts, by the vi- olence of fuch very ftormy weather as we had had, were enough to caft a damp upon the cleareft fpirits ; but the hopes of enjoy- ing a large repofe in the Pacific Sea, on the coaft of Peru, lightned our cares, and gave us fome fmall relief. Carry away Thurfday, Odobcr the twenty-fecond, at our fore-top- gjg-ht at night, we carried away our fore-top- maft, and rigged another next morning. We crept, by very flow degrees, after we had ventured to tack and ftand to the Northward, in hopes to weather our way into the great South Seas -, and indeed it may be averred, that from the time we pafTcd the ftraits of Le \ A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. 77 Le Mair, till we had the firft fight of the coafl of Chih, we had been ^ jntinually dif- treflcd by the winds, and difcouraged by the weather. On Saturday, November the fourteenth at Arrive in noon, we faw the coafl of Chili, the North- coall of CliiU. ermoft part jn fight, bearing North Eaft by Eaft, and the Southermoft, South Eaft by South, diflance ten leagues, latitude by ob- fervation forty-feven degrees, twenty-eight minutes South. Having now overcome the mofl hazardous part of our navigation, and being arrived on the confines of the Spanifh fettlements on the coafl of Chili, it behoved us to adl with all the precaution necefTary to prevent our being difcovered by the enemy. Our fuper- numeraiy allowance of provifions, as before mentioned, had wafled our water and wood in fuch a manner, that inflead of proceeding diredly along the coafl to the Northward j we found ourfelves under an abfolute necelTi- ty to think of fome means, by which we might get a recruit of wood and water, and dared not prefume to go much farther, till we had fupplied ourfelves therewith. Wc had but feven buts of water remaining, and thofe fuch a manner, that half the hold . mufl lying in ^:'% ■ A D 1719 78 A Voyage romiJ the World, mufl: have been unftowed to get at them, and a much lefs proportion of wood. Our '^ircumflances being as here reprefented, I thought it would be beft for us to go firft to Narborough's ifland. We accordingly direded ourcourfe to that place j and on Thurfday, the nineteenth of November, at eight in the morning, we faw land, and at noon, the bo- Narborough's^iy of Narborough's ifland bore North Eafl jfland. q£ ^jg diftant three leagues. At the fame time our latitude by obfervation was forty- four degrees, forty- three minutes South. Va^ riation by amplitude was eit^ht degrees, fifty minutes Eaft. Saturday,November the twenty-firfl, at feven in the morning, we had foundings in twenty- eight fathom, of fine grey and black fand. But here wc found a very wild road, which could not be deemed fafe for us, in the unfet- tled weather, which we had had the experience of, in this climate. But being, however, willing to try what could poflibly be done^ at nine the fame morning, I fteered Eafl half Attempt to North, for the river of St. Domingo, which ^f^j'/^^J^^" empties itfelf from that part of the continent go« which is oppofite to Narborough's ifland. In this river, I imagined, we might wood and water, and clean our fliip undifcovered, there being ■ , A. D. A Voyage round the 'Wo'R'Lti, 81 Voice, concluded, that if I pafTed by this ifland, our expedition might probably end ignobly and unfortunately, fince it was likely that Clipperton had already alarmed the coaft which muft of courfe have brought on an em- bargo upon all fhips trading to leeward. This Reafons for indeed^ would have added, beyond all expref-niand of Chi- fion, to the heceflity we were under of^°^* providing for ourfelves whilfl it was in our power fo to do. I muft own, the thoughts of living wholly upon our Euro- pean ftock, were very melancholy. It muftj in a very little time, have reduced us to the danger of being famifhed, if we could nei- ther fupply ourfelves with provifion out of the enemy's fhips, or by the means of fome en- terprife on fome fhore, where provifions werei to be had. In this cafe, we muft either have ftarved or furrendered to the enemy, or imme- diately have fteered our cr urfe for the Eaft Indies, without either money or credit, and fo our expedition muft have ended before it \vas well begun. It was not without ma- ture deliberation, and many conftderations that I lormed a refolution of going to Chiloe, ndi* could I but think myfclf happy in having fo good a profpecl, in fo great an exigence, of preventing a greater number of evils, and G difafters W «■ S2 A. D. A Vc . AGE round the World. difafters than might have been to be forefeen. In hopes then to get an additional fupply of proviiions, to keep the fea vwith, for as long as niiight be necefTary, and efpecially if cap- tain Clipperton had alarmed the coafts> for us ; or to enable us to fubfifl in fome obfcurc liland, where we might remain till the Spa- niards fhould imagine we had abandoned their feas, and then come upon them a- ii^ain, when they had the leaft apprehenfions of being molefted by us. In hopes of gain- ing this very material advantage by going to Chiloe, we fleered for that ifland. On Saturday, November the twenty-eighth at fix in the morning, the Teats of Cucao on the faid ifland of Chiloe bore of us, Eafl North Eafl, and at noon, the Northermofl part of Chiloe bore of us, North Eafl, dif- tant four leagues, at the fame time that our latitude, by obfervation, was forty-one degrees forty minutes South. SEC T. ' f fi ' '-IT V - "«• ;«^ Voyage round the World* V %i A. D. SECT. lit Arrival at the ijland of Chiloe, oh the coajl of Chili. ^>J^^ O iSr D A Y, November the thir- ^> M ^ tieth, we entered the channel> 59s5t,^Jll5i between the continent of Chilij )e(>$^<^ and the illand of Chiloe, and flood in for the harbour under French Co^ lours, with an intent to furprize and attack the towns of Chaeao and Calibueo. But when we came into the channel, our pilot feemed to be as great a ftranger to it as my- felf, and the wind beginning to blow frefh^ and rainy thick weather coming on, I an- chored at ten in the morning, in thirteen fa- thom water, between the point of Carelma- po, and a fmall ifland called Pedro Nunez j Immediately after we had come to, the windward tide made out with prodigious la - pidity, which inftantly caufed a great fea,- and the wind increaling at the fame time, G 2 the \\*:\\ #.1/ m &.~ Give my fince this Spanifh officer had given me to un- for"oftt derftand, it was not above three hours fail to the town of Chacao. What could one have thought elfe, after an abfence of three days, but that they had either deferted, or been ta- ken, either of which accidents would infalli- bly be the ruin of my deiign ? But the fequel vviil ftiew what little confidence J could place in the moft of my officers, December the fifth, at feven in the morn- ing, we faw two boats failing towards us, which I, at firft, fuppofed to be our own, and fome boat flie had taken. But as they approachedj I found them to be two pira- guas full of men, who, after they had view- ed us, went on ihore upon a fmall ifland lying in the mouth of die harbour where we lay. Upon tliis, I ordered my people to put on their grenadiers caps, and to fpread themfelves fore and aft, to appear as formi- flable to them as we could. This was all we G 4 could m w% iie;j ^^""""^"^ippn^iiiiil •s:-. , -*ijV*!> 's' ;^., fu^- ■ A. D. 1719. ^ Voyage round the World. could do, for it would have been in vain for us to have followed tlieir light piraguas ia our heavy launch. See a white - December the lixth, at five in the morn- tee^ <^S ^P^i^ pbferving a white flag on the fhore, ; "'^ \, I fent away the launch, completely manned and "armed, to the place where this flag was, hut they found no perfon to treat with them. They found a letter which was made fafl: to the flag-fliafl", and a dozen of hams laying clofe by. The contents of the letter were as follows. ^f|'^ *-,: ■) r)':r'-t ;: From the Prefidence of Chacao^ December 6. 1719. . Sir, C Ince I had the news of feeing a fliip in * the place where you are, and perceiv- ing, at your coming in, that fhe was incom- moded, and that even your pinnace pafl!ed by this town, by which they fhewed their ignorance of the dangers of coming into my harbour, I immediately conjectured fhe was come for a pilot to bring your fhip in; therefore fent a foldier, in a canoe, to dif- cover what they were. But your people bore * fed * I -ft,s n A Voyage round the World; * bore away from him in my fight. You fent me a letter, which I read with plea- fure, and affure you I am forry for your misfortune by contrary winds, in which I alfo partake — Neverthelefs 1 can but think how accidentally you have alarmed all my country 5 for (commonly) lliips that are bound to this port, fend their boats in be- fore them, which you not doing, has gi- ven me all forts of fufpicions ; which you had not done, had I had any certain af- furance of your being the St. Rofe, the {hip you mention : but I believe you do not -. care to declare yourfelf thoroughly, fince you did not fend dired;ly to me. I never faw fuch a manner of alarming this pro- vince, and putting the inhabitants under arms : you little think what palTes in this fortrefs. ' I fent a canoe to call your pinnace back, but they would not be known, but on the contrary, crowded fail, and put themfelves in a pofture of defence, and fired two fu- fees at my boal, who had no arms in her'^ I not thinking it necefiary : fince which, I hear they have been afliore on an illand, where they killed a flieep, and were feen to re- embark very haftily, leaving behind * them 89 A. D. 1719. Ffti?-f \^ £f*^,M!W 90 A.D. 1719. '*! I A Voyage round the World. them all manner of adlions entirely con- trary to the letter you favoured me with ; for which I complain to you of the extra- vagances of your men, that you may know their ill pradticesj and they may afTure themfelves, that I and all the inhabitants will oblige you to purfue your voyage. You mufl needs have had wood and wa^ ter enough, in tlie time you have been in the port where you are, and having orders from my king to fupply no foreign fhips with provifions, I cannot order what you have defired of me. I thank you for the compliment of drinking my he 1th, and have fent you a dozen of hams, as the fruit of this country, and as fruit only I have taken that liberty. Don Nicolas Salvo. I did not much regard this gentleman's threats, though at the lame time I muft ac- knowledge, all my hopes of fuccefs, in any attempt I might make, againft the towns of Chacao and Calibuco were entirely vanifhed. The cowardice of my people, in the pin- nace, was a great difappointmpnt to mej for ^^ ^A. A Voyage round the World. for I really iookod upon them to be nine of the ftoutefl and moft refolute men in my ihip, and imagined they could not be feared or taken by (almoft) any number of Indians : however, I returned an anfwer to the go- vernour, and ordered it to be fixed in the fame manner they had found his letter. 91 A. D. 1719. Sir, From on board the St. Rofe*, December 6, 171 9. T had the honour of yours, and am very ' uneafy at niy people's behaviour 5 they had not the leaft direction from me for fo doing ; I fent them only to difcover your harbour, in order to pay my refpedts to you, for which reafon I let them have on- ly one day's bread to fubfift on. I can fay nothing in their behalf, but am ready to believe they have miflaken the way, and were driven by necelTity to be fo outrageous as to kill the fheep you mention ; and being ftrangers here, they fired at your boat, j fuppofe, under a notion of their being wild Indians Here I could gladly compound and make reflitution for the lofs your peo- ple have fuflained, befides bringing my * boat's * I afiumed that name for my fliip to pafs^he better far French, l:^ ,' m fc.., .t.l'f 92 A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World boat's crew to condign puninimcnt, not only on your account, but alio for difobey- ing my orders 1 fhall fail in forty-eight hours, and if they fall into your hands in that time, J beg you will be pleafed to fend them on board, as an inftance of your friend- fliip Although I have not been fupplied with any refrefhments, my people have palled by feveral flocks of fliecp, &c. and have never touched any of them, or any thing elfe belonging to the inhabitants 1 muft once more beg of you, if my people are with you, as I have good reafon to be- lieve they are, you would be pleafed to fend them on board to me : in regard I Ihould be very forry to give you any uneafmefs by making rep. Izals. I heartily thank you for your prefent of hams, and beg you'll accept of a little pepper, a fmall quantity of butter, and a few cheefes. Sir, I am, with all rcfpedt, Yours, * Le Janis Le Breton. Early • This was the name of a French captain who was wch known on thefe coails, ''■ It'lit ! \ '' *ff:":^ j4 Voyage round the WoB.LD» Early the next morning, the white flag was hoifted at the fame place, and the boat went on (hore, and brought off the following letter. 9S From the Prefidence of Chacao. Sir, c < ( < c < c c ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( c T Received yours with much approbation, * but as for your boat, I have not taken her, neither have her in my power ; only this I know, that they have been afhore at fome Indian houfes, and have rummaged and taken feveral things of fmall value. The Indians here being very poor, thefe adions are very unhandfom : but I know that thefe ravages are pradifed by failors, who pradife. nothing but mifchief^ they have even carried away with them two In- dians, which I perfuade myfelf they tbok for pilots to dired them in their return on board your ihip : but as foon as your boat arrives, I beg thofe Indians afhore, for they are not favages, but my domefticks and chriftians. — Sir, I have not your pinn.ice, neither do I defign to attack her, for had I been fo minded, I could have deftroyed her with my artillery, as flue paffed by this for- * trefs i A. D. 1719. m 94 A. D. 1719. < < c c < < c c c < c c ( A Voyage round the World. trefs i and you may afTure yourfelf, that if they come, I will remit them with all fpeed. I muft, moreover, defire your ex- cufe, in that I have not yet fupplicd you with proviiions and refrefhments, for it is not in my power to do it ; I farther entreat you to order your men, when they go for water, not to take any cattle they may meet in their way, and that will be a convincing proof of your fineerity — I am very much obliged to you for your prefent, which I efteem very much, as being a ipecimen of the food of Europe, of which I am a na- tive. I remain with all my heart, Your moft humble and obedient fervant, • Don Nicolas Salvo* Being in defpair of ever feeing the people who were abfent in the pinnace, and being as much at a lofs to know how and where^ abouts Chacao was fituated, as I was the firfl day I came hither; becaufe we had no draught of this ifland that I could depend on ; I deter- mined to alter the ftile of my letters, and fee - what 4k A Voyage round the World. what could be done by making a breach with the governor. I was determined by fome means or other, to make amends for my lofs of time in coming hither, by fuch a recruit of provifions as could be got, though even in the moft hazardous manner, fmce it was impof- fible I fliould proceed without it. And there- fore being now reduced to the alternative, ei- ther to defift from the profecution of the de- iign for which I came out of England, or to venture ourfelves among the woods and dif- tant habitations of the Indians, to get fuch a quantity of one thing or other, as might render us capable of keeping thefe feas, as long as might be neceflary for our purpofe > I thought it as eligible to finifh our days with our voyage here, as to perifh at fea, or fur- render ignominioufly to the Spaniards. I had this refleclion to encourage me, that the feamen, of our nation, who had ventured to cruize in thefe feas, before me, had, by their adions, inftilled a dread of the Englifli name, into the Spaniards inhabiting the coafts of Chilf, Peru and Mexico, though none, that I ever heard of, had molefted this ifland before. But being buoyed up with the fuccefs of fome others who had been in other parts of thefe fea-coalls before me, I did not doubt ai fortunate 95 A. D. 1719. \KV\i i **■ 96 A. D. 1719.. A Voyage round the WoRLb. fortunate event, and therefore fent the foU lowing anfwer to the governor's lafl. From on board the St. Rofe. il *■ / > 4$ ^■ Sir, c < ( < c c < c c c ( c I c c c € T Have received yours of the feventh in- * flant, and by this inform you, that I am extremely difTatisfied vi^ith my people's indifcretion . If they had returned in the time I prefixed to you in my lafl, I might by this time, perhaps, have failed, accord- ing to my promife : but can now no long- er forbear obferving to you, that as my peo- ple have lived on nothing but fait provifions, for a great while, I can hardly reflrain them from doing irregular things in fuch a place as this, where cattle is fo plenty, which I am not allowed to purchafe for money. I am very fenfible what a condition your for- trefs is in, and what flrength it confifls of, which I have been informed of by very good authors ; and I have now a pafTenger on board, who has been here frequently in the time of Don Pedro de Molina, and by this begs leave to kifs the hands of Pa- dre Arnoldo, Padre Gatie, Don Francifco Carenot) and Don Juan de Vouert. * I 1*. c c c ( c < ( c c c u^VoY/ ^E round the World. 97 * I think it: very hard I cannot prevail upon ^ ^ you to let the Indians bring in provifionr, to '7 '9* iiie, at their own price, and am forry to tell yoU; that proviiions I mud have, and that very fpeedily. All the forces of Chacao, Calibuco, Carelmapo, or Caftro, /hall not frighten or deter me from fupplying myfelf : but however, I had rather get it peaceably^ than caufe fuch a difturbance j and have made choice of the place where I am, ra* ther than come within your jurifdidlion, be- ing unwilling to give you any unealinefs. 1 ' i.r i' Sir, Sec. Le Janis Le Breton* I did not think fit to tell him, in plain terms, we were Englilh j for I had two views in concealing it, the firfl, to hinder them front alarming the coaft, and the odier to give them a diflike to the French traders, who have con- fiderable intercfl , with the Spaniards, in thefe kingdoms. This would certainly have had, in fome meafure, the defired efFedl, if we had not had the ill luck to be difcovered. However, to make no farther delay, by a fruit- Icfs correfpondence with the governor, I the II next m S.-i„. vfm I .,.■''' iit ; A. D. 1719. q8 ji Voyage round the World. A ri next d^y fent Mr. Brooks, my firfl lieutenant, in tlie launch, with twenty-nine men well Mr, Brooks ■' r 1 • j firft lieutenant armed, to take what provilions, or any kind, tikT'^what '°^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^- ^^^" ^^^^^ ^^^y ^^^^ pi-ovifiors hegone, there came a Piragua with a mefTage could find. _ , - .^\ 1 ./-t u from the governor, lignilyuig, that if I would fend an officer to Chac^o, he would treat with me. But I gave him for anfwer, that I would treat no where but on board my own fhip ; and farther, that it was now too late, fince I had already difpatched eighty men (1 thought it proper to magnify their number) The launch^ take all they could find. In the evening, returns wim ■' to* ftore of pro- the launcli returned, and brought with her a large Piragua fhe had taken, and both laden with fhecp, hogs, fowls, hams, barley and And foon green peas and beans. Soon after the pin- after thepin-^ *. . i^iriiri race rtturns,nace aiTivcd, which 1 had 10 long given over after a week's£-^j. j^^^ ^^-^.j^ j^|| j^^j. ^,j.g^y . ]^,^^ theyw Cre fo terrified, that I had no hopes of their being fit didar!iiaffe?-^^^ fervice in any little time. The officer told ^^- me, he had fought his way through feveral canoes of armed Indians, and that it was with great difficulty he got clear of them, which he did by making his pafTage round the ifland, which was at leaf!:, a circumference of feventy leagues. This, nothing but an excefs of mean- fpiritednefs could have urged them to, even if they A VoVAGE 7'ound the World. they had had fuch numbers to encounter with as they reported : but efpecially when there was but one boat of unarmed Indians, and a Spanifh ferjeant, who came oiF to them with- out the lead fhew of violence, as the governor mentions in his iirfl letter, and as fome of themfelves afterwards confefTed; but added withal, there w^re great numbers of people on the fhore, who they were apprehenfive would follow them. The officer himfelf 'had no excufe for his imprudence, in expoling him- felf fo much as to pafs by the town ; nor could he alledge any better reafon for not returning on board again, as foon 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 the boat to come to with, till the tide had fhifted. In fhort, the dread amongft them was fo great, that rather than pafs by the town of Chacao again, though even in the night, when they could not have been perceivi-d by the inhabi- tants, they chofe rather to row round fo great an ifland as this, in a fmall open boat, crouded with as many men as (lie could well carry, in a climate as much fubjed to hard gales of wind and dangerous feas, as the coafls of England. It was a hundred to cne they were II 2 not » 1 ^. o 4 99 A. D. 1719. vWI \m If %i. '■ hl1> V 1 mmmp?' . % i^ 100 A. D. 1719. A VoYAGi: j'oufid the World. not loft. But perceiving them all to be con- founded with lliame and regret, I faid but lit- tle to them, and only made the officer who commanded them, fenlible of his unpardon- able mifmanagement, which had been the ruin of the advantageous views I might have had, in taking either Chacao or Calibuco. I muft beg leave here to make a digreffion, What pro- to iliew what probability I had of eafily making babie vievvs l^iyy/Mf niafter of one of thefe places, if not had or taking -^ ^ either Chacao botli, by what my Frenchman, Jofeph de la or Calibuco. -r^ . 1111 1 r i • rontaine, who had been here leveral times, informed m'*. He faid, there was, indeed, at Chacao, what they called a fortrefs, but that it did, by no means, deferve that name; for that he never faw above two guns mount- ed, and thofe with their carriages half buried in the earth 3 that they never dreamt of being attacked by any Europeans there, and, being in perfed: peace with the Indians, it made them negligent in their difcipline, and fuffcr what ftrength they liad, to run to decay; and that what garrifon they had, conlifted cliieiiy of Creolian Spaniards, who are worfe foldiers than "he Indians themfelves. From all this, one iiay naturally conclude, that if I could h:^ /e brought my (hip before the town of Chacao, in the fpace of forty-eight hours after my im .^Voyage round the World. my iirft arrival, I could have met with but a feeble oppofition in rendering myfelf mafler of the place. But after they had been under apprehenfions of being attacked for feven days fuccelTively, one might reafonably conceive, they had loll: no time in preparing themfelves, by all the contrivances they could think of, to give us a warm reception : but could we have come upon them in fo fliort a tiine as I could have wiflied, and had no caufe to doubt I iliould, on my firil arrival here, the go- vernor could not have had time enough for any refledtion that might have fuggciicd to him, that we were Englitli. The Indians who were brought on board by my pinnace's crew, told me, there was near a thoiifand armed Spaniards on the illand, and my French- man was of the fame opinion : but both a- orccd, that if I would let them alone in their city, for fo they called their town, I might do what I pleafcd in the country, where the poor hulians mull: bear the weight of all damages. I therefore laid afide all thoughts of going to their towns, under hopes of furnifhing myfelf with v/hat we wanted, from the Indian plantations and farms, which, in the fequel, afforded us the chief article of v/hat I prop^ 'ed to my- felf in coming licrc, 'viz. a competent Hock H 3 o^ lOi A. D. 1719. ^!' 'f ' Vi\' ■t' h\\ A&^ w^ "' l!H>i ''' i 1 102 A. D. 1719. ^Voyage ro«W the World. of provilions, and for this purpofe I kept one of my boats continually employed in foraging. December the eleventh , we had, for the mofl part of the twenty-four hours, hard .gales of wind from the North North Weft to the The pin- North Eaft At three in the afternoon, I nace fent with - , . ^ - 1 1 mi • a paper to befcnt the pinnacc on more with a bill written door oTfome^^ Spanifti, to be fixed on the door of fome remarkable remarkable Indian houfe, whereby I gave "them to underftand, that they had no body to blame for the hoftilities we committed on them, but the Spanifh governor, who, by his tyranny had hindered them from bringing what provifions they had, to a market where they might have had their own prices : but that fmce they dared not to difobey his com- mands, if they would manage their affairs fo as to leave four hams, four bufliels of wheat, and an indifferent quantity of potatoes in their houfes, they fhould fuftain no farther lofs ; bu o that if they would not comply with this demand, nor make this contribution, I would burn their houfes and all their (landing corn, and commit all the outrages I could devilc. But I found no advantage by this, for the Spaniards took care it fliould not have its dc- fired effed: ; neverthelefs I was fupplied tole- rably well by my people, who [Toceeded with contir m »7'9' A Voyage round the World. 103 continual diligence and good order in that A. D. refpedt y but proved fad fellows in fome o- thers, an inftance of which I fhall give in the perfon of Betagh, my captain of marines, whom I fent on fhore with a party of his men, to fee what fervice he could do with them :. but as foon as he had landed, he called to his ^ ferjeant, faying, * Xy^- C-^^i'-^S^/-^^-^'^ * why did he fend me with thefe people, I * don*t know what to fay to them, therefore, * prithee take you the command upon you \ and he himfelf retired into the ranks, and his lieutenant Dod, (a gentleman who had rode in the guards many years) placed himfelf at his right hand, and the new captain managed his charge very well : however, this made the people entertain a mean opinion of their land commander, which he found by experience before he returned to the ihip ; for his men, meeting with fome difficulty in {hipping what they had got, and captain Betagh refufing to give them any affiilance, they left him on fliore, where he flayed all night ; for it came on to blow fo hard before the boat was unloaded, that it was impoffible to rov/ to windward, to fetch him. I ailced captain Iladey, who commanded the boat, how he came to treat his brother officer with fo much difrcfpecl ? n He I04 A.D. " m I ^Voyage round the World, He anfwered, that Betagh would not vouch- fafe to wet his foot, and that he could not prevail upon any of the . crew to carry him into the boat, who complained they were already fatigued with carrying burdens, and that they pofitivcly would not load themfelves with the weight of one who was neither fea- man nor foldier. Notwithftanding which ex- cufe, Betagh laid the whole blame on my fe- cond captain, and threatened to ufe him very roughly, if ever he met him on fhore ; to prevent which, when they v/ent on bufinefs together, Hatley always took care to be boat- keeper. I could, by feveral examples of this kind, inform the world what aiTiftants I had in my expedition ; but I fiuicy it will be fuf- iicient that I affure my reader, we had feveral tranfadions full as ridiculous as the laft men- tioned, which happened amongil my chief officers. December the thirteenth, in the morning, I fent my pinnace to found in the harbour's mouch, and at noon they returned, having found from feven to nine fuhom in the chan- nel, and three and a half and four on the bank. December the fixteenth , We had now our decks full of live catde, fuch as European his ^Voyage round the World. 105 fiieep, hogs, guanacoes, poultry in abund- ^' ^• ance, and hams, ^c. as alfo a good quanti- ^^'^* ty of wheat, barley, potatoes, maiz, or In- dian corn^ and, in fhort, I computed that I had added four months provilions to what remained of our Englilli flock, and that, without the leaft hindrance or moieilation from the enemy. December the feventeenth, at four. In the morning, we began to unmoor, at fix, we got our fmall bower on board and at eight weighed, but it falling calm, we anchored again under the Northern fliorc in lix fathom j at noon we weighed, and failed out, with the wind atWeftf,,^'!;^""^" South Weft. The night before we depart- ^^"d ot Chi- ed hence, one of our men deferted, and made his cfcape into the woods. It w^as beyond all difpute that this fellow would give a full ac- count of us. This being added to the iU condadt of my pinnace's crew, who frufl- riited my dcfign of taking fomething confi- dcrable here, together with the contrary ex- ecution of all my orders, by thofe officers ^vhom I had hitherto entrufted in affairs of importance, made me leave tliis place with regret, and in dcfpair of ever having any thing done to purpofe, except I left the fliip myfelf upon all cccafions, which w^ould have been %i i M ^;k io6 A. D. 1719. 'mM.4 M4 A Voyage round the World. been, by ho means, cuftomary or proper. Upon the whole, I could not forbear refleiS- ing on the mifmanagement of fome gentle- men in England, who blindly made ufe of their intereft to prefer perfons to ports of too much concernment for their capacities, when we might, at the fame time, have had officers who were men both of honour and ability ; whohadfeen adlion, and ferved under regu- lar difcipline from their childhood, and fome fuch I had recommended j but becaufe they could not promife to eat the heart of a Spa- - niard every morning (which was an expref- fion often made ufe of in captain Clipperton's vain low way of boafting) they were or- dered to be difcharged, and others fent in their room, who though they came to us under the name of Veterans, proved to be ignorant Novices. An of km inhj thel ren veni . >.at .-.f ■« KT* . , .>^M A Voyage round the World. An Accou7it of the iflmid (j/'Chiloe, on the coafi of Chili, and its inha^ bitants. '^oy A. D. 1719. A An S none of our nation have as yet given ^^^^f ^t an account of this place from their ownchiloe. knowledge, I prefume it v/ill not be unac- ceptable to the reader to be acquainted a little with it. The body of this ifland lying in forty-two degrees, forty minutes South, is from North to South about thirty leagues in length, but in breadth not above fix or {even leagues. It is watered by fcveral fmall rivers, and produces feveral kinds of ufeful trees, and yields an agreeable profpedl v/hen you are near enough to obferve the great numbers of Indian farms and plantations, which are difperfed at fmall diftances from one another, among the woods on rifing grounds. The fpace between this ifland, and the continent of Chili contains more iflands than are well known, the leafl: of which are faid to be well inhabited and to abound with cattle ; among thefe there arc very uncertain tides and cur- rents, fo violent, that it is by no means fafe to venture among them. I would advlfe all flrangers Chiloe. jc8 A Voyage round the World. flrangers, who go in at the North end, to keep the ifland-lide of the channel aboard, giving the Northermoft point of Chiloe a good b(rth, that is, keeping it a pretty good forgoing into diflance; whIch done, run along fhore to the Southward, and you will pafs by two bays, which feem to be commodious, but hold your way till you come to a point al- moll contiguous to which is a high rock fomewhat like a pyramid ^ pafs between this rock and a fmall round high ifland, which you will fee near it, and run a little way di- red:ly up the harbour, which looks like the entrance of a river, and vou will have a fafe port to drop your anchor in. But in going in, take care that you do not fall under five fathom water from the (hore, for the near- er you advance to the fmall ifland before- mentioned, the lefs water you will meet with therefore keep your lead going, and be bold with the fhore towards the North fide of the harbour. When you are got in, you will there have the greatefl depth ; the Southern fide is fhoal water. My pilot carried me a contrary way to what I have now directed, for he advifed me to keep near the main land of Chili, which I did till I had got the length cf the point of Carelmapo, having to the Southward A. D. 1719 A Voyage rowid the World. 109 Southward of me feveral fmall iflands, which you will fee as foon as you have the channel open. This proved a frightful and unfortu- nate palTage to me, for the lofs of my anchor here, was one of the greatefl damages I could have fuflained. In fhort, if any fhips fhould he by neceffity, or otherwife, driven to take ilielter at this ifland, I have given the fafcll inftrudlions they can follow. The foil is very fertile, and produces in yj,g ^q^^ great plenty all forts of our European fruits and grains and they have fine pafture lands, wherewith they graze great numbers of cat- tle, particularly fneep. The air is wholefom, it being fituated in The air. a temperate climate j but I think it reafon- able to conclude, their winter feafon is un- pleafant, the ifland being bounded on the Weft by an immenfe ocean, without any o- thcr land to fkreen it from the moifl: vapours, which are brought hither by the violence of the Weflerly winds, which for the generality rciiyn in thefe latitudes : all which mud ren- dcr it an uncomfortable place in the winter months ; and the rather as it is to be confi Jer- ed, that the fame parellels of latitude to the Southward of the Equator are allowed to be much ;» A. iv . !.-S , .':■ ■fl«f' *t no A. D. Cattle. f'i Game. -^Voyage round the World- much more cold than they are to the North- ward. They have abundance of very handfom middle -lized horfes, vi^hich they are faid to mount with great dexterity j and have like- wife a creature which they call Guanacoes, or Carneros del Tierra, /". e. the country flieep ', thefe partake very much of the re- fcmblance of a camel, but are nothing like fo large. They have long necks, and I have feen of them between five and fix foot high. Their wool, which is no orhcr than a fine fort of long hair, is extremely fine. They fmell very rank, and move vvith a very flow majeftic pace, which hardly any violence can make them quicken. They are never- thelefs of great fervice in the mines of Peru, where they are employed in carrying the oar, &c. Their flefh is very coarfe, which we experienced by fome of them which we had faked for a fea flore ; befides thefe, they have European flieep, and great numbers of hogs, but they feem not to be overflocked with black cattle. There is here no want of fowl, both wild and tame ; of the wild there are feveral forts peculiar to the country, and in particular, a fort of fmall gQt(Q which are found on t\\z banks "Ut banki* A Voyage round the World. hi banks of their rivers, which not only afford A. D. an agreeable profpedl by their beautiful white- *7«9' nefs, but are alfo of an excellent tafte j as to their tame poultry, they are of the fame kinds with ours. The inhabitants here are almoft, in all ref- The inha- pe(5ts, the fame with thofc on the main con- tinent of Chili. They are of a moderate fea- ture, of a deep olive-coloured complexion, with coarfe ibaggy black hair. Some of them have countenances by no means difagreeablc ; they feem to be naturally of a fierce and warlike difpofition, but the continual oppref « fions of the Spaniards, and the infinuating ardfices of the Jefuits, who are miflionaries in thefe parts, have fufficiently curbed and broke their fpirits. Monfieur Frezier, gives us an account in his voyage (page 84 of the Engl, Tran . ) that the Indians inhabiting the conti- nent to the Southward of this iiland, are cal- led Chonos, and that they go quite naked ; that in the inland part, there is a race of men of an extraordinary fize, called QacahueSj and that thefe being in amity with the Chonos, have fometimcs come with them to the dwel- lings of the Spaniards of Chiloe. ThiB gen- tleman, viz. monfieur Frezier, tells us, that he was credibly informed by fome who had been .i'i \ it I ) ■; '»' msm wmmmmok U: tV'i 112 A. D. 1719. Their habit defcribed. Their dwc! lings. A Voyage round the World. been eye-vvitneflcs of it, that fome of thefd are about nine or ten feet high 5 but I had a iight of two of them, one whereof was a Cacique, whc came from the Southward of the river of St. Domingo, who feemed to me to differ little or not at all from the Chileni- ans,. as to ftature and pcrfon. As to their habit, they arc decently clad in what they call the Poncho, Montera andPou- laines ; the Poncho is a fort of fquare carpet with a flit cut in the middle of it. It is wide enough to flip over their heads, fo that it hangs upon their flioulders, half of it falling before, andtheotherhalf behind them. Un- der this, they generally wear a fliort doublet. On their heads they have the Montera or Spanifli cap, made wdth a fall to cov':r their neck and fhoulders. And on their legs they 'fometimes have the Poulaines, which are a fort of knit bufl<.ins without feet to them ; in -iiort, their appearance is by no means un- coi<-h, but rather decent. Their habitations are rather better than is commonly made ufe of by fuch a fort of peo- ple. They are indiftcrcntly large, and firm- ly built with plank, but having no chimneys, their houfcs are very black and footy within- fltlc hefti Lad a as a •d of D me leni- ladln Pou- :arpet wide hat it falling . Un- )ublet. era or r their s they are a them ; ns un- han is )f pco- 1 firm- nneys, vithin- f ■»- ^Voyage roiiml the World. fide. They enclofe fome of their grounds with pallifadoes. Notwithftanding they have here afufficient^^^J'^^'^^.JJ'g^^^^ plenty of every thing necelTary for . comfort- able lubfiftance, the inhabitants are fome way or other, or feem to be, debarred from taft- ing the fruits of their labour, and particular- ly in the article of bread ; for perhaps not having conveniences for grinding and pre- paring their wheat, they are put ta the mi- ferable fhift of making cakes of the fea-weeds. This, however, through ufe, is elleemed by them, and was not difapproved of by fome of my people who eat of it : belides this, they have their maiz, or Indian corn, which they manage in feveral manners to anfwer the end of bread : and to all this we may add, that they have an abundance of potatoes and o- ther roots. As to liquors, thefe Indians have not been contented with the produce of brooks and fprings only, like many nations of their complexion, but have found a means of ma- king a liquor, called Chicha, of the Indian corn. In this they follow the footfleps ot their neighbours oji the continent of Chili : but the.T Drinkings being generally pro- duiStive of mifchief, the Spaniards take care { to l! K t. i ■ i}^ 114. A. D. ^ Voyage round the World. to fet bounds to them, in that particular, as much as they can. Their arms. Their arms are of feveral forts y thofe who have no European weapons, retain their own, fuch as pikes, darts, &c. They are particu- larly dextrous in throwing a Hiding noofe at the end of a long thong of leather, with which they are fui*e of catching an ox, horfe, or any thing, even in its full career; this they call a Lays. In fliort, by all I could fee of thefe, and hear of the Chilenians, they feem to refemble them in almofl: every ref- ped:, and there can be no wonder at that, when one confideis their clofe neighbourhood with the main !and of Chili. They make ufe of fmall drums, fome of which I have fee" ', they are veiy fmall, and the heads of them are made with goats fkins with the hair on, and make a fad and dull found. They have among them a fmall w^oollen manufadlory, confifting of carpets and the necefiaries of apparel before mentioned. They export cedar, both in plank and wrought in boxes, chefts, efcrutores, and the like, toge- ther with hams and tongues, wherewith they fupply perhaps all Chili and Peru. As to their European trade, they have none : but the. Spaniard who came off from the governour, tcld Their com merce. A Voyage round the World told me, the people of this ifland wondered the trading {hips never offered to put in here , for, faid he, we have a great deal of money amongfl us, and have here a fafe port, frt^ from the dangers incurred by going to leeward, where ftrangers mufl be in perpetual uneafi- nefs for fear of the men of war, which would be fent in queft of them 5 whereas, bulinefs might be done here, and all be over before they could be \dvifed of it, at fo gretit a dif- tance as from hence to Lima, their (hips of war there fitted out, and gained fo far to windwrrd, as would be required for them to reach ^\^ ^lace. It has been obfervcd of the Indians of the kingdom of Chili, that they had two articleSj in their way of living, in which they differ from all the other nations which have yet been heard of 5 and the £rft is, that they have no notion of a God of any fort, and of confequeiKc pay no worlliip to any fupreme power ; and th< ( .'lond is, that they are fuch enemies to civ ' . .vamunities, that they ne- ver live together ii lowns and villages, fo that the country feems to be thinly inhabited, though in reality it be very populous ; ^x)r they live difnerfed in farms at a good diflancA'one from the other, .every one having his planta- J 2 tion. "5 A. D. 1719. Their Go- vernment. '■Ms ''i:<' ►l I 1 16 A Voyage round the World. f^^ ^^ tion, fo that almoft every family has all the 1719. necefTaries of life of its own growth and pro- duce. However, though they are thus fcattered, they are not wholly independant j for they have all of them a chief of their particular tribe or clan, who is called a Caci- que, and who has his dwelling conveniently fituated amongft them, in order for the more ipeedily fummoning them together on affairs of importance, which he does by founding a fort of a horn, which being heard by his vafTals, they repair > him without delay. The Cacique affembles ^m to war, or up- on other occalions, and has an abfolute pow- er of executing juftice amongft his fubjedts, who arc likewife his relations, he being only the head of a family, all the inferior branch- es of which, adhere to the intereft, and obey the commands of their lord, whofe power is faid to be, hereditary. In all thefe refpedtg do the Inhabitants of this illand, refemble thofe on the neighbouring continent, except- ing, that their Caciques are fomewhat ftrip- ped of their real authority by the government of the ijpaniards, who having thefe people linder a more fecure fubjedlon than any on the continent, they frighten them into the moft laborious fubmiflion, by their menaces and hard a filver- 117 A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. hard ufage. The miflionaries in the mean while enllave them by their fuperftitions, orpretended converfions of them to chriflianity, of which they can have no particular conception . Thus the common fort being deluded, and the Ca« ciques, their chiefs, having exchanged their original authority, or paternity, foi the httle ofle.itation of being allowed to wear a filver- headed cane, which puts them upon the rank of * Spanifh captains in outward appear- ance, they are become a prey t.o the indif- putable will of their defpotic mailers. Notwithftanding all this, the Spaniards have fometimes ftretched their adminiftration to fo great a height, that the Indians have been o- bliged to defend themfelves againfi: it, and have began to think death preferable to flave- ry; for Monfieur Frezier, in his voyage, (Page 82 of the Rnglilh tranllation) has given us an account of a revolt, which happened Revolt 1 • 1 'into 1 the Indians of at the time he was mthe South Seas, where- chiloe. in the Indians killed fourteen or fifteen of theSpaniards. Thefe, however, are faid tohave taken a full and fufficient revenge, and in re- turn to have malTacred two hundred of theln- I 3 dians, * The Spanifh captains, both in fea and land fervice, weat a filver-headed cane, us a badge of 4iftin£Uon. of . > . 'A i m « 1 ji A. D. 1719. A Voyage round the World. dians, going into the very iilands to deftroy them. This flruck fuch a irreat terror into thefe poor people, that that they were glad to fit down quietly under their misfortune. And though the Spaniards are but badly e- quipped with arms, thefe Indians have never dared to take fuch advantages over their op- preflbrs as they daily might, fince the num- ber of the former is but inconfiderable, when compared with the multitude of the latter. The flrength of the Spaniards here, has been, and may be fliil, , fo very inconfiderable, that as Moniieur Frczier obfcrves, any European,-^ power that fliould be inclined to gain any footing on the coafts of thefe feas, might with eafe pofTefs itfelf of this illand, which might be of the greatefl confequence to fuch ?.s (hould fucceed In attempting a fettlemen^ here, lince it is capable of -affording a conti- nual fubiiftence to a very numerous colony : which might be of unfpeakablc detriment to the Spanifli inhabitants of Chili and Peru. I believe I fliall make u -appear rcafonablc, that there could be no great difficulty In fuc- cecding in an undertaking of this kind, not only by what I have before faid of the fmall force of the Spaniards, but alfo from the rea- ♦linefs which the Indians might be in to afTill; \ . any oni u to u. not mall rea- anv A Voyage round the World. any that might come there agalnft the Spa- niards. It is a plain indication they were not very hearty in the Spanifli intereft, when they could fufFer us, in fmall parties, of twenty, fometimes ten men, and very often lefji, to pillage their farms, far and near, without any refiftance, when even themfelves have been lurking about the woods, and were often eye-witneffes of the ravages we com- mitted; at the fame time that my people were fo difperfed from one another (according to the ufual cuflom of feamen) that they might at their own difcretion, and without the leafl hazard, to themfelves, have deftroycd them, this one would think, they rather chofe to lofe what litde they had, than do the Spaniards the fervice of making fuch an oppofition as they might have made, againfl fuch a hand- ful of my men as infefted them. They did not, perhaps, efteem them fo much theirs, as the Spaniards enemies, and may have en- tertained fome hopes, that our defign was to drive their troublefom inmates from amongfl them. Of what benefit (in cafe of a war with the SpaniOi crown) the taking pofTeflion of this illand might prove, I leave to more penetrating judgments to confider, and fliall only add, that the artifices of the Mifiionaries I 4 are 119 A. D. 1719. W- t'-'; lip Pit- J i. Ui w- \AM -/!n„ m ♦J 'I II. 41 ^'L- J"l!l.ffli ; I20 A. D. 1719 w^ Voyage rowid the World. are fuppofed to be the cliief fecurity of the Spaniards in this place, as well as in moft of the reft of their fettlemcnts in South Ame- rica. Their em- Their embarkations here are particular in barkaticns. r '\ i ^ this, that they, for want of nails and other utenfils, few their boats together very artifi- cially with o^-^iers ; they are compofed of three main pieces, viz. the fides and the bottom, which is flat ; each of them is an entire piece of timber. They row in the fame manner we do, with more or fewer oars, according to their dimenfions. *Voyage continued. I failed from Chiloe with a defign to go ftrait to the ifland of Juan Fernandcs, but was prevented by my people, who were pof- feft with notions of vaft advantages to be made. by going to the port of Conception. It was our Frenchman who had been fo inftrumental in our Chilcenian attempt, who was the caufe of this. Finding his accounts hitlierto had been tolerably juft, they once more liften- ed to him. He afilired them there was al- ways five or fix fliips in the road of Concep- tion, and others daily coming in and going out That ep- out 1iat A Voyage round the World. That they have very often both ways confidcra- ble fums of money and plate on board of them, and though they were large fhips, they were of little force j that there was no fortification to protect them there, and that if there were twenty fail, we could not meet with any hin- drance in the taking of them all ; that their cargoes confided chiefly of corn, wine, bran- dy, flower, bread, jerked beef ; that the fliips bound to Conception always brought money with them to purchafe thefe cargoes, befides the money to be got from rich tra- ding paflengers, who carry on a confiderable commerce between this port of Conception, and Buenos Ayres over land ; that we could not fail of ranfoming whatever Ihips fliould fall in- to our hands at very great rates, and that if wc could but get into Conception before they had any knowledge of our being on their coafts, it was pafl all doubt that we fliould make a very extraordinary hand of it there. He therefore advifed them to endeavour to pre- vail upon me to make the befl: of our way thither, and the rather, as it was certain the governour of Chiloe would fend our * de- ferter to Conception with all imaginable dif- patch, and moll likely in fome fmall vefiel, bv * The man who had dercrtcd from us at Chiloc. 121 A. D. 1719. m. if 222 A. D. 1719. -^Voyage round the World. b; ' fea, to fave the time which would he loft if he went by land ; and that if they arrived at Conception before us, the reft of the coaft would in a very fmall time be univerfally a- larmed, and that fo we fliould have no op- portunity or chance left of meeting with any thing till it was imagined we had abandoned thofe feas. In fliort, moft of my officers and people began to look upon this French- man as the only one who could inftrudt them in the beft ways of making their fortunes. Notwithftanding I kept my eye upon my or- ders and inftrudions, we had met with fo many unforefeen accidents, that it was not in my power to follow them fo ftridly as I would. I was now convinced within myfelf that I could not keep up to the ftrid: obfervance of them without a manifeft danger. It was not the account this man gave, that had any particular effedt on me, at this time ; my own reafon having fufficiendy taught me the nature of the management of affairs, that might re- late to us, upon thefe coafts. I was very juft- ly apprehenfive there would be a general a- larm given of us in a very fliort time, if it was not partly done already, by the necefli- ty I was under of going into Chiloe ; nor could it well be doubted but that it had been done ^Voyage round the World» done e'er now by captain Clipperton, if he was in being, efpecially to leeward. If this were fo, the trade would be certainly laid a- fide in the Peruvian ports, for fome time at leafl. Be this as it would, I knew by too much certainty, the time was now near at hand, when there would be an embargo laid on all {hipping, except the windward traders. Thofe I knew muft at any hazard,, and if there were ever fo many cruizers in quefl of them, be obliged to make their voyages to the coafl of Chili, in order to fupply Lima and the other numerous fettlements of Peru with the common neceflaries of life, which they muft otherwife want. Inftead therefor© of lofing time by going to the illand of Juan Fernandes, whither I was to go, to join cap- tain Clipperton, who if he had not mifcarried, had been long gone from thence, I thought it was moil advifeable for me to make fure of fomething while it was in my reach; and fmce my orders were become ufelcfs by the nature and circumflances of my lituation, I became inclined to try my fortune at the port of Conception. In the mean time, as every body in fuch cafes is fond of delivering his fentiments, and as it is impoiTible to keep a fliip's company in fuch 123 A. I>. 1719. u 124 A. D. 1719. if! i ji Voyage rouml the World. fuch awe and order in fo remote a part, as in (hort voyages near home > fo, every one of my fliip's company, who could fay any thing at this JLindlure, (as they all imagined them- felves to be moil nearly concerned in their lives, liberties and fortunes) did not fail to fpeak his mind fomewhat infblently, particu- larly one William Morphew, ^who was one of thofe men whom I had out of the Ruby, and hf d been in thefe feas feveral years, took upon him to tell me that it could not fignify much whether we arrived two or three days fooner or iater at Juan Fernandes ; that I was a Granger here, but that the Frenchman and himfclf were fo well acquainted with thofe feas, that every body hoped I would be ad- vifed and go to Conception, and deiired I would not put a mere pundo to orders, in the balance againfl fuch a profpedl, nay, certainty of fuccefs, if we were fo happy as to arrive at the port of Conception in time. In a word, they altogether allured me, they liad the interefl: of the Gentlemen Adven- turers in view, as much as their own, and that they would perifli before they would injure them in any refped: ; at the fame time remonftrating, that if I had not fuccefs in my proceedings afterwards, I fliould have no i'l))< > H itt j*^ MiIrui4anof^^Ifiaj^dofcyii/4?€ fVip/i/i/f/^t^i/a MittC iM 11! . '1 mmmmm A Voyage round the World. no body to blame but myfelf, and to avoid this, they entreated me not to lofe this particular opportunity ; and thai for the reft, they were refolved to ftand by me and the Gentlemen in England with all fidelity (to ufe their own expreffion) as loiig as they had a drop of blood in their veins. ' 1 was however ftill divided betwixt the dif- ficulty I felt within myfelf to difpenfe with my inftrudions and the danger of giving way to the remonftrances and advice of thefe gentlemen j but confidering how eafily they might be brought to throw off command, and how little I fhould be able to help myfelf, a- lone and by myfelf as I might be faid to be, if they came to that extremity, I complied with them, and refolved to fpend two or three days in going to Conception. After all, I fliou'd not have done it, had I not really been of opini- on, that an attempt upon the port of Concep- tion might have been very beneficial, and had I not had hopes of meeting with the Succefs very foon, when acting jointly together, we might put an end to the ungovernable difpo- jition of the mutinous part of our fhip's com- panies. In our way to Conception, we made the illands of Mocha and St. Mary, and on De- cember 225 A. D. 1719. iz6 A. D. A Voyage rcund the Worlp. cember the tweiity-third, we came abreaft of the Teats of Bio Bio, and finding th& water difcoloured, we hove the lead, but had no ground with thirty fathom of line. This thick appearance of the water is caufed by the ra- pidity of the outfet of the river of Bio Bio, which makes the fea appear of a brown co- lour at the diftance of iiv^ or fix leagues from the fhore. , ■» •■• SECT. A Voyage round the Worlil 127 A D. 17191 >•. • SECT. IV. ' [ ' ' ' 1 .' 4. . ' -» . * 1 -, t ' \-' Arrival in the Bay of Conception, in the latitude of thirty-fix degrees South, on the coaji of Chili^ and tranfaBiom whilfl we lay there. . )S(^^)8( N the evening we arrived in the bay ^ I S^ of Conception, but could not be )5(^^^ certain that we faw any fliip in the road which goes by the name of Talgagua- na ; however, I ordered die boats well man- ned and armed, to go up in the night to fur- prize what fhips or veflels they might meet with there. They had ftrid: orders, if they found any vefTel or veflels too ftrong for them, to do what they could to hinder them from fending any thing valuable to the (hore, whilft I worked up to them in the fliip as foon as the wind would permit. I kept ply- ing to windward, after they were gone, till I found that I loft ground. I therefore came to anchor. 1 weighed foon after j but could make ^;j,'> r 1 '. ff :« ^^mm mmm i h 1 ■t •'28 A Voyage round the 'Wo'SLLt). •A- I>. make no hand of it all night, and at day- light I could not difcover any thing above us. Soi'Sadd'An! About noon, captain Hatley returned in the day, and apinnace,and informed me he had taken theSo-, with fruit lidad d'Anday, which was the only fhip in the fllaTd ^f o • ^°^^ ^^ P^^^* ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ about one hun- quirine. dred and fifty tons burthen, .md being lately come from Baldivia, had nothing on board of her, except a few cedar planks. In fine that there was no body on board of her, except the boatfwain, an old negroe, and two Indian boys, and that he had left Mr. Brooks, the firft lieutenant in pofTeflion of her, with orders to bring her down to us by the firft opportunity. In his return to my fhip, he took a fmall vefTel of about twenty- five tons, near the ifland of Quiriquine, which lies in the harbour, and where fhe had been to take in pears, cherries and other fruits for the Conception market. This velTel belonged to a prieft who had been gathering fruits, and was now made a prifoner in her ; for having the curiofity to advance too near to my people, in order to difcover what they might be, he and his cargoe unluckily for him. fell into their hands, together with four or five Indians. Im- mediately after they had taken this veflel, there was another fmall oiie, which made its appearance day- US. nthe leSo- nthe hun- lately board la f her, , and t Mr. ion of us by to my venty- which )een to br the sed to and having 3eople, DC, he o their s. Im- velTel, lade its earance yi Voyage round the World. 129 appearance between the iiland of Quiriquinc A. D. and Talgagiiana. I could perceive, with my '7 9* profpedlive, that (lie palTcd within piftol-fhot of my pinnace ; but captain Hatley, who commanded her, never once offered to follow her, or bring her too. Hatley, truly, faid, he did not mind her, though his boat's crew all agreed fhe was full of men. This was tne moft ftupid negled: in him that could be well conceived, iince, if he had any thoughts about him, he might have con- cluded, that this velfel was bringing advice of us from Chiloe. I did not fail to reprimand him for this, but to what effedl when it was too late, except to inftrudt him in his behaviour, in the like cafes, for the future ? December the twenty-fixth, the Prleft be- The pricft ing very folicitous to ranfom his bark, he leftj^kenin^he my fhip atfeven in the mornine, in my nin-^''""^''^''kgoe$ •^ jirrv r adiore to raife nace rowed by hve Indians, to get money for money to ran- thatpurpofe. At noon, Mr. Brooks, firftlieute- °"^ ^^'^' nant, brought down the fliip we had taken, and . ^^ ^'"^ l'^- anchored about half a mile fliort of us. Thefhip laden. Contre-Maflre or Boatfwain of her had not^^^'j'^^.^^^Jj^^ been on board of us above two hours before he was lying in gave me an information of a veflel laden with HcnaJura wine, brandy, and other valuable things, ^'"^'^ ^^'"^^ , ' .' ' o ' tvvo leagues to bound to the ifland of Chiloe, lying at an-theNorth- , ward of us. K chor 11 130 [A Voyage round the Wo RLTf. ^' ^' chor in the bay of Herradura, about two leagues to the northward of us. Upon this . T'l^ fruit- T ordered Mr. Randall, our fecond lieutenant, bark tent un- * ^ ' under the with the boatfvvain of the Solidad, and twen- Randail the ty-five men, to go thither in the Mercury, fecond Jieute./f-Qr {q we Called our fruit-bark) with pofitive nant to take ^ / r her. orders not to fet a foot on {hore, or make any hazardous attempt whatfoever But the next fvening they returned with a difmal ftory, that they went into the bay, and finding the velTel hauled dry on (hore ; the officer order- ed his people to land, and bring away what they could out of her, whilft himfelf and three or four more kept the bark a-fioat. When they came up to her, they found her empty ; but at the fame time feeing a fmall houfe jufl by the vefTel, they began to be of o- pinion her cargoe might be lodged there. The officer immediately ordering them up thi- ther ; away went the poor fellows, with no bo- dy at the head of them, without any regard to order, every one endeavouring to be foremoft, but their career was fbon flopped ; for they had Of their ^^ fooner got upon the bank, than they dif- with :m Am covcred the enemy rufhing out furiouHy up" Spaninids' ^" them. Somc of tliofe who were prefcnt^ Jo{lTv*o? told me, they believed they might have made their men. a •t^S^j:' s> A Voyage round the Worlr. 131 n fafe retreat if they had not been aflonifhcd A. D. at the manner of the enemy's approach; for '7>9- they flood gazing to fee a number of horfes coming upon them in a regular manner with- out riders ; and that it was not till they heard ' the noife of thofe behind, that they aitempteple, they threw out lines with noofes at the cndi of them to catch them, and accordingly James Daniel, one of my ibrcmaii men, was cnfhared after he had run a good way into the water, but, to oic his own exprcfllon, was dragged out again after the rate of ten knots. In iliort, they arc unlverfally dextrous at this exercife, and I have feen a Spaniard bring a man up by the feot as he ran along the deck. They hj they arc furc of any thing they fling at, though at the diftancc of feveral fathoms. This new addition to the misfbrttlnes we had _ , hitherto laboured under, quite difpirited the The pe<^l€ y, - . . £&sa! A Voyage round the World- enter into any treaty, and I fliould be much to blame if I did it j if you will therefore do me the pleafure to fend me one of your of- ficers with your pafsport or commiffion, whereby you are impowered to cruize, I will, in that cafe, give you my word of honour, and that of the king my mafter, to fend you back the officer as well as the pafport, and then we will treat about the the ranfom of the St. Fermin, and the ex- change of prifoners in our refpedlive pof- feffions. 1 have two of yours that are wounded on the head by the cut of a fword, and I have ordered them to be fed from my table, and my furgeons (who are men of experience) have drefTed their wounds ; they will do ve 'v well, therefore be not in pain for them, and I will fend them to you as foon as I have had a fight of your commif- fion, which method is what I pradifed in Flanders, when I was at war with your na- tion, and what I have known to be prac- tifed from the firfi: to the laft of nine cam- paigns which I fcrved in Flanders. You (hall have your pinnace returned without a- . ny mannerof difficulty whenever you pleafc, and I will be ready to do you all the good offices in ray power, when I am afilired * that A. D. 1719. #1, i^i 4 .1) , , 13^ A. D. 1719. ylVoYAGJi round the World. ' fured that you have a legal commiflion * from your king. But if you have not any ' fuch thing, I beg you would frankly declare * it, in order that we may come at fome con- * cluiion in this affair, that may be of a fuit- * able convenience to both of us. * The priefl did not return, becaufe he ' has been given to underftand, that gentle- * men of his fundlion cannot be detained ac- * cording to the laws l i arms j but that, on ' the contrary, they are to be difmiffed as foon ^ as taken ; and indeed I mufi: confefs, that * I have both fcen it done, and have done it * myfelf. Neverthelefs, if you are inclined * to have him again, you fliall, provided that * I fee your aforefaid commiflion, and I will * fend a pafpor^ for the officer you fhall iend * to me, figned with my own hand, the ho- * nour uf which I dare not forfeit. I defire * you. Sir, to fend me all the letters which ' you have taken from the captain and paf- •= fenger^, though they are opened ; forafmuch * as after you have had a light of them, * they cannot be of farther fervice to you. * You cannot but know that it is ufual to * tranfm.lt all letters taken from one part to * the other, although they are fometimes o- * pencdj according as it feems convenient to * the '%*..• A Voyage round the World.. the commanding officer who takes them* Send them dired:ly to me, becaufe you know it is not proper that many {hould fee them, fince it may be of great prejudice to the piiblick credit. I exped from your civility all the favours I have begged of you, and in return, I fhall wifh for an opportunity of making you fenfible how rnuch I am, Sir, your moll humble and obedient Servant ^39 A. D. 1720. i :m Don Gabriel Cano, Conception, January the 9th, N. S. 1720 * Poftfcript. I beg you would be fo good as to fend me Jofeph de la Fontaine, a Frenchtnan who lived fome timein this ci- ty, and is now in your iliip, and has been with you ever fince you departed from St. Catherines; he belonged to Monfieur la Jonquiere, he is a little man, and flat nofed. I v^ould willingly fpeak with him, and pro- mife you upon honour, that I will remit * him % : •\i !?« ^■'m\- 140 A. D. 1720, jf VorAGE round dtWoRLTt, * hitn to you again ; but don't let him know ' that I intend to return him I once again * beg of you to do me the favour of fending * me all the letters, as well thofe dire'^ed to * any of the inhabitants, as thofe directed to * myfelf, although they are unfealed, and dc- * fire you would command the pafTengers to ' give them all to you, to tlie end that I may * diftribute them. Put them ail up together ' in one packet, and dired: them to me. If * you will fend one of your officers, that * fpeaks either French or Spanifli, I engage * my honour that I will not detain hun by a- * ny means. I expedl your anfwer to day, * and for the future will keep up a regular * correfpondence. Cano. Tc lendii dent ] he fl lame war 1 their I theref amons captaii affair ^ (hips. ed the Poflicript 2, If you fend an officer with your commiflion, together with all the let- ters for me, and the refl of the neighbour- hood of this city, you may detain the offi- cer who brings this You fhall have your pinnace as fbon as I can get the Indians to- gether who are now difperfed, and it fliall come with your officer in his return. Cano. I h * with * ditio * conj -^But *Frer * infinl ' yourl To A Voyage reund the World , To this I relumed in general, that as to fending my commiffion, it was neither pru- dent nor ufual, but that for his fatisfadion he ihouid have a copy of it, and at the iame time, fee the printed declaration of the war which had of late broke out between their Britannic and Catholic Majeilies. And therefore having fuificient hoftages on board amongfl my prifoners, I fent Betagh, my captain of marines, on fliore to tranfadi: our affair with the governour and captains of the (hips. But the day before he w^nt I receiv- ed the following let(. r from the governour. 141 h, D. 17J9, Conception, January the loth. SIR. T Have received your obliging letter, and * can fee by your iiile that I am treating with an officer oi honour, and man of con- dition, therefore, Sir, I will put the fame confidence in you, that you have in me^ But as it is very troublefom to me to write French, and having at the fame time, an infinity of affairs on my hands, I will let your officer know my pretenfions by word *of . . 1, 142 -^Voyage rouna the World. A. D. * of mouth,, begging you to be convinced of >720' < ^i^Q pefedl confideration wherewith I am, Sir, your r mofl obedient m m and mod humble fervant, Don Gabriel Cano. ' m I taken. Captain Be- January the firft, captain Betagh went to Conception Conception with a copy of the commiffion, withacopyof^j^^ declaration of war. &c. and all that day the comnalu- ■' on, (ffc. to the enemy appeared in bodies of horfe, and governour a-in the night they pofled themfelves along the bout the ran.|]-^Qj.g fj.Qj^ ^j^g ^ity, to the point of Herradura, ihips we had and kept firing by intervals the whole night. I was not lefs vigilant aboard -, for as at the ifland of Chiloe we were always prepared for a6tion ; fo here, whether watching or lleep- ing, we might be faid to be conftantly under arms, and at die turning of every glafs, du- ring the night, we beat three ruffs on the drums, and made three huzzas ; and for a further fecurity againll any attempt they might make in boats, in the night, when they A Voyage round the World* they might imagine we were all carelefs and afleep, I had a net fpread, of feven feet deep, above the gunwale, from the the main fhrouds quite forward, and kept our fhip, for the moil part, under way, when we had wind ; and when we had none, the fhip^s oars were always out, to ferve as fo many booms to prevent our being boarded and fet on fire. At midnight they fired twelve guns from the city or town of Conception ; which, I believe was defigned to give me fome idea of their flrength , and foon after captain Bctagh re- turned with a Flemifh jefuit, a Spaniih lawyer, and an Englilh and a Scotch man. The jefuit aflured me he was only come to pay his refpedls to me, and to do his utmofi: to promote the affair of the ranfom, and bring it to an immediate conclufion. There- fore the firft thing I did, in order to fatisfy him as far as pofTible, I Ihewed my commiffi- on to the Englifhman, who read it in Spanifh to them. After which the jefuit foon difco- vered to me, that though his profefiion was fpiritual, he did not think it beneath him to meddle with matters merely temporal ; for he faid he was come to acquaint me with what the governour, and the captains of the St. Fermin and Solidad had refolved on, which H3 A. D. 1720. Capt. Betagh return at mid- night accom- panied by a Flemifh jefuic a Spaniard, a lawyer, an En gli(hman and a Scotchman. *;::^l 144 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. which was to give me twelve thoufand dol- lars for the ranfom of both the fliips, and the Mercury included, inflead of fixteen thoufand dollars which I had inlifted on for the St/Fermin only. To this I politively, and in few words anfwered, that all their per- fuafions, artifices, and pretences fhould never make me agree with them. In fliort, the whole night was fpent in fruitlefs difcourfe, both fides j oving inflexible. The jefuit had an affair of his own too, which w^s what chiefly drew him to venture himfelf a- mongft us J though doubtlefs he put it on the footing of an adt of charity done to the un_ fortunate captain of the St. Fermin, We had taken in this fhip, the St. Fermin, ten large filver candlefticks, which were, as I apprehend, defigned for the jefuits church here. Now this holy father very modeftly broke off from talking of the ranfom of the fhip, to beg me to make him a prefent of thofe candlefticks, each of which weighed abo^^e twenty-five pounds fterling. He in an humble and fuppliant manner reprefented to me they were a legacy left to his convent, and hoped I fhould make no difpute of fo noble a charity as it would be, to put them into the pofleffion of thofe for whom they were defign- ed 5 ing thei A Voyage round the World. and efpecially fince they were intended to be part of the mofl holy furniture of the altar j that it would be a deed of the higheft merit in me, if I rellored them, and would lay him, and the reft of his brethren under the ftridted obligations to fend up their prayers for fuccefs to me in all my undertakings. This promifed return for fo confiderable a gift, feemed to me to be fo inconfiftent with reafon, that I did not much mind it. I thought it very improbable they (hould pray for a hap- py ifTue to the undertakings of thofe, whofc bufmefs it was to do all the damage they could to the good father's fellow-fubjeds, and who centered all their hopes of fuccefs in the diiedt and open detriment and hurt of fuch Spaniards as fell into their handsj not to mention how awkward it would be for them to implore Heaven that thofe, to whom they will not allow fo much as the name of Chrifti- ans, fhould prevail igainft the truly Catho- lick. Upon the whole, I had fo indifferent an opinion of the fpecies I was to be paid in, in return for fo much good filver, that I was fo heretically obftinate, as not to come into the good Father's meafures. However, think- ing to oblige him, I offered to let him have them for their weight in dollars, which con- L fidering H5 A. D. ' 1720. m I'p \m wl m m \Lh iBt^/^ 146 A. D. 1720. ^ Voyage romd the World. fidering the great price they pay in thefe parts for the fafhion ot wrought plate, was a very advantageous olter„ But he acquainted mc in the firil: place, that they jiever bought a- ny thing for facred ufes j and in the next, that as the workmen were forced to put a great deal of allay into plate to be wrought, it would be difficult to determine the different values of the dollars and the candlcflicks, fo- as to come at a nice equation of the matter 5 and therefore after a deal of needlefs difpute and entreaties, both about this, and the ran- foni of the fliips, the jefuit and the reft af- firming that the captain of the St. Fermin was not able to raife above twelve thoufand dollars, and pretending that the prefent fcarci- ty of money was becaufe the inhabitants had removed all their efFcdts a great way from the town, upon advice that a fquadron of Englifti men of war was coming into thofe feas, there was nothing done. This I conlidered as trifling with me, and therefore infifted ftill on lixt^en thoufand dollars, in- cluding the (hip Solidad into the bargain, and defired they would let the captains know from me, that if they deferred the payment of that fum, longer than twenty-four hours, they ihould irrecoverably lofe their commands. n ji Voyage rowitl tbe World. 147 I alio took this opportunity to let the gover- ^' ^* nour know the III fucccfs of our conference '^^°* About fix In the mornlno: they left us, after- ^u' '^^^^^ o J ' ^ in the morn- having wafted the night in much faid, and ing witLout nothing agreed upon. We made as formi-nv"conciunon dablean appearance as our force would admit i!'^^'"''^"^s'^^* . . treaty. of, while thefe gentlemen were in the fhip ; for I began to apprehend, and not without reafon, that their chief bufincfs was to pry into, and give an account of our ftrength. Betagh told me, the governour fecmed mightily pleafed we v/ere a commiflioned fliip, faying, that now the trading people would be delivered from the dreadful appre- henfions of falling into the hands of pirates, who had formerly treated them very barba- roufly. He received Betagh very civilly, and afTured him we fliould not meet with any de- lay in our bufinefs, and told him that the cap- tain of the St. Fermin had his money ready counted to fend on board ; but the gentlemen of the place very handfomly confined him from taking any view of the town, and took care alfo to have him go on fliore, and come off again in the night. The man who went to wait on captain Betagh, happening to have a grenadier's cap on, gave great offence, fome crying it was in difrefped: and ridicule of'the -it •.-'■■■ "a 1' , *.'iiJi I L 2 mitre, 14^ ^ Voyage round the World. A. D. mitre, and of confequence an unpardonable '^^°* piece of infolence, fo that it was happy the fellow faved his cap, or his bones from be- ing broken. fafpeft^^the*'' Two days being paft, and hearing no news governour's from the govemour, I began to be certainly convinced they had fomething elfe in view more than the accommodation of the ranfoms. But on January the fourth, at ten in the morn- ing, my two wounded men came on board jn my pinnace, and brought me the following letter from the governour. ' Conception, January the 14th, N. S. 1720. SIR, T T P O N what you have favoured me * with in the letter tonperning the ran- fom of the St. Fermin, I refei>>aiyfelf to what the captain has written to you i for- afmuch as that affair muft be decided be- tween you two. He afks you hoflages for the payment of twelve thoufand dollars, and in that he feems not to be out of the way. For as he looks on you to be a man of bravery and honour, if to his misfor- tune you fhould prove not to be fo, it would * be * be ii * part ' fo fi ' of y( ' to be * not i ' offic( * feffio * you i * appei ' him * own * All I * to fee * your « of ho < ers ai * me h * fee, [ * eithei * tide < ' tell n * have * by fej * fon, * him: * befor * whicJ A :wfw A Voyage round the World* be intirely in your power to fet fail, and de- part with his fhip and money ; though I am fo far from entertaining any fuch opinion of you, that I would willingly offer myfelf to be your furety. But, in fhort, he will not fend the money till he fees two of your officers^ and till you have put him in pof- feflion of his (hip in fuch a condition as you fhall have agreed upon j and. as this appears reafonable to me, I cannot oblige him to do otherwife, leaving him to his own liberty to make his own conditions. All I (hall have to do in this affair will be to fee your officers fafely returned on board your fliip \ for which I give you my word of honour. I now fend you my two prifon- ers and your pinnace, and delire you to let me have all thofe belonging to me. You fee. Sir, that I never defigned to detain either the one or the otlier. As to the ar^ tide of the chaplain of the fliip, who you tell me is a lawful prifoner, becaufe you have always feen it done; it may be fo by iea, but never by land, for which rea- fon, I thought myfelf obliged to demand him : in fhort, I have fent you, as I faid before, your two foldiers and pinnace, after which there can be no difficulty remaining L 3 * to H9 A. D. 1720, t r* 150 A D. 1720. A Voyage round the World.- ' to you, that may hinder your fending on * fhore all thofe belonging to me, which * will oblige, S I R, Your mofl, Gfr. Cano. I I receive ad- My people brought me word from the vemor's dou- captain of the St. Fermin, that he would bie dealing ]^,^yg £q^^ j^(^ ^]^g ranfom moncv in forty-eight with me. . J J iz> hours after he left me, but that the gover- nour would not permit him by any means, though he was now in hopes he fliould pre- vail with him to confcnt to it, as their defign was laid afide, of attempting to take or de- llroy us. It feems they had afiembled all the Europeans upon this occafion ; but the Spanifh gentleman who had been on board, infifted, at their council, upon its being too hardy an enterprize. I was now well afTured of what I had hitherto only doubted j for I could fee by the governour's trifling, that he never defigned to do, or confent to any thing to our purpofe, and that while he difingenu- oufly charged the captain with the blame of not ^ VoYAGK round the World. ^ • .iji not fending the money for the ranfoni of his ^- ■^• fliip, he threatened him in the feverefl: man- ^^^^' ner, if he offered or prefumed to do it. In fliort, I fent him an anfwer in plain prelTing terms, and was refolved to convince him I was in earneft ; and to give him an immedi- ate inftance of it, I ordered the Solidad to be Qponwhich fet on fire. The effedl of this was, that Isoiidadd'An- had a letter from him the next day, as fol- "^^^^^l ^^ lows. % January the 1 5th, 172.0. SIR, * P Ermit me to tell you, in anfwer to your •■' * lafl, that you are in the wrong not to ' fend the two hoftages that were demanded ', *■ you know that according to the laws of ' arms it is thus pradtifed, you are not lefs in * the wrong to fufpedl me, and difregard my * word, fmce you fee I fent you your wound- * ed men, and your boat, and if I have de- * ferred a few days, I acquainted yoi;i yefler- * day with the reafon of it, therefore it figni- * iies nothing to repeat them, lince you have * been fo outrageous as not to give faith to * what I have faid to you. • In a word, fend * the two officers, or at leaft one, any time * tomorrov/, without which I believe we fliall ' ■ L 4 • * iiof Miff i : H\ \i- I »£kcr.-yAiWL\c.:'il ...KyVlui . .'■ .. ' IS2 A. D. • 1720. A Voyage round the WokLO, ^ not be able to come to any conclufion ; * however, does it not appear rcafonable to « you to pnt fome truft in my word of ho- * nour, that I gave to fend back the offi- ^ cers you was to fend, as foon as the captain * has got polTefiion of his (hip, you fee I ' cannot fail, fince you have two or three * prifoners in your fhip. Let us make an end * of this matter, Sir, have confidence in me * and confider with yourfelf, it will be bet- * ter forycu to take the twelve thoufand dol- * lars, than burn the fliip, from which no * advantage can arife to you. 1 evpc(fl your ^ anfwer, having the honour to be perfedtly Yours, Cano. ' Poftfcript. I can't tell, Sir, whether you will be able to read this letter, I had fo much bufinefs at the time yours arrived, that I was obliged to get another gentleman to write it for me j for God's fake be rca- fonable, and fo endeavour to order this matter that there may be content on all fides. I fuppofe it would give you no fatisfa(flion to burn the fhip, and go away without the < twelve A * twelve * in your ^ pf the . Tothi that as I ly to ever} eafdy rep< pay DaC t afmuch as to fufped this port, them 5 thi ny of my who had me, as xxw nourable contriving! was the onl in fhort, i| thoufand would in] had done The nej letter froi] if• ■^ 'y^^ '^y. ''■:^^:^,^-:- "W""ii- "iiliPiiipi Jl Voyage romd the World, but it cannot be done till to morrow morn^ ing, notwithftanding that the captain will do his utmoft to fend it to day, that you may have it towards evening 5 but I doubt he cannot do it till to morrow morning, and that withqjat fail ; the reafon of meeting all this difficulty in railing the money, is be^ caufe the greateft part of the inhabitants of this town, have fent all their money from hence, upon a report that fome fhips were making the beft of their way to attack this place. If you will ftay till to morrow morn- ing, you fl^all infallibly have the ranfom of the St. Fermin, and if you will not, do as you judge mofl proper. ,,, lam, &c. A. D. I ! Don Gabriel Can'o. Certainly after the receipt of this, no one could have doubted of a fpeedy accommoda- tion of our affairs -, but by the event it will be feen, that the governour's word and ho- mmr, which he was pleafed to fay, in one of Ills letters, he could not violate, could be at a- j.y time fubfervient to the carrying on any po litical bafe defign, and that his tongue could readily f'^ '^'f ' " ■ 1 L A. D. re2 it ^ 1720. an W0' . f" r*:--. J ^ hi :M A Voyage round the World. readily utter what his heart never thought of, and that though his promifes were hound with the mofl folemn ties, yet none were fo ftrong, as to be any way conducive towards the per- formance of them. However, I fent a letter to his excellency to acquaint hin\ that * tho' * he had been pleafed to upbraid me very un- * jultly, notwithftanding, that I had been fo * complaifant as to tell him I was fenfible of * the truth of the reafons he had hitherto given * me, for adling thus cautioufly j I begged ' leave to obferve to him, that now, if I did * not honour him very much, I could remind ' him of feveral inftances of the violation of * honour and faith, by fome of his predecef- * fors in thefe parts. But that I could not * longer be fo unjuft to my country and my- * felf, as not to complain of the outrageous * and mean adl of Gripping my two wounded * men, as they were palTmg through the * town, to come on board of my (hip ; tliat * this plainly ihewed his magiftrates and offi- * cers unworthy of their charge, or his peo- * pie to be ungovernable ; that this could not * be termed a handfome return for the tender *- ufage his fellow fubjedls met withal from « me ; and that, in fliort, I would expofe no * hoflages ; but as he, and the captain had * fent A Voyage round the World. « fent me word that the money was ready, I * expected it in whole dollars, or by weight, * and not in fmail money by tale ; that this < was but a reafonable demand, confidering * what a trifle it was, when compared to the * value of fo fine a {hip and cargoe j that I * had now perfuaded myfelf he would no lon- * ger obftrud: an accommodation, which fo * manifeftly tended to the intereft of his cpun- * trymen, and that therefore I would have pa- < tience till the next morning, when, if he * deceived me again, I gave him my word * and honour the St. Fermin fhould be in * flames by noon. January the fixth, the morning paflTed a- way without any news from the town. How- ever I was willing to make an allowance of three or four hours, not knowing but there might be fome real impediment which ob- ftrudted their being fo pun(5tual as I might have expeded. But the ^ jon being elapfed, I made preparation for lailing, loofing my fails, and at the fame time unfurling all the fails on board the St. Fermin, and hoifling a Spanifh jack at her iv re-topmafl:-head, and a Spanifli enlign at her main-topmafl:-head. This I did tc haften them from the town. The greatefl part of the afternoon being thus fpent 1720. ^ 'IfC™**' ^/- '% f ?'■ •f ■> ffl 1 1 i^^ A Voyage r^?/^;?^ /^^ World. ' moiety of the time, I ordcr'd Mr. Hendry, the agent for Sate taken in P^^'"^^^'^' ^^ ^'^^^ ^ "^^^^ account of cvciy thing \\\i^ St, Fer- in the behalf of the gentlemen in England. hich ca'pt. '^'^c plunder was alfo fold at the mail, by the w Be:agh en- fj-jp's company's agent at very extravagant raife a muti- priccs. They would not fuifer Mr. Hendry ny, but fail'd in the at- tempt. to have any thing to do in appraifing the plunder, but did not liinder him from taking what account he pleas'd of it. For my part. I was apprehenfive they would have convert- ed every thing into plunder; for Bctagh, capt. of marines- had endeavoured to form a party party to from ha^ upon fre To this whilfl t before tj if I witl fliould d pedted ( have had my back jufi: efi^ort of their ( which, 1 1 ^ip fuffic without had prefc neither pi value, wh was takei ladin , e: flicks fori found in it happen lips to fecj want for reafonabl( they wen ■ v ^ , / '^i m y /A Photographic Sciences Corporation % 73 WeST lAAIN .,:.K1 WEBSTElt.KY. 4360 (716) e:'3 4503 'V- " r o %!o '''ffks. ^ Ua i IIVMP m 164 A. D. 1720. ^ Voyage roiindthe World. lent an extremity 5 which if it had not been the cafe, I am perfuaded I fhould not have had above four or five officers to aflift me in the emergency; for even Mr. Hendry, the agent for prizes, was diffatisfied that I would not allow him the fliares and poft of agent- general, in the room of Mr. Godfrey, who was to have adted as fuch in both the fhips, and who was now in the Succefs. The ac- count of tvQry thing being taken, and the value of the fhares calculated, the fhip's com- pany delired me to let them have their divi- dend Ihared amongft them, according to the articles at St. Catherines, which requeft I could not withftand. The prize-money and plunder amounting to ten pieces of eight per ihare, was thereupon diftributed according to each man's relpedive fhares, and all the bails of coarfe cloth, bays, linen, ribbons, lace, filk, and feveral forts of mercery wares, were equally divided, half to the owners, and half to the fhip's company. Arrival at the Monday, January 11. At fix in the morn- idand of Juan. n ^ 'n ^ r -i t> j Fernande;;, ^g wc faw tlic illand 01 Juan T emandes, at fomrfiil/''an'f"°^^ the body of it bore weft fouth wefl, upon acd- diflant five leagues, meridian diflance from ^^g^fo,(,fy;_ Conception two hundred and feventy five ct-rtain tokens milci! of my con- fort'i r A Voyage romid the World. 165 miles wei\^ variation per amplitude fix degrees -A- ^• twenty-' hree mmutes ealt. , , . . From Tuefday the twelfth to Friday theb^Jen here"^ fifteenth of January i." kept {landing off and^""j^<^"iy ^<^- on the fhore, for my boats, which were a fifhing, who not having hitherto difcovered any marks whereby we might conclude that z^.- Clipperton had been here, I thought it pro- per to render my coming hither ferviceable in fome refpedl, and therefore fent the Mer- cury on fhore to flop her leaks, while the boats were employed in catching fifli, of which we falted as much as filled five puncheons. At length going on fhore to make a nicer fearch for any thing that might afford us fome news of my confbrt, fome of my men accident- ally faw the word Maeee, which was the name of Clipperton's fiirgeon, and capt. John ( cut out under it upon a tree, but no diredlions left, as was agreed on, by him, in his inflruc- tions to me. His adions being thus grofly repugnant to his inflrudions, it was evident he never meant I fhould keep him company, or ever, join with him again. However, be- ing by this confirmed in the certainty of his being arrived in thefe parts, I directly made the befl of my way from hence without de- lay, being, with the additional flock of fifh M 3 caught '^nj->/rrL. 1 66 j4 Voyage round the World. ■A- D- caught here, in a pretty good condition as to proviiions, and having all our water-cafks Sail from Jzii j Juan Ferrian- ^^^^; d-s, and Friday, January 1 5th, I failed, and made rive on the^^ "^^^^ dilpatch I could to the northward. tT-^h"m'^^"' Thurfday, January sift, Having a defign Dodd, lieute-to look into Copiapo as I went along fhore, I Jw wi,^:"' ^ent Mr. Dodd, fecond lieutenant of marines, eight men a? with eight men as a reinforcement to the the Mercury °M^rcur37's crev/, and the next evening they Sf'^^''''^''^°^^''^sieft us fteering in for the land, whilft I kept fliorc to look the offing, to prevent our being difcovered into the loadfj-Qj^ ^j^^ ihore. I tock care to let the officer 01 Lopiapo. have a copy of my commiffiori, together with all neceffary inftrudlions, and appointed the Morro, or head-land, of Copiapo to be our place of meeting again. Their buHnefs was to look Into the harbour of that place which is called Caldera, near to which there are fome gold mines, and from whence they ex- port tliat metal in conliderable quantities in fniall velTels, and the Mercury had this ad- vantage, that being built in the manner of the country, they could entertain no fufpicion of her. The next day I myfelf in the ffiip came in fight of the head-land of Copiapo, and lay to, to the fouthward of it, that I might not be perceived by the port which lies to tot} agai] mou pinn tinen ward fortl office but C( I mac to the to the berea next 1 the pij Pengu liland; are a like a infteac fcrt oj thers 5 in th( faft^ tl lieve ger m^ thing Merci A Voyage round the World. to the northward. Lying in this pofliire over againft a fmail ifland, which lies atliwart the mouth of the river of Copiapo, I fent the pinnace to fifh between the ifle and the con- tinent, and foon after {'x\j a fail crowding to- wards us : /he, at firft appeared to be too big for the Mercury, but proved to be her. The officer told me, he had looked into the port, but could fee no {hipping there, upon which I made him fenfible of his error, and fent him to the right place, which was abuut fix leagues to the northward of us, and ordered him to be ready to look into Caldera fey day-light the next morning. As foon as they were gone, the pinnace returned with nothing but a fcv/ Penguins, which they had taken on the ifland; which abounds with them. They are a kind of ampffiblous oird, being much like a goofe in fhape, but generally larger ; inflead of feathers they have a very coarfe Ibrt of furr like the young flumps of fea- thers; their wings ferve them for finns, when in the water, with which they fwim very faflj their flefh is black and coarfe, and I be- lieve not eatable, except when extreme hun- ger makes it pofhble, or where there is no- thing elfe to be had. But to return to the Mercury, they looked into Caldera the next M 4 morning, 167 D. 20. % r^TWT'Wf :'''■■=' '»;P!PP!iiPP*.*''V»W'!*^^^ 168 A Voyage round the Worlt). ^' ^- morning, and faw nothing; but inftead of making ufe of the land wind to come off to me, they kept along fhore, in the bottom of the bay, till the fea breeze came in fo ftrong that they were very near loling their veffel on a lee-jfhore, and could not come to me till the next morning, by which means they hin- dered me almoft a whole day and night's failing, which was more than our circum* fiances could difpenfe with the lofs of. In this vexatious manner were my orders always executed, not having fcarce an officer I could depend on, iciithe neceiTary condud: of any enterprize. Mr. Brooks Wednefday, January 27th, I fent Mr. fnd Mr Rai-Srooks, the firil lieutenant, and Mr. Rainor, nor lieutenant firfl lieutenant of marines, to relieve Mr. Ran- relieve"Mr.' ^^1 and Mr. Dodd, in the Mercury. I had Randall, and fitted her with a gang of oars, and upon trial Mr. Dodd in . r ^ r i i the Mercury, they gavc Way after the rate of three knots, Mercur*^ a- ^hich might make her extremely beneficial head to look and ufcful to US in a calm. of Aric^ar^ Friday, February 5th, I difpatched Mr, where {he Brooks a-head to difcover if there was any called the Ro-fhipping at Arica, in the latitude of eighteen ^^^' degrees, twenty minutes fouth. The next day, at one in the afternoon, (after having ranged along fjiore by the breaks of Pifagu^, Camaronesa A Voyage raund the World. Camarones, and Vitor) I had a fight of the head-land of Arica, and the iflard of Guano, with a Ihip at anchor on the northern fide of it, and faw the Mercury flanding out of the bay, by which I judged the fhip was too warm for her, and therefore made all pofTible hafle to get in to her with my own fhip. 169 A. D. 1720. !:• I SECT. ■Vif'' 170 A. D. 1720. [d Voyage round the World* SECT. V. Arrival in the road of Arica^ in the latitude of twenty-eight degrees^ twe?ity minutes Souths on the CO aft of Peru^ and tranfaElions there. B "f^K^ H E N I came into the port, I found Q W Q this fhip was already taken, and 1«l)8C}SCjm( that the Mercury only went acci- dentally adrift. This prize was called the Rofario, of about one hundred tons, and la- den with Cormorants dung, which the Spa- niards call Guana, and is brought from the ifland of Iquique, for the culture of 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 owners would ranfom her. At feven in the morning I received a letter verbally tranflated as follows, Arica, acoj W$\}. jiiJin«»|i|)i|!« "W -^ Voyage round the Wc*^© Arica, February the i6th, N. S. 1720. My good Sir, Tl Y the mouth of fome of the people ' belonging to my fhip, I ani told that your honour would have me ranfom her, and that, if not, you would burn her. Now I would willingly come abroad to kifs your hands, but the governour will not permit it, for he ftands more for his honour than any money: upon this fuppolition I fend you this letter to acquaint you of my pover- ty, leaving it to your honour's pleafure, to whom I fend to know, fwearing by God, our Lord, that I am an honefl man, and have a great family to maintain, and other dependances, fo that I fhall be left defti- tute, and can expedt no favour from any but God, and after that from the clemency, and generolity of your heart, from which I befeech once, and many times, all mercy which belongs to your noble nation. But if I muft ranfom, I will do all I can, and come to you at the port of Hilo, or at Gu- acoj which is nearer, where I will meet ^ you himiiM Ill' myB—ywwiPTify;- ',■;*- iji /if Voyage rani*(h mi'ps^ones at an anchor. The great fhip immedi- ately hoifled French colours, and in the end proved to be the Sage Solomon, of forty guns, commanded by monf. Dumain, whom I had left at St. Catherines, and was now refolved to proted the veflels that were with him, and obftrud my coming in. It being dark before I could get into the road, I fent my third lieutenant monf la Porte, who was a Frenchman, to let him know what we were i but my officer had no fooner got in- to from nie. to the calling that if I me. J to his \ taken J there 1 coafts, J had gre of trad< Could p manned town, \ ihort, hi %n*d to off fhor( they fire me they pretty vl to confu thought higheil t to have Mercur) might,! this infoJ confiderl into a d h 1 A Voyage round the WoRLb. to the fhip than they tumbled him out again, calling him Renegade, and fending me word that if I offered to anchor there they would fink me. Monf la Porte upon this told me, that to his knowledge the French fhips had often taken Spanifh commillions at fuch times as there had been Englifh cruifers on thefe coafls, as 1 recompence for which ftrvice they had great liberties allowed them in the way of trade. He farther affured me, that he Could plainly fee Monf Dumain had double manned his fliip with the inhabitants of the town, who were partly French, and that, in Ihort, his anchor was a peek, and that he de- lign'd to be with me as foon as the wind came off fhore. Whilft we were talking of this, they fired three or four guns at me to fhew me they were in readinefs. This warmed me pretty much, and I immediately brought to, to confult what was beft to be done. I at firft thought of fhewing my refentment in the higheft degree, and imagined it not impoflible to have deftroyd him, having converted the Mercury into a brander, or fire fhip, who might, without any great difficulty,have roafled this infolent Frenchman. But upon a fecond confideration, I began to fee it mufl run us into a great many inconveniences, for be- N 2 ing 179 A. D. 1720. fwpJIlM mil 'WW A. D I7ZO. The People recci/e their moiety of what wc took at Aiica. yf Voyage roimd the World. ing at peace with his nation, notwithftand- ing the unwarrantable breach he made of it, difputes might have rifen about it in Europe ; therefore laying alide all thoughts of fuch an enterprize, I clapped the helm a-weather, and flood out to fea again. Friday, February twelfth, in the morning the ihip's company had their moiety of the money taken atArica, divided amongllthem, accordino; to their number of fhares. On Monday, February the twenty- fecond^ I came a-breall of Callao, the port for Lima, which is the metropolis of Peru ; but it being calm I furled all my fails to prevent their perceiving us from the fhore. The next morning the rocks called by the Spaniards, Farellones de los PifcadoreSy or the Fifhermens rocks bore of us weft north weft, diftant fix leagues, and at noon the illand of Galero bore eaft by fouth, diftant five leagues. We were now almoft in fight of Callao, which might have been of bad confequence to us. There is a general order, that all ftiips coming in fight of this place are to go in, and give an ac- count of themfelves, upon pain of the forfeiture of ftiip and cargoe ; fo that if any fail palTes by without obeying this injundlion, they prefeotly conclude her to be a cruifer, and and th< embar^ ward, s they cc when t are dire my. forming nothing the nig} of wine Febru Mercury capt. Ha fed to m till we h in about fame tin: from Lii fide; th« veral gc commer fels, whi there coi great qu would h this time confideri A Voyage round the World. and the country thereupon is advifed of it. An embargoe is laid on all (hipping to the north- ward, and fome of their men of war, which they commonly keep in readinefs, efpecially when they have any enemies on their coali, are diredlly fent out in queft as of an ene- my. There being no great proipe6t of per- forming much in our prefent ftation, I had nothing to do but to flip away from hence in the night, by the help of a favourable breeze of wind. February the twenty-fixth, the officers in the Mercury defired to be relieved, and it being capt. Hatley's turn to go in her, he propo- fed to me that he might continue along fliorc, till we had got the length of Lobos, an ifland in aboutfevendegreesoffouth latitude. At the fame time he informed he, he had travelled from Lima to Payta by land along the fea- lide 5 that in his journey he went through fe- veral good towns, which have a valuable commerce with the city of Lima in fmall vef- fels, which are fometimes very rich j and that there could be no doubt of his meeting with great quantity of ^jroviHons at leaft, which would have been a very acceptable article at this time. I could not but approve of this, confidering the probability there was of his N 3 mect- A. D. 1720. I .^•..■'^ l82 A. D. 1720. A Voyage roundthe World. meeting with the Panama {hips too, who are always in with the fhore, in the evening, to receive the benefit of the land winds, which reign all night, and a great part of the morn- ing. Every body being mightily pleafed with this account of Hatley's, I added to their compliment of men, and gave them a month's provifions, and mounted two of our quarter- deck guns on the Mercury, and lent capt. Hatley my pinnace ; and befides fiirnifhed him with a copy of my commiflion, with full orders and inftrud:ions, though it was more than likely I fhould have frequent lights of him between our feparation, and tne place of rendezvous, which was to be at the Ifland of Lobos, which was not above iixty leagues from us. As foon as every thing was ready for their departure, capt. Eetagh whofe duty and turn it was to relieve the marine of- ficer, in the Mercury, being unwilling to go on this party, addreifled himfelf to the peo- ple, and with a fearful countenance told them, that he, and the refl that were to go with him, were fent for a facrifice, to be fold and facriliced, with a great many other expreffions tending to create a general mutiny. I now imagined no lefs than that he was about to adt what he had threatened when he told me, ' ' it A Voyage round the World. it fhould be a fhort voyage with me, and therefore having prepared myfelf againfl any violence, I addrelled myfelf to the fliip's com- pany, and told them, that, ^ I did not know * what this ungovernable fellow meant by * this uproar, and appealed to them all if it ' had not been cuftomary with me to relieve ' the officers in this manner ever fince we had * had this veiTel in company, and afked them * if they ever heard me call upon any particu- ' lar perfon by name to go on any enterprize, ' and if I had not left it to every man's choice * to go out of the fhip upon any fervice." I in a word, delired to know who amongft them were of Betagh's opinion ? their anfwer was with one voice, that they had never enter- tained any fuch thought j but that on the contrary, I fliould find them obedient to any commaads I fhould lay upon them. This done, I ordered the Mercury along fide, and acquainted her crew with the fpeech Betagh had made in the fhip, and defired to know if any of thern were under apprehenfions of being fold or facrificed ; at which they fat up a huzza, and a loud hoot at the relllefs muti- neer, and begged that they might go on the intended cruife in the Mercury. Accordingly Hatley and Betagh went on board of her, , N 4 V and A. D. 1720. :f %'m I'll ^, An account of the prizes 184 ^Voyage round the World. •A. D. and puting off from us, gave me three chears, ' ^^°* and ftood right in for the land, in the latitude by obfervation often degrees, nine minutes fouth. I think it will not be altogether improper here to takefome notice of their proceedings which the Mercury were very extraordinary, after they left me, as I flic cruifed in have fmce been inform'd of them by thcmfelves, fhore. 2in6. by prifoners. The very next day after they departed from me, they took a fmall bark laden with rice, chocolate, wheat, flour, and the like. The day following they took another. On the fourth day of their ablence they be- came mailers of a {h.^ of near two hundred tons, worth one hundred and fifty thoufand pieces of eight. Flufhed with tliis fuccefs, it feemSjBetagh prevailed on Hatley, and the greatefl part of the people with them, not to join with me again, telling them there was fufficient for thcmfelves to appear like gen- tlemen with as long as they lived -, but that it would be nothing when the owners part was taken out, and the remainder divided in- to five hundred jfliares. Whatis more (confin- ed he) we exped: to meet with the fuccefs eve- ry day, and then it is ten to one but they will take all from usj and therefore he thought, fince fortune had been fo kind to them, they would be highly to blame if they did not lay hold TM •''}•' A. D. 1720. A VoYAGi round the World. 185 hold of this opportunity and goto India, fince they had provifions and every thing elfe they could wi(h for in their voyage, and tKe hap- pinefs, into the bargain, of having a gentle- man amongfl them, (viz. capt. Hatiey) who was doubtleis navigator enough to condudl them over to fome of the coafls and ii^ lands of Afia. This was foon refolved on, and they fell to leeward of our place of ren- dezvous. But Hatiey pondering within him- felf the vafl lengths to be run, and the rnany perils of the undertaking, and knowing well what treatment he fhould meet with in India, were his treachery difcovered -, and calling to mind how capt. C f^?/f^ n was faid to have been dealt with? when he ran away with Dampier's commiflion, and one of his prizes, he was at a lofs what he had befl do in the cafe. While he was weighing all this within himfelf, and flill hovering on the coaft, fome of his crew went away with his boat, to furrender themfelves to the enemy, rather than be concerned in fo pyratical an adion. But Betagh, and his gang ftill kept Hatiey warm with liquor, and in the end, brought him to a fixed refolution to leave thefe feas : but no fooner had they clapped their helm a- weather, than they faw r^^^ Mercury a fail Handing towards them, which, in Ihort, taken by a J SoaniOi man proved of war. W "^ » i86 yi Voyage round the World, A. D. proved to be a Spaniih man of war, who '7^°* caught them, and put an end to their India voyage. The Englifh were treated very indif- ferently, but Betagh, it feems who was of their religion, and of a nation which the Spaniards affedt to be fond of, was made an officer, and ufed very reipedtfully. This he certainly de- ferved at their hands ; for he gave them an ajccount of the whole fcheme of our voyage, and not only informed them of what we had done, but alfo of what I defigned to do, fo that they did not doubt but I myfelf ihould be in their hands very fpeedily ; and indeed I was told Betagh modeftly defired of his new captain that whenever they met with me, he might have the honour of entering me the firft, to board me, and to fhew an example to fuch as fliould follow him. The fequel will Ihew how providentially I was delivered from them. ^ . -. , Monday, February the twenty ninth. At fix Arrival in the. ^'. , / ,, , /^ , road of Gu- m the mornmg the headland of Guanapo bore whe^rewetake^^ ^"^ ^Y ^o^th, and at feven we faw a fail at an empty fhip anchor- in the road of Guanchaco ^ at eleven call'dtheCar- , , , , ^j ^, iiiefita. The we came up and anchored along lide or her. prjfoners in There was no body on board of her but two her give me _ ,. ■', _,. n i i advife of a Indian men and a boy. She was called the ["Jj* ^ pP '^" Carmefita, of about one hundred tons, and had ,87 A. D. 1720, A Voyage round the World. bad nothing in her but a little timber from Guayaquil, from whence fhe lately came. By thefe prifoners I was informed, there was a rich fliip in the cove of Payta, where fhe had put in to repair fome damages flie had fuftained by a gale of wind. Upon which I immediately went to fea ; but, in purchafing the anchor, the cable parted, and I loft it. I[" P"i'cjafing ^ J^ ' ^ the anchor, took my prize with me, flie being new and the cable well fitted, and promifed to fail very well.'^''*''^'^* I named her th^' St. David, and defigned to have made her a compleat fire-fliip as foon as the Mercury fhould join us ; for Ihe had the chief matter on board of her for that pur- pofe. I coafted it at a fmall diftance from the The next day land, and the next day looked into Malabriga^Jjjf^j ^^^^^^ and Cheripe, from whence I chafed a fmall vefTel, who, when I came within half cannon fliot of her, fuddenly got her tacks on board, and ftood in for the land, and received all my fire. I thought I was fure of her, not (in the leaft) apprehending they would have been fo liardy as to run themfelves on a beach, where the fea breaks mountains-high, I followed her may phrafe. into fhoal water, and then was obliged to haul off with my fhip, and fend the launch after m ;r .; : m '■^^^^^:: i88 A Voyage round the Worlp,. after her j but before they could come near her, (to my great aftonifhment) afhore fhe went, and was to pieces in a moment j not- withftanding which I believe moft of thofe in her were faved, they being admirable fwim- mers in all thefe parts. Arrival at the IJlands of Lobos. np H E next morning, at fix of the clock, I found myfelf within three leagues of the ifland of Lobos de la Mar, fo called from there being two iflands which go by the name of Lobos, near one another, but the other being much nearer the land, is called for diftindion fake, Lobos de Tierra. The firft of thefe was our appointed place of rendezvous with the Mercury ; but ftanding into the road, and not feeing her, I fent Mr. Randall, the fecond lieutenant, with two crofles to be fet up over two bottles to be buried in the beach, each of which contained a letter to captain Hatley, as follows. To captain Simon Hatley. SIR, * T Have in company a fliip I took out of I the road of Guanchaco, who gives :.'."iaf?^i^l4ij^riS^-)f - til. , Ill 11 nmji I iipp?^wwiiii»jipuw 1 '.-^^Wff' A Voyage round the World. certain advice of a rich fhip lying at Payta ; therefore I make the beft of my way thi- ther, defiring you'll make no flay here; there will I cruife till you join us, which you muft do with all the expedition you can before Guayaquil is alarmed. I hear captain Clipperton has taken feveral (hips on this coaft, and we are told there are two Spanifh men of war to leeward. Obferve that the (hip I have in company has no top- gallant-fails, and that I have added a mizen top-gallant-fail to our fhip. * If we are obliged to leave Payta, which I will not do without the greatefl necefHty, you will find us at one of the places you mentioned, or at point Arena, where your fhips (the Duke and Dutchefs) formerly lay, expedling the mofl expeditious difpatch you can make. Yefterday I chafed a fmall vefTel on fhore, which came out of the road of Cheripe, which I take to be an advice- boat, which gives me hopes we fhall make fome hand of it at Payta. 189 A. D, 1720. i'K!! iliiL,, vi m 'M "•'■si .''111 S I R, I am, &;c. Geo. Shelvocke, Se7i. The A. D. A Voyage round the World. The bottles were buried, and the crofTes were i^\. up, not thinking at that time to what little purpafe, or that we were never to fee the Mercury inore. Defcription of the IJles of Lobos. '^ a " H E S E illands (ituated in about feven degrees of foutii latitude, within fight of the continent, look, when beheld from the fea, like continued rocks; there is not the leafl verdure to be feen upon them, and when you are on fhore, the ground is burnt up to that degree, that the furface of it appears like one continued cinder. Here are on the beach great numbers of feals, of a much larger fize than thofe at Juan Fernandes. They fmell very naufeoully, and are of a much fiercer nature, and not fo eafily to be driven away from vou, as at the abovementioned place. Here are alfo plenty of Guanoes and carrion- crows, whkh, wdth their red gills, as they fit perching among the rocks, bear the exadl re- femblance of a Turkey 3 and here alfo is plenty of a certain fowl, not much unlike a Teal, and fo tame as to fuffer my people to knock them down with their hats. As to the ifland itfelf, \vc fluv nothing worth notice, except that the mwrn igi A. D. 1720. bos A Voyage round the World. the harbour, which lies north weft and by weft, and fouth eaft and by eaft, is a convenient place to careen in,but affords neither wood nor water. Here is a ipacious rocky cave, the retreat of the feals, whofe continual howlings ecchoing all around the obfcure grotto, render it a place of as much horror as the imagination of man can well feign. Having now done every thing necelfary to dired the Mercury in joining us again, I con-f^X^^^^ ■,(_ tinued coafting to the northward, till I had|ands of L got a-breaft of the ifland, called Lobos de Payta, from its proximity to the port of that name -, which was on March the eighth. From hence I fent Mr. Randall, the fecond lieuten- nant, in the launch to difcover the lituation of the cove of Payta, and, under the covert of night, to fee if there were any ftiips there, a3 1 could not venture in with .he ftiip in the dark ; but it proving wet rainy weather, a thing io uncommon on the coafts of Peru, that the Spaniards affirm it never rains there, they could perceive nothing like a town. They had a negroe with them who had been at Payta feveral times, who faid he was fure we had got to the wrong place. Upon this every one agreed, that the higheft land we faw to the northward of us was the faddle of Payta, which '•m IVS, :tt ii:;|-| '^■D^ I i' ■ '^ J 192 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the WorlI). which in the end we found to be the Sierraj or highland of Motapa, but it was too late that we were convinced of this miftake; for we could not hinder ourfelves from being dri- ven by the wind and current ib far to the northward of cape Blanco, as to coft us twelve tedious days to regain the ground we loft in three hours. SECT. A Voyage round the World, .193 A, D. 'W4 ' i |i!l!i/ SECT. VI. r : . '^Arrival in the cove of Payta, on the coajl of Peru; a7i account of our tranfaEiions there^ particularly of our taking the town of Payta, and en- gaging with the Spanifli Admiral in that harbour* i^'^X'^ O N D A Y, March the twenty-firft, Q M Q 1 came up with the point of Parina, hJ^^jd feven leagues to the northward of Payta, and then fleered as diredly as the wind would permit us for Payta. At three in the afternoon, we faw the Pena Oradado, or the Hole in the rock ; and in an hour after- wards we entered the cove of Payta with French colours flying. There we found a fmall fhip at anchor with her ForemafI: out, and her main-topmafl unrigged. Upon the firfl fight of us they fent a boat from the fhore to her j for which reafon my launch was manned, and fent under the command O of ll'l 194 A. D. 1720. A VoVAGE roujiJ the World. of Mr. Brooks, my firft lieutenant, to hin- der them from carrying any thing of value from on board of her, to the town. They foon returned, having left the agent and five more in pofTeflion of this fhip. They found nothing in her but timber, and a little jerkec* beef. I came to an anchor in feven fathom water, about three quarters of a mile from the town, but was obliged to leave the St. David to cruize off the Saddle of Payta, fhe having no anchors with her to come to with. The taking of this town being confidered in the fcheme of our voyage, as a matter of great importance, I confulted with my officers, concerning the propereft methods of going a- bout it. The place appeared to be indiffer- ently large and populous, and it was very probable there might be fome land forces to defend a place fo well known as this, which is the rendezvous of moil fhips coming from Panama and Callao. However, I landed with forty-fix men, at two of the clock the next morning, leaving Mr. Coldfea, the mafter, and fome others, not only to look after the negroes we had, who ought not to be trufi:ed with the fhip by themfelves, but alfo to bring the fhip nearer in, that we might the more expeditioufly embark th^ plunder we might get A Voyage round the World. get here. Being now on ihore, I marched up to the great church without meeting any oppofition, and indeed I found the town en- tirely 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 flrength, would have paid us a vifit 5 but I found that as we marched up towards them, we drove them be- fore us. All this time no prifoners fell into our hands, but an old Indian and a boy, who told me captainClipperton had been here fome time before, to fet fome prifoners on fhore, and that he had affured them, he would do them no injury, nor give them any trouble. But the inhabitants not thinking lit to truft him, had removed all their effedls up to the mountains, amongft which was part of the king's trea- fure, amounting to four hundred thoufand pieces of eight, in the poffeflion of the go- vernour. This would have been a fine booty, had captain Clipperton been willing to accept of it. It Is likely he would have met with no more dilHculty, in fubduing this place, than I did. But fuddenly, upon hearing a gun fired, I halted, and fent to know the meaning of it, and word was brought me, our fliip was on fhorc. This made me hurry off with fome O 2 precipitation, A. D. 1720, m , n ll. " 96 A. D. 1720. ^ ft' : A Voyage round t be World. precipitation, carrying off with us the Union- flag, which I had caufed to be planted in the church yard ever fince fun-rifing, and as wc re-imbarked, the enemy came running down the hills, hollowing and crying out after us. When I came on Board, I found our xliip en- tirely afloat, but within her breadth of the rocks J and the water being foiooth, I foon warped her off again. Having fecured our fliip again, we returned to take poffeffion of the town in the fame manner as before, and the Spaniards very peaceably retired up to the hills again. The reafon of this accident with the fhip, was, that the mafler having weighed the anchor before day-light, and having but little wind, was caught aftays, and whilll: he was endeavouring to fill his fails again, itfud- denly fell calm, fo that he was almoft on fhore, before he could drop an anchor to prevent it. But this being happily over, the remainder of the day was fpent in fliipping off what plun- der we had got, which confided of hogs, fowls, brown and white calavances, beans, Indian corn, wheat, fiour, fugar, and as much cocoa-nut as we were able to How away, with pans, and other conveniencies for preparing it, fo that we were fupplied with breakfaff- mcat for the whole voyage, ancl full of pro- vifions ill ;iti|:f ^ Voyage round the World* vifions oi one kind or other. In the after • noon there came to us, a mefTenger to know what I would take for the ranfom of the town and iliip -, to which I anfwered, I would have ten thoufand pieces of eight, and thofe to be paid in twenty-four hours, if they in- tended to iiNQ the town, or fliip either. At eight the next morning, I received a letter from the governour, fignifying that mine be- ing wrote in French, he, nor any about him. could nnderftand the contents of it -, but that if I would let him know my demands in Latin or Spanifh, I fliould not fail of a fatis- factory anfwer. In the afternoon I fent one of the quarter-deck guns afhore, which being mounted at our guard, was fired at fun-fet, midnight, and break of day. Betimes the next morning the mefienger returned with an anfwer (together with the Captain of the (liip in the road) to mine of yefterday. Upon hearing of their arrival, I went on fliore to treat with them ; but the Governour gave me to underfland, in plain terms, that he neither could, nor would ran- fom the town, and did not care what 1 did with it, fo that 1 fpared the Churches : but I threatned that the town fhould be reduced to aflies without any regard to Churches, or O 3 any J 97 A. D. 1720. i|iV liS iii^i 'W>f'<^ if 198 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. any thing elfe ; though I never defigned to to deftroy any place rcferved to facred iifes ; and at the fame time the Spanifh captain had notice given to him, that if he had an incli- nation to fave his fhip from the flames, he muft ranfom her without delay ; which he promifed to do in three hours. But all this while they were fenfible of the florm which was ready to overtake us, and had feen their admiral, who in the night had got clofe un- der the high land, within a league of the en- trance of the Cove, which our look-outs could not difcover, till he was within gun- fhot of our fhip. But to return to my fub- jedt, having received this negative anfwer, and got every thing that might be any ways ferviceable to us out of the town, I inftantly ordered it to be fet on fire in two or three places ; and the houfes, being extremely dry, confumed away apace. But no fooner was Payta in a blaze, than thofc on board of us made iignals for me to come off, and kept inceflantly firirj towards the mouth of the harbour. Upon which I ordered all hands off, and went iirfl on board myfelf in a ca- noe, with three men only, and before I had got half way off, faw a large /hip lying with her fore-top-fail aback, and with a Spanifli fl =^g ^wm lAcr A Voyage round the World. flag flying at her fore-top- mafl:-head. At this profpedt, two of my three people were ready to fink, and had it not been for my boatiwain I fliould not have been able to fetch our (hip. When I looked back on the town, I could not forbear wifhing that I had not been fo hafly J for I could not imagine the admiral would have been fb imprudent as he was in lying fo long by as he did ; for had he held his way, he might have been on board of the Speedwell long enough before I could, and have taken polTeflion of her without any to reflft him but eight or nine white faces, and twelve negroes. Here I cannot in jufl:ice pafs over the fignal fervice which Mr. Coldfea, the mafler, did at this time, to whofe conduct it was owing that we had not an immediate end put to our voyage j for as the admiral was coming in upon us with all his fails fpread, Mr. Coldfea, by the afliflance of the few on board with him, fired at him fo fmartly, that he flopped the enemy's carreer. The Spaniard did not exped: fuch a warm reception ; and therefore apprehending he fhould have hot work with us, brought his (hip to, that he might put himfelf into a very unneceflTary con- dition of making a vigorous attack upon us. This ina^^vity of the enemy gave me a fine O 4 opportunity 199 A. D. m. I lii '' 11 ',:,^ 20O A, D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. opportunity of reaching on board my fliip, which 1 had no fooner done, than I direc^lcd them in clearing the (hip, which was partly done already, and loofing all the fails, and making all other requilite preparations both to receive, and deceive the Admiral. In the mean time my officers on fhore, being unwilling to leave the gun behind them which we had mounted in the town, were fo long before they could get it into the boat, that I was a- fraid the Spaniard would attack us, before the launch would be able to row on board of iis. But he was not in fuch a hurry, thinking that 1 could not well pafs by him, and therefore he fufFered my men to come off, who were about fifty in number, but was within pillol fhot of us before they had all got into the (liip j upon which, we cut our cable, and our fliip falling the wrong way, J had but jufl room enough to fill clear of him. Being now clofe by one another, his formidable appearance ftruck an univerfal damp on every one's fpirits. Some of my people in coming of?", were for jumping into the water, and fwimming to lliore, as one adually did. But now when they faw a fine Europe built fliip of fifty guns, along fide, the difproportion was fo great between us, that there could be no hopt^s'of efcaping \. h>m. IF' m A Voyage round the World. him. Being under his lee, I endeavoured to get into (hoal water, but he becalmed and confined me for the greateft part of an hour, handling me very roughly with his cannon, but made very little ufe of his fmall arms : he never had patience to let us be quite along his fide, but whenever he was ready -with his fire, he gave his fhip the ftarboard helm, to bring as many of his guns as he could to bear on us, and, all the time, kept me out of the true wind. We failed not to make the briflc- efl returns we could ; but the misfortune was, that in the hurry and confufion of getting ofiF from the town, mofl of our fmall arms were wet, fo that it was late before they were of any ufe. During this, there was a confufed fcene on (hore, of the town on fire, and the people who had flocked down the hills to ex- tinguiih !<■, fome of which anfwered the end of their coming, whilfl: others were more earn- cftly employed in beholding the engagement I was long in fufpence and defpair of getting away from the Spaniard, and could forefee nothing but that we fhould be torn to pieces by him, and longed for an opportunity lo try our heels with him, whilfl: our mafts were (landing. I expected every minute that he would board us, and uv>on hearine a fliout- ipon A. 201 --» I -t.i;: m.^ m n 102 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World, ing amongft them, and feeing their forecaf- tle full of men, for till then I had not feen the head of one, except through the ports, I concluded they had now come to a re- folution of entering us ; but I prefently faw that the occafion of this joy and acclamation was their having fhot down our enfign-ftafF, upon which they, feeing our enfign trailing in the water, were in hopes we had ftruck : but I foon undeceived them, by fpreading a new enfign in the mizcn fhrouds. Upon fight of this they lay as fnug as before, and held their way clofe upon our quarter ; at laft, de- figning to do our bufmefs at once, they clap- ped their helm well a ftarboard, to bring their whole broad-fide to point at us 3 but their fire had little or no effedt. All ftood faft with us, and they muzzled themfelvesj 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, that if our mafts, which were by this time but flenderly fuppcrted, would bear what fail we had abroad, we fhould foon ileal away from him. After this he was in a great huxry, to goX. his fpritfail-yard fore and aft, threatning us very hard, and plying us with his forechafe. But we foon were out of his reach, and all hands were immediately employed A Voyage round the World. employed in repairing our damages. This (hip was called the Peregrine, of fifty-fix guns* witii upwards of four hundred and fifty men on board of her. Durinu this adlion, we had not a man kil- led or wo :iuled, although the enemy often hulled us, and once in particular, a (hot coming imo 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 people, without hurting any one of them. Our ftern was alfo much fliattered, and our rigging much difa- bled. Our mainmalfl was a little wounded yet ftood a long while with only one good (hroud to fupport it j our fore-maft fared but little better, yet I kept all the canvas, except the main-top-gallant-fail, at hard bats -end. An unlucky fliot took the bow of our launch, as fhe lay upon the, quarter, and fet fire to fome cartridges of powder, which were neg- ligently left in her, and which blew away her moorings, and we loft her. Seeing a great fmoke arife on the quarter, I at firft imagined fome accident had happened within board. In fliort, in about three glafiTes we got quite clear of the admiral who tacked, and ftood 203 A. D. 1720. in AYoYACri. round the Wortd. in for Payta, and we fhortened fail. A nar- rower efcape from an enemy, could not well have been made, confidering the vaft differ- ence between us, as to force. The Spaniard had iifty -lix guns, we, on the contrary, had but twenty mounted -, they had four hundred and fifty men, we, on our part, did not exceed feventy- three, and eleven Negroes and two Indians were included in that number. He had farther this great odds over us, of being in a fettled readinefs, whiift we were in the utmoft confufion. As for Our fmall arms they were wet and ufelefs to us ; and what 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 '.liX ob- ftinate refiftance, if we had been pulhed to extremities ; and particularly the carpenter and his crew were bufied in making ports for flern chafe, which, as it happened, we made no ufe of. Upon the whgle, we had the good fortune to efcape this danger, which was the more to be dreaded, becaufe, as we had fct fire to the town, they were probably exaf- perated upon the account of the churches which I never intended to deflroy, and if I had fallen into their hands, they might have given us but uncomfortable quarters. At tlie ^ bell Hi A Voyage round the World. beft, however, it c not but be allowed to have been a mofl unfortunate difafter. The lofs of my boat and r.nchor was irr )arabl8, and may be faid to be the caufe of that fcene of trouble, which will take up the remainder of this narrative ; for we had now but one anchor, that at Payta being the third we bad loft, and were befides entirely deftitute Gt 2l boat of any kind. I have been fince informed, we placed fome of our fhot very well, and that we killed and wounded feveral of the enemy. But to return to what we have more Imme- diately to fay, at five the fame evening we faw a fail under our lee-bow, which I took to be the prize we had left to cruize for us near the Saddle of Payta ; and we therefore ftood to the Weftward all night, and the next morn- ing we faw two fail a-flern of us. I tacked, and ftood towards 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 Icls I liked her, and could not but think it advife- able to put my (hip about, and crowd fail fiom her. However, ihe gained upon us, and advanced near enough to (hew us fhe was ihe Brilliant, the admiral's confort. She was 205 A. D. lyzo. UM 206 A. D. I72». -^ Voyage round the World: a French built (hip of thirty-lix guns, man- ned with people of that nation, and other Europeans. She was handfomly rigged, which is rare to be feen in thefe parts, and failed almofl: two foot for our one 5 fo that, notwithftanding we had almofl a calm all the heat of the day, fhe would come near us a- pace, upon every little breeze that arofe. But night coming on, I made ufe of the old ftra- tagem (I thought it might be new here) of turning a light adrift, in a half tub, inftead of a boat, darker, ing one part of the lanthorn, that it might the more appear to be a fliip's light, and then immediately altered my courfe. As the day broke, I handed all my fails, and in full day-light could perceive nothing of the enemy. This was the fhip wherein B — gh, my late captain of marines, was fo much receded, and by his advice it was, as I have been told, that the admiral ordered his confort to ply up to windward to Lobos, our firft place of rendezvous, whilft he himfelf came to Payta in fearch of us. This fepara- tion, though intended as a fure means to catch us, proved to be very fortunately the means of our prefervation. Being thus clofeiy purfued, I took an of- fing of thirty leagues from the Ihore, and then brought A Voyage rouna the World. brought to, to onfider of the unhappy ftate we were then involved in. Having weighed every thing very maturely within myfelf, oiir circumftances feemed to me to be in quite a melancholy poftare. I was ftill in the dark> as to knowing how, and where I might meet with the Succefs, my confort. An embargo, as I was told at Payta, was laid on "all flip- ping to leeward for the term of fix months, and our prize, which I defigned to make a iire-iliip of, was taken by the Brilliant, as I cc uld too plainly difcover. The confequence of all th muft be, that the enemy would learn irom her people all our places of ren- dezvous, and, as much as they could inform them of our farther defigns. This alone might have been fufficient to break in upon all the meafures we had propofed to take 5 and fince I had but one anchor, and no boat at all, the views I had at the town of Guayaquil were vanifhed. There, if I had not met with Ciippeiton, I ^ *v ned to make fome attempt, having been aa\i' .d that feveiai great fhlps of value lay up that river under an embargo. I had on board of me an old Indian Pilot, who had lived there many years, and who merrily^ told me, that I fhould be fure to find the lo^ liabitants rea J;^, but, continued, he, it will be to 207 A. D. 1720. II iii It »;., 208 . A, D. %J20. A Voyage round the Wo'^LTy. to run away. This projedl would have cer- tainly been attended with fome profitable e- vent, if the Mercury had joined me in any reafonable time. Her abfence, therefore, gave me vaft uneafinefs, being ignorant of what could be become of her. In the midil: of all this peril and perplexity, I called my officers together, to let them know, it was my opinion we had, as we were thus circumftanced, a much better prof- pcdt to the windv 'ird than to the leeward ; not only for the reaiL before obferved, but elptcially becaufe of the embargo hereabouts, and the neceffity they were under of trading to Chili. That on that coaft we fhould not be in the leaft fufpeded, and fhould, at the fc^me time, in the mofl effedlual manner, ef- cape the enemy's men of war, who would doubtlefs be in quefl of us, very flridtly to the leeward, while we fhould be fafe to windward, and have whe whole coaft of Chili to range on ; that the enemy would be fo far from the thoughts of purfuing us to the Southward, that it would appear to them as the highefl improbability we fhould ever beat up fix or iQvtn hundred leagues to windward, merely for the fake of water at Juan Ferran- des, which was all they might imagine we had A. 209 1720. Come to a A Voyage round the World. had in defign, though after a fupply of it, we might cruife out the whole feafoii off the ports of Conception, Valparaifo and Coquim- bo, where among the fhipping, we might be flocked with anchors, cables, boats, and a veffel to make a iire-fliip of, on which I mighti- ly depended, as I could forefee but lif-^le proba- bility of ever joining with the Succefs again. ^.^^^^^^^ ^^ I propofed alio before I left the coall of Chili, leturning to to make myfelf mafter of the town of la Se- chili, rena, or Coquimbo ; all this being univer- fally approved of, we got our tacks on board, and ftretched away to windward. My intentions after this, were fixed upon the coaft of Mexico. There I propofed to run the height of the Tres Marias and Cali- fornia, as the moft likely places to meet with the Succefs at. Thcfe two places would have been commodious, the firil for lalting of turtle, ^ and the laft for wooding and watering at. In thofe parts I fhould alfo be ready, in the feafon, to lay myfelf in the track of the Manila flilp, which, if I fliould have had the fortune to meet with, and, having a fire-fliip with me, I would have tried what I could have done with her. If 1 had failed of fuccefs in thic, I mufl have contented myfelf w^ith cruifmg on the Pe- ruvian fliips, which bring iilver to Acapulco, P to I 210 ^ Voyage rou.ul tbe World. A. D. to purchafe the Indian and Chinefe comnK)- ^72°' dities, which the Manila fhip conveys with her to that port. But thefe defigns were ne- ver executed but in the imagination, for eve- ry league we failed, we approached ftill near- er to that cataftrophe, which put an end to all thoughts of thefe defigns, and changed the face of our affairs, from that of a fhip as well governed as could be hoped for in fo remote a part, and on fuch an adventure as we were engaged in, to a fcene of mutiny, confufion and uproar. • Saturday, March the twenty-fixth, having well fecured our mafls, and bent a new fuit of fails, we flood to the fouthward, expeding to gain our paffage to windward in about five weeks. Monday, March the twenty-eighth, the carpenter began to build a boat to water the fliip with, when we fliould get to Juan Fer- nandes. Difcov-er a Thurfday, March the thirty-firfl, as they were pumjDing the fliip, il:e water, which came out of the well, was not only in great- er quantity than ufual, but was alfo as black as ink. This made me judge that fome water had got to our powder, and accordingly going into the powder-room, w^e heard the water come dangerou' leak. A Voyage round the World, come in like a little fluice. This had quite fpoiled the greateft part of our powder ; fo that we only faved the quantity of fix barrels, which I ordered to be flowed away in the bread-room. It pleafed God that we had then fair weather, for otherwife it would have been a hard matter for us to have kept our- felves above water. We found a leak to be on the bow, under the lower cheek of the head> occafioned by a fliot which had been lodged there, in our late engagement, and which falling out by the working of the fhip in an head fea, had left room for a flream of water j but we brought the fhip by the flerr , and, with great difficulty, flopped it fecurely. At this time we had a large flock of pro- vifions to fubfifl on, and every one lived as well as he could have wifhed. Each man had a quart of chocolate, and three ounces of ve- ry good rufk, tobreakfaflon, every morning . and frefh meat, or frefh fifh every day. Of this latter we had fuch a plenty about the fhip, that we could almofl always take our choice of dolphin or albicore, to fupply lis at our meals. 211 A. D. 1720. 'I' , ' , I, I' : 111 ii:' Uii I'li ir >"ifl I \- P 2 Second ■^rrs" 212 A. D. 1720 A Voyage round the World. Second arrival at the ijland of Juan Fernandes. "iy>T A Y the fixth, we made the weflermofl of the iflands of Juan Fernandes, the body of it bearing North Ball and by North, diflant twelve leagues ; and the day after, the carpenters compleated the boat, which was big enough to carry three hogflieads. On the eleventh, we faw the great ifland of Juan Fernandes, bearing Eafl half South. By ob- fervation, the body of it lies in the latitude of thirty-three degrees, twenty-five minutes. South. Here I plied on and off till the twen- ty-firfl, but could not get off as much water as we daily expended. This made me think of anchoring in the road for a few hours ; and in order to it, 1 prepared twenty tons of cafks to raft on Ihore, and then worked in, and an- chored according to the beft diredions I had, in forty fadiom water, and made a warp which was of the length of three hawfers and a half. This was made fait to the rocks to fteady the fhip, and by this warp, we hauled our raft of . calkc on fliore and o\\ board. The very next morning we were ready to go to fea, but had not A Voyage rciind the World, not the leafl: opportunity for fo doing in four days. May the twenty-iifth, a hard gale of wind came out of the fea upon us (a thing very un- common as has been reported) and brought in with it a tumbling fwell, fo that in a few hours, our cable, which was never wet before, part- ed, and inevitable fhipwreck appeared before our eyes. A difmal accident this, there be- ing no means to be ufed, or the leaft profpe6t to be difcerned, of avoiding immediate de- flrudlion. But providence interpofed in our behalf, fo greatly, that if we had flruck but a ca- ble's length farther to the eaflward,or weftward of the place where we did flrike, we muft inevitably have perilhed. As foon as our fhip touched the rocks, we were obliged to hold faft by fome part or other of her, or other- wife the violence of the fhocks in ftrikino; might have been full fufficient to have thrown us all out of her into the fea. Our main-maft fore-maft, and mizen top-maft, went all a- way together. It is not in the power of v.'ords to exprefs the wretched condition v/e were now reduced to, or the furprize we were under at the being io unfortunately (hipwreck'd, or the dread that came upon us of flarving on the uninhabited ille we were thrown upon, P 3 if 213 A. D. 1720. ii I J (■■■I Ma 214 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the Worl d. if we fhould be fo lucky as to efcape the fea. We had refledllons enough wherewith to de- prefs our fpirits s but the work we had in hand, which was no lefs than that of endea- vouring to fave our lives (which were yet in great fufpence) made every body adlive for his prefent prefervation. i ' ^^^^m^ SECT, ^Voyage round the World. 15 A. D. 1720. SECT. VII. A?i accoimt of the moji remarkable tranfaBions and occurre?ices^ duriitg the tt7ne of our flay on the ifland of Juan Fernandes, after we had been fJnpwreclid there. FWIIi■W^ T was happy for us that our malls W>'*I*'l^ ^^^^ ^^^ °^^^' ^^^ °^ ^^^^' which )!(>^^<^ gave us room to make a raft. By M.M,-MAji t};j_js rneans, and by the help of our hands on fliore, who had been there be- fore the wind came on, and who came down on the beach to affifl us, we were all faved, except one man. I myfelf had a very nar- row efcape. In the midft of this furprize, the firfl thing I took care of, was my com- million J and remxmbring the powder to be uppermoft in the bread-room, I got moil of of it up, with about feven or eight bags of bread. Thefe we fecured to windward, and faved, as the fliip did not come to pieces immc- P 4 diately ir 11'" i f'l 2l6 A. D. 1720. m A Voyage rouna the World. diately. In a few minutes however, after flie firft ftruck, llic was full of water \ fo that the furgcjn's chef I being flowed below, there was little or nothing preferved out of that. We faved two or three compafTes, and fomc of our mathematical inflruments and books. Be- fore it was quite dark, we were all on fliore, but in a very wet, uncomfortable condition, with no place to have recourfe to for fhelter, frum the boifierous wind and rain, except the trees which dripped upon us. We had no- thing to chear our fpirits after the fatigue and hazard of getting from the wreck to the rocks, nor any other profpeclt before us, but that after having fuifered long and mr.ch upon this uninhabited place, wc might, in procefs of time (or perhaps never) be taken away from hence by feme fhip of fomc nation or other. Our ears were now faluted by the melancho- ly bowlings of innumerable feals on the beach, v/ho lay fo thicK together, that we were ob- liged to clear our way of them as we went a- long. Now nothing prefented itfelf to our flight, but rocky precipices, inhofpitable woods, dropping with the rain, lofty hills, whofe tops were hid by thick and dark clouds, on the one hand, and a tempefluous fea, which had re- duced ub to the forlorn flate we were now in, on ■ A Voyage round the World. 217 on the other. Here we were, without any A. D. one thing necelTary for our relief, not fo *7*o» much as a feat whereon to reft our harrafled limbs, except the wet ground, which, as far as we could fee, was alfo like to be our bed and pillow, and indeed, it proved tobe fo. In the evening all the officers came to bear me company, and to confult with me, how We confult n y ^ . r rr > Upon methods we mould contrive to get fome necenariesof getting out of the wreck, and having, by this tinfie, [P^^^^JJ^^^^* lighted a fire, we wrapt ourfelves in what wreck, we could get, laid ourfelves round it, and notwithftanding the badnefs of the weather, we llept very foundly ; but the next morning, getti- up with the firft glimpfe of day-light, wc >. .>.ed at each other like men awakened out of a dream J fo great, and fo fudden was the melancholy change in our condition, that we could fcarce truft to our fenfes. I went immediately among the people to fet them about the work we had refolved up- on the night before J but they were fo fcatter- ed, there was no fuch thing as getting them together j fo that all opportunities were loft of regaining any thing, but fome of our fmall arms which were fifhed up ; whereas probably we might have alfo regained all-our beef and pork, could iit ■ / % Tib A. D. 1720. rh. »,: , A Voyage round the World. could I have prevailed on them to fet about their work in earneft. Inftead of that they were employed in building huts end tCAits, and making other preparations to fettle themfelves here, as for good ; and, in the interim, while they were thus employed, the wreck was en- tirely deftroyed by a furious gale of wind which came on, and every thing in her was loft, ex- cept one cafk of beef and one of Farina de Pao, which were wafhed whole on the ftrand. TIius were our provifions of all kinds, irrecoverably gone, and whatever clfc might have been of ufe to us, except what I have already men- tioned. I ihould have obferved, that I faved eleven hundred dollars belonging to the gen- tlemen adventurers, which nqxq kept in my cheft in the great cabbin j the reft being in the bottom of the bread-room for fecurity could not pofTibly be come at. I need not fay how difconfolate my refledlions were on this fad accident, Vviiich had, as it were, thrown us out from the relt of the world, without any thing to fupport us, but the un- certain produce of a defolate, uncultivated ifland, lituated (I may juftly fay) in the ut- termoft parts of the earth 3 and, at leaft, nine- ty leagues diftant from the continent of Chili, whofe Spanifli inhabitants have been too re- markable 219 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. markable for their ungenerous treatment of their enemies, and to be treated as fuch, foon- cr or later, was what we had chiefly to de- pend upon. But as fuch was our cafe, Jiat no efforts or endeavours were to be wanting in us to mend it ; my firil thoughts were on the means whereby to preferve 6ur heahh, and on fome fcheme of oeconomy to be ob- ferved, amongft the people, in relation to the diflribution of fuch quantities of provifions, as fhould, from time to time, be obtained. I took fome pains in finding out a conve- nient place where to fet up my tent. In this Set up tents, I not only regarded the fituation, in refped: to the weather, but alfo the fecurity from be- ing cqfily furprized by the enemy. ISX length, I found a commodious fpot of ground, a- bout half a mile from the fea, with a fine run of water within a ftone's caft of it, on , each fide, with firing 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 having a cold feafon com- ing on, fome of them thatched their dwel- lings, and others covered them with the fkins of feals and fea-lions, whilll others got up water-buts, and flept in them under the co- ver i':r!.:l i!!': m •S ii m 2ao A Voyage round the World. A. D. ver of a tree. Having thus fecured ourfelves ' 720. as well as poflible againfl the inclemency of the approaching winter, we ufed to pafs our time in the evening, round a great fire before rxiy tent, where my officers in general, ufually afTem- bled, employing themfelves quietly in roaft- ing craw-fifh in the embers. Sometimes they bewailed our unhappy flate, finking into def- pair ; at other times they flattered themfelves with hopes that fomething might yet be done, to fet us on float again. But as words alone were not fufficient, I began to think it full time for me to look about me, to fee if it was really pradicable for us to build fuch a I onfultwltK"^^^^^' ^^ might carry us all off at once from the carpenter, this ifland. Therefore (as the moft proper ing the means "^^i^) ^ confulted firfi: with the carpenter, but to build a fmall ^vas aftonifhed at his cold indifference. He an- vcflel. fwered me, * he could not make brick with- out ftraw,' and walked away from me in a furly humour- From him I v/ent to the ar- mourer, whom I found at the wreck, and afked him what he could do for us, in his way, that might contribute to the building a fmall vefiel for us 3 to which he anfwered, that he hoped he could do all the iron-work that was neceflary for fuch a thing 5 that he had, with much labour, got his bellows out of A Voyage round the Wo'rld. of the wreck that morning, with five or fix fpadoes, which would afford him fleel, and that there could be no want of iron along the (hore, and that he did not doubt but we fliould find a great many ufeful things, when we came to fet about a fearch for them in good earneft, and defired that I would, without lofs of time, order fome charcoal to be made for him, whilil he fat up his forge. Upon this I called all hands together, and gave it to them, as my opinion, that there was a great fliew of probability we jfhould be able to effed what every one had been hitherto wifhing for, 'viz. a vefiel to tranfport us from this fcene of wretchednefs and diilrefs. But withal I gave them to underlland that it would undoubtedly be a laborious tafl-c, and would require the utmofi: afii (lance of all of them ; and, to be brief, I put the queflion to them, Whether we fhould make a beginning or no ? to which they, with one voice, con- fented, and promifed to be very diligent in this important work, and begged of me to give them inflrudlions how to proceed. I then ordered thofe who were wooding before the Ihip was loft, to bring in their axes, that I might fend them to cut and prepare wood, wherewith to make charcoal, while the reft went 221 A. D. 1720. '!i.:',i:r "^w^-^ mm 222 [A Voyage round the World. A, D, went down to the wreck to get the bowfprit *72o. on fhore, of which I defigned to make the keel of our intended vefTel, and prevailed on the carpenter to go with me to fix on the propereft fpot or place to build on. In a word, the people found a g' .at many ufeful materials about the wreck, and, amongft the reft, the top maul, which being made faftto the head of the main maft, was wafhed on fhore, and, though of no fmall weight, and of iron, would not, at this time, have been exchanged for its weight in gold. Lay the keel So, on June the eighth, we laid the blocks of a bark. ^.^ ^uild upon, and had the bowfprit ready at hand, which the carpenter, for a little while, handled with feeming good temper, but fud- denly turning fliort upon me, as I ftood by him, he fwore a o-reat oath, and laid he would not ftrike another ftroke upon it, * he truly would * be no body's Have, and thought himfelf • now upon a footing with myfelf.' This un- reafonable exclamation provoked me to ufe him a little roughly with my cane. Howe- ver, I was foon convinced, it would be ne- cefTary to ufe gentler methods with him., for I began to apprehend he was prompted to this language, by fome of the fad ones a- mongft us, and therefore T offered him a re- ward. '■?",■; ^ '^jptis ""■'*• V'. ' 223 A. D, A Voyage round the World. ward, and came to an agreement with him, to give him a four piflole piece, as foon as the »72o. flem and ftern-pofl were up, and a hundred But was pieces of eight when the bark was finifli- give^j^g glar- ed : the money to be coaimitted to the keep- Pinter a fum •' ^ , ^ or money to ing of any one he fhould name, till that time, prevail on This done, he went to work on the keel, ^^ which was to be thirty foot in length, the breadth of the intended veffel by the beam being to be lixteen foot, with feven foot of depth for the hold. We were very tedious in chalking her out, and met with fuch dif- ficulties in the woods, before we could get her frame down, that I dreaded we fhould never be able to furmount them ; for as eve- iT tree did not aftord timber of a (it turn or lize wanted, we were obliged fometimes to go a great way from the water-fide, in queft of what was for our purpofe, and after having cut down a tree, it was to be dragged up fleep hills, which, with other fatigues, wearied out the people to a great degree. In two months time, however, wc made a tolerable fhow, which was, owning in a great meafure to the diligence and ingenuity of Poppleftone, the Thamiou- armourer, who did not lofc a minute's time^^''" P'*^^'^* to from the the work of his hands, or the con- vii cable. trivance of his head. This affiduity of his, to ,iif'. ■^■M. i'r, '''fiij < ' lElI •5}i ir'"-^5* A. D. 1720. j1 Vo^t AGE round the Wo JLLD* to deprive him of none of his merit in other rcipeds, was greatly owing to the juft fenfe he had of our forlorn condition, with which he feemed to be remarkably afFedted. This man made us a little double-headed maul, hammers, chiilels, files, and a fort of gim- blets, which performed very well -, he even made us a bullet- mouldy and an inftru- ment to bore our cartouch-boxes with, which we made of the trucks of the gun carriages j which were wafhed on fliore. Thefe we co- vered with feals fkins, and contrived fo as to be both handy and neat. He, upon the whole^ had enabled himfelf to perform any iron- work the carpenter wanted, and did not on- ly do us this fervice in his way, but began and finiflied a large ferviceable boat, which was what we very much flood in need of. But I muft here leave the work, to inform my reader how we went on in other refpedls* and here I muft obferve, that in the begin- ning, and for a few days, the people behaved themfelves very regularly and diligently, half of them working one day, and half another. They began to relifli their diet indifferently well, and feemed to be eaficr and eafier un- der our misfortunes every day. They treat- ed me with as much regard as I could wifli for, 225 A, D. 1720. :A Voyage round the World. for, or dcfire, and, in a body, thanked me for the profpedl they had before them of a deliverance from this place. I, on my part, never failed to encourage them, by adding to fuch flories of accidents, or adlions, as I had heard of, to prevail on them to perfevere, and always prefTed them to flick clofe. to the work, that we might get the bark ready in time, al- ways alTuring them I did not doubt but provi- dence would dired: us in the way of fome of the trading fhips, which we could eafily take, and that, to our comfort, we had three of the beft ports in Chili, within one hundred and twenty leagues of us. This inflilled new life into them, and they often declared, with one voice, they would do their utmofl to fi- nifli our vefTel with all expedition, which was a moft agreeable hearing. But the time foon The people J i_ • /L J r • • 1-1 negled the arrived, when, mltead of enjoying a little ^ork and n peace and quiet, which was the only blefling ^^">'' we could expe6t, arid be morally certain of, as our affairs flood at that time, we fell in- to fuch confufion and outrageous dlforder, that it was a miracle we ever got oif from this place by any afliilance of our own. For after they had gone through the moil laborious part of the work, they entirely ncg- Icdled it, and my officers deferted me, to mu- -'i '!gi »\:< Q^ herd 226 A Voyage round the World. A. D. herd with the meaneft of the fhip's company. »720' I was now confirmed in the fufpicion I had had fome time before, that there was a black defign a kindling, which was now ready to break out into a Hame. If I at any time, or by chance, met with any of my officers, if I afked them what they were about, and why they would ad: fo contrary to their duty, as to divert the people from their work ? one would anfwer, he did not know whether he fhould go off the ifland or not, if my bun- dle of boards was ready ; and others told me, they did not care how matters went, they truly, could /hift for themfelves, as well as the reftj and in talking with the meaner fort, fome would be furly and fay nothing, and others truly would be flaves to nobody, but would willingly do as the reft did J io that it may be eafily imagined how I palled my hours at this time. In the midft of all this, I ordered my fon u^oa V hich i.o fecure my commiffion in fome dry place, t; -!.ri"..rZcoii^ the woods or rocks, if fuch could be ^"^^^'^* found. I well remembered how Dampier had been ferved in thefe feas. At length I one afternoon, miffed all the people, and could fee nobody but Mr. Adams, our furge- on, Mr. Hendry, the agent, my fon, and Mr. m\ A Voyage round the World. 227 Mr. Dodd, lieutenant of marines, who, for A. D. fome reafons, bed known to himfelf, had '72p. a mind to a6t the mad-man. 1 could not conceive what could be become of them all ; J^^f P^°p!« allemble pri- but at night 1 was informed, they had alTem-vateiy, and re- bled together at the great tree (as they called Jj'J^'^^^JJP^" ^^ it) to confult with one another. There they their own, to had formed a new regulation, and new arti- cles, whereby they had excluded the Gen- tlemen Adventurers in England, from having any part of what we fhould take for the fu- ture, and divefted me of the authority of their captain, having regulated themfelves according to the difcipline of Jamaica. The^^JI^^^J^^^" chief officers amongft the reft, had chofenoneMorphew one Morphew (who both made and mended Speaker, their flioes before the Speedwell was loft) to be their champion and fpeaker. This maa addrefled himfelf to thofe who were prefent, to acquaint them, that * they were now their * own mafters, and fervants to none, that * although Mr. Shelvocke, their former cap- * tain, took upon him to command them to * do this and that, he ought to be made fen- * lible, that whoever was their commander * now, it was their courtefy that made him * fo. But that, however, Mr. Shelvocke * might have the refufal of the command, 0^2 * if t i m 'I \ ■' 'i i. j' hi a28 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. ' if the majority thought fit, but not elfe. * At the fame time, he obferved my com- ' mand was too lofty and arbitrary for a pri- * vate fliip, that I fhould have continued * in men of war, where people were obliged * quietly to bear all hardfliips impofed upon * them, whether right or wrong.' To this fome perfons prefent, who had fome regard for me, anfwcred, * that they had never known or * feen me treat any body unjuftly or feverely, < and that however rigid I might be, they ' had nobody elfe to depend on 3 and that * they would all do well to confider, how * many difficulties I had already conduced * them through, and that (fuppofing we were * preferved out of the hands of our enemies) * how many more were to come, no one « could tell ', that if they expelled, or intend- ' ed to return to England, it could be by no * other means than taking a turn round the * world, and that, in that cafe, there was none * capable to undertake the care of them, but * myfelf j reminding them alfo of my com- * million, and the reipedt due to me on that * account, befides the prote * Whereas the Speedwell was caft away (men- * tioning the day of the month and the date * of the year) they were now of confequence * at their own difpofal, fo that their obligi- * tions to the owners and me, were of no va- * lidity, the ftip being now no more ; they < therefore had now thouglit fit to frame * fuch artkles, as would be moil conducive * to their own intereft.' Two of their chief articles were, firft, * That what money or * plate fliould hereafter be taken, fhould be * all divided amongfl: them as foon as it could * conveniently be done ; and, fecondly, that * in all aua .i:s by fea or land, and every thing * elfe, the people's confent was to be afked * in general, every one to have a fingle vote, * and their captain to have two.' This was the fubllance of this paper, as well as I can remember, for I have not feen it fince. But in the allotment of fliares, I found myfelf reduced from fixty fhares to fix. I failed not to oppofe their meafures in the befl manner I could think of, and defired to know what had been done to them, that they fhould bear fo me as to deprive both the owners hard upoi depriy 03 and 231 A. D. 1720. 232 A. D. 1720. A Voyage roima the World. and myfelf, of what I thought was our right 5 but they anfwered, that as for the owners, ihey could not pofTibly have any '■hing to do with them now, or require any fervice from them ; and that, as to myfelf, I might think myfelf v^ell off, lince the Jamaica captains were allowed but four fhares, and they had given me two more, out of the regard they had for me, and, upon the whole, thought I was favoured -in having the refufal of the command of them (as they called it) which if I thought fit to accept of, it was well, but They infiiliirfl cxpcded that I fhould %n their articles, uponmyfign- J. ^j^gy would not ttuft thcmfelvcs under mg their arti- ^ ^•^ j cies. my condu6t, as they fhould always be appre- henfive I had finifler intentions upon them, and fhould ferve them as C-^— -n had ferved fome of lis men, who (they heard) happen- ing to be taken feparately, he denied them, and fuficred eight of them to be hanged as pyrates, before his face. I was at a lofs, not knowinp: what to do in this dilemma, and bewildered with the thoughts of fubjeding myfelf to the caprices of a gid- dy mutinous gang of obftinate fellows who were void of realbn, and in a fair way of be- infT hardened to all kinds of wickcdncfs. But o upoii the who!e, I found I was under an in- dirptiuablc .ArfJ&>3 A Voyage round tie World. 233 difpenfible neceflity of figning this paper> ^* ^' when I conlidered the little probability of ever doing otherwife than furrendering, if ever v^e did get on float again, and I hoped, when things were thus fettled, they would turn their thoughts to the work we had be- gun. I confidered with myfelf, if I had re- fufed it, it was more than probable we fhould never have got off from this Ifland, or if the reft had, I might have been forcibly left behind ; or they might have ufed fome violence towards me for the fake of my com^ mifHon, and few of them have known who did the deed: and farther, what oppofition could I have made, when even my officers vv^ere fo far from offering me their affiftance, that they had voluntarily given up their own little diftindlions, and would even feem angry fjcer^g^^defert' with the common fellows when they, byj^^' ^"^ Y^- • 1 1 1 1 r* luntarily give chance, gave them the title they had former- up their dif- ly born on board the fhip, reproving them for it, and telling them, they did not think themfelves officers now, or better men than diey were, until the majority had con- third ikJten- ferred upon them their former, or any other f.^^'^'^^-^o'^'^ nil I- r n r i lieutenant of poft they thought them fitteft for, and had marines, and given their confent that their brother officers .^Jfj.!., TedX* iMr. la Porte, third lieutenant, and Mr. Dodd,^^.'^ ^^ n^id- inipmen. lieutenant ill I ■>% liiii BH BH 234 A Voyage round the World. A. D. lieutenant of marines, and Mr. Hendry, pur- ■720' fer and agent, fhould be reduced to midfhip- men. I muft obferve, that Mr. Coldfea, the mafler, never fided with the refl, nor ever ojfFered to oppofe them, and this perhaps from the improbability he had conceived of doing article?' ^^^me or himfelf any good by it. Infhort, hav- ing now very unwillingly fatisfied them in all I thought they could afk, I recommended to them the vefTel we had begun, not doubting but after this they would have ufed their conftant endeavours to finifh her, that they might have an opportunity of putting their project in ex- ecution, and they faid they would. The people But early the next morning, going down vatciy toge"'to the beach as ufual, and expelling to find e- Aera fecond^gj.y ^j^g employed, I faw how xnuch I was miftaken in this point 3 for caballing and mu- tinying were become fo pleafant to them, and it was fo agreeable to them to be continually tyrannizing over their captain, that I really believe for the pleafure of thinking them- f elves equal to me, they would contentedly have lived on this defart, at leaft as long as I had lived. In fliort, they once again retired to the great tree, and I faw none of them, except the carpenter, and two or three more, who, not wit hilan ding ^Voyage ^ound the World, 235 notwithftanding they were abettors of the de- A. D. figns that were carrying on, yet the hopes of a »72o. little money from me, had made them work pretty diligently, though I cannot fay they fa- tigued themfelves much. However, I was now more than ever at my wits end, and could not guefs what mifchief they could have in their heads, after what had already palTed; but they took care not to keep me long in fufpence about the refult of their lafl meet- ing j for, betimes the next morning, they And the next furrounded my tent, while Morphew, and ^^1,"^' fron?'" Stewart, their agent, came in tome, and told"^^^^^^^^"*®- me. They came in the name of all the peo- 1 had" faved*^ pie to demand every thing belonging to the |j^g°"^^j?^ '® Gentlemen Adventurers, out of my pofTefli- owners. on, and particularly feven hundred and fifty pieces of eight weight in Pinna or virgin lil- ver, a fiiver difli, weighing feventy-five ounces, and two hundred and fifty dollars in money. It may be imagined I did not eafily part with all this, but they defired I would ufe no argument, or make any difpute to deliver them what was their own ; for as it came out of the wreck, they infifted on it, the own- ers could have nothing to do with it, and refolved they were to have it by fome means or other. In fhort, I was obliged to give it all up, 'H'S ll 236 A Voyage round tbe World » A. D. up, and they (hared it amongft them that very *720' moment, according to their new regulation. After this, they entirely deflroyed what lit- tle power they had allowed me over them ; and the meaneft of them were taught they were as good as I, and that it was unrea- fonable I (hould be refpeded any more than another. They fometimes would not dlow me a quota of the iifli that was caught, wondering I could not go out to catch it for myfelf ; and at befl would give my fervant who ufed to fetch it, but the leavings after they had chofen the befl; and Morphew's mefs, and fome others have fometimes fed on the beft fifh the fea about us afforded, when I have been obliged to take up with ^^eal, af- ter a hard day's labour on the ftrand ; nay my very officers, amongft the refl, enticed my fervants from me ; and to compleat their officers entire- infults, Brooks, firft lieutenant, who ufed lyieavemeto^Qj^g^jj^gg ^q g^^ y^jfj^ j^g entirely deferted herd with ... Morphew. my mefs, to join with Morphew to par- take of his better fare. Upon this I was forced to part with Mr. la Porte, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Hendry, being no longer able to provide for fo many, when I could fcarce get any thing to eat myfelf, fo that I had but a (len- der family, which confifled only of my fur- geon, A Voyage round the World. geon, my fon, and a black, who ufed to kill feals, go a fifliing, and get palm cabbage in the mountains for us. I was now quite tired out with incelTant mutinies, and the conftant labour I under- went ; infomuch, that fearing 1 fhould never be able to bring them to any good, I became fo defperate as to have willingly embraced an opportunity, if fuch could have prefent- ed itfelf, of getting away from them in our yaulj which, though it would have been to the laft degree hazardous, yet I began to prefer the dangers of the fea, in a fmall open boat, to what I thought myfelf expofed to on this place by my fhip's company. I ap- prehended, they would never reft till they had made themfelves entirely their own maf- tcrs,by privately making away with me j but as this efcape was an undertaking impradticable on many accounts, I became fomewhat me- lancholy and penfive, preparing myfelf for the worft that could happen. They perceiv- ing this change in me, grew fufpicious I was now contriving means to reduce them, and bring them into fome order again. They pretended, therefore, they could not be fafe whilft I had the arms in my pofTeffion, and they determined to get them from me. To this 237 A. D. 1720. i t^S A Voyage round the World. A. D. this purpole the ringleaders went from tent to "720' tent, telling their accomplices I was mak- • ing a party againft them, and defigned tx.. leave them on the ifland, which, confidcring the advantage I had of the arms, might ea- fily be effed:ed by a few, who might drive them from their dwellings, and force them into the mountains. Having by this groundlefs ftory adde^ fewel to the fire, and encreafed the averlioi. and difrefpedt wherewith they had already exafperated the people againft me, they propofed they fhould all, in a body, demand their arms from me. This they did Brooks and without delay, headed by Brooks and Mor- head of the phew, who, in the prefence of all the peo- ple °demand*'P^^> "^^^ "^^ "'^^^ ^° much impudence, and Acir arms fuch opprobrious language, as never could have been believed to come out of the mouths of men (meaning the officers) who were fo many ways obliged to me for my good treat- ment of them in all the former part of this unfortunate voyage ; they even went fo far as to threaten my fon, for only telling Mor- phew, that every one prefent had not chofen him for his fpeaker, and had there been any one in the aflembly hardy enough to vindicate me, they would have incurred the danger of being very roughly treated. The chief rea- fon rea- fon A Voyage round the World.' fon why I troubled myfelf with the arms, was, that having them under my eye, I fhould keep them in good order, and not having above one flint to a mufquet, I knew if the people had them, they would render them ufelefs in a litde time. Having carried this pojnt, they had the pleafure of fquandering away their time, and powder and {hot, in firing at cats, or any thing elfe to wafte the ammunition. This put me upon my guard to hinder them, if I could, from taking away the powder, which lay o- pen under a great tree near my tent. As to lead, they could get enough of that from the bottom of the wreck, which was all our de- pendancc 3 for we had not been able to favc above ten pound weight of fmall fhot.' Thefe troubles crowding in upon me, on the back of each another, prefled too hard upon me to be well fuftained by fo flender a fupport as I had. By intervals, however, I ftill flattered myfelf with hopes '(I had no other cordial) that I fliould not only prevail on fome of the graveft of them to look on their arms as their only fafeguard from the Spaniards; but alfo, if ever I had them on float again, that the ufc they might find of me in extremities, might make fome reformafion amongft them. A. 1720. 239 D. 240 A, D* 1720, A Voyage round the World. I took all opportunities of ringing in thcif Cars, fuch inftances of the cruelty of the Spa- niards towards our countrymen, and 'others in America, as I had colledled > and remind- ed them how ealily we might provide for our- felves, from the experience we already had had of the enemy's management at fea. I had fometimes myfelf a little comfort in this refledlion, but was by turns deprived of all hopes by the tedious advances of our bark, and the little probability I could forefee of finifliing her, in the midfl: of the impediments I had hitherto had to flruggle with* What I have now related is the fubflance of what occurred from May the twenty fourth, till Auguft the fifteenth, one thoufand feven hundred and twenty, when we had fight of a large fhip, which put us into a great hurry, large fliip off and gave us a confiderable alarm. Before fhe *' ^' crofled the bay, I ordered all the fires to be put out, and confined the negroes and Indians, leaft the fhip fliould be becalmed under the land, and any of them fliould attempt to fwim off to her. I could not tell what to think of her. I conceived it impo.fTible flie fhould be a man of war, who had had ad- vice of our (hipwreck ; but then if flie rtiould^ by chance, ftand into the bay, and difcover what Di/cover a 7W ^Voyage fomid the World, what we were about, and the wreck on the rtiore, we fliould foon have the whole force of the kingdom of Chili upon us. However, 1 was not long under thefe apprehenfions, for fhe kept away large, and at too great a diftance to perceive any thing diftindlly of us. On this occafion I got mo ft of the people under arms, and was glad to fee fo many of them, in fome meafure, obedient again to command. I told them I was pleafed to fee their arms in fuch good order; to which they anfwered, impertinently, that it was for their own fakes : But before they were difperfed, I told them, the necefTity of our aifairs was fuch, that it required every one to give his afliftance, and ufe his utmofl endeavours to get the bark afloat, inftead of caballing againll me, which would, in the end, be very preju- dicial to them, whatever thoughts they might have of it at prefent — that if we were difco- ver'd, all hopes would be gone, and we could reafonably expedl no other than to be flaves in fome of the mines — that we had flill a great deal of work, and never above ten of the more confederate and commonly but fix or feven who attended it, and that, as they knew, to fliew an example, 1 was always one of the number. R Bu 241 A. D. 1720, i II 4i ^4^ A Voyage round the World. ^' ^' But they were fo deaf to all I could iay, '7^°* and fo wilfully infenfible of the impendant deilrudion which was moll likely to fall upon us, that the more I made ufe of reafon to re- claim them, and the more I pointed out to them the evils that might befal them by their continual mutinies, and the more i encou- raged them, by any future profpe(ft of advan- tage, the more they ran into the extreams of confufion and diftradlion. A convincing inflance of this, I am now going to relate. The People The very next day after we had {^q\\ tw J Parties, the fliipjuft now mentioned, they ^ ecame divided amongfl themfelves. The qiieftion flarted was, whether or no the bark fliould be carry 'd on, or whether they fliould not build two large fliallops, and fet what was done of the bark on iire. One part of them alledged, flie would be the caufe of our being found out, before Ihe could be fmifli'd; and, that it was impofhble flie fliould ever be fit for the fea ; whereas, boats might be built in private places, where (if twenty fliips came) they could know nothing of them. The fa- vourers of this new defign, who were head- ed by Morphew and his friend, alni'd at a feparation by this means, and did not doubt they t t 4 : A Voyage round the World. they fhould have their defire, conlidering the great ii:-fluence they had, as yet, had over their fellow fulTercrs. But as this muft be carried by a majority of votes, according to their own articles, they afTembled before my tent to de- bate this matter, v/hich they did in a noify clamorous manner on both fides. But in or- der to come to a conclufion, I-pofitively af- fur'd them that boats would be impracticable, becaufe our tools and materials too, were al- moil w^orn out and gone, and therefore that it was in vain for them to difpute about this point. The workmen, and a conliderable majority of the reft, fided with me in behalf of the bark. But at night the carpenter fcnt me word that if I did not deliver hirn the money agreed on at the beginning, notwithftanding the terms of the payment of it were not yet clapfed, I ihould 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. The moft provoking part of this new propofal was, that the fellows who took upon them to mention it, and iHckle for it, were thofe who had iitver done an hour's work fincc we had been calt away, but had been, on the contrary, the iirft movers in perverting the mind? of the reft, and were now, in return for R 2 mv • 243 A. D. 1720. 244 A Voyage romci t/.)r World. A. D. my indeflitigable pains to fcrve them, come *72o. ^o infult me, and the few who had been my afliflants on the flrand. Being difapnclnted as to this new fcheme, they openly declar'd I fliould net be their captain, and that none but party°not^gS ^^^oks ihould be their commander, and this ing their might have been brought to pafs, had it not chvc\ ihould^^^^ ^^^ the people of the boai:fwain's tent, not be their ^vj^q yyere fome of the oldeft failors, and who captain. , . although they were fond enough of thinking themfelves their own mailers, and would not fubmit to regular command, yet had that fort of regard for me, as not to confent I fhould be left on the Ifland. I mufl own it was a thing very indifferent to me, had I not thought my duty required I Hiould do all that in me lay, to hinder fo many of his majefly's fubjedls, entrufled under my care, from be- coming profligate vagabonds. To compleat the number of our divifions and diffentions, there arofc a third party, who were refolved to have nothing to do with the other two, they purpofmg to flay on the ifland. Thefe were to the number of twelve, who accordingly feparatcd themfelves from the reft, and never appear'd amongft us, ex- cept in the night, when they ufed to come about our tents and the bark we were build-. ft fc mg, 245 A. 1). 1720. A V o Y A . twelve of thoie who had deferted us. They were deaf to all perfuafions j and, in ifhort, fent me word, * They were not yet prepared for the other world ;' fo they, with the like iiumber of Blacks and Indians, remained be- hind on the ifland. 251 A. D. 1720. Our mamier of living on the ijland of Juan Fcrnaudes. 'Tp H A T I may, before I go any farther, fatisfy thofe whv> may be willing to know by what means fo many of us fubfiHed fo long by the produce of an uninhabited J- fland, I fhail here fubjoin a brief account of our mnrner of living here. At iirft the wea- ther not permitting us to go a fifhing, and that, for fome time after we were cad away^ necefTity drove us to make ufc of the entrails of feals. We could not, for a pretty while, venture upon their fl'ih itfelf, which is rank and unpleafant. This deftroyed great num- bers of thefe amphibious creatures, who, in tfiiort, were fo feemingly alarmod by fuch a continual ar ^ abundant flaughter of them, that, from the innumerable fhoals we had of them ciu the beginning, they diminiilied fo much by degrees, by taking refuge in other parts 252 A. D. 1720. -^ Voyage round the World. parts of the ifland, where they were out of the way of fuch difturbances, that very few of them appeared with us. This, in procefs of time> obliged us to eat of their flefli. As their fat was very ftrong and rank, we always dripped it off, and then roafled them till they were as dry as a chip. No food ever required a dram more than this, but we had not the leaft drop of any fpirituous liquor. Cats were plenty, and efteemed a better fort of diet, by every one but myfelf, who could never be perfuaded to tafle of them. As ^o goats flefh, that was hard to come at, oa leveral accounts, fuch as tlie fcarcity of powder and fliot, and the want of fhoes, which were moflly fuppli- ed by the fkins of goats or feals, laced to our feet with thongs of the fame. In the mean time we ufed to take all opportunities of fair weather to go out a iidiing. But we, for a while, were deprived of the benefit of that, by the roguery of fome of the people, who did, one night (for what ends I know not) fet the boat adrift, and fhe was loft. This put us upon a contrivance of making fma'^N boats of bafkct work, covered with fea-lyons ikins. With thcfe we made fliift to catch the fmall fifli near the fliore, but dared not go out of the bay witli them. Thefe boats f^'rved ~Mx A Voyage round the World. ferved till the armourer had compleated the yaul I have already taken notice of. Ouf fifh we fryed in feals oil, without any feafoning, or any thing of the bread kind to eat with it, or ought elfe but a little wild forrel. As to our habitations, they were as mean and inconvenient as poflible. Some were ir.ade with the boughs of trees, fome 'were covered with feals and fea-lyons fkins, and fome with the remains of the fhip's fails. Often, in the night, fudden flaws of wind would defcend from the mountains, and leave us (if I may fo exprefs myfelf) in bed, expofed to the wea- ther. The furniture of our tents confifted of inch Uenlils for cookery as we could find. They were very fcarce, infomuch, that the pitch-ladle, and covers of the fhip's coppers, were converted into frying-pans. Many Ihifts we made, which it would be tedious and un- neceflary to mention. We always made great account of the palm-cabbage, when we could get it, which we never did but with much trouble; as the whole tree feldom affords afiove two or three pound that is eatable. 253 A. D. 1720. Defcription 254 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. Defcription of the ijland of Juan Fer- nandes, in the latitude of thirty- three degrees^ a7id thirty minutes Southy on the coafl of- Chili. IV. "^ reader may reafonably expedl an ex- account of this ifland from me. But the frequent difturbances I met with from my people, and my conftant attendance on the veiTel we were building, deprived me of the opportunities of making fuch remarks on it as I otherwife fliould ; therefore, though I can- not give fo perfed: an account of it as I could wifh, yet, for the amufement of fuch whofe curiofity may require it, I would beg leave to obferve, that this ifland, fituated in the la- titude of thirty-three degrees, thirty minutes South, ninety leagues to the Weftward of the continent of Chili, is, as appeared to me, about three leagues long, and two leagues in breadth. Towards the fea it fliews to be no other than rocky precipices. The whole bo- dy of it coniifls of very high mountains, and deep, narrow valleys, infomuch that there is no walking a quarter of a mile, except on the fea-fhore, without 2pv^^% up or down a fleep A Voyage round the World. Heep declivity. The anchoring place is on the North fide, and is to be known by a fort of table mountain, on each fide of which is a lofty peek. As to anchoring here, I would have none come to, in lefs than forty fithom, or think of (laying long here, efpecially if the fun be to the Northward of the. equator; for although fome of our navigators have report- ed that the Northern winds, which only can affed: the road, never blow ftrong here j yet I, by fid experience, found it is very fub- jeft to tempeftuous gales from the North- ern quarter. In going in, beware of the Haws or flurries of wind, which come down the narrow valleys fo violent, as to be often- times dangerous. Thefe flaws too, in the night, are enough to alarm you as you lie at anchor. Whilfl: you are in this road, it is impoflible you fliould have the wind fleady in any quarter, except diredly out of the fea ; for, lying within half a mile of the Ihore, you are, as it were, clofe lur rounded by very high mountains, almofl: three quartets of thecompafs round, fo that yoll aie dlvi(le(| between the extremes of dead calms (or at moft faint breezes) and furious guils of wind from all parts of the bay, in the fliort fpace of a few minutes. Upon the whole, though It 255 A. D. 1720. 256 A. D. 1720. Air. SoU. A Voyage round the World. it be a very commodious place for (liips, who may refort hither, to wood and water at ; yet, it is my opinion, the anchorage here, is far from being fafe. It enjoys a fine wholefome air, infomuch that out of feventy of us that were on it, for the fpace of five months and eleven days, not one of us had an hour's ficknefs, not- withilanding we fed on fuch foul diet as we did, without bread or fait. We had no com- plaints amongft us, except of an inceffant^ craving appetite, and the want of our former flrength and vigour. For my own part, I muft acknowledge the bounty of providence, that gave me ftrength to cope with the vexa- tions I met with ; for although I loft much of my flefh, I became one of the ftrongeft and moft adtive men on the illand -, from being before very corpulent, and almoft crippled with the gout. I walked much, and worked hard every day, without being in the leall afflidled with that diftemper, and may fay, that if it had not pleafed God fo to have en- abled me, we might probably have remained on this ifland for years to come, fince it is a place very little frequented by the Spaniards- The foil is fruitful, abounding with vari- ous forts of large beautiful trees, rnoftly aro- matick A Voyage round the World. mntick. The names of thofe we knew were the Piemento-tree, which bears a leaf like a Myrtle, but fomewhat larger, with a blue bloiTom. Their trunks are fhort and thick, and their heads very bufhy, and as round and regular, almoft, as if kept fo by art. There is another fort much fuperior in bulk to the former, which I take to be fomewhat like that which affords the jcfuit's bark. On the tops of fome of the mountains are plains co- vered with groves of the Italian laurel, men- tioned by Frezier, in his defc'ription of Chili* Thefe grow up in a ftrait llender body, from which fprout fmall irregular branches, from the root to the top, bearing leaves like the laurel in England, but fmaller. Palm-trees are like wife found in moft parts of this ifland, growing in fmooth joints like a cane, fome thirty, fome forty feet high. The head of them is like the cocoa- nut-trc '•, except that the leaves of them are of a paler green. They bear large bunches of fcarlet berries bigger than a floe, which tafte like our haws, and have a flone as big as th?.t of a heart- cherry. What feamen call palm-cabbage is the very fubilance of the head of this tree, which being cut off, nnd difmembered of its great fpreading leaver., and of all that is hard S and aj7 A. D. 1720, i>'ortn Jbait. ^^' ««|: 336 A. D. ./f Voyage round the World* leaving us to ftand in for the land and cruifc-. by ourfelves, though every moment exped:-. ing fignals from the Succefs, who was foon far enough out of the reach of our fight, even if it had been day-light. Thus this man, perhaps, through an excefs of mean-fpiritednefs, and dreading the en-. gagement with a fhip who was always known to defend itfelf with fome obftlnacy, negled- \vr 322 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. fhould ever get home, and being weary of the work that was impofed upon them, de- fired I would let them go on board the Suc- cefs, for a paffage to England ; which I confronting to, they went on board according- H 1 /^i" T. r Continuing oi turtle after this manner. It was not the gf eateft inconvenience that attended as ; the dreflini 2 W0RLD< land and cruife. noment expedl- who was foon ■ our fight, even irough an excefs reading the en- Ls always know;\ ^Inacy, negled- ^ Voyage romd the World.' lifted up to the higheft pitch of fatisfadion, in the good fortune I had of being joined to my confort in fo noble and advantageous a defign, after fo long a feparation, only to be plunged the deeper into a gulph of dcfpair. My people happened to guefs right in this affair, being convinced of the ilridnefs (if their look- out, and blamed my eafy .belief in a man who had, iufl: before, fn nnmlxr o».; 337 A. D. 1721. .^1!_' »RLD. ig weary of 1 them, de- rd the Suc- i which I i according- ^ VoY AG d roim^ the World. n2\ Continuing our way along fhore, we, a few A. d. days after, met with the Succefs, in queft of »72i. Sonfonnate, where they expeded to receive Meet the the Marquis of Villa Roche's ranfom. He^'^^^^^^ ^ ^^* had been, for fometime, a prifoner on board "ear the port ^^^^^B ^^^H ^ 1 1 338 ■ 1 'A Voyage round the Worlbv ^^H i 1 1 A. D; 1721. H^^^H ill 1 SECT. XIL 1 Arrival in the road ^Sonfonnate, in the latitude of thirteen degrees^ ^^^H Inii ■VT ^L ^.. ^h a --nv>r_--'-_ 7 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. drcffing it made a great confumptlon of our water, the quantity of which decreafed upon us very fuddenly, by the continual ufe of it in boiling the turtle with plantain - iT_a.- -iT C^, ILD> nnate, m degreeSy A VovAGE round the World. we found fhe did not make fo formidable a fi- gure as we expe^ed /he would. At fun-ri- fing the land-breeze blew fo frefh off from the /hore, we worked but flowly up with her, and in the mean time we, received all her fire upon every board we made. We made no return to all this, though their boat was bufily employed to bring foldiers from the fliore to this fhi'n. Tlir^ u.^a u^:a^j _ •,_ Z19 A. D. 1721. ' .D. iption of decreafed continual L plantain f famine, A Voyage round the World. met with a double baulk, both as to our hopes of Guatulco, and the iliip j for we were now fo far to the leeward of our port, by bearing down to him, that it was needlefs to beat A. >72i I>. ■r/^ «• «-i /-k>/^ « «^ 4 *• 4>1^ . m iiilhed, notning couia nave urgeu ut lu, uu this 340 A D. 1721. >^ Voyage round the World* that I might make our fmall force the moil beneficial to us that might be, I ordered our three guns to he brought over on the fide we we were Uke to engage with them, and be- ing within mufquet-^ot, we difcharged them. The fea- breeze fixaiening, ran us upon them very faft, whilft our finall arms were briflily and efFedually employed to break their pow- Af^r iars. before we came to board them. 326 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. made the appointed fignal, we flood fo near to one another, that, to ufe the fea phrafe, a bifket might have been tofled from fhip to n,:« Kiif wp fllH not chanp^e a word with this oi /icapuico, towards tne evening, law a fhip between us and the lliore. I bore Y 4 down ■.# J the moil •dered our he fide we 1, and be- rged them, upon them ere briflily their pow- ard them. ^ Voyage round the World. (lie fhould chance to meet with us in her way. Our fmall arms, to do juftice to my people, were handled with the greateft dex- terity j but being moftly employed in fliatter- ing the powder jars, that the combuftible matter in them might fall into the water tiiere was ncne killed on board of her, but the Contre-mafter, and onfy one flij^htly 341 A. D. 1721. ► . fo near brafe, a fhip to •d with A VovAGE round the World. this favage coaft, but fuch an extremity as we were plunged into at this time. And fo truly fenfible was Clipperton of the difficulties and A. 1721 327 D. fuch a change in him that I fhould have looked * 1 fl.W* fi ii 342 A. D. '-/f Voyage round the World. which was brought to me in the evening. We could none of us underftand it, for our chief and only interpreter of the Spanifh lan- guage ftaid behind us on Juan Fernandes, but by the meflenger that brought it, we found that it was fome account ot a truce on foot between the crowns of Great-Britain and Spain, and that the governour requeflcd me ^i--i. u^ A^i- t-Vi r^fr\iy nr\D,\\T B *#. 328 I I72I I ^ A Voyage round the World •A. I>. down to her, till perceiving her to be a large Europe built fhip, flie appeared much the larger, by reafon of a fmall mifl on the fur- face of the water, with Snanifh colours flv- uld have looked Jperton, Mr. Godfrey, the agent, and the ? refl RLD. the evening. 1 it, for our Spanifh lan- Fernandes, t k, v^^e found uce on foot -Britain and requeflcd me t- ¥ l-»/-vf rV.1 \T A Voyage roujtd the World. would ftf^y fifteen days to be made fure of It, if the governor would fupply us with water and provifions j but that if he did not, I could not pretend to make a Hay of above twenty- four hours here, and therefore I fent him the following letter. A. 172 343 D. Honourable Sir, March the 31/1. 1721. A VoY AGV,' round the Wo'kL'D, looked on all his fignals as the artifice of the enemy, who m'iglu have acquainted them- felves with them by the information of fuch ^f r\\ 1 t* t-V^ £\ %'\ ^r. *U^. 1-^ 1 A. D. 1721, 11 t,\ 344 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. This being delivered to the governour, he confented to the requeft I made in it, and our boat went on fliore every morning with a flag of truce. The firft four days we were fupplied with eight fmall jars of water, and on the fifth, we were reduced to live, and during the whole time, we had but one fmall cow, which was attended by a large boatful of men. Amongfl them were two prieils. M: ',1i!t 33<^ A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. reft of their officers. I went on board ac- cording to appointment with Mr. Brooks and Randall my lieutenants, and was received with a feeming unreferved civility, and all RLD. ^ernour, he in it, and orning with lys we were water, and live, and ut one fmall arge boatful two prieils. A Voyage round the World. my people to be taken prifoners as foon as they landed. I was all the day in fufpence, and not able to guefs what it could be that detained them fo long on fhore, but was far from imagining the governour would or could have made fuch a breach in the laws of na- tions, and the fecurity of a flag of truce, as to violate the protedion of.it, which even fome of the mofl barbarous nationR p{1-pf»m A. 1721 345 1*1 LD. I board ac- Brooks and is received ty, and all : V A Voyage round the World. have had much the worft of it on account of their fuperior weight of metal, and the better capacity of their fliips, which are built very flrong, to bear a cannonading. Clipper- 33 A. D. 1721. fupply us witn a large uuauuiy (CLl VJliVVf mimkimtMiMi^ma. 34^ A. D. 1721. ^ Voyage round the World. men who brought thefe letters, told me, that Frederick Mackenzey, one of the boat's crew, had let the governour into the fecret of our diftreffes, and of my former delign to get water at the ifland of Tygers in the gulph of Amapala, which, he faid he would take care to prevent, if we dared be fo hardy as to 'attempt it. He feems to have believed he had us now fafe enough, knowing we A Voyage round the World. Before I returned to my own quainted captain Clipperton with our Hender ftock of provifions, but particularly with our /I ^., _/•- „r „,«#.«t- . onri hp tnld me he had 3RLD. old me, that '. boat's crew, ecret of our ielign to get nthe gulph would take fo hardy as ave believed snowing we j4 Voyage round the World. ihore fo well, that they voluntarily offered their fervice, and a third went to throw the water out of the canoe. I fent the following letter by them, in French. Honourable Sir, * "VT ^ ^ know very well that I have lain * hf»fP» ir\t^ort 4-i*>^/3i \rt~\f n ftrr\\¥ «t^^^i*«A*»t» 347 A. D, 1721. LD. hip, I ac- ur flender / with our le he had A Voyage round the Wotli.t>. Thus we cruifcd in good order, and with a great deal of hope, until March the feven- teenth, the time appointed for me to fuffer the moll cruel and perfidious piece of trea- 333 A. D. X721. 334 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. fignal for going about. The next morning we had no fight of any fliip near us, which laid me under the moll terrible apprchenfi- ons, confidering the fad condition we were in ^^ n ILD. t morning us, which ipprchenfi- we were in i«n A Voyage round the World. coafl fubjedl to long calms, variable winds, and uncertain currents. But before I go farther, It will be necefTary to fet this cruel and difhonourahle behaviour 335 A. D. 1721. f j-^i« map 266 A. D. 1720. I'll A Voyage round the World. ihore, mixed with the violent roaring of the fea-lyons repeated all around by the echoes of deep vallies, and blended with the inceflant bowlings of nunrberlefs feals. Thefe accord- ing to their age, make a hoarfer or a jfhriller noife, fo that in this confufed medley, a man might imagine he heard the different tones and outcries of all the fpecies of ani- mals upon earth mixed together. To thefe may be frequently added, the alarm given by by the noife of the fudden and precipitate rumbling of trees down fteep defcents. There is hardly a guft of wind ftirring, that does not tear up a great many trees by the roots^ efpecially thofe near the brinks of precipices where they have but a flight hold in the earth. All thefe, or any one of thefe nightly noifes, might be fufficient to difturb the repofe of any who had not been for fome timeinur'd thereto. Thus have I given an account of fuch parts of this ifland as I have had a fight of, and of every thing worthy of obfervation on it, which occurred to me ; but tliis only relates to the Northern half, the mountains being impaflii- ble to go to the Southern parts of it, lb I can fay nothing piirticiijar of them. Departure A Voyage round the World. Departure from the ijlandof Juan Fer- nandesj in the bark we built there^ called the Recovery. /^ C T O B E R the fixth, in the evening, ^^^ we departed, with nothing to fubfift at fea with, but the aforementioned fmoked congers, whereof one was allowed to each plan for twenty-four hours, one cafk of beef, and four live hogs, which had fed all the time we had been on the ifland, on the pu- trified carcafes of the feals we had killed, to- gether with three or four bufhels of Farina. We were upwards of forty of us crouded to- gether, and lying upon the bundles of eels, and being in no method of keeping themfelves clean, all our fenfes were as much offended as poflible. There was not a drop of water to be had without fucking it out of the cafk with the barrel of a mufquet, which was ufed by every body promifcuoufly, and the little unfavoury morfels we daily ate, created per- petual quarrels among us, every one contend- ing for the frying-pan. All the conveniency we had for firing, was an half tub filled with ^arth, which made our cooking fo tedious, that 267 A. D. 1720. ' i. 268 A. A Voyage round the World. D. that we had a continual noife of frying from 1720. morning till night. In a word, for the mea- ge-, hungry, favage looks of the people, for the dangerous uncertainty how our veffel might prove, for want of all necelTary accom- ^ modations, and wholefome fufficiency of pa- latable provifions, and, in all other refpedls, it may be truly faid, that no men could have hazarded their lives . on the feas, efpeci^Uy with a warlike intent, in a more wretched and miferable manner. Thus we launched into the ocean with fome fatisfadion at the thought of being got, once more, afloat again j^but this pleafure was checked by the undoubted certainty of en- during much greater calamities at fea, than ever we did on the ifland, if fomething did not ipeedily fall into our hands, I therefore propofed that we fhould Hand to the South- eaftward for the bay of Conception, that be- < ing the nearefl port to us. Every day, while the fea-breeze continued, we were hard put to itj for not having above fixteen inches free board, and our bark tumbling prodigioufly, the water continually ran over us, and having only a grating deck, and no tarpaulin to co- ver it, except the bark's topfail, which was but thin, our pumps would but jufl keep us free, but ' { A Voyage round the World. but ftill I was unwilling to eafe her by bearing away, the port of Conception being what we chiefly depended on. Odober the tenth, which was the fourth day of our new expedition, at four in the morning, we fell in with a great {hip, and by the moon-light I could plainly fee fhe was Europe built. This ftruck me with a dread of her being a man of war, however, fince it was now in vain to look behind us, and our cafe being defperate, I flood for her, and we being rigged like the fmall craft of the coun- try, they did not regard us till day-light, which coming on before we could get quite up with her, the enemy difcovered the brownnefs of our canvas (their fails being always made of cotton, which is very white) and immediate- ly fufpeding us, wore fhip, and hauled clofe on a wind to the Weftward. This done, they hoifted their colours, iired a gun, and croud- ed away from us at a great rate -, but in a- bout two hours it fell calm, and we had re- courfe to our oars, and rowed after them at a pretty good rate. In the mean time we o- verhauled our arms, which we found to be in very bad condition, one third of them being without flints, and we had but three cutlafl!es; fo that we were but ill prepared for boarding, which 269' A. D. 1720. 270 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. which was the only means we could have of taking any (hip. We had but one fmall can- non, which we could not mount, and there- fore were obliged to fire it as it lay along on the deck 'y and to fupply it we had no more am- munition than two round fhot, a few chain- bolts and bolt-heads, the clapper of the Speed- well's bell, and fome bags of beach flones to Engagement ferve for partridge. In about four hours we withaSpanilh • 1 1 • n • 1 r 1 ftiip called the came up With this ihip, and every one leemed Margarita, ^g ^^^^ -j^ j^jg mind, as if actually in poflefiion of her. We were only forry flie was not deeper laden than fhe feemed to be. But as we ad- vanced nearer, I faw her guns and petererocs, and a confiderable number of men upon deck, with their arms glittering in the fun. Though I did not like this fight, I did my utmoft to encourage my people to bear up againft it, and delired them to think of handling their arms, which we had no fooner done, than the enemy called out to us by the name of Eng- lifh Do^s, defying us, in a fcornful way, to come on board of them, and at the fame time gave us a volley of great and fmall fliot, which killed our gunner, and almofl brought our fore-mafl by the board. This warm recep- tion ftaggered a great many of my men, who before A Voyage round the World. before feemed the forwardeft, infomuch that they lay upon their oars for fome time, in fpite of all I could do to make them keep their way,. We recovered ourfelves again and rowed clofe up with the enemy, and en- gaged them till all our fmall (hot was expend- ed, which obliged us to fall a-ftern to make fome (lugs. In this manner we made three attempts, and with no better fuccefs. I could not think of fuch a fool hardy butchery as 1 muft have expofed the people to, if we had attempted to board a (hip fo lofty to us, who, when they had entered, muft have gone to handy cuffs with the enemy, having no pif- tols or cutlafles, which are the only weapons for a clofe fight. All the night it was calm, only now and then a faint breeze would waft the enemy a litde from us ; but we as often made amends for that by rowing after them. All this while we were bufied in making flugs, and had pro- vided a large quantity by the next morning, when we came to a final determination of ei- ther C-, 'ying this fhip, or of fubmitting to her, and accordingly at day-break, I ordered twenty men in our yaul (which we always kept in tow) to lay her athwart the hawfe, whilft 271 A. D. 1720. lyi A Voyage round the World. A. t). whilft I boarded her in the bark. The ped- '72o» pie in the boat put off, giving me repeated She gets afTuranccs of their good behaviour. But at c ear of us. the very jun dure w^e were coming to adtion, a gale fprang up, and flie went away from us. As the gale frefhened, I expeded every mo- ment fhe would have come down upon us, and run over us, which fhe might very eafily have done ; but inftead of that, fhe held her way to the Northward, which I took to be a feint, and could not but think fhe would go to Valparaifo (which was the next port) to alarm the coafl. I therefore fleered ^11 night for that harbour, in hopes to catch, her a- gain, in the morning, becalmed under the land, and, at day-light had fight of her, with- in us, fleering for that place : But the enemy no fooner difcovered us, than he immediate-* ly hauled to the Northward again, and con- tinued his courfe along fhore till he was out of fight. Upon this I judged he was gone to Coquimbo, which would have happened the befl for us, becaufe as Valparaifo is a place of confiderable flrength, we could have had lit- tle hopes of doing any thing there. This fhip was called the Margarita, and was the fame which had been a privateer be- longing to St. Maloes and mounted forty guns all J A VoY AGE rotm^ f be World. 273 all che laft war. In the fkirmiflies we had ^- ^• with her, we had none killed, except Gil- *72o. bert Henderfon, our gunner, and three wound- The damage ed, which were Mr. Brooks, iirll: lieutenant, by this en- through the thigh, Mr. Coldfca, the mafter, gagement. through the groin, and one of the fore-mafl men through the fmall of his back. Two of thefe did very well, -and 1 think there was fomething extraordinary in their cure ; for the furgeon had nothing to apply to their wounds, but what he himfelf had prepared with feal's oil, and other matters he had found on the illand ; Mr. Coldfea, indeed, linger- ed in a miferable manner for nine or ten months afterwards ; but at length recovered, . Our condition now grew worfe and worfej for we could not underftand this piece of courage in the Spaniards. I gave it as rriy opinion, they mufl have had European officers on board, becaufe the Creolians were fcarce ever known to be fo hardy. Thefe feas befides, being too rough for our uncom- fortable velTel, I propofed that we iliould get into fairer weather, but to take Coquimbo in our way, to try what we could do there, reioiution of This was agreed to, but the very day we ex- ^u'i"4o on^he pedted to go into Coquimbo, there came ^'^"^^^ ^^^ ^'^"^'> on a very hard gale ot wind, which lafted paft it by a lour violent ftorm. :^n. ^AV.U r ■ \7r "•'TMW i/fiuiiipn u^iiiijiiiviiiVT''*' A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World, four days without cealing. During all tliis time we had not an hour's hopes of living- a minute. We were obliged to feud away under bare poles, with our yaul in tow, and having but a ihort fcope of boat- rope for her we were, on the defcent of every fea, in the greatefl danger of having the bark's flern beat in by the violence of the boat's precipi- tate fall after us, and once in particular, a great hollow fea had like to have throv/n her upon our deck, which would have put an end to all our voyage. The exceflive fright of this ftorm, wb'ch appeared the more violent, by as much as our embarkation was but little able to live in the midft of it, made many of the people form a refolution of going on fhore by the very firfl opportunity they could lay hold of. Thus baulked in our defign on Coquimbo, and every one almoft fatigued out of his life by always lying wet, and near ftarving with the fmall allowance of fuch poor unfavoury food as we had for our fubfiftence, I had no room left to give the people any further hopes j till, at length, calling to mind Monlieur Fre- zier's account of the ifland of Iquique, I mentioned the furprizal of that place to them, it being but a fmall lieutenancy, and where we f '-i A Voyage round the World. 275 we might, in all probability, get fome whol- ^' ^* fom provifions, and a better bottom than our '^^°* own. Every one approved of this, and the Form a fe- r n ' * J 1 • J • folutionoffur- lun mining upon us, and lying dry again, we fifing the got into fome fpirits, and directed our courfe '^^"'^ °^ ^'J"^' ° •f que, on the for that illand. coall of Peru. In our way thither, we had a view of the fmall illand of Pavilliom, fo called from its near refemblance to a tent, lituated clofe to the continent, in the latitude of twenty-one degrees South. The evening after this, we Arrival in faw Iquique, which appears to be no other que, ^ ^"*" than a white rock at the foot of the high land of Carapucho. It was three weeks before we got this length, and having nothing to l?//'<^n^^e the bark with, we were obliged to keep ' 1/ the fea with her, whilfl the boat went in, though dreading by what we faw, that fuch a place muft be certainly uninhabited, and, even if it was the right place, we could plain- ly perceive, there was no Hiip at anchor there. It was fun-fet before the boat departed, and endeavouring to land under the covert of the night, they had like to have bv'^en loil a- mongfl the breakers ; and after all they could fee, for a long time, were under a fufpence that this could not be the place we fought after, until they heard the barking of dogs, T 2 and A. D. 1720. What we got there. 276 u^ Voyage round the World. and perceived the light of feme candles. As they had experienced the hazard of landing in the dark, they made their boat faft to a float of fca-weeds for want of a graplin j and in this poftuie they lay till the light of the morn- ing, by which they rowed in to ihore between the rocks, and were received by fome Indi- We take the ans on the ilrand, with a fort of welcome. Iqui!luc.'''^°^^^^"g on fhore, they went to the lieutenant's houfe, broke it open, and rummaged the whole village, and found a booty more valu- able to us, at that time, than gold or filver. It confifled of about fixty buihels of wheat flour, one hundred and twenty of calavances and corn, fome jerked beef, pork and mut- ton, fome thoufand weight of well cured fifli, a good number of fowls, fome rufk, and four or Ave days eating of foft bread, together with five or fix jars of Peruvian wine or bran- dy ; and, to crown all, they had the good for- tune to find a large boat near the fhore, to bring ofl^their booty with, which other wife would have been of litde ufe to us, our own boat being already fufiiciendy laden with men. Mean while we in the bark were carried a- way to the Northward by the current, out of fight of the ifland, and the people on fliore not having laden their boats before the heat of A Voyage roinul the ^o'rl'o. of the 'day, had a laborious and fultry tafl^: of it, to row off their heavy laden boats fo fi\r in a tumbling fwel!, whilfl: we in the bark were encountering with the melancholy apprehenfions, that our people, not finding any thing confiderable, had taken it into their hei:ds to flay on fliorcJ and defert us. But thefe clouds were difperfed, when towards the evening, I perceived two boats approach- ing us very fail, and difcovered them to be as heavy laden as they could fafely be. Words can't exprefs the joy that reigned amongil us when they came on board ; the fcene was now changed from famine to plenty, the loaves of foft bread were diftributed to every one, and the jars of wine were broached. But I took care they fliould drink but moderately of it, each man having no more than half a pint for his fliare ; and after a day or two's living on wholfom diet, we wondered how our flomachs had been able to digeft our rank and naufeous eels, fried in train oil, and could hardly believe we had lived upon nothing eHe for a month paft. Mr. Randall, our fecond lieutenant, who commanded in this enterprize, told me, they did not meet with the lead oppofition, and that <-^e few Indians they found, fcemed to T 3 be 77 A. D. 1720. A' -:l 278 A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. be as glad of this opportunity of pillaging the Spaniards, as we wefe. Defcription of the i/land of IquiquQj and the high la7id of Carapucho, /;/ the latitude cf jiineteen degrees^ fifty minutes Souths on the coafl of Peru. 'Tp HIS ifland, in the latitude of nineteen degrees, fifty minutes South, is fituated at the foot of the high land of Carapucho, on the continent of Peru ; it is about a mile and an half in circumference, and half a mile from the main land j and the channel between them is full of rocks. The illand is of a moderate height, and the whole body of it confifts of the dung of cormorants, a kind of fea-bird very numerous on this coaft. Some will have it to be a par- ticular fort of earth ; but the mod probable and certain conjedure is, that it is the dung of birds. *Tis not in this place only that one fees large quantities of it, but all along the coaft of Peru, there arc lofty precipices and large rocks near the fea, cafed over with it, fo that at a dillance they appear like chalk clifts. That dierc Ihould he a 2:reatcr portion of it here than on %--, A Voyage round the World« on any other part of the coaft, may be account- ed for by the obfervations made by the Spa- niards, who are faid to agree, that thefe birds are more numerous in and about the, latitude of this place, than elfewhere ; and to confirm the truth of it, they farther report, that after having dug to a conliderable depth, they have found birds feathers. As to a nice enquiry in- to this, our affairs would not permit it. All I can affirm of it is, that the fmell of it is very offenfive, and they load feveral fhips with it every year, for the plantations of cod-, pepper at Arica. There are no inhabitants on it but negro flaves, who cleanfe and pre- pare it in large heaps near the fliore, ready for boats and other vefTels to take it off. As to the village, where the lieutenant relides, that is on the continent, clofe by the fea-fide. It confifts of about fixty fcattered ill built houfes, which hardly deferve that name, and a fmall church. There is not the leafl verdure to be feen in or about it, nor does it afford the leafl neceffary, of life, of its own produd, not e- ven water, which they are obliged to fetch from the Quebrada or break of Pifagua in boats ten leagues to the Northward. Being therefore a place fo truly miferable in itfelf, we may conclude, that the advantage or pro- T 4 fit A. 1720 279 lii! '•1 \ 28o A. D. 1720. i , ; A Voyage round the World. fit accruing to them by me-^ns of the Cuano or cormorant's dung, is the only inducement to bring inhabitants to this place, which feems in itfelf as if ordained by nature unfit to receive them i not only on account of the frightful barrennefi] of the f|.:ot, but alfo for the filthy fcent of the ifland fo near it. This lafi; inconvenience was what, I fuppofe, led them to the contrivance of building their ha- bitations on the main land, which thouc;h it be a fituation as hideous as can be imagined* and not wliolly out of the ftcnch of the of- fenfive vapours of the ifle of Iquiquc, yet was the better choice of the two, and not quite fo fuffocating. But although the land is fo defart and forbidding, the fea about it affords a very plentiful quantity of two or three forts of excellent filh, of fuch kinds as I never faw before. One of them is nearcfl like to a filver eel, though much thicker in proportion to its length ; thefe, and the refi:, equally delicious, they preferve in a very neat, clennly manner, and export great quantities of it, by the fliips which come for the Guano. By two Indian prifoncrs we took here, wx were informed that the lieutenant of Iquique had a boat at Pifagua, which was fent for water, re le 2S1 A. D. 1720. Mr. Ran- dall, fecond A Voyage round the World. water, and we beginning to fland in need of it, I fent Mr. Randall, our fecond lieutenant, in qucft of her : but this failed ; neverthelefs, though they milTed the veflel, they landed in Ueutenam fent a dangerous manner, on a fort of floats calledf°*^^^^^°a* ^ , , laden with balfes, much in ufe on this coafl. They water at the brought off only a few bladders of water gua^ and three or four balfes, which are compofed of two feal fkins very artificially fewed up, and filled with wind, and made fafl along-fide of each other. On thefe the rower fits looking forward, with a double paddle, and as fafl: as he can perceive the wind to efcape from the fliins, he adds a fupply of it by a contri- vance for that purpofe. Thefe balfes are the chief embarkations made ufe cf by the fifli- ermen, and are ferviceable for landing on this coafl, which has hardly one fmooth beach from the one end of it to the other. There was now no talk among us of going on fliore ; but, cii the contrary, we flioiild have looked into Arica, had we not been in- formed theie was a. Ihip of force lying there. This caufed us to fl:eer wide of that port, and determine to make fome attempt in the road of le Nafco, in the latitude of about flxteea degrees, South, and Pifco in the latitude of " thirteen degrees, forty-five minutes. South. Both ft'' ii iBz A Voyage round the V/orld. A. I>. Both thefe places are noted for their exporta- >72o. tiQjy of wines and brandy. Engagement The very morning we came off the Sierra cifco PalacioOi* high land of le Nafco, two hours before ^^^j^^^^P^"^ day-light, we fell in with a large fhip. The circumflances of our meeting and engaging with this fliip were, in fome meafure, the fame with thofe we had with the Margarita. We met with both at the fame time of the morning, and both had the misfortune of be- ing becalmed whilft we were in purfuit of tlicm. About ten in the morning we rowed up with them, whilft they threw over-board a great quantity of lumber v^'hich peftered their decks. I fhall not relate the confulion amongft us, only in brief acquaint my read- er, that we ftruggled with her for fix or fe- ven hours, and were, at length, obliged to leave her, becaufe the fea-breeze came in fo ftrong, and the fea ran fo high, that had ihe been of no torce, our flight bark muft have been in pieces before a third part of us could have entered her. This fhip was called the St. Francifco Palacio, of feven hundred tons, eight guns, and ten petereroes, a great num- ber of men, and well provided with fmall arms. Although flie was fo deeply laden, that, as flic rolled, the water ran through her fcuppets A. D. 1720. But mifs j^ Voyage rou72d the World. 283 fcuppers over her upper deck -, yet, having a very deep w^afle, (lie appeared very lofty, efpe- dally abaft, where (lie had more refemblance of an ill-contrived vi^ooden caftle, than of fuch*^*^^"^ ^*''* a part of a fhip, according to the fafhion of building at prefent in Europe. It happened very hard that we fliould thus meet with two of the beft equipped (hips in the private trade, at that time, in the South Seas. In this action we had not above twen ty fmall arms that were of ufe, which was the effedl of their inconliderate proceedings on Tuan Fernandes. This laft repulfe was Which is made a pretence for much murmuring and tence for much uneafinefs, many defpairing that we fhould e- ^J^^g^^^^Qj^g ver take any thing as our condition was at that of the people, time, became inclinable to fubmit to the ene- my, who was all the night becalmed near us. To prevent the defign of fuch who were fo difpofed, I took care to remove the two boats out of their power, by ordering two men in each of them, fuch as I thought I could truft, and to cafl off from us at a little diflance, that none might efcape in them j but notwith- flanding the confidence I had repofed in thefe four, the two in the beft boat deceived me Two of my - . • 1 1 1*1 "^^" defert in by going away with her, which was a great the teii boat lofs to uSj and added much to our misfortune^" '^^ "^S^^^- in ^< I II \ ..i^ .i-'-'Mfsmsmm 284 A. D. 1720. yi Voyage round the World. in being difcovered fo near to the port of Cal- lao, where they muft hear of it in a day or two. The day after I was informed, that the firft lieutenant and Morphew had made a par- ty, too ftrong for me to oppofe, to go away with the boat that was left j but it blowing frefh the next night, they were hindered from executing their defign. * SEC T, A Voyage round the World. 285 A. D, 1720. SECT. VIII. Arrival i?i the road of Pifco, /;/ the latitude of thirteen degrees forty -fve mi7tute% South on the coaji of Peru, where we take a Spa?2iflj fijip called ^ the Jefus Maria. JrH^^w"^ H E next day we flood into the "(^ 'j^ }S!> road of Pifco, as we had defign- 5ol*y wol* ed> where we difcovered, what v^^Sflrvtp' appeared to be, a large Ihip. up- on the light of this, I talked to Mr. Brooks, our firft lieutenant, and told him, that tho' I was no ftranger to his and his aiTociates re- folution about the boat, I hoped that in this, which midit be the laft effort we could make towards the prefervation of our liberty, they would behave themfelves like men, and not tamely fubmit whilil we had any lead left to annoy the enemy with ^ and deflred every one to prepare himfelf for boarding this fliip at once. This being agreed on, we bore down to 286 A D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. to her with a refolute defpair, and laid her athwart the hawfe j but to my great fatisfadti- on, we met with no refiftaiice, and were re- ceived by the captain, and his officers, with their hats off, in the mofl: fubmiffive manner afking for quarter. Before we came the length of this fliip, I had ordered our boat to intercept theirs, which I perceived to be going on fhore. They clap- ped her on board, but not holding fafl, they fell aftern, and could not fetch up with her again, not offering to fire a mufquet to bring them to, fo that in this boat, they conveyed away every thing that might have been valu- able in this prize. She was a good fhip, of about two hundred tons, called the Jefus Ma„ ria, almofl laden with pitch, tar, copper and plank, but nothing elfe. The captain offer- ed fixteen thoufand dollars for her ranfom, but I could not give ear to it, by reafon the Recovery was difabled in her mafts by board- ing, and not only that, but I was alfo hin- dered by the confideration that now we had room enough to enjoy ourfelves in, with fome cleanlinefs at leaft, an article v/e had been per- fedt ftrangers to, ever fmce we had departed from the ifland of Juan Fernandes. We %. iinifism A Voyage round the World. We therefore made all the difpatch we could hi getting every thing out of the bark. The Spanifli captain informed me, that the Margarita had been arrived fome time at Cal- lao, w^here flie had given a full account of us ; that the captain of her, and three more were killed in the adlion with us, and that the Prieft, and feveral others were wounded, and that ilie was now ready to put to fea again with an addition of ten guns and fifty men to cruife for us ; and, moreover, that the Flying- fifh, a frigate of twenty-eight guns was al- ready out with the fame intent, and that there was advice of us fent both ways along fhore, and commiffions to equip what ilrength they had to catch us. All the night they were upon the watch at the town of Pifco, making a fhew, by the continual firing of guns, as meaning thereby to give us an idea of what we mufl exped if we (liould dare to attempt a defcent upon them. But they might have eafed themfelves of thofe apprehenfions, for we had enough to do to prepare for our departure the next day, being now, as it were, in the very jaws of our e- nemies, which, by the advice I had received, were ready, on all fides, to devour us, and from whom nothing could preferve us but A. 1720, 287 D. (r great • •.>■/ r. ,M- . — 1^ iiAU'Jjqjun 11 111 d i|i! boat and two deferters. 288 j1 Voyage round the World: A. D. great warlnefs in going out to fea from hence. 1720. Having cleared our bark the next morning, we gave her to the Spanifli captain, and as foon as the breeze fprung up, we weighed, and went to fea, and in going out met with Recover ourour boat, which I have mentioned to have left us in the night ; they edged towards us, ima- gining we were Spaniards, by which means we got them again. The two fellows in her were ahnofl dead, having neither eaten nor drank any thing for three days paft, and had juft been afhore on a fmall ifland, near this harbour, to kill fome feals to drink their blood ; they had no excufe for themfelves, but that they fell afleep, and the faint breezes of the night had wafted us in the bark away from them. I can give no farther defcription of this place than that the road is fpacious and commodi- ous, and that the town feems to be large and pleafantly fituated among vineyards and fruit treee , But for an ample and exadl account of this, as well as of mofl of the noted harbours an^l towns on tlie coaft of Chili and Peru, from the port of Conception to that of Callao, I refer my readers to Monfieur Frezier's voy- age, who having had the bed opportunities of making obfervations and enquiries into every A Voyage round the World. every thing relating thereto, that might be ufeful and entertaining to our Europeans, as far as he went, has been, as far as I know, very jufl and particular in his relations and dcfcriptions of places. 289 A. D. 1720. i Voyage continued in the JESus Maria. Pifco being forty leagues to the windward of Callao, I kept clofe hauled till I had gain- ed a two degrees offing, and kept that diftance till we had got well to the Northward of Cal- lao, and hauled in again for the land, a little to the Southward of Truxillo, and looked in- to the roads of Guanchaco, Malabriga and Cheripe, but feeing no fliip at thofe places, I made no flay there, and palTed between the ifland of Lobos de Tierra and the continent. On November the twenty-fifth, in the e- vening, we found ourfelves near the Saddle of Payta, and having been here before, I imagined that, though our force was much diminilLed fince we laft took it, w^e misfht, without any hazard, furprize the inhabitants in the night ; accordingly we endeavoured to get in with the Ihip : But it growing calm, and having been difcouraged from making U too W PSTHTORTWWIll A. D. 1720. A Voyage round the World. too free with the land in the dark, by the dangers we had almoft run ourfelvej into of being on fhore amongft the rocks, it was thought properefl to defer our attempt till morning, fince our difguife of being in a Spa- nifh-buiit (hip would be fufficient to blind the inhabitants, and make it very difficult, if not impoffible, for them to fufped us. \w ^ 1^ SECT. A Voyage round the World. 291 A. D. SECT. X. Our fecond Arrival in the cove of Pay- ta, in the latitude of jive degrees y fifteen minutes Souths on the coajl of Peru, which Town we take afeco?jd time by Jlratagenu ^)8()!('^ N the morning it blew frefli off from w I w the land, and we had a tirefom ^)j()5(j«( piece of work of it in getting into the cove, which being opened to us, we faw a fmall Ihip at anchor there. The people on ihore obferving the fatigue we underwent, the greatefl part of the morning, in making fo many (hort trips to gain ground to windward, that v/e might get to an anchor, fent off a large boat full of men, to help us to bring in our fliip, and enquire news of us. As loon as we faw them making towards us, I ordered that none fhould be feen upon our deck, but fuch as came nearefl to the Spanifh com- plexion and drefs, who fhould be ready to U 2 anfwer ^l 292 A. D. 1726. A Voyage round tW World. anfwcr what qucllions they might afk in hail- ing of us, and to give them a rope to make fail their boat with, when they clapped us on board, whiHt fomc fhould be concealed un- der the gunwale with mufquets ready to point into their boat and command them in, as foon as they had fo made themfclves fafl:. This ftratagem had its intended effect. I examined the prifoners concerning the condition of the town, which they anfwered was very poor at prefent, there being neiiher money nor pro- vilions in it, and Ihewcd me a fmall bark on the fliore, which captain Clipperton had fent in here, a little while before, with fome of his prifoners,which had given them fuch an alarm, that every thing had been again removed into the country. This unwelcome news did not hinder us from keeping on our way, with our Spanifli colours flying, till we came to the place of anchorage. No fooner was our anchor down, than I fent away Mr. Brooks, with both the boats^ armed with twenty-fo'.ir men, no more of them, however, appearing, than thofe who row^cd, and two or three litters in each, the reft, with their arms, lying in the bottom of the boats. Thus they advanced towards the town, without giving the leaft umbrage to the Lv.j A VoYAGi: round the World. tlie inhabitants, wlio were fo thoroughly un- concerned at it, that wlien my people landed ^ they found the children playing on the beach, who were the fiill that took the alarm, and ran away at the fight of armed men. \\\ an inflpnt the whole place was in confu- fion, and happy was the man wlio could make his efcape, without any regard to wives or children, who were left to fliift for themfclves, by making what hafle they could to get out of the way. They were all difperfed and in all the diredions of the com- pafs ; ours were the fame, who not being a- ble to determine which parcel of them was the mofl worth purfuit, followed them ag their fancy fuggeilcd, and, by that means, we took but few prifoners. '^ov:\q women were overtaken, and after being fearched, had their liberty reftored to them. The town be- ing left deflitute, and the enemy being too nimble of foot for ours to overtake them, they returned to Payta, and, upon a flridt fearch, they found our prifoners had not faid amifs in affirming that the place was poor, for they could find nothing in it but ;\ few bales of coarfe cloth, about five hundred weight of dried tole or dog-fifli, two or three pedlars packs, and an inconfiderable quantity U 3 oi' 293 A. D. 1720. iil !W lit I 294 A. '7 D. A Voyage round the World. of bread and fwcetmeats ; fo that we unlucki- ly had but little employment for our boats. But though we had fo little fuccefs in our land enterprize, we took a booty as we lay at an- chor in the fliip, which might have been made valuable, if difcretion and prudence had had the management of it ; for want of which it proved a troublefom incendia- ry. This was a fmall vefTel, who comii^ in about eight in the evening, and advancing fo near to us as to be within reach of our mufqucts, we Vvith them comrianded her on board of us. She liad nothing in her but a- bout fifty jars of Peruvian wine and brandy. The mafler of her told me he was come by flcalth from Callao, th':re being orders that none but fliips of fomc force fhould flir out. He like wife told me the fame ftory the captain oi the Jcfus Maria had before, and with diffembled concern, gave me to under- hand, it would be next to impoflible for me to get off from the coail without being taken. This man was the firft who acquaint- ed me with my fecond captain's (Hatley) be- ing taken, and the value of his prizes, as I have already mentioned in the former part of this relation, and like wife afTured me, we iiad killed and v/oundcd feversil in oar adion vs'ith %.^ ' ; IJ-,« ^ r as I :t of we with I A Voyage round the World. 295 with Lhe Spanilli admiral, and that the offi- A. D. cers belonging to h^ , had fuffered much ^720. blame and fcandal for their tardy behaviour in attacking us. But to return to the town, my people who^^^^^^P^"'' had all to themfelves, were in no great hurry gem drive us to quit it, and it being now dark, fome oix.o\4x\. that^ the Spaniards who were lurking about the out-"^S^'- fkirts of the town, hearing fo many fmall arms fired in the road, inftantly concluded our lliip was attacked, and were in hopes that fome of their men of war were come in again to deliver them from the hands of their enemies. Upon thefe falfe furmifes they be_ gan to alTemble together, and being apprized of the fmall number of Englifh on fhore (who did not exceed eighteen) came down the hills with great uproar and fury. My people thought themfelves on the brink of ruin when they heard them calling out to one another by iiditious names and qualities, one calling to captain Martin with great heat, ':o march with his two hundred men to the Northward of the town, and to captain Fran- cifco to march with his company to intercept rhcir pallage to their boat ; whilll: a third was to drive them out of the town. At firfl my people, not doubting they were in earneli, U L took I I, \\ A ■r r". p 296 'il A. D. 11 1720. m 1 I ■ • "I i I j4 Voyage rotmd the World. took refuge in the biggeft church, refolving to defend themfelves there -, but, at length, taking courage, they marched out, and form- ed themfelves in a line, and kept theii drum beating very refolutely, and one of them firing a fingle mufquet at random, they fpoiled the flratagcm, heard no more of them, and cm- barked very quietly. The next morning wc departed, reficdling on our misfortune to have this place a fe- cond time alarmed by Clipperton, who never ofiered vo make a defcent here, though, in hio fcheme, the taking of this town is mentioned as a thing of great importance ; and indeed fo it might have been to him, if he had land- ed the firft time he was here, when there was four hundred thoufand pieces of Eight in it, (as I have been credibly informed by prifon- ers) befides a great quantity of jefuits bark and other valuable commodities. Some of the king of Spain's treafure is frequently lodged in the governour's care j and if he had attempt-r ed them, even the fecond time, it would have been v/orth his v/hile. As for Collan, which is two miles to the Northward of this, fitu- ated near the mouth of a iitt-le river, it is a mean place, being entirely inhabited by In- dians. Dcfcription rat A Voyage round the World. Defcnption of the tow?i of Payta, in the latitude of five degrees ^ fif^^^ minutes Souths on the coaji of Peru. 'T'^HIS town, In the latitude of five de- degrees, fiften minutes, South, on the coaft of Peru, is feated in the bottom of a ro? nd cove of about a mile in breadth, which is in the South-eaflermofl part of a great bay^ of feven leagues in breadth, formed between the point of Agujo to the Southward, and the point of Parina to the Northward. As to the Saddle of Payta, given as a fure mark for knowing this place by, it is far from being fo ; for the high land of Motapa, over the point of Parina, may be eafily miftaken foi* it, by fuch as are not well acquainted with it, as happened to me. The truth is, they have given a very improper appellation of a faddle, to the mountain over point Agujo, becaufe it do-'^ . tt bear the leafl refemblance of any thing thai: might give it that name among fea- m.en, and therefore you mull: not exped: the diape of this mountain to anfwer fo exactly to what you would exped: to fee. Take notice rather of the fmall ifland of Lobos de Payta, ^, *ng a little way off of the point of Agujo, which 297 A. D. 1720. m ;ff i I': ^ i Mi % I' 298 A. D. 1720. !/f Voyage roimJ t/je World. which having remarked, keep the Southern fide of the bay clofe on board, and make bold with the fhore, which affords a rocky wild profped:. When you have got half way on this fhore, you will fee the Pena Oradada, or Hole hi the rock, which is a fure mark that you are within half a league of the cove of Payta, and continuing your rout to the Eafl- ward, you will difcover the town of Payta itfelf, containing about two hundred houfes of all fort: •"'d two neat churches, the largefl of which is jarated from the Eaftern end of the town. The churches are well adorn- ed within, with feveral handfome altars, indif- ferently painted and carved, but richly gilt, and in all refpefts, beyond any thing one would ex- ped: from a firft view of the place, which is low and ill built with unburnt brick, the roofs of fome of which are covered with mats> and others mifcrably thatched. The infides of them were little better in the ftate they left them in for us ; the governor's houfe indeed has three or four handfome apartments in it, adc apan ed with good joyner's work. Clofe behind the tovvH to the fouthj is a high fandy hill, round at top, on which are fixed three large wooden croilcs in a row. The whole country, whether bill or valley, about it. appears as if parched u[), ami A J A .Voyage round the World. and never moiftened by the defcent of rain ; fo that there is not any thing green to be feen around it, the land all about being produdtive of no one necelTary. They have not fo much as water, which is brought to them in jars upon bark-logs, from Collan (which I have before mentioned) as well as almoft every thing elfe; fo that there is nothing to re- commend this defart but the commodioufnefs of the harbour, which makes it a kind of baiting place for the fhips trading to leeward on this coaft, and the inhabitants provide re-^ frefhments for them from all the other adja- cent parts. The inhabitants here, as well as in mofl of the Spanifh colonies in America, are a mix- ed breed of all colours, the leafl: part of them Whitec. They carry on, by the help of fhip- pirig that come in by chance, a commerce of whatever is brought from the parts they fre- quent, wherewith they fupply fome inland towns near, and the neighbouring fmall ports, which are lefs, if at all frequented. Thefu- pine negledl of the Spaniards may be feen in the little care they take of fortifying this place to protedl the inhabitants from the ravages ihey are always expofed to in a war, as well as the fliips, which are fame of their richeft merchantmen. 299 A. D. 1720. i 'I fiV? 300 A T>. 1720. jI Voyage round the World. merchantmen, who generally ftop here ; but it is not this place only which is, as it were, difregarded by them, but alfo many others, even of note, both on this coall, and that of Chili ; and thofc which are fortified, are run- ning to ruin as fift as time can effedt ii, which will be very foon, except quickly prevented. Voyage continued. If-' From hence we directed our courfe for the illand of Gorgona, in the bay of Panama^ and in our palHige thither built a tank, or w^ooden ciflern, big enough to hold ten tons of water, wherewith to fupply our want of caflvs, as without the help of fome fuch contri- vance, we could have but little hopes of be- ing ever able to depart from thefe coafls . In our way we mar^e the liland of Plate, Cape St. Francis, and Gorgonella, or little Gorgona, Arrive at'the^^^ on tlic feco!id of December we arrived the idand of at the ifland of Gorgona itfelf, and came to where we an anchor to the lee r/ard of the Northermoft uoodandw.'i- ,^^^:j.j. ^£ -^ in forty fathom water, and with- ter in forty- 1 ' •/ ' eij;ht hours. ^\\ It IS than 1 quarter of a mile of the fliore. Here v/e liaci the advantage of filling our water cailic in the boat, the water running in fmall ilrcams int>; the ka, and cut down our wood anc 301 D, {]s:s, tri- be- Ill St. ,na, ed to loft h- •e. iur in Iur )d A Voyage 7'oimd the World. wood at high water mark, fo that in lefs than forty-eight hours we had done our bufniefs ^^^^' here. Here feems to be a convenient place to lay a fhip on fliore at, as the water flows above fourteen feet. The ifland is about two leagues and a half in circumference ; it produces a a great variety of large trees, fit for all ufes. At the North and South ends of it are feveral high rocks, on which the birds called Boobies build their nefts, and during the fhort flay we made here, their young ones were valuable to us, of which we made ragouts and foups. Here are monkeys and guanoes in abundance, and near the North end of this Ifle there is a rocky cave, the rendezvous of great num- bers of bats. From this place we hurried away to fea for fear of thofe who might be in queft of us, the coaft of and having got out of the track of the^-"SiiJ" enemies fliips, we confulted on the heft me- thods of proceeding, and the majority (confi- dering the fmall likelihood of avoiding'the ene- my if we ftaid any longer inthefe parts) were for going diredly over to the coalb of Afia. Upon this we changed our fliip's name from the Jefus Maria to the Happy Return, and applied all our endeavours towards aban- doning We endea- m 302 !/^ Voyage round the World. doning thefe coafts ; but the winds and cur- 1720. ° r ' rents were averle to it, and fome of thofe who oppofed our departure from thefe feas, did fo much damage clandeflinely to our tank, that the greateft part of our water leaked out. This, together with continual contrary winds . ^"' ^y,® P*"^' and dead calms, which had detained us till Vented by con trary winds, our provifions werc much exhaufled, render- ed us incapable to undertake fo long a run as to the Eafl Indies 3 therefore to furnifh ourfelves with what we wanted, I propofed a defcent on Rio Lego, in the latitude of eleven degrees fifty minutes North, on the coaft of Mexico : But in our way thither, we acci- dentally fell in with Cape Burica, in the lati- tude of eight degrees twenty minutes North, and then, on fecond thoughts, I judged it Direft ourwould be fafer for us to make fome attempt ifland of Qui- on the ifland of Quibo, in the latitude of fev- ^^- en degrees thirty minutes North, where, by captain Rogers's account, I g^^effed there muft be inhabitants who lived in a plentiful manner on the produdl of that ifland ; wherefore we fleered for that place, and the next day made the ifle of Montuofo, fo called from its appear- ing like a fingie mountain in the middle of the fea, lying about five leagues to the weft- ward of the ifland of Quibo. SECT A Eafl ifle ver-j W00( Ifei itth(| flepsj cept^ whi( "^ ther A Voyage round the World,' ho Ifo :hat 3Ut. inds 5 till der- L run rnifh fed a leven aft of acci- e lati- Torthy ed it tempt Df fev- ;re, by e muft anner re we made ippear- iddle of weft- fe C T 30J A. D. 1720. SECT. XI. Arrival at the ijland of Quibo, in the, latitude of fe^en degrees thirty mi- nutes North, on the Weftern coafl of Mexico; our tranfaElions both there^ and at point Mariato, in the gulph of St, Martin. H^^sj^ jsj January the thirteenth, one thou- y? O ^ fand feven hundred and twenty-one, Stti.w»»»*iJM^ we anchored between the North Eaft point of the ifland of Quibo and the ifle of Quivetta, in twenty fathom water, o- ver-againft a fandy bay, commodious for wooding and watering ; but our boat, which I fent before us, told me, that on the parts of it they had feen, they could perceive no foot- fteps of inhabitants, nor any fign of fuch, ex- cepting two or three huts near the water-lide, which they fuppofed were made ufe of by pearl-fifhers, there being great heaps of mo- ther of pearl Ihells about them ; but that there M' \'\ mm' 304 \. D. 1720. !^>< sr ji Voyage round the World, there wis a good clofe harbour a little to the fouthward of us. However I did not care to make ufe of it, being unwilling to be clofely confined. At day-light, the next morning, we faw two large piraguas rowing in for the ifle of Quivetta, one of them with Spanidi colours flying. This bearing a warlike appearance, I imagined they might be come from the main to view us, and perhaps, have an in- clination to try their fkill with us. The Mullattoes, on the coaft of Mexico, are noted for their courage, and have done ma- ny refolute adlions in boats and fmall embark- ations 5 but thefe continued their way till we faw them go into a fmall Cove on Quivetta, and, after a little debate whether it would be prudent for us to attack them in our boat or not, it was refolved, at all hazards, to go after them in our yaul. This enterprize was commanded by Mr. Brooks, our firil lieutenant, who found them all on fliore, brought away their piraguas, ant', two pri- fbners, the one a Mullatto, the other a Ne- 1 groe, the reft fought for refuge in the woods. | We took from them all their provificns, which confifled of a little pork, and feme green, ripe and dried plantains. There wlu to go erprize >ur firft fliore, ;vo prl- raNe- woods. 3vifions, d fome lere w^^J A VoVAGE rdtind the World,' a large quantity of the latter, which being pounded, made a grateful flour to the tafle, indifferently white, and all-together made up a month's bread, I mean we ate it inftead of bread. The jVIulatto mortified us very much, by telling us, that a veflel laden with provi- fions, had pafled by very near us in the night i but to make amends^ promifed to con- dud us to a place where we might fupply our- felves therewith, without any hazard, pro- vided we were not above two or three days a- bout it. No news could be more welcome to us than this, wherefore we were very brifk in getting off our wood and water. Howe- ver, we could not but recollect and conlider that there were between twenty and thirty men on Quivetta, who were deftitute of any provifions but the wild fruits of the iiland, and without any embarkation to convey them from thence. Wherefore, fince we could not fpare them one of our boats to get off with, which we fhould want ourfelves to fhip off our expedled booty, in our approaching enter- prize ; I fent an officer, and nine or ten men to treat with them, and, in cafe they fhould be afraid to come near us, to fet up on chc beach where we furprized them, a fmall crofs with a litde picture of the Virgin Mary faft- X ewed A. 172U m \ 11' ft < i^ 3o6 (11 'I I iliiii;;;; I 11 ' III I i r A. D. 17Z1. i/f Voyage mmd the World. cned to it, with a paper written in fuch wretch- ed Spanifli as we could mufter up amongft us, to afTure them they lliould meet with gene- rous quarter, and to perfuade them not to fuf- fer voluntarily fuch hardfhips, as they mufl if they did not fubmit, and make fignals for us to fetch them off before we weighed our anchor. The boat went on this errand, and not feeing any of them, our people went in- to the woods and halloo'd to them, but they returning no anfwer, they fixed the crofs, pic- ture, and paper, as was ordered, and came away, and thofe on the ifle being fo ftubborn as not to make any lignals to us for afliftance, we on the Sixteenth of January, weighed from hence for Mariato, that being the place we were now bound to. In going out from Quibo, we were in im- minent danger of being horfed by the current upon two rocks, lying at a fmall diftance one from another, off the Northermoft point of Quivettj:, but having cleared them, we fleer- ed through Canal Bueno, or the Good Chan- nel, fo called from its fafety, being free from dangerous flioals and rocks. It might as pro- perly be called the Streights of Quibo, which forms the Weflern fide of it, extending about nine or ten leagues from North to South. Over- 1. I f Voyage roun^ the World. Over-agalnfl the South entrance of thefe ftreights, at the diftance of a league from point Mariato, which is the Weftermoft point of the gulph of St. Martin, lies the ifland of Sebaco, which is, to the bell of my judg- ment, about ten leagues in circumference. I ran along the South end of it, and found e- very point flat, at leaft a league from the fhore. This being a navigation very little known, I took all imaginable precaution in keeping hands at the mafls heads, to difcover any ripli ng or difcoloured water, in time. On January the nineteenth, in the evening, we got fafe in between Mariato and the ifland of Sebaco, and anchored in fix fat'iom water, over-againfl: a green Held, which is infl:ru(n:ion fufiicient, there being but that clear fpot hereabouts. Our pilot defired wc might be going at leafl: three hours before day- light, and that then we fliould be in good time at the plantations , accordingly I went away at two the next morning, in our own boat, and ordered the two lieutenants in the two piraguas, leaving my fon, and a few with him,^to_take care of the llii]). Oiir pilot having us in charge, carried us up fome part of the river of St. Martin, and out of that ^ branches of verv narrow creeks X 2 i-y 307 A. D. 1721. m III 'M.. amonjjil •.wf-wifi^pj^ uiHujiiiiimji M m !/^ Voyage row? J the Wori.d. amongft Mangroves, where we had not room to row. I could by no means approve of this navi- gation, and therefore kept a ftrict eye upon our guide, and was ready to fufpecl he had no good defigii in his head j but we landed jufl. at day- break, and, when we came on the bank, found ourfelves on a fine Savannah or plains and after a march of about three miles. Came to two farm-houfes, but thofe belong- ing to them made their efcape, except the wife and children of one houfe. AVe had the fatisfax^lioh of feeing this place anfwer to the defcription that had been given us of it, being furrounded by nu- merous heads of black cattle, hogs, and plen- ty of fowls of all fort , ; and h- it int'j long flips of the thicknefs of a finger, and then fprinkling it with fo fmall a quantity of fait, that we did not ufc above four or five pounds to a hundred weight, and having let it lye together two or three hours, we hung it up to dry in the fun, two or three days fuccellivcly, which perfedlly faved it, and X 1 could 3oc^ A. D. i72.r. ..*.,.t- V-:#t. I .'■} "^ A. u. 1721. A Voyage round the World. could not have been dene, any other way, by any quantity of the befl: fait. But to return to our Indian farmer, after he had laboured all the day in doing us all the fervice he could, I took him on board with us at night, and there treated him fo w^ell, and engaged him fo far by fome trifling prefcnts, that I may venture to alTure my countrymen, that any of them will be wel- come to him for the time to come. And I really would recommend this place to any who hereafter may be fent to cruize in thefe parts^ in cafe they fliould find themfelves iliort of provifions. This place, as I before faid, is near to the point of Mariato, which is the Weftermofl knd of the gulph of St. Martin ^ and when you come to anchor, as I have diredled, you will not only fee the plain, but alfo two or three white houfes, which we could not dif- tindlly obferve at firfl, becaufe we came to jull at the clofe of day light. Thefe farms^ when I was there, belonged to a rich Spanifh curate, who lived at the city of Santa Maria. What cattle there is, is mightily expofed to the ravages of tygers, who fwarm on the coafts of all thefe parts. But to make a- mends for that inconvenience, the Indians are A Voyage round the World. fo dextrous and hardy, as to make it no diffi- culty to deftroy them, and are fo bold ab to attack them as foon as feen, with only a lance in their hands. An inftance of this happen- ed the very morning we came upon them, when they had juft killed a tyger of no mean fize, and flead him j the hide I brought away with me, raw as it was, but the beauty of it was fpoiled by the flrokes of tjie lance. In ihort, the Indians here may be truly called the guardians of their flocks, as they can fo daringly cope with the moft adlive and fierce of all beads, for their prefervation j but long ufe to this fort of work has fo inured them to •it, that they have little or no dread on them when they are furioufly threatened by one of thofe dangerous creatures, being well allured of their own ability to deal with them. Voyage continued. 3ir A. D. 1721. m • Hi > Having done all we propofed in coming here, we made no farther flay, but departed from hence the next morning, with our decks full of fowls and hogs, amongfl: which there was one with its navel or fomething like it, on its back. The Spaniards fay that this, when wild in the woods, is a terrible anim^.! to X 4 meet mum 312 M HiiJ' ■^ 'v i:i A. JD. 1721. i' ^ i A Voyage round the World. meet with, although at full growth it be but fmall. We returned by the fame way that we came, through Ganal Bueno, and made a flop at Quibo to compleat our water, and when we failed, pfave our two pr:!i:ners we had taken when we "ril came hither, the largefl: piragua, that thofe ftill remaining on Quivetta, might return from whence they came. Tut I mufi: here make a dig^reffion to in- form my reader, who may imagine we enjoy- ed a little peace, by what I have faid of our proceedings fince our laft attempt at Pay- ta, that the wine and brandy we had there taken, operated fo with my Ihip's compa- ny, as to divide them into two. parties, to the laft degree inveterate againft each other, who ufed before to be io firmly united : In- fomuch that I have had, in one night's time^ the ringleaders of each of them, defiring me to efpoufe their caufc, each fide alfuring me the other had a deiign on my life, and urging me to take the opportunity to make away with thofe who were not of their fadion. It is even unaccountable lo myiclf how the mil- chief was diverted j for 1 could ufc no means with them, but fpeak calmly to them on both fidesj and fuitcr ti em (indeed it was out A Voyage round the World. out of my power to hinder it) to get drunk as often as they pleafed, and in that conditi- on they have often, and all together been fkir- mifhing with one another ; and I have had, more than once, my cloatns torn off my back, in endeavouring to part them. It was happy this trade did not laft long, for while they had any thing to drink, I judged it unfafe to lay my head upon my pillow, which almoft wearied me out of my life. But their free accefs to the liquor, fhortened the term of this miferable way of pafling our time, and though while it held, it was attended by fome vexatious effedls, yet it had this one good in it, that it helped off with the liquid evil at a great rate. Pinching hunger obliged them to. join joindy and vigoroufly together at Ma- riato J but after they had glutted themfelves a day or' two with wholfom food, they re- lapfed again, and were as diftradcd as ever, though now in the midft of a moderate plenty, Thofe who were the managers on the ifland of Juan Fernandes, now felt the wretched reward of their own indifcrction, and in return for what they called good offices for the right and interefl of the common fort, were obliged to put up with all the inlblences that were offered them by the mcanefl of the (Itip's company 5 313 A. D. 1721. tl ■'il' ,'■■' i*. } ';■ m 3H A. D. 1721. ji Voyage round the World. company ; and my land gendemen, or offi- cers of die marines, as they were called, who had been hitherto looked upon as no other than pafTengers, were now forced to learn to fleer, and take their turns at the whipftafF, fo promifcuoufly were the officers of all kinds blended together with the foremaft-men. It may be gueffed what fo»*t of government there could be in a (hip, where the chief officers had debafed themfelves fo low by their mean familiarity, as now to be the fcorn and con- tempt of the moft defpicable of the crew. And a juft reward it was for their ill behavi- our, and contempt of difcipline and fubordi- nation. They had done their beft to reduce us into a little republick, and by giving all up to the moft unruly of the people, had brought us into fuch confuiion, that (if they had been now ever fo willing) it was beyond their cunning or fkill either to retrieve their own credit, or do any thing that might be effedual towards fetting me up again in my command. For even when our wine and brandy was gone although we did not lead fuch a life of noife and uproar, yet they had no more regard to me or my officers, either in their private or publick difcourfe, than if we had not been in the fliip. Indeed in the condud: of the ffiip, u^ Voyage round the World. 315 fhlp, or the guidance of any enterprize, and A; D. on all emergencies, for their own fakes, and *72i» from a thorough convidlion of their own in- fufficiency, they were entirely governed by me, though when any thing was done they liked, they foon forgot the obligation, and I had alfo my intervals of difrefped: and info- lence from them. What I have now been faying, may ferve to give a general idea of the difadvantages I laboured under during the whole feries of the remainder of the voyage, in all my under- takings, and I Ihail now continue my narration of our further proceedings. January the twenty-fifth, in the morning. After two we made a fail about two leagues to the lee- Jion'^meefwith ward of us. We gave her chafe till we*^^P^^*".^^P" r 1 1 M r perton m the found fhe was of the built of Europe, and Succefs. fearing flie might be one of the enemy's fhips of war, I clapped on a wind, and in half an hour's time it fell calm. Soon after, we faw a boat rowing towards us, which proved to be the Succefs 's pinnace, commanded by Mr. Davidfon, their firft lieutenant. My firfl interview with hirnj was attended by an aftonifhment equal on both fides ; he could hardly believe that he faw us in fo mean and forlorn a condition ; and I could fcajrce believe that ih. M ■fTS: ! ^ voyage. 316 A Voyage round the World. A D. that the Succefs (if in being) had been aU '721. this while wandering up and down thefe feas. Account of I entertained him with a rehearfal of the IbTe' ''^cut^onftant run of misfortunes which had be- rences which fallen US in the long interval, fmce we were I ring their fcparatcd near the coafl of England, till our J prefent meeting that day : And he, on his part, entertained me with feveral remarkable incidents, which had happened to them in the courfe of their voyage. Particularly he told me, that about a twelvemonth before^ they had taken a new French built brigantine, and put their officers and fhip's company's plunder on board of her, which they valued at ten thoufand pounds ilerling ; that their fe- cond captain, Mr. Mitchel was intruded with the command of her, and was ordered to go to fome illand on the coafl of Mexico, and to ftay there till captain Clipperton lliouldjoinhim with his (hip ; but that they never could find the iiland fince, and therefore judged that poor MitcheK and his m.en, were either flarved, or murdered by the Spaniards or Indians, who arc very dexterous at that kind of work, or that ho had perillicd with the illand, which captain Clipperton and fome others were of opinion was funk, lince, by all their endea- vours tliC'V had net \yi^Vk able to find it out a- g:ain. »- ti^ Mt -asst A Voyage round the World. gain. Mr. Davidfon feeing me ftartled at fo improbable a conjefture, continued, that I need not be furprized at it, fince fuch fub- merlions were frequent on thofc coafls, and began to tell me of a dreadful inflance of it on the coaft of Peru, which had happened a little before ; for, fays he, my captain hav- ing a defire to look into the road of Cheripe, when we arrived there, we found the town, and a great point of land which formed the road, entirely under water. But I undeceived him in this, by telling him how lately we had feen that very place. The truth on't is, cap- tain Clipperton, though he was reputed to be well fkilled in the navigation of thefe feas, was always unfortunate at finding out any port he wanted, and left his continual blunders fhould be imputed to his ignorance, he al- ways found out fome expedient or other to evade any fufpicion of his inability. The ftory of captain Mitchel, who was a very worthy man, and an expert failor, is, in all its circumftances, a very tragical one. There was alv/ays a jealoufy between him and his captain, who ordered him to a place, and pretended to give him infallible dlre(5tions to find it, v/hich never could be found after- wards, and its my opinion, never was above water • A. D. 1721. •V'\ ■■.(■1 . ^ ^ f ■." -»"VJt" ^ i tS { t i l^:|:fc.l A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. water j and the unfortunate gentleman, with- out doubt, perifhed in fome obfcure, mifera- ble manner, in the queft of a place that was never yet, and perhaps nevei may be difcover- ed. In our difcourfe, I afked Mr. Davidfon, the value of the booty they had made, and he aflured me it did not exceed feventy thou- fand dollars— but that they had loft great op- portunities — that in Odober, one thoufand, feven hundred and twenty, they were in the bay of Conception, and had the misfortune to leave three laden fliips behind them, and milTed a fourth who was coming into the bay, and who was fo near as to hail them, talk to them, and was becalmed by them 3— . that though it was probable their launch would have taken them all four, yet through their captain's deafnefs to advice, they took none of them, — that, moreover, they h?d never yet cleaned their bottom, notwithftand • ing they had had it in their power to do it ; and that this negligence had like to have colt them dear , for that in their return from > Conception they looked intoCoquimbo, where they faw live fliips at anchor, three of which let flip after them, and overtook them apace, but by the favour of thick weather, and a hard gaJe of wind, they got clear of them ; and #>. 3^9 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the VJov.li>. and further, that off the port of Callao, they fell in with the Flying-fifli, a frigate, who was crulfing for me in the bark, and who, by unpardonable mifmanagement on the part of Clipperton, got fafe from them, although deeply laden with a valuable cargoe defigned for Cadiz, I have been fince informed of this, by one of my furgeon's mates, who was taken in the Mercury, and was furgeon of the Flying-fifh at that time. This was the fubftance of my difcourfe j go on board with Mr. Davidfon, when in the mean time, '^^ Succefs. a gale fprung up, which interrupted us, and I bore down to the Succefs, and Went on board of her, I gave captain Clipperton and Mr. Godfrey, the Agent-General, the whole hiftory of my voyage hitherto, and expeded I that I fhould have been treated by them as one belonging to the fame intereft, but found I was miflaken ; for they were unwilling I to have any thing to do with me, lince my ifhip was loft. However, I conceived that he could not be fo inhuman as to deny me the fupply of fuch neceflaries as I wanted, and he could conveniently fpare. The anfvver I had to this expediation, was, that I (hould [know more of his mind the next day. A- jniongft the reft ol the difcourfe I haci with him. 'y.*> il ■ I J: S I »i' liV, I B>i< ItB!: ifc. ' :i 320 j4 Voyage rowiJ the World. A.' D. him, he told me he was juft come from the >72o. ifland of Cocos, that his people were fickly, and at very fhort allowance. Upon this, I offered my fervice to pilot him to Mariato, which was not above thirty leagues diftant from us, where he might have refreilied his people, and fupplied himfelf with what he would. But this was not accepted, he being refolved to make the befl of his way to the Tres Marias, where, he faid, there was tur- tle enough to be had 5 fo I left him for that night. Captain Clip- The next morning, as I was going on board perton refufes ^ , . . . i ^ r rr- i to have anyO^ nim agam with lome of my omcers, he, with^me°or1o^* once, fpread all his canvas, and crouded away from us, who were in the boat. Upon which I returned to oiir fliip again, and made iignals of diflrefs, and fired our gun feveral times, which was not regarded by him, till his very officers and people cried out on his ' barbarity, and, at lafl, he brought to. When I had failed up with him (being exalperated at fuch inhuman treatment) I fent Mi\ Brooks, bur iirfl lieutenant, to know the reafon of his afeupt departure, and to tell him that we flood m need oi feveral necelTaries, which, it he was not inclinable to give, T would pur- chafe them of him. Upon thefe terms he fparcd aflift me. A Voyage round the World. 321 fpared me two of his quarter-deck guns, fixty A. D. round fliot, fome mufquet-balls and flints, »72». and a Spanifli chart of the coaft of Mexico, We make and part of India and China, a half hour and ^p^^^^J=|j^^.|Jg« a half minute glafs, a compafs, and about he wanted, three hundred weight pf fait ; but with all the flood in need arguments I could ufe, I could not prevail on p^;/]??^^^^^^^ him to fpare us the leaft thing out of his fur- another, geon's chefl for the relief of Mr. Coldfea, our mafler, who had been ready to die of his wounds received in the engagement with the Ma. garita, for above three months paft. We returned for what we had of him, fome bales of coarfe broad cloth, as much pitch and tar as he would have, fome pigs of copper, and I, in my own particular, gave him a large lilver ladle for a dozen of fpadoes. When this was concluded, I again aflced him if I could be of any fervice to him, and afTured him, I had a pretty good ihip under foot, though ilie made but a poor figure, and be- lieved I could hold him way, and that he knew our cargoe was pretty valuable. To all this he anfwered, that if I had a cargoe of gold he had no bufinefs with mc, and that I mull take care of myfelf. Mr. Hendry, the agent, and Mr. Rainer, and Mr. Dodd, lieutenants of marines, feeing but litdc profped: that we y fliould 1^1 i'l 322 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round I he World. fhould ever get home, and being weary of the work that was impofed upon them, de- fired I would let them go on board the Suc- cefs, for a palTage to England -, which I confenting to, they went on board according- ly, and Clipperton left us to fliift for ourfelves, near the ifland of Cano. Having this fupply, I was for going to the Southward into the bay of Panama, to try our fortune there, but the majority oppofed me through fear, and were for going to the Tres Marias, to fait turtle there, and then ftretch over for India. We diredted our courfe thither, but the winds, near the land, continually reigning in the Weilern board, and the coaft of Mexico lying nearefl N. W, by W. and S. E. by E. we crept to wind- ward but very llowly, and at fo tedious a rate, that we began again to be fhort of provifions, before we had got the length of Rio Lego, which renewed our delign of landing therCj which had been laid afide on our fupply go^ at Mariato. But this intention was no fooncr refumed than fruflrated, for we were blown paft it by a Tegoantepeque, for fo the Spa- niards, on this coafl, call a violent gale at North Eafl. Continuing nuins; A VoYAGii round the World. j Continuing our way along fhore, we, a few A. D. days after, met with the Succefs, in queft of »72»» Sonfonnate, where they expeded to receive Meet the the Marquis of Villa Roche's ranfom. He ^.'^'J'^^^f/^- had been, for fometime, a prifoner on board "ear the port - , 1 1 • -r ^ • of Sonfonnate or them, and his wire was now at Ouati-onthecoaft mala, a city within thirty leagues of that port.® ^^^<^^' We ranged clofe under their, ftern, and aiked how captain Clipperton and the reft of the gentlemen did, but it was not thought pro- per to return any anfwer ; fo, without any concern, he fteered one way, and we another. After this, calms, and contrary winds, and unaccountable currents, reduced us to a very fmall allowance, which we were obliged to diminifli daily, and fliould have been in deep- er diftrefs than ever, had it not been for the turtle, which we took on the furface of the v/ater. We had a continual look-out for them, and they were eafily known, at a great diftance, by the nurriber of fea- birds which perched on their backs. Upon fight ot thefe, we ufed to lay afide the advantages we might have made of the wund, to embrace the offer of prolonging our provifions. Upon the whole, though we loft fome of our way, in purfuit of turtle after this manner, it was not the g-reateft inconvenience that attended us ; the dreffi "g •,^^, T^'tff^ •J y' 1 ii- a III SH A. D. 1721. Reduced to !/^ Voyage round the World. drcfling it made a great confumption of our water, the quantity of which decreafed upon us very fuddenly, by the continual ufe of it in boiling the turtle with plantain flower. This relapfe into a ftate of famine, ^reatextremi- threatening us with fpeedy and certain perdi- of Voviiion"!^^^"' if means were not ufed to avert it, made **^' me propofe the plundering of fome fmall town as we coafted along ihore. Guatulco was the neareft to us of any that was taken notice of in any of our charts, lying in the latitude of iixteen degrees, forty minutes, North. But Meet the the very morning we were fleering in for Succefsathird^jjjg place, at lun-rifiug, we faw a fail, a time near the ^ 1 1 r port of Gua-confiderable way to leeward of us. We coa^t of Mex- thought it would be better to take this fliip ^^^' than to venture on fliorc, and therefore we bore down to her, who in the end proved to be the Succefs. I had forgot to mention the fignal which was agreed upon between us at lirft, in cafe of our meeting at fea, at other times, which was to clew up the main-top- gallant-fail, and fire a gun to leeward. This fio-nal I made, as foon as I thought we were near enough for Clippcrton to perceive It, which he had no fooner done, than he hauled on a wind, and did not fo much as lay by a mo- ment for us to come up with him , fo that wc met, I t is lon of :reafed ntinual ilantain Famine, I perdi- t, made ,11 town was the otice of itude of 1. But ; in for L fail, a ;. We his fliip 'ore wc •oved to ition the m us at at other ain-top- This ve were :eive it, hauled i a mo- that wc A. w A Voyage romid the World. met with a double baulk, both as to our hopes of Guatulco, and the iliip j for we were now »72i- fo far to the leeward of our port, by bearing down to him, that it was needlefs to beat up fo far again ft the wind for an uncer- tainty, when we had a gale we might ma^e a pretty good advantage of, and which would at once, if it had continued; have forwarded us on our v/ay, and have brought us into the neighbourhood of fome other port, in a day or two. But the winds we had were but a few hours prop, ious to us, and were fucceed- ed by perpetual contrary galcG, which de- flroyed all our hopes of a fpeedy refrefhment, and brought us down to a fmall earthen plate of calavances, a kind of fmall bean, for twen- ty-four hours, which not being fufficient to keep us alive, we had recourfe to tlie remain- der of our fmoked congers, which had, for fome months, been negledled, and lain foak- ing and rotting in the bulge water. They were certainly as difagreeable food as could be tailed. Under thefe calamitous circumflances did we Meet the Sue- meet with theSuccefs a fourth time near the time ncar"the port of Angels, in the latitude of fifteen de- P^" of Angels rr ' •KT t , ^ . onthecoaftof grees, fitty minutes, North, and after having Mexico. Y 3 made 326 A. D. 1721. '-^Voyage round the World. made the appointed iignal, we ftood fo near to one another, that, to ufe the fea phrafe, a bifket might have been tolTed from fliip to {hip, but we did not change a word with each other ; for captain Clipperton, as I have fmce been informed, had ordered all his offi- cers and (hip's company to take no notice of us. This, I prefume, was the greatefl: indi- cation of an inhuman difpolition in our re- lentlefs countryman, and former confort, who could unconcernedly fee us wandering up and down an inhofpitable coaft, in want of every thing neceflary to keep the fea with, and under too well grounded apprehenfions that we fhould never be able to take any thing that might be of any advantage to us in any ref- pedt, or ever be able to get fafe over the vafl ocean we had to crofs in going to India, in a fliip not at all fitted for the purpofe, and fit- ter now for a dock, than to be at fea a day longer. Nor was the faultinefs of our fhip all, we had alfo our provifions to feek, and where to find any, none of us could tellj for all the coaft we had feen, was fo wild and open to the fea, that it would have been impofiible for us to have landed; which, in- deed, confidering how our force was dimi- nilhed, nothing could have urged us to, on this I ■i 1 •? i I ■I ■p 3 neap afe, a bip to with I have is offi- tice of I indi- ur re- t, who up and ' every I under lat we ig that ny ref- he vafl a, in a ind fit- a dav .u* fhip k, and .d tell J wild /e been ch, in- s dimi- A. A Voyage round the World. this fa\^age coafl:, but fuch an extremity as we were plunged into at this time. And fo truly lenlible was Clipperton of the difficulties and hazards we had to cope with, if our defign was to go for India, that he faid. The child that was born the day before, would be grey headed with age, before we fliould arrive there 3 intimating by that expreffion, that it was impofiible for us to do it. Notwith- ftanding which, he, without any remorfe, could fee us on the brink of fuffering the greatefl feverities our ill fortune could load us with, and not lend us a helping hand to deliver us from the impending ruin. He could fore- fee no means by which we might avoid a lin- gering death at fea, or throwing ourfelves upon the mercy of the barbarous Indians, or Creolian Spaniards, who are little better here, and who, if we had efcaped the fury of the furf on the ftrand, might have put a miferable end to our lives, they having been rarely |^ known to give any quarter ; and all this with- t out being touched with it. .^ Thus furrounded on all fides, by threats of approaching difafters, and fome melan- choly cataftrophe, we, on the twelftli of March, being at that time, off the port of Acapulco, towards the evening, faw a fhip between us and the fliore. I bore Y 4 down 327 1721. r .1'^ 328 A. D. 1721, •^, p. A Voyage round the World. down to her, till perceiving her to be a large Europe built fhip, flie appeared much the larger, by reafon of a fmall niiil on the fur- face of the water, with Spanifh colours fly- ing, I concluded Hie was the Peregrine, who, as I had been informed, had carried the Prince of St. Bueno, who had been vice-roy of Pe- ru, to this port, in his way to Spain. With th'-^e fufpicions, being as yet unwilling to rui. ourfelves fo immediately into the enemy's clutches, I hauled again on a wind, which he feeing, he pulled down his Spanifli, and hoifled an Englilli enfign, and made the fig- nal agreed on between Clipperton and me for knowing one another, and beiides made his old fignal to fpeak with me, as fixed amongft other fignals between us, before we came out of England. Notwithflanding which I lliould hardly have trufted him, had we not been fo near Acapijlco, where I thought Clipperton might have come to a refolution of cruifing for the Manila fhip, and wait for her coming out of that harbour, and thinking himfelf too weak, was now willing to reinforce him- felf by what flrength I could afTifl him with. Had it been in any other part, I Ihould have been fo far from entertaining any thoughts of fuch a change in him that I fliould have looked A Voyage round the World. 329 1 large ch the e fur- irs fly- , who, Prince of Re- With ing to nemy's which h, and the fig- [ me for lade his imongft ime out [ fhould Deen fo perton cruifing coming limfelF :e him- in with, id have ights of d have looked /4 looked on all his fiirnals as the artifice of the ^' ^• enemy, who niight have acquainted them- '^^i' felves with them hv the information of fuch of our men as they might have taken prifon- ers. But now making no doubt that it was he, T bore down to him, and being come a- long his fide, he fent captain Cook, his fe- cond lieutenant, in his yaul, with an obliging letter to me, to inforiu me, he was cruiling for the homeward bound Manila fhip, and deiiring I would aflift him in the enterprize, and come on board of him the next morning to confult on the properefl methods of attack- ing her, and propoling a union of our two fhips companies. I was very well pleafed with this offer, and, without hefitation, re- turned him word, that I would be with him early. In the mean time I read over his letter publickly to my people, and exhorted them ferioufly to confider of the great benefits that would accrue to us on all fides from it. Up- on which they all expreffed the moflrefign'd join in the undertaking. But lad ufed us fo unhandfomly defired I woi 7 g^ ty for their fliares, figned by captain Clip- iperton, Mr. Goufrey, the agent, and the refl mm' 330 J; A. D. J721. A Voyage roun^ the World. reft of their officers. I went on board ac- cording to appointment with Mr. Brooks and Randall my lieutenants, and was received with a feeming unreferved civility, and all animofities being as it were loft in oblivion, nothing now appeared among us but perfedl harmony. I iirft told captain Clipperton and Mr. Godfrey, that my officers and people, expeded fuch a paper from under their hands as fhould entitle them to fuch fhares as were allowed them by the owners articles ; to which they anfwered, that it was but reafonable they ftiould be fatisiied in that, and immediately , I ac- flender nth our he had lid fpare ny thing pleafure as regu- rom the "atisfacfli- JutMor- iiforders, vily upon I himfelf IS his beft favour of fs, which "ubmiflive ; prefents. : to go on th in the T. Rainor captain oi fit his old io-ht. I on of our omiied to !/^ Voyage round the World, Thus we cruifed in good order, and with 333 A. D. 1721. KC. a great deal of hope, until March tl teenth, the time appointed for me to fuffer the moll cruel and perfidious piece of trea- chery that could well be. But in' ordertrgachery °" * to give my reader an exact account of the circumftances of it, I muft inform him, that we ufed to cruife oft and on the fliore, at fuch a convenient diftance as not to be dif- covered from the land ; at the fame time that it was next to impofUble for any fhip or fliips to flir out of the harbour of Acapulco, with- out our feeing them ; and we not failing fo well as the Succefs, it was Clipperton's cuf- tom to fliorten fail for us, particularly in the 1 night, and fhew u*. lights, on all neceflary loccafions, that we might know how to fol- ilow him. But towards this evening he flretch- ied a-head of us about two leagues, while I Icould not perceive that he lowered fo much las a top-gallant-iail for us to come up with ihim. I dould not but be a little flartled at |this, as being quite contrary to his ufual me- thod. However, I kept ftanding after him ■as I thought, in the night, till we were almofl the breakers on the fhore, which of courfe obliged us to tack and ftand out to fea admiring all the time, that we had had again, no Thus fignal r]H 334 A. D. 1721. ji Voyage round the World. fignal for going about. The next morning we had no fight of any fhip near us, which laid me under the mofl terrible apprehenfi- ons, confidering the fad condition we were in for want of water, and the vaft diftance we were at from any place where we could exped to get a recruit of any, having now no choice left, but either to beat up two hundred and twenty leagues againfl the wind, to go to the Tres Marias, or bear away a much more con- liderable diftance, for the gulph of Amapa- la, in the latitude of twelve degrees, twenty minutes North, on this coafl, or the iiland of Cocos, in the latitude of fivo. degrees North. But notwithilanding our diflrcfs, I kept our cruifing flation for him two or three days, not doubting but that it was the fault of my people on the watch, who negledled to keep a good loqk-out. At laft, they refumed the au- thority that Morphe w, and their other friends had vefted them with, and would be per- fuaded to nothing but to bear away to the firil: convenient place to water at, and in truth it was time, for we were now forty odd men. who had but three butts of water for a run ot three hundred leagues and upwards, on a coafl 1 hi froii tlie norning which rehenfi- were in ance we \ d exped 10 choice ' dred and go to the - lore con- ^ Amapa- 5, twenty he iiland : degrees ;, I kept iree days, lit of my i to keep d the au- ler friends d be per- ay to the d in truth odd men. r a run of -ds, on a coail j4 Voyage round the World. coaft fubjed: to long calms, variable winds, and uncertain currents. But before I go farther, it will be neceflary to fet this cruel and dillionourable behaviour of Clipperton's in a true light, by the informa- tion I had from the mouths of his chief offi- cers, after my arrival in China. It was, that the night they left us, he aflembled all his officers together, and told them it was his intention to leave the cruife immediately, and go off the coaft. His officers upon this, re- monftrated to him the barbarity of fuch an adtion, and told him, that if he really pro- pofed to leave off all thoughts of the Manila fhip, yet, fmce I had been fo ready to affift him, and that we were now friends, he could do no lefs than defer his defign till the next evening, and, in the mean time, take an opportunity of fparing us fome wa- ter. But he put off their ferious expoffula- tions with an inhuman fneer, faying, That if I fhould, through want, be obliged to furrender, I fhould only undergo the fame fate, that, perhaps, fome others had before nie. In fhort, he ordered all the lights in his fhip to be kept clofe, and tacked diredtly I from the fliore, and took his departure from I the lafl; land we faw the foregoing evening* leavine 335 A. D. 1721. ;, called the Sacra Familia. W^0^ E had very favourable gales, info- w W w much that on March the thirtieth-, k-^^^ in the evening, we faw the road of Sonfonnate, and as the fun fat, v\^e faw a fliip at anchor^ there. It being a moon-light night I fent the firfl: lieutenant, with fome of the befl hands, in our yaul, to difcover what this fhip might be, and to try what he could do with her. My boat had not been gone above two hours, before I heard two guns fired, and foon after that, fhe returned, and informed me, the fliip was a large one, of one tier oi guns at leaf!:. I neverthelefs continued to ply in all the night, and prepared for adion. At day-light we A Voyage round the World, 339 te, in zgreeSy where. :d the s, info- lirtieth-, road of aflilp t night of the Ihat this uld do le above fired, formed tier ot all the |v-Hght we found fhe did not make fo formidable a fi- A. D. gure as we expeded /he would. At fun-ri- *72i» fing the land-breeze blew fo frefh off from the fhore, we worked but flowly up with her, and in the mean time we, received all her fire upon every board we made. We made no return to all this, though their boat was bufily employed to bring foldiers from the fliore to this fhip. They had hoifled a jar of powder, containing about ten gallons, with lighted match, at each main and fore-yard arm, and at the bowfprit end, with defign to let them fall on our decks if we boarded them. This contrivance, if it had taken ef- fect, would have foon made an end of both our fliips, and of all that were in them. See- ing them fo defperate in their preparations, I could do no lefs than expedt a warm difpute with them, and by what I could fee, they were, in all points, fuperior by much to us in ftrength : but as our cafe would not admit of the negledl of what might be done to mend it, though at ever fo hazardous a rate, their more than ordinary contrivances for defence, did not much difinay us. At eleven in the morning, and after having received all theit hre fince day-light, without the Icafl return, the fea-breeze came in, and Z 2 tliat 340 ,)i H iHii if 'i w A D. 1721. ^ Voyage round the World* that I might make our fmall force the moil beneficial to us that might be, I ordered our three guns to be brought over on the fide we we were Hke to engage with them, and be- ing within mufquet-fliot, we difcharged them. The fea- breeze frefliening, ran us upon them very fafl, whilfl our fmall arms were brifkly and efFedlually employed to break their pow- der jars, before we came to board them, which we did without delay, and after the exchange of a few fhot, when on board of each other, they fubmitted. This (bin was called the Sacra Familia, of three hundred tons, fix guns, and feventy men ; befides a great number of fmall arms, with fome grenade fliells and fhot. She had been, for fome time before, arrived from Callao, with wine and brandy ; but had now nothing in her but fifty jars of gunpowder, and a fmall parcel of rufk and jerked beef. In fhort, fhe could hardly be faid to be worth the trouble we took, and the I'ifques we ran for her j but fhe had the reputation of being a better failer, and was vifibly better fitted than our own, wherefore I changed fliips, and we all went on board of our prize, who was equipped in the warlike manner we found her, and commiflioned on purpofe to take us, if Uie i moft ;d our de we mdbe- . them, n them brilkly ir pow- them, ifter the ;oard of A Voyage round the World. flie fhould chance to meet with us in her way. Our fmall arms, to do juftice to my people, were handled with the greatefl: dex- terity J but being moftly employed in fliatter- ing the powder jars, that the combuftible matter in them might fall into the water, there was ncne killed on board of her, but the Contre-m after, and only one llightly wounded 5 but if our fmall arms had not been io ufefully diverted, there m.uft have been more ilaughter amongft them 3 on our part we did not receive the leaft damage. A merchant we had taken upon this occa- fion, feemed inclinable to purchafe the Jefus Maria, which we had quitted, and when he heard that her cargoe confifted of pitch, tar and copper, he approved of my demand, and went on fhorc to raife the fum . We were now fo bare of provilions, that we could not afford to keep any prifoners in poflefllon, and therefore turne \ all the Whites and Indians on fhore, and kept only the Negroes on board. 'And that we might lofc as little time as pofll- ble, we went immediately to work, to over- haul our r.^^ging and fails, that we might get our new lliip ready for the fea, without lofs of *'me. But I was interrupted in this, by a letter from the governour of the place, Z 3 which ^ 34i 1 A. D. 1 >7 I II i, a 'I ■ '', 342 A. D. 1721. A VovAGE round the World. which was brought to me in the evening. We could none of us underftand it, for our chief and only interpreter of the Spanifh lan- guage ftaid behind us on Juan Fernandes, but by the meflenger that brought it, we found that it was fome account of a truce on foot between the crowns of Great-Britain and Spain, and that the governour requeflcd me to flay five days, that he might thoroughly fatisfy me in it, by fhewing me the articles of accommodation. I thought this fome what ftrange, and told the Spanifh gentleman, it was not a peaceable or friendly reception 1 had met withal, and afked him how th;y came to arm themfelves in fo defperate a man- ner as they did, and why the governour did not rather chufe to fend me a flag of truce before we engaged 5 and the rather, as he had had the whole morning beforehand to think of it in. I afked moreover, why thefe arti- cles were not on board the fhip we had taken, fhe coming from Lima, from whence they faid they had received thefe papers, and con- tinued to tell him, that it was very flrange to me, that none of the officers we had taken prifoners, fhould know any thing of this mat- ter ; but that, notwithflanding all this, I had fuch a regard for the naa e of Peace, that I would A Voyage round the World. would flay fifteen days to be made fure of It, if the governor would fupply us with water and provifions j but that if he did not, I could not pretend to make a ilay of above twenty- four hours here, and therefore I fent him the following letter. Honourable Sir, March the 3 ill. 1721. T Could not fully underftand your letter, for want of a fufficient interpreter of the Spaniih language -, but from a farther conlideration, and the brft interpretation I can get of it, I underftand there is a treaty of Peace between their Britannick and Gz- tholick MajeJtieSy whom God preferve. I (hould be glad to fee the proclamation and articles, and prumife with faith and honour moft religioufly to obferve them as a Britijh fubjedt, not doubting but you will do the fame, and therefore defire you would fup- ply me and my fliip*s company with fome fmall refrefhments, being now, as you fay, no longer enemies but friends. I am, with the greateft refpedt, Sir, Toiirs^ Sec. George Shelvocke, fen. Z 4 This A. 1721 343 D. ■"Bdv. ■• ■ L :■ I ' li^i 344 A. D. A Voyage round the World. This being delivered to the governour, he confented to the requell I made in it, and our boat went on fliorc every morning with a flag of truce. The iirft four days we were fupplied with eight fmall jars of water, and on the fifth, we were reduced to five, and during the whole time, we had but one fmall cow, which was attended by a large boatful of men. Amongfl them were two priefls, who with great familiarity, and fhew of friendfhip, brought with them a paper in Spanifh, which they called the Articles of Peace, which they knew very well we could not underfland ; befides that it was fo wretch- edly written and blotted, that had it been Englifli, we fiiould have been puzzled to read it. I therefore defired the prieils to tranflate it fairly into Latin, which they pro- inifed to do, as foon as they came on Ihore. They took the papers back with them, and, for my farther fatisfadtion, told me, the go- vernour would fend for fome Englifhmen who lived at the city of Guatimala, if 1 would but continue in the road three days longer, to which I, in a word, anfwered, he might take his own time. Two days after this, when my boat went on fliore as ufual, the o-overnour ordered my A Voyage round the World. my people to be taken prifoners as foon as they landed. I was all the day in fufpence, and not able to guefs what it could be that detained them fo long on fhore, but was far from Imagining the governour would or could have made fuch a breach in the laws of na- tions, and the fecurity of a flag of truce, as to violate the protection of it, which even fome of the moft barbarous nations efteem facred. But in the evening I was allonifhed to fee only two of my boat's crew, in a fmall leaky canoe, with two letters, the one from the governour, and the other from Mr. Brooks, my firft lieutenant. The governour in his, required me to deliver up the Sacra Familia, and furrender myfelf, and that otherwife he would declare us pyrates -, and Mr. Brooks in his, told me, that all he could learn fince he had been a prlfoner was, that the gover- nour was endeavouring to bully me. The governour in his letter, propofed two ways of conveying us out of the Spanifh dominions, the one to la Vera Cruz, by land, or to T/ima, in Peru, by fea. Thefe offers I equally dii[^ liked ; for I did not like a journey oi' (|)ii teen hundred miles at leaft, through fuch a country of barbarous people i nor yet a vt^y age to Lima under their condu(ft. My two A. i/at 345 D. m 34^ A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. men who brought thefe letters, told me, that Frederick Mackenzey, one of the boat's crew, had let the governour into the fecret of our diftre/Tes, and of my former defign to get water at the ifland of Tygers in the gulph of Amapala, which, he faid he would take care to prevent, if we dared be fo hardy as to 'attempt it. He feems to have believed he had us now fafe enough, knowing we had no other boat now, but a very fmall ca- noe, which he thought would be unfafe to fend from the fhip in that gulph, where the inhabitants were all warlike Indians. Notwithftanding the ungenerous and un- lawful treatment we had met with, and though I faw there was no relying upon the honour of thefe people, I was willing to come to a farther treaty. I could not forefee but tliat our fhortnefs of provilions, of all kinds, would oblige us to fubmit, whether peace or war. yet was refolved to do it in a handfom man- ner, or fuifer to the lall extremity. The diffi- culty was how to communicate my mind to the governour, iince it would have been an unreafonable requeft in me, to have delired any of my men to carry a meflage to a place where certain captivity attended them. But the two who brought the letters off, liked the fliore A Voyage round the World. fhore fo well, that they voluntarily offered their fervice, and a third went to throw the water out of the canoe. I fent the following letter by them, in French. Honourable Sir, ^ O U know very well- that I have lain ' here fome time for a right Interpre- tation of your papers, and, confequently, did not refufe any thing contained in them* I think you treat us worfe than enemies, when you detain niy boat under a flag of truce. I never will adl any thing contrary to the orders of my Sovereign Lord, his Britannick Majefty j but withal mufl con- fult the credit of my country, and my own fafety. If I can be aflured of a fafe and fure condudl for ourfelves and efFedts to Pa- nama, and from thenct Hy the way of Porto Bel, to fame of the Britilh plantations, we will come to a farther treaty j which if you intend, you muft fignify to night, by firing two guns, and by fending my boat and peo- ple, and the ufual fupply, otherwife ne- ceflity will oblige me to fail to night. ' If we treut liO farther, I leave the Jefus Maria in the ptfTellion of the captain of ' the c c c < c c ( c ( c c ( c c c < 347 A. D. I72I. t !■ 1^ Ill ir*' 1 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I |^|28 |2.5 ^ li£ IIIIIM 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 .« 6" — ► running out into the fea, called Point Remedios. You muft give this point a good berth. It diminilhes, in height, as it ad- vances into the fea, and off it are two or three very high rocks. When you are at the anchor- ing place, w^hich is uncertain, all that fide of the bay being equally fafc, you will fee very little appearance of any town or fortification ; and indeed there is no great need of the latter, for the furf is conflantly fo violent, that it would be almoft impoffible to make a regular defcent here. A little to the Weflward of the town, is the opening of a fmall river, called the river of Sonfonnate, and clofe to the Wellward of the entrance of that, is a mountain called the Volcano of Sonfonnate, though I believe it never burns now. But the moil remarkable figns to know this place by, are the high lands of Paneca, feemingly con- tiguous to the volcano. They appear like a clufter of fix or feven peeks, of the fame height and bignefs,belonging to one mountain, and feem to be all in a row. This is the fea- port of Guatimala, and fome other confide- rable towns fituated up in the country. A Voyage round the 'Wok'L'd, 35^ A. D. Voyage continued in the Sacra Familia, or ,^21. Holy Family. Having now got out to fea, we reduced Direft our - , . f f. f. courfe for the ourlelves to a pint or water tor twenty --four guiph of A- hours, and direded our courfe for the gulph"^^^^** of Amapala, which was about thirty-five leagues to the E. S. E. of this place, in order to get water there, on the ifland of Tygers. The lofs of my officer and boat's crew, fen- fibly diminilhed the number of white faces amongft us, and we fliould have been fo much weakened by it, that we fliould never have been able to manage this great fliip, with her large heavy cotton fails, if we had not taken with us our negroe prifoners, who proved to be very good failors. The lofs of our boat was alfo a very great inconveniency to us ; but as I only thought of taking wa- ter enough to carry us to Panama, where we weie fully refolved to furrender, if it was really Peace, I imagined we might make fhift with her, and get fuch a quantity as we might want, in two or three days time. The winds were favourablcj and we arrived Arrival ia there on the tenth following in the evening. ^['j^/^jP"' °^ As foon as we had entered the gulph we found ourfelves in the midfl of feveral fmall iHands, A a 2 and Vi'V ■if I m 14 m m II i It I I'-'l m V ill ,1 . A. D. 1721. yf Voyage rcmid t/je World. and amongft the reft, the ifland of Tygcrs, where we expeded a fupply of water j but After a fruit- our expedlations proved vain, for after a ha- mongft the zardous and fruitlefs fcarch for water, not only Samhin that °" ^^^^' ^^^ °^ fome of the greeneft of the o- gulph, could ther ifles, there was not the leaft drop of frefh find no frelh 1 r 1 1 r- ■, water. Water to be round, by us, on any of them. Under this misfortune we could not, at lirft, fo much a& think of venturing to fea, fo flen- derly provided with the nioft neceffary article to keep us alive in fo hot a climate j nor yet of throwing ourfelvcs into the power of the favages inhabiting the borders of this gulph. As to returning back again to Sonfonnate, which was thirty-five leagues to windward of us, we might be a month or more, in gaining fo much on this coaft, and .perifli in the attempt j and though Rio Lego was to the leeward of us, yet there were material objedtions to be made againft furrendering there j for all who have attempted to defcribe it, and to give inftructlons for going into that port, agree that it is very dangerous and un fafe to attempt it with a large fl:iip, without a pilot, or being Vv'cll acquainted with the place itfeif. As people in fo forlorn a way, are apt to form innumerable apprehenfions as to the ill event A Voyage round the World. event of any thing they fix upon, we prefent- ly concluded, and not without reafon, that before wc could reach Tllo Lego, we fliould be fo weak, for want of fuilenance, that wc fliould not have it in our power to ma- nage our fliip with fo much dexterity as to avoid any dangers wc mlgl^t inadvertently meet with. This together with our entire ignorance of that harbour, made me fear for any accident, with the fliip, in going in there, which might have been imputed to us as a malicious and wilful deftrudion of her, the confequences of which might have been very ferious to us. Hight or wrong we mufl have fubmitted to fuch conftrudions as they would have put upon fuch an accident ; and thefe parts of this continent are 'io little known to the Europeans, that the inhabitants here, may gratify their fpirit of revenge in what degree they pleafe, and kee[ it a fecret among themfelves. In vain (hould we have pleaded our furren- der on the hearing of a cefTation of arms ; for their univerfal jealoufy and haughty con- tempt of flrangcrs, would have been enou?ti to drive them on to pay themfelves, for the hurt we had done their trade for thefe two years paft, with the lives of thofe who A. 357 D. 1721. Ml, m Ji M i avli Aa 3 mput o '^^ t ■54..L"»!II", m 358 ^1 Voyage romid tbeWoRLTy, A. D. might have it in their power, to do them flill 1 72 1, greater hurt, upon occaiions to come. I had ail thefc conliderations in my head, when I was treating with the governour of Sonfon- nate, efpecially after he had dificgarded our ilag of truce. I confidered with m)felf that it would not be difficult for a man, who could difpenfe with fuch a formality, to lay a plot to cut us off, in fo long a journey as we fliould have had, in crolTing this continent from fea to fea, by ambufcades of Indians, and then report it to have been done withoat his know- ledge. *Twas thefe conliderations that made me chufe to go to Panama, fince we could think of nothing but furrendering, whether peace or war, that being, In a manner, in the neighbourhood of the Englifh, and, if it was really peace, the conflant refidence of fome or other of our countrymen. At the worft, we could not be fo openly expofed there, to the inhuman artifices of the Spani- ards, who ftick at nothing they can privately do, to keep foreigners in a dark ignorance of thefe great and rich kingdoms. Leave the Surrounded on all fides by thefe unhappy raapala. circumftances, and brought down to the moft miferable condition imaginable, threatened on ^11 fides with inevitable deflrudion, unfit for| the I 359 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the Wo R l d . the fea, fearful of trufling ouifclves in the cruel hands of the inhabitants on the fliore, quite difpiritcd by the continued courfe ofmis- fortunes,which had hitherto been our conftant attendants ; but, above all, lamenting this un- happy baulk in not finding water, where we fo much expedled it, which had reduced us to fuch extremities as we had never known before; in Hiort, ready to fink under the bur- den of our calamities, we weighed our an- chor on the thirteenth of April before day- break, and flood out from this gulph. And ^n g'^^ac now having the open fea before us, I brought want of water my people in general, to an obflinate refolu- tion not, by any means, to furrender, on this part of thecoaft, let the confcqnences be ever fo mifcrable. Upon this unanimous agree- ment, with not forty gallons of water in the Hiip, and no other liquids to fupply the w^ViK. of it, we came to fo fniall an allowance as half a pint of water for tvventy-four hours* and even this allowance was rather too large, Gonfidering there was no place, we knew of, where we could get any more, nearer than the. * illand of Quibo, v/hich was about two hun- dred leagues diftant from us. We were for- ty-three in number, reckoning our negroes. Thus refolved, we fliaped our courfe for A a 4 Quibo, 'ti il 1 ■* r* Mif f ev I ^%, 360 j4 Voyage round the World. A- '^' Quibo, but having very uncertain winds and '7"* weather, we were thirteen days a: th's allow- ance. During this interval of time, there is none who has not experienced it, can con- ceive what we fufFered in a fultry clime, by the perpetual extremity of thiril, which would not permit us to eat an ounce of victuals in a day. We conflantly drank our urine, which, though it moiftened our mouths Tor a time, excited our thirfl the mo- j. Som^ in' us at- tempted to drink large draughts of the fea water, which had like to have bjen fatal. An univerfal fever, and languid decay of fpi- rits now reigned amongft us, and there was not one of us, at this time, that was not fit- ter to be carried .to a fick bed, than to be obliged to labour at the hard work, which is requifite to manage a large fliip, in a place fubjedl to fudden and violent fqualls and gufts of wind, while, at the hazard of loiing our mafts or canvas, we were forced to croud along, wiih all cur fail, to reach the place, where we hoped to be refcued from a lin- ecrinc: death. Unexp^a- At length vvc were unexpeiftcdly afiiflcd j ^r fhe ifland^or on April the twenty-fifth, towards the of Cano. evening, we came up with the illand of Ca- no, in the latitude of nine degrees North, which A Voyage round the World. which, by the verdure of its appearance, pro- mifed to yield us water, if we could but get our canoe on fliore there. Under hopes of fuccour from this little ille, we came to an anchor on the ^forth-well fide of it ; but it was as much as we could do to hand our fails, ftop the cable, and the like. We foon began to imagine we could fee a run of wa- ter ; but, at the fame time, dreaded the dan'- gerous furf, which broke on the beach, all a- round thofe parts we had feen of it. Mr. Randall was fent to fee what could be done for us : but he, and the people with him, not returning till it was very late at night, I was fearful they were loft, or that not finding wa- ter there, they were gone to the continent, which was about three leagues from us, in queftof it. At length, to my unfpeakablc fatisfacflion, they came on board with their jars filled. Great was the joy, among us, to be relieved, and rcfcued, as it were, from the hands of death ; but as they did not bring off to us above fixty or feventy gallons, I took care to reftrain our people in the ufe of it, al- lowing, to each man, only a quart, to be im- mediately difiributed to each. What made me the more Uriel In this was, Mr. Ran- dall afiured mc,the breakers were fo dangerous that 361 A. D. 1721. ;(? 1 m M "PRMPPffP 362 A. D. 1721. ] I 1 MM t '*•% mm J A Voyage wund the World. that he believed we fhould not be able to get ai any more. That very night we chanced to have a heavy fliower of rain, which we made the beft ufe of, by catching what wc could of it in Hieets, blankets, and what elfe we could get for the purpofe. During this long interval of thirfl, we conftantly wished for rainy weather, and had often good reafon to expe6t it, by the appearance of lo wring black clouds, which feemed every minute to be ready to difcharge their burdens upon us, yet we had never had any rain before, to any pur- pofe, which tantalized us in a wretched man- ner. Being willing to make another trial, the next day, I fent the boatfwain, and fome with him, to make a fecond attempt; but, after having been quite round the illand, and wafted the whole day, in fearch of a fmooth beach, to land upon, he could not fee one fpot where he durft venture on (hore. Therefore, think- ing we had a ftock fufficient to carry us to Quibo, which was about thirty leagues from us, I weighed the next day, and in ranging near the ifland, I faw a fmooth beach, which induced me to fend the canoe a third time, on fhore, that we might be provided againft fuch contrary -^Voyage round the World. contrary winds, currents, or calms, as we might meet with' in our way. Accordingly they went, and filled nine jars, which done, we held our way to the South-eaftward, and, in a few days, arrived at Quibo, and anchored at the fame place, where we had been twic^ before. I., ft SECT. r ■'■nwii^if li.lKJlMpni f Id I 1 Ij 364 A. D. 1721. -^ Voyage round the World. '^?i.^ r^ SECT. XIII. TTjird Arrival at the ijland of Quibo, in the latitude of feveft degrees ^ thir- ty minutes North^ on the Weflern coafl of Mexico. ?^^:S"^ E I N G here, we purfued the main v( B w bufinefs which had brought us a- k.^'Sji^ again to this place. We were not, however, in a great deal of hafte. It was requifite, fince we were now within lefs than eighty leagues of Panama, where we pro- pofed to furrender, to think of it a little be- fore hand, and contrive proper methods by which to carry on our treaty. We had this certain advantage with us, that as Panama is a place of little or no ilrength towards the fea, and but little frequented by their fhips of war, we could treat with them at a drftance, and be truly informed how affairs ftood in Europe ; efpecially if there (hould be any of the South Sea company's officers there, who would A VovAGE round the World. would, no doubt, be ready to aflift us with their advice. During our conliderations on on this point, which was likely to put an end to what had as yet been an unfortunate expe- dition, we wooded and watered at leifure. Some fearched the woods for fruits, to refrefh us, after having been fo long confined to the groflell: eating, by way of prevention againft: the fcurvy, which we had been, all along, lefs fubjedt to, than any fhip I ever faw or heard of, in fuch long runs. Thofe who, as we thought, were thus ufefully employed, brought us Papas, Guayavas, CafTia, Limes, and a fmall kind of white four plumb, which was much eaten and admired by moft of us j but it had fuch an effedt upon us, as to purge us for feveral days fucceflively ; but thofe more efpecially, who had been likewife fond of the lufcioufnefs of the Caflia. While we were out of order, a flop was put to our work for a day or two, which detained us here fome time longer than we fhould otherwife have been j but being recovered of tliis light indifpofition, we made an end of getting our wood and wa^-u. here, and failed from hence, by the way of Canal Bueno, or the Good Channel, fully determined to furrender at Panamai Defcriftion A. 1721 365 ;tl J ,:'-v.' |IJH^.I-''i:*J^I|IJ|IW«l.lA-'J* mm U 'iJi ' !rf',,''< 366 A. D. 1731. ^.• yf VovAGE round the World. Defcription of the IJland of Quibo, and Canal Bueno. THIS ifland of Coiba, or Quibo, is almoft in the »fame parrellel of lati- tude with Panama, and is about nine leagues in length, and four in breadth, of a mode- rate height, all over covered with inacceflible woods, always green, and though it be not, and, perhaps, never was inhabited, but as wild as nature iiril made it, abounds with Papas, Guayavas, Limes, and fome other fruits I never faw before, and can give no name to. All which are near as good, though wholly negledled, and with none to attend them, as thofe which have great care taken of them, in fome other iflands, in as promifmg a latitude. From hence we may infer, the foil in general is fruitful, and if it fliould ever be inhabited, and cleared of the incumbrances of woods and wildernefles, it is choaked up with at prefent, it might be made produdive of every thing that any, of the bell, of our iflands do yield in America. But the Spaniards having fo much more, on the Continent, than they know what to do with, and it being prudence in ^ '^ them "■V ibo, o, IS lati- agues node- sfliblc e not, lS wild Papas, ruits I me to. wholly 2m, as em, in ititude. eneral ablted, dsand refent, thing o yield ang fo know ice in them A Voyage roiini the World. them not to fend away colonies, from amongft them, to people iflands, which might weaken their force on the Continent, and knowing, or at leaft thinking, they are fecure from the attempt of any European nation to fettle on any of them ; it lies negledled. There is a pearl fiihcry here ; but as the pearl-fifh- ers are not able to dive, with their piraguas, in the time of the Vendevals, which is a black flormy feafon, for four or five months in the year, beginning about June, and ending about November, and being withal fo near the Continent, and Panama in particular, which mufl be a . market for a commodity of that price, they have not yet thought it worth their while to inhabit it. All the fettle- ment, they have here, confifts of a few huts, fcattered up and down, in feveral parts, of this ifland and Quivetta, made ufe of by the dir [vers, at the feafon they come here, to open. [their oyfters, and fleep in. The fandy beach. lis covered with fhells of fine mother of pearl of all fizes, and in going no farther than up to the middle in the fea, you may floop down and reach large cyders frcm the bottcm. [This pleafed us at firft, not fo much with the iopes of finding any valuable pearl in them, IS that we might eat them; but when we csme 367 A. D. 1721. 'y^m 368 A. D. 1721. ^ Voyage round the Worlh. came to make tryal, we found that nature had not ordained this fifh to be at once endued with riches, and afford what was good for food i for they are as hard and tough as fo much leather, and by no means palatable. As to any other forts of fifh, as we had no feyne, though there is every where good conveniency for hauling it, I can't fay much of them, nor give any account of their va- rious forts. I can only take notice that we u- fcd to obferve a large kind of flat fifh which often jumped a great height out of the water. Thefe are reported to be very deftrudive to the pearl-divers, for when they return up again, if they take not great heed, they wrap their broad fins about them, and keep them in their eiibraces till they are drowned. To prevent this, the divers (who are all Negroes) always carry a fharp pointed knife down with them, and upon fight of any of thefe, when they return upwards, they carry the point of it above them, and, by that means fi:ick it into the fifh*s belly, and hinder him from his mif- chievous intent. There is yet another thing which mufi: make diving, here, a matter of I great danger, fincc the fea hereabouts is un. doubtedly troubled with alligatorsi one of I which fome of us faw, or fancied we faw, fwimmind .friyij... <-Ji . A Voyage round the World. lt() fwimming under the water near point Mari- A. L , ato, which is but a few leagues from hence. *72x. There is a great variety of bird? herp, which Birds. the woods would not permit us to follow, and alfo great numbers of black monkeys and gua* noes, who moftly frequent the flreams of frefh water. There are fomje guanoes here of an extraordinary fize, but as they have been often defcribed by travellers, I Ihall only take notice to fuch of my readers who never be- fore heard of them, that they are a large kind of lizard, of various colours, in different places ; as for example, the guanoes here are moftly of a brown with yellow flreaks about the headi and in other places of a light grey, with black flreaks, &c,- You may be as expeditious as you pleafe Convenien- i. • J VI r \ n n cy in wooding in watering and wooding here, for the frefh and wateriftg. water runs in fcveral dreams, larp-er and fmaller, on the find of the beach, and your wood grows within twenty yards of the fea- fide ; This advantage you will have, efpeci- ally if you come to an anchor in the manner and place as fliall be hereafter direded. This ifland lying about three and a half, or four leagues from the continent, fornis the Weft fide of Canal Bucno, fo called, as I have already faid, from its fifety from rocks B b .^nd 11 m 1 11 'fl 'lya y^ Voyage rotmd the World. A D. and flioals, though you muft take care not to >72i. be very free with the South end of Qmbo, which is low, and has a flat that runs a con- iiderable way out from it. In the North en- Direaions trancc of this channel, lici] the iiland of Qui- for going into . . . ^*^ Quibo. vctta, within two miles and a half of the i- 11a nd of Quibo, between which I always an- chored, but took care always to be within half a mile of Qi^iibo. In the little channel between it and Quivetta, are two or three fmall iflands, and fome rocks which run along the South end of it. Having gained the North- ern coaft of Qmbo, you muft keep on till you fee the opening of the channel, (for till you are near this channel, this ifland feems to be a part of the continent) which being done, you will immediately fee Quivetta, it being eafy to be known, by two large rocks off the Northermoft end of it. You may then make bold with the fliore of Qmbo, and fo continue to do, till you have (hot a lltde within the land, and then come to an anchor, but not in lefs than eighteen fathom. But take care in coming in and going out, that you are not drawn too near thofe rocks off Quivetta, by an eddy which will draw you •towards them, as happened to me the iirfl: time I weighed from thence, infomuch, that it A Voyage rotmd the World. ' 371 it was with much ado, I got clear of them. A. D. The tides, or rather the currents, are very un- *72i. certain there, for we have had them fettii^g Extraordi- violently one way, for a day or two fucceffive- "^'^ ly, then llacken, and run with as much ra- pidity back again ; in fliort, by what I could obferve of thefe tides, they are very uncer- tain as to duration or fwiftnefs. In weighing from hence, if you intend to go through Canal Bueno to the Southward, you mnfl take care to get well to the North- ward of thofe rocks off Qiiivetta, ane' then turn down the channel, becaufe you have not a clear paiTage between Quibo and Qiii- vetta. For my part, though my people told me there was a deep and commodious bay, to the Southward of the place where I ufually lay, where a (hip might anchor in the great- eft fafety, I never fought after it, having the fliir feafon befo/e niQ. I was, at the fame time, unwilling to be clofcly confined ; but if any fhip fliould come to diis place in the time of the Vendevals, it might, perhaps, be a good place of refuge both fen- w( oding, Vv'a- tcring, and laying a fliip on fliore in. In fliort, it is a place I would recommend to a- ny fliip, after the coafts have been alarmed, and the enemy's fhips of war at fea. They B b 2 make 372 A. D. 1721. IHe of Montuoia. A Voyage round the World. make a fcarch at all the noted places, that have hitherto been frequented by the Englifli cruifers. This being as yet unknown, and never before made ufe of, (that I ever heard of ) by any Englifh, you n^ay be here with- out any great danger of being purAied fo far. If, however, you Ihould have reafon to ap- prehend it, you lye fo near the fliore, and the wood and water are fo near at hand, that you may make your flay as fliort as you pleafe, and if you fhould, at the fame time, be fhort of proviHons, you may furnifli yourfelf at point M'iiriato, as I have already related. There are between Qinho and Cape Buri- ca, a great many fmali iflands, but the moft remarkable of them all, is Montuofa, the fituation and appearance of which, I have already defcribed in my account of our firft arrival here, as alfo of the if] md of Sebaco, and point Mariato. I mufl not pafs by the ifle of Picaro, vv^hich lies on the Weflern fide of Quibo. Voyage continued. Having got clear of this place, and nothing thought of, but our fpcedy furrender, we met with very flrong currents againfl us, together with A Voyage round the World. 373 with contrary winds and calms, which dc- A. D. tained us levcral days under the mountains of »72«. Guanacho. On May the fifteenth, a fmall bark taking; ^ veHl-l ■^ , ' ^ called jhcHo- us for Spaniards, bore down to us; the maf-ly s.icramcnt ter or her was mightily lurprized when he found his miflake, but recovered on hearing we were bound for Panama, and readily offer- ed to pilot us thither, but had heard of no- thing like a truce. He belonged to, and was bound for that port 3 his veficl was called the Holy Sacrament, and came lall from Cheri- qui, laden with dried beef, pork and live hogs. He defired I would take her in tow, com- plaining the currents fo drove him off Hiore, that he could not fetch the land, though he had a conftant fight of it, and that, by this means, all his live cattle were alinoft dead for want of water. He complained at the lame time, that his veflel was fo leaky, his people were no longer able to ftand at the pumps. Upon the hearing of this, I took her in tow, and kept the mafter of her on board, fending fome of my hands to alTift them, at the fame time that I fpared them as much water and Indian corn as I could. It may appear ftrange that this opportunity of fupplying ourfelves with provifions, did Bb 3 not 374 A. D. 1721. A Voyage rotmd the World. not make an alteration in our intended pro- ceedinsrs towards a furrender. But every one was fo tired of the lea, fo worn out by a con- tinual w^ant of all neceliaries, and difheartened by perpetual misfortunes, that we were wil- ling to embrace any oppoitunity of goin ^; on il:iore almoft at any rate. Indeed, as to myfelf, 1 was glad this bark fell into our hands, becaufe, if we found the go\ernour of Sonfonnate's ac- count to be falfe, we might be thoroughly en- abled by thib help, to go to India. To this end I intended to anchor a great v/ay lliort of the town of Panama, and keep poflefTion of the Holy Sacrament, in cafe the Preiident fliould not have complied with fuch terms as J fhould have efleemed fafe and honourable ; and then v/c fiiould have it in our power to rcdrefs ourfelves, by keeping out of his hands; but all this while we had nc. fully determined who {liould be the pcrkm intruded with the fl;'g of truce ; for my people having known much treachery adcd amongil: themfelves, were apprchenfive tlic perfon fent, would on- ly, orchicily, make good his own cafe to the governour, and not return again. After all, my Son was thought the propereil: to go, as being fure of his return, if it were purely for my fake. This, and many other dilHculties were W %. '!-^!- to avoid us. A Voyage round the World. 375 were ftarted, that could not be fo eafily re- A. D. moved, notwithflanding which, we kept on 1721. our way, fully fixed in our rcfolution. May the feventeenth, another fmall bark Meet with a came down upon us, bat having Hood pretty v^i^o"J||n, ^l'^^ near to us, flie flood away from us again j Ifelfon fhorc therefore ordered Mr. Rarldall to go in our canoe, to inform them of our deiign, and prevent their lofs of time and v/ay ; but as foon as they were almofl got on board of them, they hoilled their Spaniih colours, and fired into our canoe, which made my people be glad to retire, and get out of their reach. After this, flic flood in towards a rocky bay, and we after her, till night coming on, it was no longer fafe for us to do it. The next morning, being May the eighteenth, my people were divided amongfl themfelves v/he- ther we fliould look into the bay, to fee if this vclfel had lain there at anchor all nipht, or not ; and the affirmative carrying it. v^'c flood for the place where we left her the night be- fore. As foon as ever they law us cominr'" in, they weighed tluir anchor, and hoiiled all their fail, and fcood directly in for the bottom of the bay. When I fluv this I tacked, and lay braced to, with our I^ead to the fea ward, ro prevent them from runn:»ig themfelves on 13 b 4 Ihore. ij.j ■ .lilHWJ I lb MJUl i fe' i .r^3 iiiii II ii< 1 ' Si ',! '.-•^ mf h ii-c 11 $76 A. D. 1721. yj? Voyage roimd I be World, fliore. I alfo fent the m after of our bark (at his own requeft) with four of our negroes in our canoe, together with a fiag of truce, and with orders to tell them, that if it was peace, w^e would do them no fort of damage. But they neither minded our (hip's lying to, nor the flag of truce flying in our canoe, but ran on fhore diredly, and deftroyed their veflel, perhaps with the lofs of fome or all of their lives. In the mean time while we were lying to, for our boat to return to us again, there arofe ?. violent gw-h at South South Weft, which the Spaniards call a Popagallio, attended with a prodigious fliower and ftorm of rain, thun- der and lightning. This violent guft driving us right upon the land, we were in the great- eft danger of being loft upon a lee fhore ; but it plcafed God it did not laft above two hours, when it came round a little more weft- crly, and foon af^'-^T it fell quite calm. How- ever, by this flurry we loft our canoe, and all the people in her, that is, they were driven on fl:iore ; all we could hope was, that they vcre not drovv'ncd. The unaccountable ftiy behaviour of thofe who thus voluntarily fliip- wicck'd themfeivcs, rather than fall into our hands, gave us another good rcafon to believe that A Voyage round the World. 377 that the governour of Sonfonnate's account of A. D. aCefTation of Arms, was grouiidlefs and falfe. *7?»' The next morning, 'viz. May the nine- Getfightof teenth, we faw a fail a-head of us, ftandins aSpamibniip ' _ •-' anu make lail along (liore, and having now loft our pilot, atter her. I was the more defirous of fpeaking with her, and therefore let go the bark we had in tow, and made all the fail we could after her. We gained very little upon her all the day j but had, nevertheiefs, got a great way a-head of our bark, wherein were four of our own peo- ple, and five Spaniards. The night coming on, and perceiving that we did not come near the fhip before us very flift, and feeing but little probability of conning up with her at all, I was inclined to bring to, that the Holy Sa- crament might come up with us, rather than run the hazard of lofing her, by making a croud of f.iil all night j but every one was a- i verle to this, from the higheft to the loweft. They were obflinate in their opinion, that there could be no Ceflation, and would give car to nothing I could fay about it \ fo all our iliil was kept abroad all night, and the next morning, May the twentieth, by day-break, we were within gun- (hot of the fliip we had been following the clay before. I immediately ordered our colours to be fpread, and fired a gun m ■m ^. if ' ( ? *! ' m 'J lit!' /if ml 4 378 y2 Voyage round tbe World, A. D. gun to leeward, and fent a man upon our poop '72»' to wave a flag of truce j but this fliip, upon the lirfl fight of our Englilh enfign, fired at us, and fo continued to do, with her decks full of men, hollowing and abufing us with the groHeft appellations, Notwithftanding all this, I made no return until I came clofe treat with\er"P°" ^^^^^ quarter, and then I fent one of their countrymen to the bow-fprit end, to in- form them in Spanifli, that we were bound to Panama, and defired to treat peaceably with them, and hoped, at leaft, they would have fome regard to the white flag which they faw flying ; but flill they continued their fire^ and Borachos and Peros Inglefcs, i. e. Drunk- ards and Englifli Dogs, and vile threatnings was all we could get from them. Finding therefore, they Vv^ere deaf to every thing we could fay to them, and that while we were fuing for peace, we expofed ourfelves in the tamefl manner to be knocked on the head, and perceiving that the more fubmifTive our deportment was, the more inhumanly they infultcd us, vainly imagining, perhaps, that our ftrength confided but of one gun, as when we formerly engaged the Margarita and St. Francifco Palacio, and prefuming there- upon, that they were fure of a compleat vi-o tory, ur poop ), upon fired at r decks us with landing ne clofe one of I, to in- : bound eaceably y would dch they heir fire, . Drunk- eatnings Finding hing we we were es in the ne head, ffive our nly they aps, thit gun, as tarita and l^yT there 379 A. D. I" )leat vi-n tory, 1721. We engage A Voyage rou?7cf the World. tory, and fo fliould have the fatisfad:ion of carrying us prifoners to Panama -, in flio.t, not doubting but, by our quiet behaviour, we had it not in our power to defend ourfelves ; they, thus filled with prefnmption, were coming to board us. I no fooner perceived this, than I deemed It full time to begin with them, and therefore I met them with our helm, and foon convinced them of their error; for inftead of one gun, we had now nine; and, in a word, we gave them fo warm and iinexpeded a reception, that they fheered round off from us. We juft miffed getthig hold of them, but it fallins: almofl immedi- with her. ately calm, we continued our engagement for the fpace of two or three hours, at the dif- tiipre of mufquet fliot. At length, a breeze waf in": us nearer to them, we found that as f'il: as we approached, fo fafl did their cou- r:^.gc cool. Their captain however, flill brave- ly perfifting, and encouraging his people to behave as he would have them, and exoofnio: himfelf in the open eft manner, was, at length ihot through the body, and dropped down dead j upon which they immediately, and with one voice, cried out for quarter, and And in the put on end to our difpute. We called to^"^ ^^^^^ ^"^ them to hoift out their launch, but they an- fvvercd I \\i\ ••j'-'i ffl m iHM iii: ' i;i '5 S il'lli" i- J:, ill W' I A. D. 1721. yi Voyage rou?td the World. them, they all declared againft ufing any far- ther force or violence. But the poor gentle- man who was dead, (Don Jofeph Deforio) vowed in a pafTion, we fliould have no terms but his own, and that he would take us by force. And indeed they mufl all have been of this mind, till they found our ftrength and refolution, and then perceiving their own cafe to be defperate, they would have been for a parley. It would certainly have been a welcome morfel to feall their pride with, could they but have obtained what they pro- pofed to themfelvesi but it pleafed Providence to order it otherwife, and their prefuniption was foon turned into fubmiffion. Amongfl our prifoners we had feveral of note, parti- cularly Don Baltazzar de Abarca, Conde de Rofa, an European nobleman, who had been governour of Pifco, on the coaR c^f Peru, and was now upon his return to Spuin, together with captain Morel, who had formerly been taken by captain Rogers. They were ali treated Vvith the utmofl: civilities, which they the more wondered at, becaufc from a pre- vailing iiotion they have formerly had of cur cruifers, and from a felf convidtion of their own unjjenerous behaviour towards their prifoners, they could not but exped: to have A Voyage round the World. have been dealt with quite otherwife. I muft here obferve, that upon their being firft fent on board of us, they were aftonifhed to fee my people fo thin fown, our fcanty number not making any manner of fhow or appear- ance in fo large a lliip as ours, and thofe that remained of us, being clean fhaved, they pronounced my people to be lads, and re- gretted their hard fate in being taken by fuch an inconfiderable number of boys, as they termed them. We were now within thirty leagues of Pa- nama, and in the track of all the fliipping bound thither from the coaft of Peru j there- fore, as we could not think of doing any thing with the Conception, who was fo heavily laden with fuch things (moftly) as could onlyferve us by way of provifions, our bufinefs was to e;et rid of her as foon as we could. We therefore only fpent two days in overhaul- ing her cargoe, which was tedious and labo- rious for my people, though the prifoners did the greateft part of the work. All this while, li'itle winds and cahiis pre- vented us from joining our bark the Holy Sa- crament, v/hich wc had left behind us, till May the twenty-fecond. We then had fight of her, and boie down to her, and being pretty 383. A. D. 1721. m\ t!i \l 1 'f^i ■'I k '■■m 3 84 y^ Voyage round the Wo r l t> . A. D. pretty near to her, we could not but wonder '''^^' that fhe only came to and fell off, although all her fails were fet ; nor could we perceive any body ilirring on board of her. As foon as we came up with her, I fent the boat on board, and the officer that went in her immediately called out to tell me there was no foul on board of her, but that her decks and quarters were covered with blood. This was a melancholy hearino:, fince itplain- crew in the Iv appeared by many pofitive cuxumltances, Holy Sacra- ^j^^j. jj^^ Spanifli crcw had murdered thofe of ment murder * my men who my people, wlio were fent to affiil them ; n were fent to , ^ 1 • i n- i r • aflift them, cruel return for our kindneiles and lervices to them ! It Teemed flrange to me, that our men fhould fuffer themfelves, or in the leafl expofe themfelves to be thus butchered} for they were four in number compleatly armed, and there were but five of the Spanidi crew, two of which were boys. Thcfe mifcreants, doubt- lefs, took the opportunity when our people were all alleep, and then murdered them, not doubting but they Oiould meet with thanksand encourai^emcnt for fo foul a barbaritv. The names of thofe who were thus deflroycd, were John Giles, John Emblin, John Willianis, and George ChappeL But it is very proba- ble thefe murderers paid with their lives, the lofs ^•onder though )crceive \s foon he boat in her e there hat her 1 blood. it plain- iftances, thofe of :hcm ; a ^rvices to our mca ft expofe for they led, and cvv, two :s, doubt- r people hem, not anksand V. The ' cd, \vere /Villiams, y proba- ives, thel loffi A Voyage round the World. lofs of thofe lives they had taken away ; for being above four le-igues from the land, and having no boat with them, they probably jumped into the fea, on the approach of our fhip ; thinking they fliould meet with imme- diate death if they had fallen into our hands, as the jull reward of fo horrid a crime ; which they themfelves fecrn to have been fo fen fiblc of,' that they endeavoured to conceal the deck, which was dyed with gore, by throw- ing the flecks, and ftiiflings of beds over it ; fo that till they were removed, the blood was not to be feen. This tragical accident was the occafion of Ourfdves a general meianchoIy amongit us, and ipoiled foncrr. adaid the fatisfidion we had enjoyed for a day or°^"'^°'^"'- two paft, on the account of our late prize. Our prifoners feeing fach a fad and fuddea change among us, began to be alarmed at it, and looked at one another, as if they all ex- peded to be the vidlims of our revenge, upon this unhappy occafion. This made me fearful, on the other fide, left fome dreadful apprehenfions of this kind fhould, on a fudden, drive them on to offer at fome defperate attempt upon us, they be- ing eighty In number, and we not above fe- venteen on board of our own ihip, at that C c time. in 385 iM A. D. : li 1721, mm fllvH ;i;ri I , 'i 386 -^Voyage round the World. ^' ^' time, and when we were all together, wc '^''* were not above twenty-five that could (land on our legs. In this dilemma, I tliought it might be befl to fliew fonie heat in ordering all the prifoners to go into the ftern gallery, which was very large, except the nobleman, and fome of the chief of the other pafTengers and officers, and to order a guard in the great cabbin. Mutual af. The Spanifh gendemen who were free onToth^fide"^^^*^ *^^^ Confinement, obferving this, in a of mutual very moving manner, lamented to me the un- happy lofs of my men, and their own hard fate in having been, in fome meafure, eye- witnefTes of this bloody fcene, and let fall fome exprefiions whereby I perceived they were afraid I intended to ufe fome feverities > towards their people, on this occafion. Having a good interpreter between us, who was an Englifhman we had taken on board the Con- ception, I aflured them, that if I was of fo revengeful a nature and difpofition, the laws of my country deterred me from giving it any indulgence ; that I aded by virtue of my King's Commifiion, who, in his orders, for- bad, in the ftrideft manner, all ads of inhu- manity and cruelty towards our prifoners. This affurance I defired might make them :•' perfectly A Voyage round the World. perfedly eafy, within themfelves, if they had not a confidence in us lufficient to convince them of the natural abhorrence our Nation had to barbarity. This difperfcd their fears, and our difcourfe on this head was ended by them with great compliments on the Bri- tifh Crown and Government ; and with fo- lemn promifcs, that if it were poflible any of thofe murderers could be living, the cWO kingdoms of Peru and Mexico fliould be a- larmed to bring them to jufllce. They then, on their part, begged of ine to think myfeif fecure as to themielves, and the reft of their countrymen, my prifoncrs ; for that they would fuffer any thing, rather than harbour even the thought of an attempt upon our lives or liberties, not even if thev had it ever fo much in their power to execute it ; afllvt.'ng me, on their honour, that they thought they fhould never be able to make a juft return to me, for the generous treatment and entertain- ment they had met with. Notwithftanding this, it was but prudent vifit the to take fome meafures to fecure our prifoners ^^^^ ^^i) Sa I cranient. of the meaner fort, and when we had fo done, we then hauled the Holy Sacrament along fide pf us. She was half full of water, and the greateft part of her dried beef was wet C G 2 and 3S7 ''1 A. D. 4 'R 'f If 11 1721. hmi J' i n MimEii 388 A. yf Vo Y A G E roimd the World. and fpoiled, but all, that wa^ not damao-ed, we took out, together with fome live hogs, and then gave her to Don Baltazzar de Efpina, who, by the Death oi' captain Jofeph Defo- rio, became captain of the Conception ; and that night we kept a ft^i-fter watch than we had been accuftomed to before, though none of us had had much lleep fmce we had taken this fliip. Give our xhe next day, being- as willing to ?et rid r>riioncrb th^ir ^ .^ ■' ,^ ° \ J^ .\ > libciv/icthcirOi our pnfoncrs, as tney were to IhiV£ their ^^' own fliip reftored to them :-i:-;aln, and purfue their voyage , I delivered the Conception in- to the poffelTion of Don Haltazzar de Efpina. I had taken out of her a twelvemontli's pro- vifion of Bread, Plour, Sugar and Sweetmeats, and a like proportion for the Succ Is, whom I expelled to find at die Tres Marias, being then a fi /anger to Clipperton's faithlefs defer- tion. I like wife took from them their launch and their negroes, to amfl us in the manage- ment of our fliip, well knowing we could not hold out much longer, if the work was not made more eafy to my own people : and con- fidering we had a large (hip, and a run of a hundred and feventy-five degrees of longi- tude to fail, which was little lefs than half way round the world, and even more, allow A Voyage round tJx'^^oiXL'D. 389 incr for the c^ lation wc {hould be oblisfed A. D. to make, for die performance of fo long and *72i« extraordinary a palfage ; I djo" .^ht we could do no other than reinforce ourfclves with thefe Blacks, who are commonly good fai- lors in thefe parts, and, indeed, we after- wards found we fliould never have reached the coafls of Afia, or any other land, ii thofe regions, or parts of the world, with- out them. Thus having fupplied ourfelves with every thing the Conception afforded, I fuffered our 1^. J^Vf each prlfoners to return to their own fliip again, other. but the chief of them would not leave me till they had drawn up a writing whicn they figned, whereby to acknowledge the circumilances of our engagement, in the man- ner I have already related. In Ihort, nopf^o- ple, circumflanced as we were, couid part in a more friendly manner, than we did. I ordered the Conde de Rofa to be faluted with nine guns, when he put off from our fliip, and our late prifoners, in return, wifhed us a good voyage by way of huzza, which they often repeated. Wc had had their* but three days in our polTeflion, and now reflored them to iheii liberty, the Conception and bark C c 3 Hand- m V"'"' im''- 90 A. D. A Voyage round the World. flanding with their heads towards Panama, and we with ours towards the fea. Thus were we put by our delign of fur- rendering, and were going to undertake a long and hazardous voyage to Afia. It might well be called hazardous to us, on account of our being but indifferently prepared for it, either as to rigging or fails, although we had taken what we thought could be of any ufe to us, out of the Conception, and for many other reafons unnecefiary to mention here. Our flrength indeed^ was conliderably aug- mented, for we had now fifteen guns, and ammunition enough to fupply them with. This might have been ferviceable to us when we arrived on the coafts of Afia, a- gainfl pirates ; but as we were now upon the point of departing from thefe feas, the Spani- ards w^ere free from the danger of being mo- lefled by it. ,^ , , Before we proceeded any farther, it Undertake ^ . . . to go to the was neceffary to think of getting in a full flock of water. The iiland of Quibo was too near, and had this other inconveniency attending it, that ths Vendovals began to ap- proach, which make, as I have already obferv- ed, a feafon of black and fqually weather ; and therefore I did not care to truil our ground tackling Eaft Indies & 13. 391 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. tackling to the proof of fuch ftrong gufts amivlll fo many fmall iflands ; befides that we fliould be there too near to Panama, from whence, if there (liould happen to be a fhip of war, flie might foon be with us. Upon thefe conliderad )ns it was determined to ply up to Cano, where, having "a good boat, we foon did our bufmefs. In our paifage thither, the Iweetmeats of all kinds, which we had taken out of our late prize, were divided a- mong the mefles. It happened that one of the fellows, one day, complained he had a box of '"Tilmalade which he could not flick his ^ a.!w into, and defired it might be changed. I opened it, and found in it a cake of virgin filver, moulded on purpofe to uli fuch boxes, and being very porous, it was of near die fame weight of fo much malmalade. In overhaul- ^^ defraud the inor the reft, we found five more of thefe box- kin- ofSpaia in Peru. es. This was a contrivance to defraud the king of Spain of his fifths, which he claims in all tb ^^'; ,'er taken out of any of the mines ih ■ v,u We, doubtlefs left a great many of thefe buxcs behind us, fo that this de- ceit ferved them in a double capacity, to defraud their king's officers, and blind ihcir enemies. An affair as vexatious as this, is faid to have been dif overed too late, on board a prize the C c 4 Succefs % ill i m\ '^•m "^"•m^mrn A 392 ^ Voyage rGiinJ the World. A. D. Succefs had taken, where they foiiiid a very '7^*« ■ condderableqaandty of Pinna's or virgin Giver, in the form of bricks, verv artfully phl'l:'i''ed over with clay, and dried in the (iin^ whleh being all the confiftencc thev 2;ive their bricks . In that country, they were taken to be really fuch, and a great number of them were thrown overboard as fo much rubbilh, with- out any difcovery of what they were, till the four or five laft pieces. How true this oiay be I can't fav, but it was reported to me, as matter of fad, ' 'everal of the officers be- longing to captain ,. ii|)perton. Divifion of J j^-^ufj- i^gje obferve, that every thins: we our prize mo- ^ ' / o ney. took in the Conception, was divided among us according to the Juan Yernan.lian articles, and that I had no more than (\x inftead of fixty fliares. They would notlj much as al- low me the money I had laid out at 3t. Ca- therine's, which was upwarJs of a hundred pounds ; but the thoughts and hopes I then had of meeting widi the Succefs at die Tres Marias, or Puerto Seguro, made me eafy, both on the adventurers account, and my own, and J could not doubt of beins: a welcome ojucfl to captain Clinperton. W iiat confi: med me in the hop.cs of this, was the repeated ailurances captain Clipperton gave me, that he would not return A. 17ZI. 393 D. A Voyage round the World. return to the Southward in five months time ; that he Hiould be obHgeJ to go to one of thefe norm's to refit, and that he had a great deal of work to do, I was, however, at a lofs to know hov/ to prevail with my people to go fo ' flir to the Northward ; for they had learned that our track, to India, lay in t" e parallel of Mirteen degrees North, or thereabouts; fo that when I talked to them of going to Cali- forniaj they feemed furprized, and told me it was madnefs to run lb much out of our way to windward, and, grumbling, added, we might get to India by the time we fhould reach Puerto Seguro, and that we fhould beat and tear all our rigging and fails to pieces, in get- tino^ thither. Thus they argued with a great deal of rea- The people fon ; but I was refolved to acquit myfelf in "'^'^jj Ca^jif-^^r! the befl manner I could, and not have it faid, nia. i left thefe coalls without ufing my endea- vours to join the Succefs again, and therefore I formed all the pretences I could to gain my ends : I told them they were all ftrangers to the nature of the Monfoons and Tufoons on the coafls of India and China, and that I was well acquainted with the feafons on both coaitsj and therefore I alTured them we fliould run into the greateil dangers imaginable, if we 'I I ■,t,)fi 3:94 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. we arrived in thofe feas before the latter end of the month of October. I defired them fe- rioufly to confider with themfelves, that we had almoft one half of the globe to go round, before we (hould have any opportunity to make any repair, or get a fupply of any thing that might be wanted -, and that therefore we ought to look carefully for any defedts that might be in the Ihip's bottom, which was but lingle, and pretty much worm-eaten already ; Reafonsforand that we (hould bream as low as we could going to Ca- lifornia, to deltroy the worm, and give her a good coat of pitch and tallow, feeing our whole run would be in the way of thofe deftroyers j and that we ought, moreover, to make a farther trial of our Tank, which had always failed us hitherto, whether by roguery, or for want of being well fecured from leaking, we could never yet tell ; obferving that as it contained the greateft part of our water, our lives de- pended upon the firmnefs of that. They all approved of my reafoning, but were ftill extreamly mwilling to fo far to the Northward, and propofed doing all I had mentioned, in the gulph of Amapala, or in that of Nicoya, or fomewhere elfe therea- bouts. But in anfwer to this, I told them it would be unfafe to attempt to do any thing in j4 Voyage rotmd the World » 395 in any of thofe places, the enemy having fe- A. D. veral ports near at hand ; that, in fhort, it ' was in fuch a manner that captain Clipperton formerly had a rich prize retaken from him, though he had with him one fhip of twenty four, and another of fixteen guns, yet a par- cel of canoes took them both'j befides that the worm was more deflrudive to the fhip's bottom in flill and muddy water, than when at fea. I urged that therefore going to Califor- nia would divert our time, as we were under a necellity to wait for a fafe feafon to venture over to the other fide of the World in, and that there we fhould be out of all danger of being furprized by the enemy. That the Wefling we {liould gain in going to Califor- nia, would make amends for what we fhould lofe by going fo far to the Northward, and from thence I did not doubt, after we had done our bufinefs, but that we fhould gain I cur paf[;ige in forty or fiity days. Having thus effeded my defire, I weighed from Cano, fleering to the Northward, andtogo trcall- I had favourable gales for forty- eight hours i^o*^"^^- then came on the conftant, or what may be called the trade wind on this coafl, blowing from the Wefl North Weft, except in the jnight, that it comes about a little more North- erly I'r'i ii a 1 1- I »J 396 A. D. 1721. y^ Voyage roimd the World, eriy, and fometimes, but very rarely, in the lieiii^hth of the fea-breeze at Weft South Welt, and South Well. Thele winds be- ing as contrary to us they well could be, v/c made but a poor hand of it in gaining to windward -, and having before expevleiM -d the tedioufncfs of coaftino: alono: this lb ; e, I was wilhng to try how far otF thcie vvirJs might prevail, which, in my o^jinion, may be called the eddy of the true trade wind, whofe courfe may be perverted, by the inter- pofition of this vafl montainous conanent. Leave the Accordingly I found that at the diftanceof coaft of ^ cx-^ , ° '' 1 1 1- 1 .1 1 ico,forthcof.iixty kagues, we had light winds and varia- ble, and that at the dillance of between fevcn- ty and eighty leagues, it fettled at Eaft North Eaft, and North Eafl. 1 therefore kept at this dif^ance from the land, till we had run up to the height of twenty degrees North. In all this palTage, we were not in the leaft fenfible of any currents, and entirely out of the way of certain riplings and over- falls of water, which we frequently met with nearer to the land, and often furprized us when we have been becalmed in deep water. , We ufed to hear a noife as of the fall of wa- teronthecoailjgj. paffj^jg through a bridge, a confiderable way before! v^hevvatcr itfelf came to us, and it would f.n-' Falls of wa- A Voyage round the World. would pals by us at a very great rate. All the effed it had on the fliip, was to make her an- fwer the helm wildly, if we had any wind flir- ring J but when it has happened that we have niet with thefe moving waters very near the fliore, we could not perceive that we either gained or lofl any way by them, though we have continued in them for a quarter of an hour together. I have obfcrvcd thefe over- falls to come both from the Weflward and Eaftward j but by getting out to fea, we were not only clear of the inconveniences I have been mentioning, but were alfo out of the black feafon, which began to fkew itfelf on the coafts ; for at the ifland of Cano, and in going thither, we felt very hard gufls, and had black lo wring weather, with frequent and violent thunder and lightning, attended with heavy fhowers of rain. In this pafTage we were accompanied by vaft ihoals of fifh, fuch as Dolphin, Bonita, Albicore, and what we called the Angel-fidi, which is in iliape like a Salmon, and is fcaled much in the fame manner j but, when in the water, it has fome refemblance of the Dol- phin, becaufe of the beauty of its colours, and for eating is, 1 think, the bell fifli that fwims near the furface. Bwt we were conti- nually S97 A. D. 1721. The Angcl- filh. Wi % nas. ^p8 A Voyage round the V^ov.\.Ti, A D. nually incommoded by numerous flocks of I \^2\. the birds fo well known by the name of Boobies, who are generally the attendants of fuch flioals of lifh ; they difobliged us very much with their dung ; for our fhip being their refting place, they painted all our yards, tops, and decks, which they fouled as faft as I we could clean them. However, for change j of diet, fome of my people made ragouts of them, and the fmoakers made ftems for their pipes of their long wing bones. Make Cape Wc fell in with Cape Corientes in the be. S^;^^"rerM,^ginnJng of the month of Auguft, and were carried away to the iflands called the Tres Marias by a hard gale at South, and came to an anchor under the lee of the middlemoil of thefe iflands, but had no flght of the Sue- cefs, and could fee no fign of her having been there at all. After a tedious fearch on all the three iflands for frefli water, there was no. thing like a ftream of it that we could find. This was the more aftonifliing to us, by as much as one or two of our late navigators have reported that freih water is to .--e found there in fufhcient plenty. It may have been fo when they were there. As there was no fuch refrefliment to be found by us, it may be poflible that all a fliip may No water on the Tres Marias. le be- . were ; Tres came lemoll Sue- been all the las no- find, by as i gators I found been to be afhip may 399 A. D. 17ZI. A Voyage round the World. may have to depend on at the Tres Marias, may be Turtle; though, after all, there may be ftreams of frefli water running there at certain times and feafons of the year. After having been three days among thefe^j^g "^^^^ ®" iflands, I ftretched over for the coaft of Ca- California, lifornia, and arrived there on the eleventh of Augufl. The inhabitants, as foon as they difcovered us, made fires all along the fhore as the fliip ran by them -, and towards the even- ing, it falling calm, two of them came ofif Two Indi- to us on a Bark-log, but were a long time^"'^ ^^^^ °^ before they would accept of our invitation to come on board of us. At length, after a great many prefiing figns which we made to them, they ventured in ; when, in a moment, feeing our Blacks promifcuoufly {landing to- gether with us white men, they, with very angry countenances, feparated them from us. would hardly fuffer them to look at us. They They then made figns for us all to fit down, which done, one of them put himfelf into ftrange pofi:ures, and ran from one to the o- ther of us, talking to us with great vehe- mence, and feeming to be in a fort of frenzy, continually finging (in their way) or fpeaking, or running about with great fury and agitati- on, from which nothing could divert either of them 'fc it' 'I 4.00 A. D. 1721. yf Voyage rotiml tbe World, them for fome time. Tlie night coming on, they were for departing, and we gave thcni a knife or two, an old coat, and fome other trifles, wiiicli feemed to pleafe them very well. They expreffed diemfelves by figns in luch a manner, that we could guefs theygave us re- peated invitations to go on fhore with them. SECT,! A Voyage round ibc World. 40 f A. D. SECT. XIV. Arrival i?t Puerto Scciuro, in the la- titude of twenty-three degrees jive miitutes Noj^th^ in the Southermojl part of California. f^)^'^ N Sunday the thirteenth of Anguft, O Q at day- break, we found ourfelves l)8()Q(j^ near Puerto Seguro, which may be readily known by three white rocks, not much unlike the Needles of the Ifle of Wight. 'ou will not difcover the road until you are round thefe recks, and mufl keep clofe on board the outermofl to fetch into the bay. But of this I fliall fpeak more fully when I come to the defcription of this place j and fliall there- fore, return to give an account of the beha- viour of the inhabitants, upon this coail:, on our approach to them. Some of them came out on their Bark-logs to meet us, whilfl: o- thers got upon the tops of the hills and rocks on th6 fea-lide, where they made fires for us. There feemed to be very great joy among D d thofe mm I 402 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the Wc^lo. tViofe that were 01 tlie rocks to fee us come in, inceflandy ruiinlng up and down to one another, while thofe who came out to us on Bark-logs, paddled with all their ftrer.i^th, as if impatient to have a nearer view of us. Thu' we entered Puerto Seguro.. fnrrounded by numbers of thefe fmall embarkations, while the fhore, on all fides, was crouded with In- dians, whof(* numbers vilibly encreafed by multitudes which flocked together from the adjacent parts. Our anchor was no fooner down, than they came off to us in fhoa]s,fome few on theirBark logs, but moft of tl^.em fwimming, talking and calling out to one another in a noify and confufed manner, but fuch as plainly fhewed hvow deliroiis they wer j to comf* to us. Our fhip was in an infl.irf full of thefe fwarthy gentlem.en quite naked, and amongft the reft was their King, or Chief-man, whom, in the croud, we could not diilinjruiili from, the reft. The only enfign of power which he bore a- bout him, was a black round ftick made of a hard v/ood, of about two foot and a half in length. This being obferved in his hand, by ibmc of my people, they brought him to me ; and he, concluding me to be the chief of the ihip, in a very unexpe(5ted manner, delivered to A Voyage round the World- to me his black ftick, which I immediately returned to hiin. This man, notwithftand- ing the wildnefs of his appearance to us, had a good countenance, and his behaviour had fomething that was very engaging in it. I was, at firfl, at a lofs to know how co enter- tain our numerous guefts, but at length I thought it would not be amifs to regale them with lomc oi our liquid Iwcetmeats, which we had ui great plentv. I therefore ordered what Jeep diihes I iiad, to be brought on the deck, and the jars v/cre broached, and <:he difhes filled with the choicefl: of Peruvian conferves j and they were accommodated with fpoons. Though they could not fit very regularly to tbelr entertainment, becaufe of their nutr beri;, who had all an iiqual v/elcome to the good chcprj yet, as we kept continually replenilhing their empty diihes, they were all fatisfed, and had as much as they cared to eat. Their food they liked extreamly well, if I may have leave to affirm it from the eagernefs they difpatched it with J and the fpoons, which were, moftly, filver, they returned with great honefty, . which they would doubtlefs have done, had they been gold, the value of thofc metals be- D d 2 ing 403 A. D. 1721. }f m 404 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the WoxRLD. ing, at that time, whatever it may be here- after, utterly unknown to them. Having thus commenced a friendlhip with thefe Indians, I thought it might not be unfafe to lend an officer on ihore to take a view of the waterine place j but fo make him the more wel- come, I lent with him fome coarfe blue bays> and fome fugar, as a nrefent to their women, amongft whom it wa^ to be equally diftributed. Their Chief feeing onr boat ready to put o^, was for waiting on her with his Bark-log, but I, as \y'ell as I could, entreated him to take a pallage in our boat, which he feemed to be mightily pleafed with. The remainder of the diy was fpent in an interview between us and our new vilitors, who behaved themfelves in general, very quietly and peaceably. The officer returning from the fhore, with an account of a civil recep- tion, we prepared to fend our cafks on ffiore the next morning. Indeed from fome ac- counts I had read concerning thefe people, I did not apprehend any moleftation from them in wooding and watering, though a firfl view of the countiy and inhabitants might difliearten one a little fr jm venturing quite free- ly amongfl: them. They even appeared fo ter- rible to our Negroes, who had been born in Guinea, A Voyage round the World. Guinea, that one of them who was fent with the officer on fliore, and was otherwife a ve- rv flout fellow, was afraid to ilir from the boat, and all the time kept an axe in his hand to defend himfelf in cafe of an attack ; but this dread may perhaps have proceeded from the anger or contempt which the two firft that came off to us, had expreffed towards our Negroes, by driving them from the Whites. As foon as night approached, all our Indians fwam to the lliore again, and left us a clear iliip, to reft ourfelves'in after the fatigue of the day. By day-break next morning, our boat went on fhore, with thofe defignec to cut the wood and fill the water ; aiid 'before the fun was up, we were again crbuded with our former guefts, ¥^ho feemed as if they could never be weary.:«S" gazing at us and our fhip. But th'^t nothing might be wanting in us to keep up the amity we had already contraded with them, I ordered a great boiler to be carried on lliore, with good flore of flour and fugar, and a Negroe cook, who was continually boil- ing of hafly pudding, for the numbers of fpec- tators on the beach ; and it really behoved us tc endeavour to keep in their favour, fince, whether in the (hip, or on the ftrand, we were D d wholly A. 405 D. 21 I'i km n tm I Mr ^1 if 4o6 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. wholly in their power, tliofe on Oiore being perpetually furrounded by niultituue3 of them, while we in the fhip were, from morning till night, fo incommoded by them, that we could hardly move, fore and aft, through the throng of them. They at firfl proved to oe no better to us than idle fpedators, till, perhaps, their natural com- paflion for the few of my men, whom they faw rolling of great and cumberfom calks of water over the heavy fand, in the fultry heat of the day, inclined them to help us. To this may be added, a fenfe of the kind treatment they met with from us, and the particular readinefs of their chief to ferve us, by (hew- ing his people a good example. For, after Mr. Randall, my lieutenant, he himfelf took up the fecond log of wood to carrv to the boat, and was immediately followed by two or three hundred of them, who all took to the work. This was a great eafe and relief to my people, a'ld (l^oitened the tiuie of our flaying here. VVliat wjs flill more, they rolled ourcafks down t > tli^ ; )a::, !;at always ded a wh'cc (. :;.j ro niiiit tlu.n, who, if expc he did but tuu J' ^r \'\ 1 1 is tii.ucr, it was fullici en^ ncourn'-r I', c ioi them to pcife- vere in their labour. c even found means tQ yl Voyage romiii ibe World. to make thofe who ufed to be all the day on board the fliip, uftful to us ; for v/hen we came to heel her, we crouded them all over on one fide, wliich, together with other Shifts, gave her a very confiderable heel, v/hile we cleaned and payed her bottom with pitch and tallow ; and they were Co tradlable, that they would all of them fit very quietly on the fide they were bid to gOy till we ordered them to difperfe ihemfelves, that we might bring the fliip upright upon her keel again. In this manner they repaid our civilities with their fervices, and every dav they feemed more and more fond of us. When our boat went on fliore in the morning, there was a conflant equipage waiting for our people on the beach, and particularly fjr thofe who, by a better drefs, they guellcd to be above the common fort. Thcle they always received with fuch formality as could not be expedled in fuch a place ; for as foon as they came out of the boat, they were immediately laid hold of by two Indians, who led them between them, ?.rid were followed by a great many couples of Indians, hand in hand j thus were they led up to the river, and then left to their own liberty to proceed in the direction and execution of their bufinefs, D d 4 Mean 407 hH A. D. i| 1721. IMW W m ! I:- WJ 40 8 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. Mean while, the rumour of our arrival was fpread through all the neighbouring parts, and fome of clans different from thofe who inhabited the land about this bay, came daily to take a view of us. Thofe who came from any diftance in the country could not fwim> and that they were different from thofe we had firft feen, on our arrival here, appeared by their manner of painting themfelves, and by other little diflindions, which were vili- ble amongA: them ; but they all united to af- flit us, nor were any of them idle but the women, who ufed to lit in companies on the fcorching fand, waiting for their Iharc of what was going forward, which they ufed to receive without any quarreling, amongfl; them, about the inequality of the diftribution of it, al- though fome v/ho had nothing to ferve thcni inflcad of fpoons, fared but poorly. But at lafl there were few of them that had not fomcthing to fci ve them by way of a fpoon, encouraged thereto by our conflant fupplies of fare, with which we fed feveral hun- dreds of them every day. In a word, they thought themfelves happy in us, and we thought ourfelves fortunate in meeting fo timely and neceffary an affjflance from them \ fo/ A ^ OY ACE. round the World. for without it, it is more than probable my men might have contradled fome dange- rous ficknefs in working fo laboriouily in the heat of the day, after being, in a manner, worn out by what they had already undergone, for fo long a feries of time paffc. Having done all our bulinefs here, in the ^^'^^ <5*^r^rt fpace of five days, we, on the eighteenth oinia. Auguft, in the morning, prepared for our departure in- the afternoon. We employed the morning in making a large diftribution of fugar amongft the women. To the men we gave a great many knives, old axes, and old iron, which we had taken in our prizes. Thefe were the mofl ufeful things to them, and of which they flood mofl: in need ; in return for which, fome of them gave us bows and arrows, deer-fKin bags, live foxes, fquirrels, and the like. That we might appear as confiderable to them as pollible, I ordered five guns to be fired on the loofingofour top-fliils, the noife of which greatly amazed them ; and upon feeing our fails loofed, there was a damp upon their fpirits, which might be eafily difctrned in their countenances. Their wo- jnen were all in tears, when my people had executed their orders, and were coming off 409 1 A. D. III 1721. 11 4IO A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. to the fliip. A great many of the men Aaid in the iliip all the while we were pur- chaling our anchor, and did not offer to iHr from us till v/e were under fail, and then with moil dejeded looks leaped over-board, to fwim back to the fhore. That very even- ing we took our departure from cj^pe St, Lu- car, in our way to China. But I mufl flop here to give feme account of this country and inhabitants, which we are as little acquainted with, as with any of the known parts of the world. Defcription of the Southermoft part of California, and its i72huhitanti. AS to the bounds and extent of Cali- fornia, our geographers have yet never been able to determine, either from their own obfervations, or by information from others, whether it be an illand, or part of the conti- nent of North America. The iglifli .X have been here, have neither had time nor opportunity to go about this difcovery, which, if compleated, might be of very litde ufe to us, w^hatever fatisfadtion it might afford to the A Voyage round the World. the curious. The Manila (hip indeed, in her way to Acapulco, might, as has been apprehended, vvidi no confiderable lofs of time, make this and other dlicoveries ; but the Spaniards are grown indolent and incuri- ous, and in that fliip in particular, they are fo intent on the fale performance of their voyage, and the great profits they derive from the trade they carry on, that they can fcarce think of any thing elfe. As they are obhged to run into a very Northern latitude for the benefit of a Wefterly wind, ihey are fald to have fometimes had foundings in their mid-palTage ; but I never Jieaid they at- tempted to make any land upon thefe occa- fions. But, by this, it may be prefcmed that America and Afia are joined by a tradt of land to the Northward ; but fince tliat, and, pro- bably, many othcL-coafts and countries are as yet hid from us, I fliall leave them to future difcoveries. The Eailcrn coafh of that part of California, which I had a fight of, appears to be moun- tainous, barren, and fmdy, and very like fome parts of the coafl: of Peru ; but, neverthelefs, the foil about Puerto Seguro, and, very likely, it may be the fame in moft of the vallies, is a rich black mould, which as you turn it frefli up 411 A. D. 1721. 412 A. D. 1721. yf Voyage r omul the World. up to the fun, appears as if intermingled with ffold dufl. Some of this (rlitterinp- foil we endeavoured to wafh and purify and feparate from tlic dirt ; and the more we attempted it, tlie more what fo fhone and glittered feem- ed to he gold, vvlii»:h made us hring away fome of it, to make fomc hotter effay and trial of it, with perf )ns of more fkill and judgment, than ourfelvco. Wedidfo,hut whatwebrought away was loll in the midfl of our troubles and confulioii afterwards in China. However illu- iive, the fliining particles in this foil may have been, thcr.; can be no greatdoubt but this coun- try affords metals of the mofl precious kinds. Here is plenty of wood, but the trees of what kind foever they may be, which we could not difcover, are no better than dwarfs to appearance ; and when we were there, their leaves were fo eaten up and de- voured by inconceivable fwarms of locufts, that they gave the country the appearance of a fort of winter, which elfe could never be obferved in this climate. In the day-time thefe locufts are perpetually on the wing, and were very troublefome and offenfive to us, by flying in our faces. Thefe locufts are the fame with thofe which make fuch ravages on fome parts of our continent, and have been A D. 1721. A Voyage rotirJ the World. been feen with us. No fooner did we come to an anchor but they came off to us .in ftich fwarms, that the fca about us was co- vered, and difcoloured with thpii* dead bo- dies. I know not that any of the few who have been here, have taken notice of this plague of locufts hereabouts j and there- , fore, in hopes thev^ may be here at this feafon of the year only, I gave the inha- bitants a large parcel of calavanccs, a fort of bean, and fliewed them how to fow them. In a word, thefe iocufts had fpared nothing that was green, except the reeds in the little river from whence we filled our water. Puerto Seguro, fo called by Sir Th mas Puerto Se« Cavendifh, is about two leagues to the North- S"^^^'^''^^'^ eailward of Cape St. Lucar, which is the Southermoft land of California, and is almofl right under the tropic of Cancer. The marks to know it bv, and the chief diredion for going into this port, I have already men- tioned, and (liall now only add, that there is a bank of fluid on the Northern fide of you, as you go in, on which you may anchor from the depth of fixtcen to eight fathoms ; but take care that you do not fall too near to the Soutbern fide, where there is very deep wr*- iter J for this bank iliclves away vciy fafi: from m m 414 A. D. 1721. A VoyaCe round the WorlU. from the Northern fhoie \ and therefore be fure that you are well on this bank before you come to, ar,d 'then drop your anchor any where between the depths I have mentioned, and lay your moorings South Fait and North Wefl, v/ith a good fcope of cable. 1 rode in thirteen fathom, and lay open to the fea, from the Ead: by North to the South Eafl by South. Duiing my ftay at this place, the wind pre- vailed from the Well South Weil, to the Weft by North, which rendered this a commodious harbour to us : but if the wind fliould come frefh out of the fea, it would be otherwife, as here is room for very little drift. We did not rile above holf a mile from the fliore, and of courfj i-riis would have been an indif- ferent re-ud in fuch a cafe. From the South Eafl to the Weft of this port or bay, it is rocky and mountainous, and from the Well to the North by Weft, it is low, and cover- ed with bare trees at this feafon, and from the North by Weft, to the North North Haft there are three indifferent high mountains of | nearly the fame appearance and bignefs with each otb era ^i^^l from tbefe the land flielves very rcgul-^rly till it forms a low point, wh'ch bore Eaft by North of us as we lay at anchor, 1 and yf Voyage round the V^ovlld. 415 and this is the Eafternioft point that forms A. D. the entrance of the bay. '721. The watering place we were fupplled from, Watering is on the North lide, in a fmall river, which ^^^ empties itfelf through the fan J into the fea. This will be confpicuous from the Hnp, by the appearance of the green -reeds or canes which grow in it, and which the locufts n.ver touch. This water is excellent for fea fervice. In fhort, the port in general may be reckon- ed convenient for fuch as may have occafion to lay in v^ait for the Manila fhip, or to keep out of the way, for fome time, after the coafts have been thoroughly alarmed. The Men are tall, ftrait, and well made. the inhabi' Their limbs are large, their haircoarfe and black and barelv reaches down to their fhoulders. The Woji en are of a much fmaller fize, their hair is much longer than the mens, and with it jfome of their faces are almofl covered. Some f both fexes have good countenances, but we thought them to be of a much darker complexion than any of the Iitdiiins wc had feea in the coaits of thefe feas, thefe bein Account of (T Icf a d( ep copp er colour. li I*' 'i J!' n I;; 1^ ^4 The 'W;"'"-" 416 j4 Voyage round f^eWoviLi3, ^' ^- The men go quite naked, and have not '72 J* the leaft thing to cover them. They wear no. Men go quite thing at all but a few trifles, v^hich they look upon as ornaments, fuch as a band of red and v^hite filk grafs, which fome wear round their heirds, adorn 'd on each fide v/ith a tuft of hawk's feathers. Others have pieces oF mother of pearl, and fmall fliells ty'd in tlieir hair, and hanging about their necks. Some of them have large necklaces of fix or fevcii firings, compofed of fmall red and black dri- ed berries } fome are fcariiied all over their bodies in variety of figures, while others ufe I a kind of daubing or paint, fome befmear- ing only their faces and breafts with black, while others were regularly painted all over| from the face to the navel with black, and from thence down to the feet with red. The women on the contrary wear a thick fringe of filk grafs, which hangs down t'jl their knees, and have a deer fkin careleOy wiapped over their llioulders. Some of the | better fort w^ear the fkin of a large bird. Their Man- From whut I have been relatina: of theit ner nnd Dil- . ° pofition. pcrfonal appearance, it may well be con- cluded that nothing can be more wild andl flwasje to look at. But there is a wide dlfJ ference between what one wouldj upon firil| fight, 7 H*T "T^r.'^ ^PITT ^ of theB K 1 of theirB be con-B 'lid anfl /ide dif-l pon finl -6^^ o(/ur in t/iatvfal>€€/: 1o^ foUon^ 2*a^e ^iff r^v?^T5^^r?^ ^/W? Ui/{/07 viicUiy/iKfnievvM^ cm^ i/vaySir{^;J'A Yiya^Sirc^;K/Am^ tA^ ot/ur m.t/uz/?af{LJ)eeyr ■^ ■».^ ■•■^i* ■ /, -'ill *»v . - v^.5.■•'.■;■■■''V.■ .■,..^■JJr/'«v'J'r^ .l.."*M».',*ir'.<>'*>«,*t,v ■ ,.'.jf ..•j-.'S'i-*-^ Mi^;^ i'.-.;vi' -ii> WA .•->i '? V,-. ,.■>.„, j*,,..*!)*^., .-......*. ■ Ml ■■<:•*!■. klv' " ■ , , „ Ci!*.- J. • j.' A Voyage round the World." 417 fight, expedl to find from them, and what A. D. they really appeared to us to be ; for by all »72»« we could difcern in their behaviour to- wards one another, and in their deportment towards us, they arc endued with great good nature. All the time we were there, and conflantly in the midd of crouds of them, there was nothing to be perceived but har- mony and afFedion amongft them* Wc obferved that when we gave any thing eat- able to any one of them in particular, he always divided it into as ms^ny fhares as he Their affec- had companions about him, and molt com-other. monly referved little or nothing for himfelf. They fcldom walked fingle, but went moftly by pairs, hand in hand. They appear to be perfedly tradable. We could obferve no particular figns or indications of cruelty in either their afpeds, or adions. They feem- ed to keep their women at fome little diflance, and that was all. - They feem to lead a carelefs life, and to have every thing in common amongft them, and can be fuppofed to fearch for nothing but the bare necelTarics of life, viz. meat and drink ; which frees them from the anxieties which diflurb the thoughts of nations more civilized, and more refined. Their content- E e ment ^'m m ;ri 41 8 A VoY AGE round the World, y^, D. ment mddc them honeft, for they never »72*' offered to pilfer or fleal any of our tools, and other utenfils, though they might have be n of great fcrvice to them. As an inftance of Their ho-tjjjg j^ particular; fomc of our men, who ncfly* had been cutting of wood all day, and were coming on board in the evening, heedlelly forgetting that they had left their axes behind them, in the wood ; it was obferved, by one of the Indh s {landing by, that they bad not taken their tools with them. The Indian took notice of this negledt to their king, or chief (who was alfo ftanding to fee our boat go off) and he fent him diredtly into the woods to fetch the axes, which he according- ly did, and delivered them to our people with a feeming fatisfadion that they did not go a- way without them. In a word, they feem to pafs their lives, acccording to the notions we have of the pureft fimplicity of the ear_ lied ages of the world, before difcord and contention were heard of amongft men 5 which mud be owing to the great diflancc of their iituation, and their being fo much out of the reach of thofe who might have taught them other things. As yet then thefe Califoniians may be faid to adt according to the didates of nature, whilft we often al- ^ low A VoVAge rou'nd the World. low ourfelves to adt contrary to the juft re-^ monftrances of our reafon. A late navigator has reprefented them to be idle, lazy^ and given to be jealous of their women^ alledg* ing he never fav^^ any of them that v^rere not^^^^|[[^P'"*" in years. It is, in a manner, certain that they Can be pradifed in no fort of labour but that of fifhing and hunting, If they are flothful, it appeared, to us, to proceed more from difufe thaii dilinclination to work. As for their wo- men we had the company of fome hundreds of them, young and old, ever)' day ; nor did the men ever feem to take the leafl umbrage at it. On our part we fo much avoided the giv- ing them any offence, and made them fo ma- ny pr-fents, trifles to us, but not fo to them, that I dare fay, they will not refufe their aflift- ance to thofe whofe chance it may be, to come after uSi It is particularly remarkable that they would never fuflfer us to take fnufFj but Would carneftly take it from us, whene- ver we attempted it* Nor would they ever fuffer us to look through a fpying-glafs, which I had frequent refort to, to fee how ouf workj of wooding and watering, was followed on the rtiore. In th^e two inftances, they always took upon them to controul us, and in E c 2* thefc 419 1 ■ A. D. 1 1 1721* 1 1 Mifrepre- i ted. 1 1 1 II 1 11 (»■ ii 1 A, \ 1-' W'\ , \ •11' m- ■^ ' "" 420 A. D. 1721. Their Ian guage. Their man- ner of living. A Voyage round the World. thefe two only ; the caufes of which we arc to feek for. Their language we could make nothing of* It feemed to us to be harfli and guttural. They talked very much among themfelves. I had once a thought of bringing away with me, fome of the youngeft, that they might learn our language, and give us fome infor- mation of their country -, but as we could not make them underfland us, we muft have feemed, to them, to have done this by force, which might have exafperated them j and as it might have produced mifchief to fuch fliips as might have occafion to feek for fuc- cour, or fheiter, there after us, I foon laid afide all thoughts of that defign. Their manner of living, in general, may be foon defcribed. Their dwellings, which we faw but little of, are faid to be very mean, and fcarce able to fhelter them. Their diet I be- lieve, is moftly of iifh, efpecially at this fea- fon of the year, which they frequently eat raw, though they fometimes bake it in the fand. They feldom can want a fupply of this, the men being expert harpooners. They ' go out to fea on their bark-logs, which are Qiily compofed of five logs of a light wood, made faft to each other by wooden pegs 5 and on A Voyage round the World. on thefe they venture out, rowing with a dou- ble paddle, and with their harpoons, which are made of a fort of hard wood, they ftrike the largeft albicores, and bring them in when flruck. This was altogether furprizing to us, who had fo often experienced the ftrength of that fifh, and the difficulty of getting them into our fhip, at certain times, when they have been either hooked, or ftruck. One would imagine, that as foon as thefe Indians had flruck one of thefe albicores, on his light embarkation, it would run away with him and his bark-log, and carry him wherever it pleafed ; but they either ftrike them fo as to give them fome mortal wound, or have fome particular way of managing them, that they ftruggle and relift in vain. When we were in this port, it was apparently their iifh- ing feafon, but by the number of deer-fkins one fees amongfl them, it is natural to conclude, they have alfo their feafon for hunting. The fkins of their deer are grey and fo are the fkins of their foxes and fquir- rels, of all which, it is likely, they eat indiffe- rendy, as of mofl other animals that become their prey. Of birds, amongfl them, we favv fcarce any, but a few pelicans. E c 3 What 421 A. D. 1721. ■T" I .WWH^HW"^"'.' 4«2 '^Voyage round tbeWoJLLD, A, D, What thefe Indians ufe inflead of bread, is i7«»' very remarkable. It is a fmall black feed of Theirbrwd.anoily fubftance, which they grind, much the fame way, as we do our chocolate, and afterwards make it up in fome fuch manner. The looks of thefe black lumps or rolls, fo made up, is not very inviting, yet the tafle is not very difagreeable. When they want to drink, they go up to their middle in the ri- ver, and there take up the water between their hands, or ftoop down and fuck it up with their mouths. Thus between hunting, fifhing, eating and fleeping, their time is di- vided, and it is likely that by thefe exerclfes, and the fparingnefs of their diet, heir lives are prolonged to a great length ; and indeed many, of both fexes, live to a very great age, if we may guefs by the very great and extraor- dinary appearances of it in fome of both fexes. Their arms. Their arms are bows and arrows. Their bows are about lix foot in lengtii, and their arrows feem to be fomewhat too long for their bows. Confiderlng their want of tools to nrako fuch things with, it muft take them up a great deal of time, in the making, and contriving of them. Their bow-firings are made of deer's finews, and their arrows are ^ompofcd of a holjow cane, for two thirds of their Great age. 423 D. 1721, A Voyage round the World. their length, and the other third next the point, is of a heavy kind of wood, which is headed with a piece of flirtt, and fometimes with a kind of agate, the edges of which arc indented, or cut in teeth like a faw. The point of this flint, or agate, is. worked fo as to be pretty fharp. They made no manner of fliew of their arms to us, and it was rarely " that we faw them in the hands of any of the men. The women had them, in the woods, in fearch of game, which may be thence prefumed to be fome part of their em- ployment. Upon the whole, they feem, in general, to have need of arms, to fave and de- fend them from wild beads ; for we could perceive fome of the men to have received great hurts from them; particularly one old man, who had had one of his thighs moft miferably torn and mangled, by the teeth, or talons, or both, of fome furious bead or 0- ther 5 of which the fear, or rather fears, were a very evident and extraordinary proof. It would, perhaps, be too formal to enter Their go- upon a difcourfe concerning their government . vemment. It is mod likely to be as fimple as their man- ners, of which I have been faying as much as I know. That their king or chief is treated with particular rcfpedt^ appeared by E e 4 the i 424. A Voyage round the World* ^* ^' the train which followed him, in couples, and '''*'• always hand in hand. In this manner was he coming out of the woods, the firfl morning after our arrival, when obfcrving one of my officers employed in cutting down a tree, and perceiving fome filver lace on his waiftcoat, he immediately took an opportunity of fliew- ing both his authority and civility, by order- ing one of his attendants to take the ax from him, and work in his ftead. A remark- Before I conclude this fedion, I cannot able initance of their afti-but acquaint my reader with a remarkable in- walter!" ^ ilance of the adlivity of thefe people in the water, which one would almoft take to be their natural element. It happened one day, while I was there, that a monflrous kind of flat fifli was funning himfelf, on the furface of the water, near the fhore. Some of the Indians feeing him, went into the water, to the number of twelve or thereabouts, and furroundcd him, who finding himfelf difturb- ed^ dived to get from them. They (Jived after him, and it was with much difficulty he got from them the firfl time. In about an hour afterwards, he appeared again, and fixteen or feventeen of the Indians fwam off to him, and encompaffed him as before, and by tormenting him after . a manner peculiar to A Voyage round the Worlp. 425* to themfelvcs, they, by their art, for their A. D. ftrength could have been of no avail, infen- '?*■• fibly drove him on fhore. When his belly touched the ground, the force with which he ftruck the beach with his fins is not to be ex- prefied, no more than the agility of the Indi- ans in avoiding his blows, and who were eager to kill him, for fear left the furf (hould lift him a-float again. They at length dif^ patched hirti by the help of a dagger, which Randall, my lieutenant, lent them, as he hap- pened to be ftanding by. They foon cut him in pieces, which were diftributed to all comers. This fifh, by the neareft computation, was fourteen or fifteen feet in breadth, though not fo much in length. Notwithftanding he was of the flat kind, he was very thick, and had a hideous large mouth. ^^Thus having given the moft exr.cl and faithful relation I can, of this country and its inhabitants, I fhall proceed towards the fequel of my voyage. ^ * Wu'yJ'de'cn^ //^^i ^!^'/:iJ ^j^M^m£^'^-^/i' / SECT. ••":.;• -■ ' "iTV'T^piljivJ^jpHMJ.fl! I^J'J'il'' ''■ H'.»' ■ , A, D. ;/f Voyage ^-^w;?^ the Worldi SECT. XV. Containing fome remarks on the pajfage into the Great South Sea, and fome injlruciiom to fuch as may for the future go to criiife on the Weftern €oqft5 of North and South America, S*l9(58n'l E I N G on the point of leaving S B g thcfe parts of the world, I think £)8()8( Ji( no place could be more proper than this, from whence to take a retrofped of the navigation of thefe fcas, and on thefe coafts; and fuch an one as may be of general ufe, at leaft to fuch as may rcfort hither for the time to come, and who can never be too well infoi'med of what it may be neceflary for them to know. To be as ufeful as I tan, in regard to this, I /hall, as I go along, point at the rocks on which we i^\\t ; partly by our diftrelTes, and partly by not knowing better how to avoid them, Firil:, isi ~-$*&-w r --^-•«T-Wl-WT>-:^"rn--Tr,-,--^^.-r^^,pf^-,-,rir^ . hhfnifi^i of ifKAyuZ/ief^m^t parly ofCalifof ^nia a r'l. % mms^. I ^'^^ii-Sk i^; is- w Vii ^pmppwF ■^WBWwpBWIWfTjwwnr A Voyage round the World, 427 Firft, then, if your defign be to cruife in ^' ^' 1 7 2 1 the Great South Sea, I would not have you touch on the coaft of Brafil, unlefs it be abfo- NcttotoucU on the coalt lutely necelTary for you fo to do 3 for they trade of Brafil, over-land to the river of Plate, from whence the Spaniards may have advice .of you, on the coaft of Chili, before it may happen that you can arrive there with your ihip ; but if it fhould happen that you fhould be fo un- fortunate as to be obliged to take fhelter on that coaft, I would recommend the ifland of St. Catherine's^ as the place the moft proper in all refpedts, for your purpofe. The coafts of Brafil, and Patagonia, other- wife called the Defart Coaft, are fixed in their moft exaft fituation, by our worthy country- man, Dr. Edmund Halley, whofe general fea-chart I ftridly obferved, and never found any material error in my account, that I could attribute to any error ii^. that gentleman's work. When I was fliipwrecked on the iAand of Juan Fernandes, I, amongft many other things, loft fome particular remarks and me- niorandums, which might have been of ufc towards the fixing of particular longitudes, as well omitted as bor- row ed, may Pw ■l.l! ■Pi : 1^ I 'II immntimi^fifmir'" m^mmm^ 42S jf Voyage round the World. A. D. I mufl obferve to you, that as you advance 1721. towards the coaft of Brafil, you'll fee, in the Sign of be- night, a fort of faint corufcation, flafhing and coiftofBrafii^P^^yi"g' ^^ ^ ^^V "^^ the expreffion, in that part of the horizon. When you begin to obferve this, you may aiTure yourfelf you are not above twenty-five leagues from the land -, thus I found it, and this is the general remark, as I was informed, of all the Portugueze pilots on thefe coafts, and feas of Brafil. Having gained to the Southward of the Neccfllty river of Plate, it may be proper for you to foofding"^ get in with the land till you come into found- Somh of the j^gs, and in foundings it will be befl for you to be, all along the coaft of Patagonia. I'hc winds on that coaft commonly blowing off the fhore, you have nothing, in general, to dread, fo that by all means I would have you keep within the limits of my foundings on that coaft, Thofe foundings I have already given in their proper place *, and by our ac- counts, compared with Dr. Halley's chart, we were never within thirty, or farther off than forty leagues from land. When you come into the latitude of fifty-one, you may cxped: to ineet with flioal water, on the bai\k I have formerly mentioned |., therefore then take the moft proper mcafuus you can think of , * Sec page 60. % Sec page 63. ■Tfw A Voyage round the World. 429 of, to keep out of the danger of it, if any A. D, there be. *^^** The courfe I took is probably the beft Thebeft track for lliips to follow, who have a derignfo]"J^gj[^£j,^ to go through either the ftreights of Magel- gi"g »nto the Ian, or the ilreights of le Mair, one of which Sea. fliould, doubtlels, be preferred by Ihips who are bound to the coafts of Chili and Peru. For by keeping to the Eaftward, as fome liave done, who have chofen to. go without, or to the Eaflward of the illand of Staten-land, the extent of which, that way, is uncertain, they are obliged to give it a good berth to the Eaftward, and, in io doing, they expofe themfelves to great difficulties, in the regaining of fo much Wefting, as is neceflary for them, to make, wherewith to double cape Horn, againft almoft contrary winds, which blow, very fre- quendy, with tempeftuous violence, from the Weftern board, where they are moflly fixed. Thus they expofe themfelves much longer than necelTary, to the i hocks of that uncertain navigation, weaken their ihips, and introduce ficknefs, and decay of health, amongd their people. WJKrc^'ore let this courfe be care- fully avoided, by making a fure paiiage thro' the ftraits of Magellan, or thofe of le Mair, the latter of which I fliould, in mv own mind, >';'ii;- )Si /^20 A VoVage roufii the World* A. D. mind, prefer, for the following reafons. In «7*»» pafling through the ftraits of Magellan, you run the rifque of being frequently obliged to come to an anchor, which muft wear out your ground tackling, if you have no lofTss of it 5 and harrafs and fatigue your people beyond meafure, and rifque the danger both of life and limb in fo rigid a climate, as this moft certainly is j to fay nothing of the dan- gen of Ihip wreck in fo narrow, and, as I may fay, fo unknown a track of navigation. I Straits of le would therefore recommend the ftraits of le Maar the bell jyjair as a medium between the two extreams of going round to the Eaftward of Staten- iand, or through the ftraits of Magellan 5 tho', I muft confefs, I thought thefe the beft way when I firft fet out on this expedition. Through the ftraits of Ic Mair you may gain your pafTage in three hours, and by that means avoid all the fatigues of the one, and cut off the grcateft part of the inconveniences of the other. This is the trad: the French have ge^ nerally endeavoured to follow, and which I^ from my own experience, who, as far as I have ever read or heard, am the firft of our nation, who ever made ufe of thofe ftraits, would recommend to my countrymen, for the time to come. But A Voyage round the V/orlo. 4ji But I mufl not forget to remind you of ^* ^• a caution you arc to make ufe of in approach- ' ing the coafts of Tierra del Fuego, if you , Cautions ♦© o . ° •'be ufed in co- have mifty weather, and that is, not to ad- ming on the vance nearer to the fhore than the depth of ^gf p^glj^ fixty fathoms, for I found foundings in forty fathoms, within lefs than eight leagues of the land. Take care that you are not deceiv- ed by a diftant profped of the land itfelf, which being covered with fnow, it may be miftaken for white clouds in the horizon. When you have paffcd the ftraits of le Mair, I would advife you to contrive, if pofUble, in iio'ibling cape Horn, to be fure of a very yjoi offing of three days drift, at leaft, from the coaft of Chili ; for we made that coaft unexpedtedly, in the latitude of forty-eight degrees South, when by our accounts we imagined we had been at leaft fifty leagues to the Weftward of it, I would not have you think of coming in "^ On the coaft with the coaft of Chili, till you have got as far to the Northward as Narborough's ifland, in the latitude of forty-four degrees, thirty minutes South, nor even then, except you Hand in need of wood and water, and have fettled fair weather to deal with ^ for you will, in that part, find a frightful coaft, with rapid :i : '< Chili. ^/.'•^ '^f)ftm'i^wm^iit>%njf.\j9^> 432 -^ Voyage rowtd tbe World, ' rapid tides and breakers, three or four leagues '^*^' from the fhore lMtoKlto"the ^^^ Spaniards fay, the coaft of Chili near Southward on the fea-fide, is uninhabited till you come fo far to the Northward as the ifland of Chiloe, which is a place fo abounding with provifi- ons, that even a fquadron of fhips might thr^re be fupplied therewith. The dread of g fhort of provifions, has been no fmall dilcouragcment to warlike undertakings in thefe parts of the world j but I can aflure you, there are many places, and may be great opportunities of getting recruits of provilion on thefe coafts, which 1 do not remember to have feen fufficiently obferved in any of our voyages hitherto.. Wherefore, for the eafc and fatisfadion of fuch as may follow me in that navigation, I iliall, as I go along thefe coaftsJ take particular notice of fuch places as ma)) afford proviiion, and of fuch means as may be conducive towards attaining it, which may be really ferviceable, and help to chafe away the melancholy apprehenlions of being in dangci of flarving, or of being forced to furrendd for want of a neceflary fubliftence to keep th( fea with. Coaft of Firft, then, the coaft of Chili extends fron Chih. ^gpg Vidtoria, in the Weftern entrance of tb » ftraiti ■''\ near le fo iloe, Dvifi- nigkt ad of fmall gs in affure I great jvifion aber to of our afc and in that coaftsi as mn maybe maybe ;yay m I dangell irrende! ceep th( j4 Voyage round tbe World. 433 ftraits of Magellan to Cobija, in the latitude A. D. of twenty-two degrees, thirty minutes South. '72»« The coall: is generally very high, and you have almofl all the way a fight of fome of the Cordeliers. The fea bordering all along Not to be this coaft, can, by no means, be termed a part^'/Ehe'^Paafic of the Pacific Ocean, efpecially when the fun Ocean, vyhen 1 XT 1 1 r 1 , . the fun is to IS to the JNorthward or the equator. Jt is the northward fubjcfl to tcmpeftuous weather, very often, in °^^^^ equator that half of the year. Upon this coaft, you have the ports of Conception, in the latitude of thirty-fix degrees, forty minutes. South ; Valparaifo, in the latitude of thirty-two de- grees, fifty-five minutes. South ; and Co- quimbo in twenty-nine degrees, fifty minutes South. The trade of thefe ports, which is confiderable, confiils in the exportation of provifions of all forts, wherewith they fupply the greatcll part of the numerous fetdements of Peru. You can fcarce fail of meeting with provifions, if you cruife in the track of thefe ports ; but if immediate nccefiity ob- liges you, or if you are in a condition of nut valuing whether the coa/}s he nhiirnprl, or not, you may take their fliips out of the har- bour, or make a defcent upon the towns, e5f- cept, perhaps, at Valparaifo, where they have a fortrefs. The other two have tio iiif* F f tifieci (!'!' f I l£ii' I PI 434 A. D. 1721. Coaft of Peru. A Voyage round the World. tified ftrength to defend them from the Ihljv ping in the road. You may get cattle and fome dry proviiions likevvife, at the ifland of St. Mary's, which is about nine or ten leagues to the Southward of Conception. You ought not to think of proceeding to leeward of the ifland of Juan Fernandez, till you have compleatly flocked yourfelf with wood and water there*, which you muft huf- band with care, for there is no certain op- portunity of getting any more of either, till you get the length of the ifland of Gorgona, .in the bay of Panama. At the ifland of Juan Fernandez you may likewife fave a good quantity of fifli, which you may catch with hooks, though there is no conveniency for hauling the feyne j of thefe you may fait and fave a good fl:ock in a little time. Here you rnay alfo fave Seal to ferve, if not for your own ufe, yet for your Negroes and Indians, and the like J. We nov/ come to the coaft of Peru, which in the common acceptation, in refpedt of thefe /cas * The caution given here is of no ufe, if it be true, as is reported, that the Spaniards have peopled and fortified tiie ifland of Juan Fernandez, and your wood and water mult be fought for fomewhere elfe to the Southward. X All thefe conveniences and advantages can no longer ex- ift, if the ifland of Juan Fernandez be really peopled, as is {aid above. 435 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. feas, extends from Cohija, in the latitude of twenty-two deg. thirty min. South, to within a few degrees of the city of Panama,in the lati- tude of eight deg. five min. North. From Co- bija to Tumbez, in the latitude of four degrees, five minutes, South, which is four hundred Pacific S«« and eighty leagues, this coaft is extreamly mountainous, barren, and fandy. I had fight of but two green fpots in all this extent, which were the v ale of Arica, and the land about the town of Prfco. Within the limits of this part of the coaft, the navigation may be juftly termed Pacific, for it enjoys a certain equality of weather, which I never heard of, in any other part of the world; and the Spa- niards, from their long experience there, af- firm that it is nt er fubjedl to ftorms of ei- ther wind or rain, no more than to immode- Winds rate heats, or the terrors and alarms of thun- dc" and lightning, fo truly may S\% vaft ex- tent of fea and fea-coaft, be faid co be fafe and pacific ! The winds through all this extent of coafl, may be faid to be always Soutiiwefterly, except that, in the night, you have regular breezes off fhore, in with the land ; though a little in the offing, the bade wind of the coaft, as we may call it, prevails briikly. Ff 2 On fl ^f IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) M/. .fs ^ #? ^ M 1.0 I.I |5C ™^B Mi 25 .- lU IE ? '- IIIIIM III 1-8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ., 6" ► Photographic Sciences Corporation >3 WfcSi MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 87; -4503 r^^ V '-!* L^ ^ '^u ■> ^m^r»i(w^w^r^ ">?','f|WMP! 436 ^ Voyage round the World. -A- !>• On the contrary, that part of the coaft of '7''' Peru, lying between Tumbez and Panama, is fubjec^ to violent fqualls and gufts of wind, thunder and lightning, and great rains, efpe- cially when the fun is near the equator. All this coaft is bold, and free from any hidden danger, until you come near to the bay of Panama, and there is no difficulty even there. Places whiclv^^ S°^"S ^^ far as Gorgona, if you keep your afFord Proviii- lead going. One thing very remarkable, is, coaA of Peru! that there is but one navigable river, that we are aware of, on all the coafls of Chili and Peru, which is the river of Guayaquil. If on this coaft you fliould want provifion, you can't well mifs of finding enough (for a fingle fhip, at leaft) on the ifland of Iquique ; for they having there, nothing of their own growth, the few inhabitants are obliged to keep a flock before-hand . For the fame rea- fon you may meet with it at Payta, if they have not a previous alarm. From le Nafco and Pifco they expert great quantities of wine and brandy. Off of the high land of le Nafco, is a good cruifing flation, for meeting with the Chilinian traders, who commonly fall in with the land hereabouts. From the road of Guanchaco which is the port for Truxillo, they likcwife expoU great quanti- ties -^Voyage round the World. 437 ties of wheat, flour, bread, wine, brandy, ^' ^' fweetmeats and fruits, plate, and the like. Thefe ihips generally trade to Panama 5 the J^Jg"/""^* fame trade is carried on from Guayaquil to the French. the fame place. Cobija and Hilo have been lately the refuge of the French fhips ; they are both open roads. Here they difpofe of their cargoes, and in the firll of thefe. Mar- tinet in the Gloucefler, and la Jonquiere in the Ruby, two Spanifli men of war, took fe- ven or eight French fhir^^ in one morning, without firing? a gun -, if I fiy they were Coaft of Mexico. worth one million fterling, it will not be near fo much as they valued themfelves at, as I was informed. We now come to the coafl of Mexico, a part of the v^^orld Icfs frequented than the former two, and of confequnce lefs known. I can fay nothing farther of the extent of this coafl:, than from near Panama to cape Cori- entes, in thq latitude of about twenty-one degrees North, lying nearefl: North Weft, and by Weft, and South Eaft and by Eaft. I'he fituation of it, its little commerce, the un- certainty of its winds and weather, together with its unaccountable currents, and freauent long calms, render it a tedious folitary navi- gation. F f 3 This 43S A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World, This coaft appears to be a vaft continued mountainous wildernefs. Mod of the largeft and higheft peaks or mountains are, by the Spaniards, call'd Volcano's, but hardly any of them burn now. I faw but one of them that burn'd, which was that of Rumbao, in the latitude of fourteen degrees, twenty minutes, North, from whence we heard both the times we pafs'd by it, a rumbling noife as of remote thunder ; this noife we did not hear twice or thrice only, but once every eight or ten mi- nutes. From Rio Lego to Acapulco we ufed e - very night to fee the Ihore illuminated, as it were, by a great many fires, the reafon or ufe of which we never could learn. From Rio Lego to the bay of Tegoante- peque, or la Ventofa, the land next the fea is low, and full of Mangroves, though a little be- hind, and up in the country, you difcover ridges of mountains of a great height. All the way Frefh wa- that we ply'd up this coaft, we had gradual t«r hard to^ ^jj^^ ^j^^^ y^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^j.^^ ^pj^^ ^^^ come at on o ^ this coafl. falls very heavy upon this coaft, infomuch that we could not find a place to put a boat on fhore, with fafety, from Acapulco to the gulph of Amapala, where the Succefs water 'd but where we, as I have already related, could find A. 1721. 439 D. Trade of this coaft. AVo-^AC^i^. round the World. find none after the moft diligent fearches we •could make for it. This therefore is a place not to be much depended upon ; fo that there is no certainty of getting any fupply of frefh water, in this part, from the Iflandof Cano to Puerto Seguro in California. I never heard of any navigable river on this coaft, though per- haps there may be many fuch amongft the deep Gulphs and Bays on this coaft, which are but little known, even to the Spaniards themfelves. The chief trade of Mexico lies on the Eaft- crn fide of it, which makes the navigation on this part inconfiderable, and therefore it is not much worth the while to cruife here, except you are ftrong enough to cope with the Ma- nila fliip. When the fame ftiip is in Aca- pulco you will alfo be in the way of fuch fliips, Difficult to ^ J ^ J ^ get out of the from Peru, who come thither, at that feafon, bay of Pana- with filver to purchafc Indian and Chinefe"'^' Commodities. If you leave the coaft of Peru to cruife on the coaft of Mexico, be fure to compleat your ftock of wood and water at Quibo, ra- ther than run fo deep into the bay of Panama, as the Ifland of Gorgona ; for I met with a great deal of trouble in getting out from thence again. And if the coafts fliould happen to be F f 4 alarm'd, 440 A. 1721. ji Voyage rotwd the World. alarm'd, the enemy's men of war never fail to fearch for you at that place. Befides at Qui- bo you may not only find wood and water but alfo, as I have already obferv'd, meet with provifions, by looking out for the fmall velTels which pafs through Canal Bueno from Cheri- qui, Pucbla-Nuova, and other places to Pana^ ma, and alfo by landing at Mariato, as I have before direded, where you will find futficient of many things, efpecially of live cattle. I mufl obferve to you, that as I went to Mariato in a Spanilh-built (hip, I did not alarm them, al- though they faw me come to an anchor in the evening; but it might require you to make ufe of all imaginable precaution, to go thither in one of our Europe-built fhips, which the Indians would foon diftinguifli from one of theirs 5 but if you fhould have any ihip of the Spanifh-built in your polTeflion, you may fend her in, as I have already direded, and keep out with your own fhip. As a mark to know this place by, remember you will fee the clear green fpot, I have already obferved and the two fann-houfes. You may land on the beach over-againft the houfes, and fave yourfelf the trouble of going round by the ri- ver of St. Martin, as I did So contrive it, as to get fome of the inhabitants into your hands. They A Voyage rowid the World. They will be very ufeful to you, and without them you can do but little good. If you land but a fmall number of men you need not fear being attacked within thirty hours ; for there are no Spaniards who live nearer than at the diftance of feventeen or eighteen leagues, which is the diftance of what tliey call the city of Santa Maria. But if you can land a hundred and fifty or two hundred men, you may venture to keep your ground, and fave all your cattle on fhore ; for all the ftrength they can mufter up, according to the beft of my information, will not be able to drive fuch a number of you from thence, and you may take your own time. This, with what I faid before^ will be a fufficient inftrudlion for you, in relation to this, or any of the other places I have mentioned, and I (hall conclude with alTuring my reader, that if proper me- thods were taken in the condudl of warlike or peaceable enterprizes to this part of the world, there is not a more agreeable naviga- tion, than that of thefe coafts in general, but that of Peru in particular, whofe natural tran- quility, and the great profpeds of reaping ad- vantage there, would, if poflible, make a- mends for all the troubles to be undergone in going thither, and in coming from thence. • SECT. 441 A. D. 1721. 442 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. ?^fi£ss&s&^ )^^^ii s^' ^^' SECT. J^VI. TranfaElions in our pcijfage between Puerto Seguro in California, and the river of Canton in China. )«')8()5("^ HOUGH I could not but be T Q pleafed with the thoughts that I had, k.)8(^ii{ at Puerto Seguro, fupplied myfelf with a ftock of wood and water in a few days, which, without the afliflance of the inhabi- tants, might have taken us up a month or two J yet when I reflefled on my voyage hi- ther, and to the Tres Marias, in queft of the Succefs, and how much it had impaired my ihip, and rendered her lefs in a condition to perform the vafl courfe we had to run, to reach the other fide of the world, I could not but regret the difappointment, and be alarm- ed r.t our fituation. Our fhip was well worn out, and our rigging and fails were in the niofl wretched plight, that could be thought of, for fervice. The leaft accident, in the midil: of this voyage, to either, might have put a ftop to A Voyage round the World. 443 to it for ever. On the other hand, when I recol- A. D, ledted I had done what I thought for the beft, n^u I could not but have fome fatisfadion in it. Friday, Auguft the eighteenth, as before- Depnrtura mentioned, I failed from Puerto Seguro, and^^t^^ the fame evening w^e took our departure from cape St. Lucar, in the latitude of twenty- three degrees, fifty minutes North, bound to Canton in China, themoft likely place where we could hope to meet with Englifli fhips homeward bound for Europe. Auguft the twenty- firft, we difcovered an Difcoveran ifland bearing Weft South Weft, a hundred ^'^'^"'^• and ten leagues diftant from cape St. Lucar j I endeavoured to get in with it, but could not approach it nearer than within the diftance of two leagues. The night coming on, and it blowing very frefh, I did not think it proper to lofe fo much way as we might, in the night, ty laying by, or by plying i n to take a vie v^^ of it. I judged it to be feven or eight leagues in cir- cumference. On the South Weft of it, there appeared a large bay, with a high rock in the middle of it j this iilc my people called aher my name. From hence wefteered down gradu- ally into the parallel of thirteen degrees North, but had our way ftopped, for two or three y^^^. ^-^ days, by Wefterly winds, which is what we co'^^ia''/ n'inds. never 'ill' ■ ^4-4- ^ Voyage rou?2d the World; A. D. never cxpc6ted to meet with in fuch latitudes, '72». and at a diflance of fomc hundreds of leup-ues from any land. We were allonidicd at luch an unforefeen delay,' and began to dread we might meet with many fuch reveifes of winds in this pafTage ; nor could we conje6lure, or conceive what might be the caufe or caufcs of them. In the midft of this, the ufual tra.le wind prevailed again, and delivered us from the fears and apprehenfions, we had been in- volved in, upon this occafion. With this we proceeded on our pafTage, keeping the paral- lel or track of the thirteenth degree of Norths ern latitude, except when we judged ourfelves to be near the Ihoals of St. Bartholomew. We then ventured to fail a degree more Norther- ly, and fo continued to do for a run of fixty or feventy leagues. A fortnight, or thereabouts, after we had left California, my people, who had hitherto taken°wfth a enjoyed an uninterrupted ftate of health, be- gan to be afflidled with a iicknefs which par- ticularly affeded their flomachs. This we took to be owing, in the greatefl meafure, to the quantities of fweetmeats they were conti- nually devouring, and alfo to our common food, which was puddings made of very coarfe flour and fweetmeats, and with fait water in- ftead ficknefs. A Voyage round the World. flead offrefh to moiflen them. This, together with dried beef which was partly devoured by ants, cockroaches, and other vermin was their food . V/e could not afford frefli water to boil the kettle wi^'h, once in the whole paflage, and this w :y of living naturally brought the Scurvy, and ritlier dillempers upon us. This was a mc]:*ncholy condition to be in, for us who had no medicines fjr the relief of thofe who were already lickj or to prevent thofe who were well, from falling into the fame ilate. This Ccknefs incrcufed upon us every day, infomuch that, out of our fmall number, we once bu- ried two in one day, which were John Pop- pleflone, our ingenious armourer, who was of fuch ufe to us on the ifland of Juan Fer- nandez, and the carpenter's mate. We alfo loft the carpenter, gunner, and feveral others, together with fome of our beft negroes, nor had thofe who furvived any great reafon to ex- pert but that they fhould follow them very fpeedily. We now laboured under the moft dreadful diftreffes. The greateft part of my people were, by this time, lick and difabled, and my (hip began to be very leaky ; and to add ftill to our misfortunes, we had, juft at this time, the ill luck to have one of our pumps fplit, and rendered ufelefs. Under 445 A. D. 1721. 44^ ^Voyage round the World. ^' ^' Under thefe difaftrous circumftances, were ^^^^' we pufhed forward by favourable gales, till ouJf^V^" ^"'■wc came within eighty leagues of Guam, one Guam. of the Ladron iflands. Here we met with black and difmal weather, with tempeftuous winds, flying and varying all round the com- pafs. This was the more frightful to us, by as much as we were in no condition to help ourfelves. We were not above fix or ^Qwtn that were able to do any work, though neceffi- ty now obliged even thofe, who were very much out of order, to lend what helping hand they could. Thefe boifterous gales hadraifed fuch a tumbling fea, and our fhip laboured fo much in it, that the knee of her head, and the whole beak-head became loofe, fo that the bowfprit fetched way, and played with the motion of the fliip, which it continued to do all the time we were out at fea, and till we arrived at Canton. Our main-maft flood for fome time without fhrouds on the lar- board fide, till we could unlay our befl cable to make more, having knotted and fpliced the old fl:irouds till our labour was in vain. In Pe- ru, where our fliip was built and rigged, they fcem to have but little regard to the fupport of their mails, to which their flays and fhrouds ho^d no proportion, and had notour marts, at this ids A Voyage rmnd the World. 447 thistime,becn extremely flrong and fubftantia I, ^^ r>, nothing but a miracle could have preferved 1721. us from here ending our days at fea. In the midft of all this lickncfs and diftrefs I myfelf was taken violently ill, and had no My'elf taken hope to recover till a fit of the gout gave me rous Lkne^* fome room for it. Great was our want of e- very thing fit, or comfortable for perfons in fuch a ftate of ficknefs. We had not fo much as a drop of wine, or any liquor but water, nor any fort or kind of fuftenance to keep ujj up in any degree of fpirits, fo that we became reduced to fuch faintings, as were fometimes feared to be irrecoverable. In the midft of this forloi'n condition, and Come in fightr in about the begining of the month of od:ober,°{iand3. one thoufand feven hundred and twent^^ one, we made the ifland of Guam. We were a hun- dred leagues fhort of Capt. Rogers*is account, who makes the run of one hundred and five degrees difference of longitude, between this and cape St. Lucar, while we did not make it quite a hundred degrees. We pafTed be- tween the foremention'd IHand of Guam and Serpana, and faw feveral flying prows, but none of them came near us. That day we had heavy and fqually weather, which obliged me to keep the deck, where, in the rain, I caught 44^ ^^ Voyage round the World. A. D. caught a cold, which threw me into a worfe '7^*' condition than I had ever been in before, and in which I continued all the time I was in China. The Ifland of Guam appears to be covered with verdure, and is of a moderate height. The profpcct of land was very agree- able to us, after a run of fuch a length. We could, with the greatefl pleafure, have flop- ped to purchafe feme refrefliment of fruits, fuch as Lemons, Seville Oranges, and the like, which would have been very good for fuch of us as had the Scurvey. But though we were upon the very brink of perifhing, we dar'd not venture to put into any part of the Ifland, for fear the Inhabitants f.iould take the advantage of our weaknefs and make fome attempt up- Mcctwiih on us. The night after we had feen the I- '^'^'fland of Guam, we had our maintopfail fplit, which^ as it happen'd, prov'd no lofs of way to us } for, during feveral days, after this acci- dent, we had fuch tempellous weather, that we could bear no more than our lower can- vas, which fo flrained and trved the ftrenirth of our ihip, that now her main beam work?^^ and plaid at every heave and heel Hie gave. From Guam I diredled my courfe for the I- ^^^^'^'^^j.^^/ Hand of Formofi, and now though the length ifland of For- of uioia. fiormy ther, A Voyage round the World. 449 of our voyage was decrealing very faft, our A. D. ficknefs was daily increafing upon us in a »72i. much greater proportion, and mofl truely it may be faid, that both our fliip and ourfelves were no longer fit for the fea. Neverthelefs we had the difadvantage to have a very long paf- fage from the Ladron Iflands to Formofa, in- fomuch that it was the third of November before we had any fight of that ifland. Juft be- fore we difcovered the ifland of Formofa, we had fight of the ifle of Bottal Tobacco Xi- ma, lying about nine leagues to the Northeafl- ward of the Southermoft cape of Formofa, and, as the fun fat, we faw Formofa itfelf^i^^^^^^^f^^'Q^j.^ appearing, to us, to be very high land. The"io^^- next day wc rounded the Southern cape of it, and pafs'd within a league of the rocks of Ve- le Rcte, and by them we were made fen- fible of a very flrong tide or current. The Formolians made fcveral fires, for us,as wepaf- fcd by them, but Vv^e were not in a condition to take any notice of them, or to pay them a- nv vifit. From hence I dircded our courfe for Pedro Blanco, on the coalt of China. But on No- vember the fixth, at day break, wc fell in with the mouth of the river of Loma on that Anivut on coalr, in twelve latiiom water. We law great China. G g numbers 450 A. D. 1721 A Voyage round the World. 11 umbers of fifhing boats coming out of that river, and from the adjacent parts ; but it pro- ving very hazy, we could not make the land plain enough to difcover whereabouts we were. Wherefore our endeavour was to entice fome of the fifliermen on board of us, to pilot us to Macao j but for want of being able to make ourfelves underftood, our endeavours to this purpofe, were to nc ':fFedt. We were under a neceility to keep the land clofe aboard, and for want of a pilot to come to an anchor every evening. This was a great fatigue to my fliips company, who were fo univerfally down with the diflernper reigning among us, and which had now fo gathered upon us, that it was as much as we could do, to find any bo- dy to fteer the (hip. We were four days in a mifl:, and bewildred in a maze of channels, be- tween iflands, our charts took no notice of. We were furprized at this, and obferving, now and then, fome fortifications on fomeof thefe iflands, we feared, the current had carried us to the fouthward of our port, and began to be greatly cafl down \ for though the fea was covcr'd Vv'ith fifliing barks, we could not find one of them that could, or would fet us right, or give us any fort of directions we could at all underfland. At Chin us ab couh they way took 451 A Voyage round the World.' At length on November the tenth, towards ^* the evening, as we were pafTing through a very ^ '^ * ' * narrow channel, between a couple of iflands, a fifherman took notice of us. He obferved by our cautious manner of working, that wc were half afraid to venture through this chan- nel, and made ligns to us to bring our fliip to, till he came up with us. When he had fo done, he feem'd to underfland in general, that we enquired of him about the fituation of Macao, and therefore made figns to us, iignifying that he would condud: us thither, if we would give him as many pieces of lil- ver as he counted little iifli out of his bafket, which amounted to forty. We accordingly counted out forty dollars into a hat, and han- ded them down to him. Upon which he came up into the (hip, and took us in charge, and carried us through the narrow channel a- bovementioned, and, at fun fet, brought us to an anchor not fa : off. The next morning we weigh'd again, and kept the main land of China clofe on board, and at noon he brought us abreaft of Pulo Lantoon, from whence wcp^ji^ Lantoon could perceive two Englifli (liips under fail, as they pafTed by the iiland of Macao, in their way from the river of Canton homewards, they took no notice oi us, and kept on their way. G g 2 This 452 A Voyage round the World. A. D. This, tho' a pleafing fight after all we had gone *72^« through, was, at the flime time, what could not but make us uneafy, fearing we might lofe a paffage for England this feafon, for want of a fhip to convey us thither. Arrival in November the eleventh, in the afternoon wc Macao.'^ ° anchor'd in the road of Macao, a Portuguefe fettlement near the entrance of the river of Canton, which we certainly never fhould have found out, by any thing we could learn from any of our charts. I much admire nt the in- corred:nefs of our ^ea charts, in refpcdl of thefe coails to the Eaflward of Pulo Lantoon j for there runs a clufter of iflands extending them- fclve's upvv^ards of twenty leagues, by our ac- count, which are not in the lead taken notice of, by any of our geographers that I know of, nor did I ever meet with any feamen, that knew any thing of them. That part of the coafl of Cliina which is covered by thefe i- flands is reeky, mountainous, and barren to look at ; but as to the particular fituation of thefe ifles, my ficknefs, a|id our great diflrefs, deprived us of the pleafure of making fuch obfervations concerning them, as might o- thcrwlfe have occurred to us. Macao being a place where fhips always flop for a Pilot, to carry them up the river of Canton i ha(! anc ton. af]] lain 453 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. Canton ; I fent an ofTicer on fhorc with a compliment to the Governor, and with or- ders to bring off* a pilot with him. But I heard nothing of him till the next morning, which gave me many anxious appreheniions. Early the next day there came off" to us, a great many of the Succefs's people from Macao, to o^^^^ ^p make us a vifit ; I was amazed at the fight of ^^'Pi'^-'^'^Q^'^ them, and was, at firff , very glad to fee them, were at Ma- but mv mind chane'd a litdc when I heard f^''' ,^"?" ^"^ ^. J ^ ^ board of us. their ffory, wherein they acquainted me, that their commander Clipperton had left me de- fignedly, as I have before related, and that they went diredlly to Guam, one of the La- dron iflands, where they were very well re- frefh'd, and fupply'd with provifions. That ciipperton's their captain there fold the Governor a great ^,^'^^^yi°"'' ^ ° the ill; quanty of powder and ihot, and feveral o-Guam. ther valuable things, and permitted the Mar- quifs of Villa Rocha , who was hisprifoner^ to go on fhore with Mr. Godfrey, the agent, and a marine officer, who went to fettle the accounts, for what fupplies of things they had ^ad. That as foon as they were landed and the boat come off" again. Captain Clipper- ton, weigh'd with his lliip in order to attack a fliip of twenty guns from Manila, who had lain quietly in the road in company with him G g 3 all at c ill and of N 454 A. D. 1721. Mifbeh.Fivi A Voyage round the World. all the time till now. That in approaching her he ran his own fliip upon the rocks, and foon found the enemy was prepared for him. I am almoft afliamed to relate what was this man's behaviour in this fkirmiili ; but as I think he deferves to be expofed, I fliall di- vulge it in the manner I receiv'd it from his chief officers, who talk'd of it publickly at Canton . Clipperton perceiving his cafe def- our of ciip-pcrate, and the lofs of his fliip to all appear- perton. ^^^^ p^^ redemption, had recourfe to his cafe of brandy, for a fupply of fpirits to help him to make a vigorous defence with ; but he took fo abundantly of it as to be quite overcome by it, and, unable to help himfelf, fell on the deck, and fnor'd out his time in a beaflly manner, whilft his firft lieutenant David fon in his flead, undertook the command of the fliip, which he bravely executed till he was kill'd : he was fucceeded by captain Cook, their fecond lieu- tenant, who made a handfom reliflance, and got the fliip afloat again., after Hie had lain on the rocks forty-eight hours, during all which time Clipperton had been lofl: between lleeping and drinking alternately, fo that he did not re- cover himfelf till they were out at fea again, and then by his impertinent queftions, and i- dlc behaviour, fufficiently convinced them he had f Voyage round tbe World. had known nothing of what had pafs'd during their engagement, and defence of themfelvcs? which laftedtwo days, and two nights. Thus they loft their prifoner the marquis de la Ilo- cha, and alfo Mr. Godfrey, the agent-gene- ral, with one of their marine officers j which gave the fliips company, llich a diftarte ot Clipper ton, that they would not fuffer him to have the command of them any more, and, locking him up in his cahbin, entreated captain Cook to take the charge of them. They endured it feems much bad weather between Guam and Amoy in China, whi- ther they got with much difficulty j and there made a dividend of all they had taken, half to the owners, or adventurers, and half to the jfhip's company. Clipperton defign'd for the ftraits of Malacca, but his people fearinc^ he had no good intentions in his head, w^ould go no farther with him than Macao, that bcinp- a Chriftian port. Upon their arrival there, the governour order'd Clipperton into cuftody. It feems he had broke prifon formerly from thence, where he had been confin'd (as far as could be learn'd) on account of his having formerly run away v/ith Dampicr's CoBnx»'ffi- on, and one of his prizes ; but upon producc- ing his Majeily's Commiffion now for the A. 453* D. 1 72 1. Gg4 Q, r. icceitJ. 45^ ^ Voyage rc/W/^^ World. A. D. Succcfs, they gave him no farther trouble, *72'' and only contented themfelves with fleeceing him a little. They told me, the Gentlemen- adventurers in England were much obliged to the Governour of this place, who being inform'd that Clipperton could not be prcvail'd on to remit their effcdls home in the Engliih fhips lying at Canton, obliged him to lend what belong'd to themi in a Portugeze fhip, which was ready to depart for Lllbon. Here he fold his fhip the Succefs for about one thoufand 'pounds fterling. I thought it pro- per to make this digreflion for the informati- on of the gentlemen-adventurers, fince it is certain that he will never, either privately or publickly, let them into the truth of his flo- A Chinefe ^^^ ^° g^ °*^ ^^''^^^'^ ^^^^ whicli concems my- pllot takes usfgif q^ November the twelfth, about noon, in charge. „ i • i - a pilot came oif to us, and we immediately weigh'd, and enter'd the river of Canton, being affur'd there flill remain'd fome European n^a/i^e^icr\ fliips at Wampo, which is the name of the ^ ■ place where our fliips lie in this river, at the diftance of about ten miles (hort of the city of Canton. Wc were four days plying up to tfie road between the two lower bars, where finding 457 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. finding the Bonita and Haftings, two Engllfh Indian traders or country fliips, I anchor'd, andfent off an officer, £o defire them to in- ilrudl us how to behave ourfelves in this port, and to acquaint me with the culloms of it. To this they anfwer'd, that lince the Cadogan and Frances, two European'Englirti fliips were lying at Wampo, they would advife me to fend up to their fadories at Canton, to ac- quaint them of our arrival, and with the rea- fons which obliged me to come into that ri- ver ; wliich I accordingly did the next day, and borrow'd one of their flags to hoifl in our boat, as without this precaution, we fliould have met with great trouble from the Hoppo men, or cuftom houfe officers. I fent by my officer letters to the captains of the Englidi fliips, fignifying the neceffity which had dri- ven me to take flielter in thefe parts, and de- fir'd they would, as far as in them lay, make the port fafe and ufeful to us, afTuringthem that I a6ted by virtue of his Majefly's Com- miffion, which I alfo fent to them, that they might perufe it. My boat being thus difpatch'd before me, I weigh'dthe next morning, and work'd ^"^^^^^^ \^'^ to Wampo, where I found, befides two En- ^l^e river Can- glifli fliips, three French ones, viz. the Ga- latea |! 458 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. latea, the prince of Conti, and the Maur and alfo one Offender, and a fmall fhip from Mani- la. I now thought I was going to reft a lit- tle from my labours, not expedlirig but that I fhould find fach treatment, at leaft from my own countrymen, as confifted with humani- ty and common civility, and with that fort of regard which is thought to be due to people in diftrefs ; but, to my misfortune, I fuffered as much here, all circumftances conlidered, as I had in any former part of my voyage. S E C T. A Voyage round the World. 459 A. D. 1721. SECT. XVII. Arrival in the river of. Canton, and tranfciBions there, • ^)^}^^ H E fame evening that we anchored w T Q at Wampo, there happened an ac- ^)&C)6C'i^ cident which gave much trouble af- terwards to myfelf, as well as to others of the Englifli gentlemen here ; for one of my men . - being in a hurry to remove his effedts on board officer killed the Bonita, in order to go in her to Fort St. men?^ ^ "^ George, the Bonita's boat, in which he was, was, in her way to their fhip, puifued by a Hoppo or cuftom-houfe boat, who wanted to fearch her. The fellow being in liquor, and fearing they would take away the filver he had with him, fired a mufquet at the pur- fuers, and killed a Hoppo- man, or cuflom- houfc officer. Early the next morning, the corpfe was laid at the door of one of the Englifli houfes or fadories, where Chi- ncfe officers, appointed for that purpofe, waited for the firfl confiderable Engliiliman, that 460 A VoYACrE rotmci t/je World, ^' ^' that fliould come out, or make his appearance, *''^*' without any regard had to whom in particular this adl of violence and murder was to Sc im- puted. It happened that one Mr. C k, a fuper-cargoe belonging to the Bonitn., was one of the firft that came out, and they im- mediately feized on him after their manner, and carried him away, and afterwards led him about the fuburbs of Canton, in chains. All that could be faid or done by the moft confiderable of the Chinefe merchants, who were in commerce with the Englifli, availed nothing. In the mean time my man David Griffith, who had committed the fadl, and another, were clapped into irons, on board the Frances, who was chopped, that is, feized, till the man who was guilty of the crime was delivered to them, and accordingly he was put into their hands, and carried to Canton in chains, and Mr. C k was foon after releafed. Si^ips mca- It is the cuflom in China, at leaft at Can- ton, to exad: a certain fum of money from all fliips that corne there, according to their meafurement, which is divided into rates or portions of firft, fecond and third. I there- fore every day exped:ed the IIoppo to come to meafure my fliip, but was given to under- Hand, furtd at Can- A Voyage round the World. . 461 ftand, thit 1 mud go up to Canton before that A. 9- could be done, though even at the hazard of *72». my life. I accordingly went, and ftaid two dnys at the Cadogan's fadtory, during which time I was hourly alarmed by fuch ftories as made mc fear that I fliould, indifpofed as I was, be dragged away from my bed, on the pretence, that it was one of my men who had killed the cuflom-houfe officer, though I, nor any belonging to me, knew more of the mat- ter than by hearfay. At the end of two days, I was obliged to go down again to the fliip, to be prefent at the mcafurement, and a day afterwards the Hoppo came with a numerous retinue, and feemcd to do his bufmefs very quietly, but would not let me know what Vv'as the fum he intended to exadt. This gave me much trouble, for I began to think the Chinefe, through a falfe report of our great riches, had an intention to gratify their love of money upon us at any rate. I had not been here many days, before I A great ex- , , action. was deferted by all my officers and ffiip's company, who were continually employed in removing their effisds from on board of my fhip, to fomc of the European, contrary to my knowledge, ag I was all the time con- fined to my bed. My officers were engaging the 462 A Voyage round the World. ^* ^' the India gentlemen in their intereft, and '72i« l^ad left me and my fon, with a few negroes, Our fhip to look after the fhip, and defend my effed:s, which I thought on the brink of falling into the pit of the Chinefe avarice. In fhortj my fhip's company had fo many ways of difpofnig of their cffeds, that it was impoflible to ob- lige them to do what I fliould have thought juftice to the gentlemen in England, and to myfelf. In a word, they were all foon reco- vered of their illnefs, by the alTiftance they met with here, and were become their own maf- ters. There was no magiftrate, to appeal to on the fhore, who would have done me fo much fervice as to have obliged them to keep to their own fliip j and my brother officers, commanding the Englifli fliips, could not, through fear of a mifreprefentation of their condud to the India company, by their fu- percargoes, or others, afford me fuch help, as, perhaps, they would have been inclined to, through a fenfe of their duty in comply- ing with the tenor of my commiffion. The gentlemen who prefided over the trade, fo lit- tle conlidered our ca(e, that they had half a mind to refufe me a pailagc in one of their fliips, and, in effect, I was treated by them almofh as one enemy might treat another, in a neutral r A Voyage roimd the World. neutral port, for as fuch they may have look- ed upon me for offering to come into the company's limits, without allowing for the necellities which forced me into them. The captains Hill and Newlham, when they firft came to fee me, were aftoniflied at the ru- inous appearance of my fliip, and could fcarce think it was poffible flie fliould have under- taken fo long a flretch, as from California hi- ther. The rottennefs of our cordage, and the raggednefs of our fails, the bad ftate of the ihip, and ficknefs of my fhip's company, filled them, at firft, with aftonifhment and pi- ty of our condition ; infomuch, that at their firil viiit, when J had given them a fhort hif- tory of my voyage, and of the difficulties and hazards I had ftruggled with and gone through to obtain a paiTage, and defired they would receive me, my officers, and fhip's company, on board them, with their effedls, and that as foon as might be, and with as little lofsof time; they anfwer'd, that fmce they plainly faw my fhip was in no condition to flir any farther, upon paying for our palTage, they would en- tertain us as foon as we pleafed. This I de- pended upon, and expeded to have no farther trouble than to reuiove ourfelves at any time ; but, on the contrary, 1 found that I had igno- rantly A. 1721, 'I' t'bl -ri^r- 464 j^ Voyage romid tbe World, ^' ^' rantly apply 'd to the wrong perfons, and that '^*** my addrefs fhould have been to the fupercar- goes, by which means I was left negledted, while the Englifh captains were order'd to fall down with their fliips five or fix miles below us. Thus was I left deftitutc in the company of five foreign iliips, who perceiving my own countrymen to be fo carelefs of me, were fo kind, as to offer mc their fervice and afiifi:ed me with what they could, and had it not been for them, I don't know what I might have liiffer'd, for I was under perpetual alarms that the Chinefe had a deiign to chop my fliip, that is, feize her. An aa of ^^o''^ after, the murder of the cufiom-houfe violence on Qf^^cer feem'd to be accommodated, by havine thehuropeans ... .0 at Canton, the Criminal in their own pofi^cflion, and by the revenge the Chinefe thought fit to take on others. When every thing relating to that fadl was b'\fh'd, there was an outragious ac- tion committed by what they call an inferiour Mandarin, who (itfeems) at the beginning of thefe troubles, had orders given him to take up all the Englifli he fliould meet with, which duty he neglected till all was well over. This man or magiflrate whatever he was, pafllng by the European factories, order'd his attend- ants to feize on all the Englifh they faw in A Voyage round the World. the {hops thereabouts, and accordingly they feized on nine or ten, as well French as Eng- lifli, and carry 'd them away with halters a- bout their necks, to the Vice-Roy's. Upon this there was application made to the Hoppo, who fo reprefented matters to the Vice-Roy in favour of the injured Europeans, that the Mandarin, who was guilty of this violence, was fent for 5 and being unable to vindicate him- felf, was, as we heard the flory, immediately degraded from his poft, and ftripp'd of the enligns of his office, and (as they farther told us) bamboo'd, and rendered for ever incapa- ble of ailing again, and the Europeans were diretlly difcharged However, in the main, the Englifli feem to be tyrannifed over by the Chinefe, and ex- pofed to the caprices of every magiftrate, which made me the more urgent to be on board one of the European fhips; having good reafon to fear, by reports, and their adlual ill " treatment of the Englifh in general, that I, and my effeds might fall a facrifice to their im- moderate love of money, and efpecially as opportunities could not be wanting to them, who, in the night, might ftrip my abandon'd fhip, in which fcarce any body but myfelf (who could not ftir out of my bed,) and my H h fon 465 A. D. 1721, ^1 466 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round the World. fon took up a lodging. I had by this time, as I thought, found out my error, in having apply 'd to the captains, and not to the fuper- cargoes, and by that means fuggefted to them an unreafonable caufe to ufe me in a carelefs manner. I therefore fent up a letter to them, not to delire, but to demand a pafTage for me, my officers, and iliip's company, which I was fenfible they could not refufe, and indeed they did not : but their condefcenfion was ac- companied with a charge to the EngliQi cap- tains, not to receive any thing belonging to us» except it was confign'd to the India com- pany in England. This was an article which might as well have been kept in filence as de- ■ clar'd; for it fo far enrag'd my people, that' they vow'd they would as foon throw what they had into the iea, as comply with fuch a demand ; for my part, it gave mc no concern, I was confcious to myfelf, and their officers, both of the trade and navigation, were fully convinc'd of it, that it was a thing impoffible for me to iiave converted any of my filver into the commodities of the country, which J hop'd they would rcprefent, to the Eaft-India company, in fuch a li^^ht as to leave them no room to detain wliat I fliould confign to them, on pretence of Jiaving infring'd their privi^ leges A Voyage round the World. * leges. At the fame time that I was acquainted with this intention of receiving us as palTen- gers, I was alfo inform 'd of the Hoppo's de- mand for anchorage in the river. I had been long in fufpence upon that head, and all along apprehended I iliould have fyme unufual exac- tion impofed upon me, and indeed fo it hap- pen'd; for they demanded no lefs than fixthou- fand Tahel ; and to quicken me in the pay- ment of this exorbitant fum, and to fliew me they were in good earned, there v/as a pen» alty annex'd to this extortion of five hundred additional Tahel for every day we failed in the payment of it. In fliort, there was no means by which I could evade this unconfcionable impofition j in vain had I (hewn theHoppo my commifTion, which as I apprehended, was alfo read in the Chinefe tongue to him, and to as litde purpofe did I alfo remonftrate to him, that I came with no other defign than to obtain a pafTage home in one of our country fliips, my own being incapable of going farther. Right or wrong, was now out of the quef- tion, and as it was a day before I could pofli- bly fend the fix thoufand Tahel up to Canton, they requir'd five hundred Tahel more for neg- led of payment ; fo that they received from me upon this extraordinary occafion, the full fum H h 2 of 467 A. D. 1721. \ 468 A. D. 1721. A Voyage round 'the World. of fix thoufand five hundred Tahel, which is two thoufand one hundred and fixty fix pounds thirteen fliillings and four, pence fterling, This was, as is apprehended, about fix times as much as the Cadogan paid, who was the largeflEnglilh fliip there, and meafared a third more than mine. What ilill added weight to this impofition was that infi:ead of receiving the benefits of the port, I had been every way abufed in it. It was now high time to get out of my fhip ; but before I quitted her, I fold her for two thoufand Tahel, which money, and the reft of my efi^eds were con- signed to the India company, and by degrees I prevailed with moft of my officers, and fhips company, to take their pafiTage in the Englifh homeward bound fhips. It would be needlefs to obferve that the Eng- lifh have no fettled factory at Canton, and are only permitted to hire large Hongs, or Houfes, near the water fide, conveniently ac- commodated with warehoufes for the recep- tion of goods and merchandize, for which they pay a rent, and quit when the feafon comes for their return again to Europe. SECT. A Voyage round the World. 469 A. D. 1721. SECT. XVIII. Containmg a7t Account of our Pciffage from China to England in the C-^ - dogan Eaft-India-Man Commanded by Captain John Hill. WWP^ T was not in our power to give a- M I O ny defcripticn worth the while of k.M^J)( the City of Canton, its river or. the country about it, any more than of what might be faid and obferv'd of its inhabitants. All that I propofc to myfelf for the re- mainder, is to condud my reader home, af- ter having led him round fo large a portion of the earth's circumference, through fo many different climates, and a feries of fuch unfor- tunate occurrences. Towards the latter end of December, I Departure fail'd in the Cadogan, commanded by captain ||^"2hi"na?'°" John Hill, in company with the Frances, caotain Newfham, who failing better than we, left us as foon as we were out to fea. H h 3 Captain 47° A. D.' 1721. ]Put into ^atavia. A Voyage round the World. Captain Hill finding his fhip very tender, put intoBatavia, where we continued aboutten days, but I can give no particular defcription of this place, I being at that time, not able to ftand on my legs. I was carried abroad but twice, to take an airing two or three miles out of the city, in which little tour we had a great va- riety of very beautiful profpeds of country feats and gardens, and indeed every thing round us made a fliew of the grcatcfl in- duftry. As to the city itfelf, the buildings arc in general very handfom, and form very re- gular llreets, having canals running through moil of them, with trees planted on each fide of them, fo that this city may bejuftly call'd a fine place to look at ; but I confefs that \ think the fight is the only fenfe that is gratifies here, for when the tide is low, in the canals, they fmell very oifenfively ; and breed great numbers ot molkitoes, and flies, which are more troublefom here than ever I felt them in any other part of the world. As to eata- bles, they are in general but indifferent, fcarce, and dear. The city itfelf is flrongly fortified for thefe parts of the world, but there is no- thing to protedt the fhips in the road, the Stfir" A great part of the inhabitants of Bjitavia living in Ba-^re Chjnefe^ who are remarkable there for wearing t»v»^ A Voyage round the World." wearing their ancient Chinefe drefs, with their hair rowl'd up in fuch a manner that there is no great difference to be difcerned, by a Gran- ger at leafl, between the mens appearance and the womcns. Ever fince the Tartarian revo- lution in China, the Tartan drefs has been impofed upon the whple kingdom, which was not effeded it feems, without great bloodflied, Tor many of the Chinefe were fo fuperflitioully fond of their old modes (as they are reported to be great lovers of every thing that is anci- ent) that many of them preferr'd the lofs of life to the lofs of their hair, it being the Tar- tar cuftom to Hiave their heads all over ex- cept the crown, from whence hangs a long lock, which is carefully preferved and braided. The Dutch, have laid hold of this humour in thofe Chinefe who live under their protec- tion, and exad: from all the men a poll-tax of a dollar a month (if I am not miftaken) for the liberty of wearing their hair, which if they paid but a dollar a year for, would a- mount to a confiderable revenue, and which I fhould think, would be an unreafonable tax- ation upon the Chinefe, efpecially when it is reported that the Chinefe are fo far from being a burden to this great colony, that they are |he chief fupporters of it, Whiiil A. 1721 47» D. ifJ2 A Voyage round tU World. A. D. Whilft wc were at Batavia, captain Hill I?*'* wa$ informed there were feveral pirates in Departure thefe feas 3 he therefore when he departed aavia.£^^^ Batavia, joined the Dutch homeward bound fleet in Bantam-bay. The Dutch com- modore promifed to affifl him in wooding and watering at Mew-ifland, the water at Bata- via being very bad. We meet We met the Frances in the flraits of Sunda, the Frances in , • • j 1 1 1 . 11 the flraits ofwho wc imagined had been a great way a-nead Sunda. ^f ^g^ Upon our joining captrin Newfham, the Dutch made it a pretence to leave us be- fore we got the length of Mew-ifland, and captain Newfham alfo deferted us the fame evening, fo that we were left to ourfelves. Arrival at We continued at Mew-ifland fix or {q'^jq^x jWew-ifland. ^jj^yg^ during which time feveral boats came to us from Princes-ifland, and brought us turtle, coco-nuts, pine-apples, and other fruits; fome of thefe informed us, there had been two or three fhips at this ifland a few days be- fore us, which gave us fome uneafinefs, not conceiving what they could be. Some of the people having feen wild cat - tie grazing near the ftrand, went on fliore with defign to kill them ; but before they had ad- vanced near enough, they difcovered a fmall cr, and faw the track of an old oncj tyg w upon hich 473 D. A Voyage round the World. which they retired to the boat. At this place A. fome of the gentlemen belonging to this 1721. fliip, in their outward bound paffage, faw a Rhinoceros. From Mew-ifland we had a very pleafant paflage to and about the cape of Good Hope, from Mew-i- which, in my opinion, was greatly owing to^^"^* captain Hill's good condudt in coming in with the land betimes, I mean upon the Eaftermofl part of the bank, and keeping a moderate diftance from the land. I cannot be pofitive, but I think we never exceeded a degree in diflance fromit, generally lefs, and fometimes even made the land itfelf. The three voyages I have been this way, I had the good fortune of being with gentlemen who proceeded in the fame manner as captain Hill did, with the like fuccefs. The fmall experience of my own before. Remarks on and an inflance or two in this lafl pafTage, the pflfiage . . U round the makes me of opinion there is too much cau-cape of Good tion ufed in coming in with the land in found- ^°P^- ings ; for it is known that the fevered gales in this part, viz. near the cape of Good Hope, reign from the North-weft to the South- weft. The firft quarter blows off from the land, and the other is a bold wind on the coaft, and it is likewife known, that the wind out 474 A. D- 1721. A Voyage round the World, out of the fea has fcarce ever been oblcrved to blow flrong for a time, and never home to the fliore. This I have been informed of, both by Englidi and Dutchmen of greater ex- perience than myfelf, in thefe parts of the world. I don't remember that in all the time we were approaching the cape of Good Hope, we took in our top-fails above once for a fquall, which was over in an hour's time : and another time, being threatened by the appearance of bad weather, captain Hill made all the requifite preparations to receive it, which done, he flood in for the land, under hopes of avoiding the feemingly approaching ilorm, in which he was undoubtedly right in his judgment, for in a few hours we had fair weather, a favourable gale, and all our fmall fails fet, at the fame time, that there remained great appearance of foul weather to the South- ward of us, which coiitinued for feveral davs afterwards. This I fliould not have obferved did not what I am going to relate, evidently demonftrate, that it may blow hard Weft- wardly at fome diftance from the land, when you may have fair weather near the fliore. I have obferv'd before, that the Frances, and the Dutch-fhips had fevcn days the ad- vantage ^Voyage round the World. vantage of us, by leaving us in the flreights of Sunda, notwithftanding which we gain'd the cape about as many days before the Fran- ces did, although, at the fame time, fhe faii'd very confiderably better than we, and as to the Dutch'fhips, there was no fhew at all of their arrival when we left the cape. The officers of our (hip, by comparing their accounts with thofe of fome of the gentlemen belonging to the Frances, found that flie had fufFer'd a great deal of bad weather, whilft we, who were ten leagues, or there-about, to the Northward of them, or nearer fhore, en- joy'd fine pleafant weather, and fair wind, con- tinually, till we arrived in the table bay, which we did the latter end of March, one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two. Th>' I fhould think of fufficient weight for any other to purfue the fame track. Here we found go- vernour Boon, in the London Eaft India man, 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 it that has not been faid by mod who have been here before. . A. 1722 475 D. From ywivkft- "w^^m w. 47^ A. D. 1722. Departure from the cape, Arrival in the channel. Anchor at Dungenefs. Arrival at London. ./^Voyage rjwid the Wo r l d . From the cape of Good- Hope, we had an agreeable pafTage to the Ifland of St. Helena, and from thence to England. We made the lands end in the latter end of July, and being come into the Britifli channel, met with brifk gales from the weft- ern quarter with thick foggy weather. On July the thirtieth, in the evening we anchof'd- under Dungenefs, and the lamc knight fom** of the fuper-cargoes and pafTen- gers, and amongft the reft: myfelf, hir'd a fmall veflel to carry us to Dover, where we arriv'd early the next morning, and the fame day proceeded towards London, where we arrived on the firft of Auguft. Thus ended a long anc. unfortunate voyage of three years, feven months, and fome days; after having fail'd very conftderably more than round the circumference of the Earth, and ha- ving gone through a great variety of dangers, and diftreftfes, both on fea and ftiope. FINIS. mm mm bad an lelena, ir end Britiai : weft- ing we i lamc pafien- hiir'd a lere we le fame ere we voyage e days; )re than and ha- langers. ■■■ i^i <■:'.''> • 'I : mi Si