A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Being an ACCOUNT of a . Remarkable Enterprise, BEGUN In the Year 1719, chiefly to cruife on the Spaniards in the great South Ocean. Relating the True historical Fafts of that whole Affair : Teftifyd by many imployd therein j and con- firmd by Author! ties from the Owners. By WILLIAM BETAGH, Captain of Marines in that Expedition. LONDON: Printed for T. COMBES at the Bible and Dove in Pater-noftcr Row, J. LACY at the Ship near Temple Bar, and J. CLAKE at the Bbile under the Royal Exchange. MDCCXXVIIL Sf45 X To the Right Honorable GEORGE Vicount TORRINGTON, Admiral and Commander in Chief of his Maj efty 's Fleet, and Knight of the Moft Honorable Order of the Bath. JOHN COKBURNE, Efqj Sir JOHN NORRIS, Knt. Sir CHARLES WAGER, Knt. Sir THOMAS LYTTLETON, Bart. The Right Honorable GEORGE Vicount M A L P A S, Knt. of the Bath 5 and SAMUEL MOLYNEUX, Efq, LORDS COMMISS IONERS for execut ing the Office of High Admiral of Great Britain, &c. My Lords, OUR Lord/hips are intrufled by the great- eft and left of Rings, the important Office of directing the whole Navy of Great -Britain ; the ftrongeft A 2 Me* DEDICATION. fafe-guard to all we poffefs and injoy. Since therefore att ma ritime affairs are under your influence and authority -, I truft your Lord/hips witt not refufe to accept the anfwer of one ', whcfe accujation in print hath already been addreft to your Honorable Board. I had the happinefs of being fever al years a purjer in the Navy, tho after wards unfortunately ingaged un der the command of captain Shel- vocke in this cruifing expediti on. As his pretended narrative is intirely a deception, and his whole conduft an indignity to his country, T thought it my duty to give your Lord/hips a genuine account of the man as well as our DEDICATION. our voyage ; which I have done truly and impartially, not with out hopes it may prove entertain ing. lf y my Lords, lam never to meet with any recompenfe for my hardjhips, I have yet thefa- tisfaftion of afferting the honor of his Majefty's commiffion, de fending the caufe of fome of his injured fu&jeflf, and being de voted to his perpetual intereft, to fubfcribe my felf, Your Lordfhips moft humble and moft faithful iervant, WILLIAM BETAGH. ERRATA. ge 80. line 7. read marine, p. 145. I. 17. r. coco-nuts^ p. 1 49. 1. 1 2. fortwentyfoujr r. /wo o/" ^r. p. 1 60. 1. 24. r. made a fail. p. 286. 1. 21. r. tfter taking off. p. 311. 1. 3. r. QJttejkr. CONTENTS. SECTION. I. *~THE undertaking, outfet and inftruttions. * 4 II Separation of the Ships. 1 3 Captain Clipperton at the Canaries. ib. at St. Vincent. 22 Captain ShelvockeV contempt of his own ers and officers. 1 6 <2O his fon George an interloper. 20 arrival at the Canaries. 2 1 conceals the places of rendevous. 22 confumes the liquors dejignd for 25 ^ a liquor, its virtues. ib. The Emperor'* colors a protection for pyracy. 25 Bad mafters how ufedby py rates. z6 A busker, what. 27 Shelvocke'j great generosity. 3 1 -' ' his artful management and in novations at St. Katherine'j, where he makes himfelf owners agent. 35 -45 A 4 Occur- CONTENTS. Occurrences there, 425 1 his trifling accufation of Betagh. . 5254 his mean fhifts to excufe himfelf, 55 57 his paffage round cape Home and dangers at NarbroughV ijland and Chiloe. 57 6* his whimflcal discipline. 62. his manifefl dejign to deflroy fome of his people. 65 __ his zele for the public. 6S-69 hisarrivalinthebayof Conception. 70 Grenadiers cap y a joke upon the mitre. 71 ^Privatiers ambaffador described. ib. Hatley in danger from the enemy. 73 Five men killd thro Shelvocke'j folly. 74 Clipoerton in the flr eights of Magellan, . and obfer vat ions there. 76 85 his confutation of a pretended French difcovery. 86 - - at Fernandes//7^^: his low condition and ft ay there. 87 90 takes federal prizes, one of which the Spaniards regain byftratagem* 9195: ShelvockeV not keeping company the ruin of the voyage. 92 97' Viceroy CONTENTS. Viceroy of Peru is informd of the expedi tion. 97 Shelvocke burns two good Jhips. 9 5 his injuftice to Betagh and Brooks. 98- 100 his wild attack upon Arica 102, gets rid of ffteen of his people. 104108 fights the Peregrine. no Indian fwiming remarkable. Comical article in a Scotchjournal. 104. Shelvocke'j malice to Betagh *which is well anfwered. 112119 SECTION. II. Succefss Journal. Regulations aboard the Succefs. 121 Clipperton takes fever al prizes and the Mar quis de Villa Roche prifoner. 122 1 2 8 Mitchdwith thirteen Englifh, andtenNigtos fent to difpofe of fome of the effeffs, 1 24 An odd inftance of a corpfe floating. 128 Indians diving wonderful. 12.9 New* of capt, Mitchel at Velas. 130 i A CONTENTS. A plot of the Marquifs to betray Clipper- ton. 130 - Treats about his and his family's ranfbm. 131 US IJle of Tigers described. 133 A plot among the men, defpairing to meet with Shelvocke. 134 Clipperton takes more prizes. 13 4- 135 A mijlake in his conduct. 1 3 6 narrowly ejcapes the men of war, and fome of his men taken prif oners. 138 Spaniards behave generoufly. 139 Clipperton chafes the Flying fifli which had fome of the Englifh prifoners aboard. 141, 142 his men reduced to one fmall meal in twenty four hours. 143, 1 44 are much refrefht at the ijle of Cocos. 146 meets with captain Shelvocke after two years parting. 147 The particulars of their interview, with the reafons of their fecond feparation. 147 151 Clipperton crojjes over to Afia, and arrives at Guam, 151 The CONTENTS. Thegoverner makes him a handfom frefent. I5i Clipperton iwer-retcht by him and the Mar quis. 155 fnds his error and takes to drinking. -his flip runs aground: lieutenant vifon is killd, and the Jhip almojt funk by the enemy. 1 541 5 6 The {hip at laft floats in a wretched condi tion, and makes for China. 156 Anchors in the gulf of Amoy. i<5i ClippertonV men grow mutinous for their prize-money. ib. _ - he is forced by the Chinefe to di vide the fpoil : the amount thereof. 162 165 ___ his account of the owners moiety, 165 . .1 his arrival at Macao. 166 What became of his peofle and the Jhip. SECTION III. Shelvockc refotoes to lofe the Spcedwel and cruife in a new bottom. 170 i The CONTENTS. The manner how he did it, with the proofs, and his new model of government. 171 i 7 g . M celebrates the loth of June at Fer- nandes. 179 i.i launches the new bark, fome of the men ft ay ing behind, 180, 181 i fghts the Margaritas but wants refolution to board her. i s i 185 heartily attacks another flip. 183 changes his bark for a good prize. 184 his account of a wry flrange fort of hogs. 186 ~ meets with Clipperton after two years feparation. 187 Some account of poor Mitchel and his men. 188 Miffing thekzz$\\\ojhip intirely ShelvockeV fault. 190 takes another prize and is inform- ed of a truce. 193, 194 rids himfelf of Jix men more. 195 A flory of David Griffith. 197 Shelvocke extremely reduced, is on the point of furrendering upon the coaft* 198, 199 Four of his men murder d. 200 His CONTENTS. His wife observations thereon. 201, 202 The main crifis of Shelvocke's project: his taking a rich prize , and dividing the money into particular foares tho all con- ceald in his book. 202 207 An account of his own prof ts. 207 -209 His indeavours to palliate the flory. 209 2 1 4. He arrives at California 5 his receptionthere; his gallant way of life, and manner of treating the black gentry. 215-^220 arrives at China: his flay and beha viour there 5 with remarks upon him. 221 -227 Some of his blunderrata as an author. 227, 22$ A full account of him Jince his return to England : with the procedings againft him at law 5 his imprisonment and efcape. 228 -235 A lift of his men difperft and loft. 234 A final account of captain Clipperton. 236 SECTION IV. Hatley and others fent a cruifmg in the Mer cury : they fall in with the Brilliams man of war. 2^2, would CO NTENTS. would have efcaped by a trick 5 but through the obftinacy of John Sprake are taken. 245 Betagh and two more [ent to Piura forty mile up the coaft : Hatley and the reft f ent prisoners to Lima four hundred Mile further. 244 The manner of travelling to Piura 5 with Betagtur friendly reception and entertain ment there. 245248 *Defcription of Payta, and the pedlers in Peru. 248 250 The civility of the admiral and capt. De Grange. 251 Betagh carried to Lima, where he, capt. Hatley, and his men are likely to fuffer as pyrates. 252 But through the viceroy's goodnefs they all get off, the fatt being Shelvocke'j. ib. Sailors of both jhips new chriflend. 253 drink punch and quarel, and are put in the inquifition. 255 they are pardond : a good ft or y of 'em after that. 256 Lima city defcribed. 257 ^Different mixtures of people diftinguifot 259 Their CONTENTS. Their habit, convents and riches. 260 Good remark upon the law. 264. Climate, earthquakes, &c. 266 Why it never rains thereabouts. 268 How they make butter in Chili. 269 Women and faftimes at Lima defcribed. 27Q Story of a lady who killd her lover. 275 Story of two Englifhmen who fought A frixe there. 27$ An attempt to find Solomon'^ ijland. 276 Full account of the mines of Chili ^WPeru. 279 None but Indians work in them. 281 The difcoverer has one half, the king the other. 282, Grinding-mltts defcribed. 285 Gold furifjd fooner than filler. 2 84 Vafl quantities of mercury ufed. 287 Silver ore ; the different names thereof. 288 Mine countries ^ery cold and dry. 2 90 An obfervation thereon. 291 Lavadcros or wafting f laces very remarkable. 292 296 FineJcituatienofCoquimbo, or Serena. 294 Good account of the creation of metals. 297 301 FrezierV CONTENTS. Frczier^ notion about giants. 301 305 An opinion about the Mofaic hiftory, and religion of the Indians. 307 Chap. 5 . Being a new account of Capt. Mar tinet^ expedition ; with remarks on the trade to Chili. 308 French interlopers dedroyd: "they and the Spaniards difagree. 313 The Ruby which met Shelvocke at St. Ca therine, a 'very rich flip but then unknown. 316 and 50 Some observations conclude the voyage. 317 324 The Jefuits fettlement in Paraguay, curious and entertaining, translated fromthe French. 325 Two remarks omitted. 340 A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD* By Way of the GREAT SOUTH SEA. VOYAGES have been always well receiv'd, and efpecialiy by Englifh* men. They feem to fute the genius of ihcBritifi nation, whofe people are par ticularly diftinguifh'd for the curiofity of their temper, and the many great exploits of their fhipping in all parts of the world. Tis true, this fort of hiftory is often writ by unskilful hands; and a faft fometimes lofes credit for want of method in telling it : but if the reader meets with fomething new and authentic, he is generally fatisfied : the B greatcft 2 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD^ greatcft pleafure of the mind being an addi tion to our knowledge. The following book is a united journal of two {hips, written chiefly to undeceive man kind in the fpurious account of a voyage round the world, publifh'd by captain George Shehocke: which account is not only inju rious to me, but is intirely the moft abfurd and falfe narrative that was ever deliver'd to the publick. And furely a man may be excus'd for fetting the world right in any pub lic affair 5 much more in an enterprife, where the credit and dignity of his country arc concern'd. And if our refentments are al- low'd to be equal to injuries received, what jnuft mine be, when ftript of property and good name ? Both which the faid Shehocke has done his utmoft to accomplifh : And though fome of this trcatife is to obviate his many abufes and forgeries, yet I have endeavoured to make even that part enter taining 5 to avoid giving the reader a mere dry ftory of his wickednefs. Befide our fea journal, I have collected the obfcrvations I made while in the king doms of Chili and Teru, concerning thei5^- mjh dominions in America. The trade, cuftoms, \ A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 3 euftoms, luxury, and gallantry of the Creo- lians. To which I have added an account of their gold and filver mines, their manner of feparating the mineral from the ore, and many other things 5 all which together, I need not doubt, will prove an agreeable hiftory of this voyage. In the preceding of pur two (hips I have the pleafure to be well afljfted 5 having pro cured the original journal of Mr. George Taylor, chief mate to captain Clipperton^ who commanded this expedition, which I (hall make ufe of to invalidate captain Shefoocke's falfe accounts: which journal will at once let the reader into the moft material tranf- aftions of Clipperton, and convince man kind of his faithful intentions, tho' Shel- vocke has taken fuch mighty pains to vilify him. Befides which, I have the concurring evi dence of many who were aboard the Speed well ; fome of which are now in London ready to fpeak the truth : and tho I am thorowly fatisfyd our ftory will fpeak it felf, yet fome of the chief fads are already fworn to 5 the affidavits being filed in Chancery, 4 A VOYAGE rottnd the WORLD. Chancery, and to be feen at the office in Chancery-lane. In the year 1718, during the war between their Imperial and Catholic Majefttes, and while a rupture was daily expefted between Great Britain and Spain \ fome perfbns of diftinftion, and merchants of the city of London agreed upon a fubfcription, to fit out two private fhips of war, under the Em peror's commiffion, to cruife upon the Spa niards in the South Seas. The chief motives for fuch an expedition were the defire of being better acquainted with the navigation of that part of the world, to put their fea- faring friends into a promifing imployment, and the many views they had of a profperous return from fo well concerted an under taking. But tho the faid breach between Great Britain and Spain was known to be unavoidable, yet, upon the delay of adual hoftilities, the aforefaid gentlemen were de- firous to take the advantage of the war be tween the Emperor and the king of Spain: and in order to have their fhips in the South Sea before the feafon was far advanced, they obtained his Imperial Majefty's commiffion, and mand their fhips with a good number of A Vo YAG E rounl the WORLD: 5 of his fubjeds. They named their firftfhip the Trince Eugene, and the other the Sfa- renberg. Of this armament George Shefoocke was appointed to be commander in chief, who had fometime ferv'd as a lieutenant in the Britijh navy. Whereupon he was forth with order'd to Oftend, there to receive the Flemijh officers, the feamen and commif- fion aboard thcStaren&erg: and among other things, received orders not to fire any guns,, or hoift aoy colours, while in that portj and to take aboard no more than fixty Flemings, with three officers 5 and when he had got his men, wine, and brandy, to pro- cede dire&ly to the 'Downs. In the mean time the ^Prince Eugene ar rived in the T)owns, having been fitted and man'd in the river. Three of the owners went to 'Deal, expeding to meet with both the fhips 5 but were uneafy to find captain Shefoocke was not yet come. However up on his arrival, they inquir'd into the caufe of his delay, and were furprifed to find he had idly negiefted joining his confort as early as he ought ; had broke thro' his or ders, made entertainments, hoifted Imperial colours, brought over ninety Flemings and B 3 fix 6 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. fix officers, fir'd away five barrels of powder, began upon his wine and brandy which the owners had put aboard him, and was defign'd as the whole ftock for both fhips, to comfort them in their long and hazardous voyage. And in fhort fo ill did he behave, as to bring his owners to change the command, and in his room appoint John Clipperton captain of the larger fhip, and commander in chief, who had made two voyages to the South Sea before. Befides, the Flemings were fo many in number, and fo ill chofen, that the Briti/h feamen grew uneafy. The for mer having their own officers, feem'd to over-value themfelves upon their fovereign's commiffion, which was not relifhed by the Englishmen. It occafion'd a mix'd com mand, and produc'd frequent animofities 5 fo that it was judged impra&icable for them to go the voyage together. At length the war being begun between Great Britain and Spain in the Mediterranean, \ the owners agreed to get his Majefty King George's com miffion, and to fend over the foreign com miffion, men and officers to Flanders, pay. ing their charges, and allowing two months wages to the men. After which the owners order'd A Vo Y AG E round the Wo R LD; 7 order'd their fhips, being now called the Succefs and Speedwel, to Tly mouth, to be there recruited in their provifion, and get their complement of men. Clipperton being thus appointed comman der in chief, had alfo the biggeft fhip, the Succefs, of thirty fix guns and 1 80 men. Shel- and captain Shehocke's letters are here in- ferted to (hew how forward he was to pro- mife, and how little he meant to perform. By the fequel of his behaviour through out this book, all mankind will fee what conceal'd revenge he had in his heart : Be ing determined henceforth pyratically to at, arbitrarily to manage and deftroy fo well concerted a fcheme for the intereft of all parties, and to difappoint the hopes of many other people, who were defirous to fliew the Spanijh nation how fmall a force from England could annoy and plunder them in their moft powerful, diftant fettlements. Here it muft be obferv'd with what care Shehocke has avoided giving the true reafons why the command was changed 3 and has iabour'd to throw the mifcarriage of the expedition on Clippertoris incapacity, the change of officers, and the frequent muti nies of his own men : whereas I (hall ful ly prove that the xuin of our voyage was 4 the A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD.' 1 1 the confcquence of his own pride, avarice and treachery. Tis to be noted that captain Clifferton died before Skehocke had any thoughts of writing a book: And it's highly probable that if Clip- ferton were alive to anfwer for himfclf, Shel- vockehzA never been bold enough to print fuch a fcandalous hiftory. And as to Shel- vocke's officers, they were fo far from being acceffary to any*mifcarriage, that he never confulted us on any occafion whatever ; tho' he, as well as Cliff erton, had ftrift orders in all enterprizes to follow that ex cellent fcheme framed and pradifed by captain Woodes Rogers in his memorable voyage round the globe; which is certain ly the fafeft method for all navigators, who mean to execute any projed of this kind 5 and for which end Rogers 's printed jour nal was put aboard each fhip. It was his rule never to undertake any thing of mo ment, without firft calling a council of his chief officers, who in writing teflify'd their approbation of, and concurrence in the execution of the defign : But our captain was above confining himfelf to any prece dents or orders, his will being the only rea- 1 2 A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD r reafon for all he did, fo that he never kept any journal or diary at all 5 which is perfedly agreeable to his fefolution, and the defign he fait had in view, never to join the Succefs after he loft company with her in the ftorm mentioned in the third page of his book : And tho' he feems forry at the reparation, yet the Succefs had moft reafon to be fo, for Shefoocke had the whole ftore of wine and brandy aboard the Speed well ,- fo that Clipperton was forc'd to go a tedious comfortlefs voyage without any. Shefoocke, indeed, fays he offer'd him his liquors when at fea, and the other negleft- cd to take them in 5 which, if true, is not a material obje&ion, becaufe Clipperton ex- pefting no treachery, but a punftual meet ing to the windward of grand Canary, the firft place of rendezvous, doubtiefs thought It might be then time enoughs but I quef- tion the fad, becaufe Taylors journal takes no notice of their fpeaking with each other that day, which runs thus. " Succefs feb. 15. thefe 24 hours frefh " gales andfqually with rain. This evening " unbent our beft and fmall bowers, ftow'd ^ our anchors, and have been oblig'd to fliort- " en A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 3 f - en fail feveral times for the Speedwell. But, however, to (hew that Shelvoeke was well enough pleas'd to part with his con- fort, he ftcer'd a courfe quite different from the SuccefSy and contrary to his duty ; as appears by Taylor's journal. " Feb. 20. " Thefe 24 hours frefh gales and cloudy " with fmall rain. At two this afternoon, " the dorm being fomewhat abated, we " wore and made fail, fleering away foutfa " and by eaft. " And continuing his courfe to the Southward, arrived off the Canaries the fixth of March following, which rua he made in fourteen days : Whereas Shei- . 4- to fay his people mu tinied, and pretended the (hip was incapa ble to go through the voyage. I will allow the men that the fhip was very full and much pefter'd, but can't allow Shelvocke that fhe was fo crank or tender as not : to carry faiL The wind was then at S. W. or S. W. by W. and he owns he car ried his topfails the next day after the ftorm, which was the 2o th of Feb. Could fhe not then make as good way to the fouthward with her ftarboard tacks aboard, as fhe could to the northward with her lar board \ Page 7. Shelvocke gravely tells his rea ders that Hatley, fecond captain, difputed the command with him. The Story in fiiort is thus : Some queftions arifing about feamanfhip, and both of them fuddled, Hatleykcm'dtoo tenacious of his opinion; at which Shefaocke in a fury bolted up, C 2 Sec, ao A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLIX " See, gentlemen, do you mind how the " villain difputes the. command with me ? Thefe were his very words, ufing him but in a fcurvy manner before all the company, and upon the quarter-deck : after which he order'd the men to call him no otherwife than Mr. Hatley. This well fuppofe they fubmitted to, and indulged the mighty Shel- vocke in his mean vanity. His fbn George too contributed much to the company's uneafinefs, tho' he had no real bufmefs to go with us 5 for his name is not among thofe who fubfcrib'd the arti cles: and he knew nothing of fea affairs, or indeed of any thing el fe that was com mendable or manly. His imployment at London was to dangle after the women, and goffip at the tea-table 5 and aboard us, his whole bufmefs was to thruft himfelf in to all fociety, overhear every thing that was faid, then go and tell his father : fo that he was more fit for aboarding fchool than a fliip of war. Yet had this infigni- cant fellow a dividend of 660 pound out of one prize, in prejudice to many honeft brave men, deftroy'd, loft and begger'd at the captain's plcafure. We r A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 21 We arc now to the leeward of Grand Canary, where our captain takes a little fifherman's bark, I'm pofitive not above eight or ten ton, and which we all pray'd might be turn'd adrift for the poor owner's ufe, but in vain 5 for tho' of no import at all to us, yet to him flic ferv'd as a good pre text for fantering away ten or twelve days, fitting her out in a warlike manner to peep into every creek of the lee of that and the neighbouring iflands, till Cltpperton may be well fuppofed gone far enough a-head. The next place of rendezvous he con ceals from his officers. By his own ac count, which follows, one would fufpeft him to be guilty; but by the help of Taylor's journal I ftiall convift him throughly. Shefoocke p. 9. "Having finifh'd my " cruife without meeting or hearing of the " Succefs, I found my felf in a very melan- * c choly ftate, when 1 came to confider t that the next appointed rendezvous was " at the ifland John Fernandes in the great " South Seas" And yet p. 1 1 . he fays, " We " took our departure from Faro, one of ^ the Canaries, in hopes of meeting cap- C 3 tain a 2 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD." " tain Clifperton among the Cafe de Verd " iflands, and took our prize along with " us. " - which I am fure was not worth a commifllon (hip to be troubled with 300 leagues. He well knew this was the next place agreed to meet at, tho' carefully concealed from us > however Taylors journal con firms it. Succefsy March 21. Frefh gales, &c. " At fix this afternoon we faw St. Vincent y " at ten next morning we anchored in the " bay and found a French merchant fhip tc and the 'Diamond of Briftal, captain Cle- " ade-fy taking in an odd fort of cargo for except I go out of the fhij> myfelf up on every occafion. Hat. / thought I had done for the bet- ter. Shel. Til have you know-, Sir, Tllbeobefd. Hat. Jour commands Jhall always be to me as a law. SheL 'A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 2 9 Shel. Where's the account or bill of par cels? Hat. Sir, not eajily underflanding one an<> other * we lump'd it ; but I can draw one out. Shel. 'Pray fee you do. Shel. Whither is he bound? Hat. To Pernambucco. Shel. Where belonging to ? Hat. To Rio Janeiro, whence he brought thefe fruits and refreshments, which hepre- fents you with ; defiring me to give you his humble firvice, and that any thing in his {hip is at your difpofaL Shel. Well, 1 believe he's a very honeft fellow. Take the trumpet; tell him I thank him, and that he may perfue his voyage. Hatley with the fpeaking trumpet. Ofe~ nior capitan, O ho ? Capt. Ho lafenior. Hat. Arnlgo , Tro/iga v, m,fu camino con dios 5 that is, go on friend, and God blefs you. Capt. muttering. T, v,m,elvoeftroconmil- le demomos, perro ladron $ that is, go you .on, you thieving dog, and a thoufand devils along with you. The 3 o A Vo YAG E round the WORLD.' The fortuguefe captain thus fleeced, hoift- cd his topfails and away he goes, glad e- iiough 'twas no worfe. Shelvocke will have it, p. 1 6. that there were but four or five pieces of filk, but I have as good a memo ry as himfelf : And fuppofing, tho' not al lowing there was no more, and as the So dollars, prize money, was laid out in fugar and fome refrefhments at St. Jago, whence rnuft the coft of thofe filks, china and ca binet come ? fince I am pofitive we could not mufter up five pounds amongft us all when we left Tlymouth ; anfwering in that refpeft the character of right privatiers men 5 but in no other inftance. He like wife fays, p. 22. that Hat ley's moy- dors were but 80 or 100, whereof tnn were given the cockfwain, and fix to each of the boat's crew, which fhail, in the fequei, be fet in a fairer light, when Hatley and I were taken prifoners, and 96 of the moy- dors found upon him. In a few days after this, all our petty of ficers and boat's crew appeared in their fine filk waiftcoats, caps and breeches; our com mander himfelf in a filken skin, as the word peaud'foy implies, and the beau gentleman A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD? 3 1 gentleman his fon, in a cinnamon colour'd fute of fine filk, all wondrous gallant and gay! Shehocke foon perceived by the whi pering and fhy nefs of his officers in the cabin, that this management did not pleafe them, tho' none of us dared to fpeak the leaft about it : So to make us eafy, as he would have it (tho' in reality to make us accom plices) he order'd us to bring into the cabin all our fcarlet futes 5 the Gentlemen who fitted us out, having given the chief offi cers, to the number of twenty five in both fhips, a fcarlet fute each ; When he made us the following fpeech. Gentlemen, " We have yet a long voyage in hand, " and 'tis uncertain where or how we (hall " be furnifh'd with deaths, when thefe we " have are worn out or impaired. To (hew " you therefore that I have your intereft as " much at heart as my own, I have confider'd cc that your fleeve cuffs and pocket flaps " will be firft fubjeft to the injuries of time; " which to prevent, I here make each of " you a prefent of as much gold and fdver i flower'd 3 A Vo YAG E found the Wo RL>. " flower'd filk as will ferve to cover them* " To you gentlemen fea officers, fcarlet with *' gold 5 and to you gentlemen of the; ma- " rines, green with filver." For this kind of fer we ail returned humble thanks, beging leave at the fame time to be excus'd from this piece of finery : but all in vain s for our captain would not be outdone in point of generofity : we muft appear fomething like himfelf, And he in his black peaud'foy fute ' trim'd with large filver loops down the breaft, made a ridiculous figure enough. He has fomewhere, I think, call'd me a Cape of Good Hope man j which noted head land I never faw, and therefore know not what he means by it : But 'tis certain this tranfaftion with the Tortuguefe proved Shel- *uocke a right Cape Frio man, which I be lieve is very eafily underftood. Tho* Shehocke never kept any journa^ or intended to give the gentlemen any fair account of his adions 5 yet at his arrival in England, finding this ftory was blown, he was under a neceffity of removing from himfelf the imputation of Pyracy as well as he could : and therefore confidently tells the world, page 2 3 . that he made a proteft againft A Vo YAG E round the WO^LD. 3 $ againft Hatley, and delivered it to captain Cltpperton y in the South-Sea, which, if true, inftead of mending makes the ftory worfe. Now, this is mere invention, founded up- on the difficulty there feems to be of con futing him 5 for Cliff erton died in June 1722. I was left a priibner at Lima'm Te- ru y and probably facrificed. As for Hatley, he indeed did arrive at London in 2 3 , but went immediately for Jamaica, never (hew ing his face to any one of the owners : fo that Shel-vocke imagin'd there was no wit- nefs of confequence to reveal his craft and treachery 5 having had three or four years to frame and complete this romantic libel. However, I defire this invifible gentle man to anfwer me thefe following queC tions. Why fuch proceft was not made while Hatley was on board the Speedwell* to be confronted by a cloud of witneffes? Why that proteft (if any fuch ever was made) (hould be deliver'd to captain Clip- pert on? whom Shelvocke from page 22. to 25 of his preface, and all along has made fuch a fad infignificant fellow ; and to whom he had too much pride to think himfelf accountable? and, D Why 34 ^ %> Y AG E round the Wo RLD. Why was not a copy of that proteft print ed in his book, fairly vouch'd by his chief officers, as well as that long impertinent one againft the governer of Sanfonate, on the oppofite part of the globe? page 340. I really believe one would have been much more to his credit than the other. We arrive next at St. Catherine's on the coaft of Brazil, lat. 27 : 30 S: where our captain (hews us a mafterpiece of machia- vilian politicks j making by the following ftratagem the greateft number of his (hips company rogues againft their own inclina tions : and knowing this could not be fud- denly brought about, he had long been pre paring for that purpofe his inftrument, one Mathew Stewart j who, as his own fteward, waited on us in the cabin, till our arrival at the Canary iflands, when and where Shel- vocke had promoted him to be firft mate of the ihip, tho' not feaman enough to dif- tinguifh between a brace and a bowline. This was done to gain him greater credit with the men,- tho' it was a direct preju dice to three or four clever young fellows who were good feamen and artifts. His ac cepting a fteward's place at firft is an unde niable argument he was no feaman. The y Vo Y AG E round the Wo R LD. 3 5 The weight of my argument depending much on proving Stewart no feaman, the reader I hope will pardon my inferring this account of him. He was the fon or ap prentice of a fhopkeeper at Glafgow inNortb Britain, and went fupercargo of a fmall fhip to Maryland or Virginia. On his re turn from his firft voyage he touched at Lon don, where he fquander'd away moft of his money : fo not caring to look his friends in the face, he defir'd of captain Shefoocke to be imploy'd in our expedition ; who made him his fteward. He was a young man of good fenfe and good education : fo that it's plain if he were qualified for doing the du ty of a fea-officer, his ambition would not have fuffer'd him to accept a fte ward's pi ace : and how fit this man was for firft mate of a private fliip of war, I leave other judges than my felf to determine. In this article I appeal to Mr. James Moffat and Company, mercers in Si. Marlins le Grand. This fpark had not been long tampering with the men, before he brought them to any thing he pleafed; efpecially when they faw he always had the captain's ear, and was fo very much in his favour alfo 5 which D 2 gave 3 6 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. gave us all a kind of emulation, wonder ing what rare qualifications Shehocke could difcover in a fellow, who but a few days before rinfed our glafies and filled us our wine. But the myftery was here unraveird, on our finding a round robine fent up by the men to Shefoocke, by this minion of his. Robine is a mutinous letter, at the bot tom of which every fubfcriber fets his hand in a round ring, to avoid being called firft in the mutiny. The tenor of this letter fet forth their diffidence of the gentlemen owners, and their fears of being all cheat ed : which the fellows before had no no tion of, if not prompted to thefe appre- henfions, as I faid before, by Shehocke himfelf 5 who finding all that he had done and faid fail of the defired effed, had now made ufe of this emiffary Stewart, to poifon the men's minds, when otherwife they would have been quiet at their duty. I need no ftronger argument to prove the honeft and orderly difpofition of the {hip's company, than this writer's own words, page 4. who fays himfelf, they were four fifths landmen j whofe firft complaint, 'tis well known, is always A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD^ 3 ^ always for want of provifions $ which they, however do in a more fubmiffive manner. But this was quite out of the cafe 5 as what they never could or did complain of. Be- iides, if the boatfwain and his mates were fupported in the difcharge of their duty, they were fufficient enough to keep them under. Add to this, that we were nine officers at his table, an unufual number for fuch a fhip, being fo defign'd that we might ef- fedually oppofe any intended mutinies : but this defpotic man had fo intimidated us, that had we offered our fervice, by pro- mifing to affift him in bringing thofe pre tended mutiniers to reafon, the very pro- pofal from us would have been conftrued a real mutiny. And further it may be eia- fdy imagined, that no one would have had the confidence to deliver this arbitrary cap tain any propofal favouring of difcontent' and mutiny, except a pupil fo inftrufted ; and fuch was Stewart, whom I might more properly n\\ quart ermafter y fmce he officiated as one who had rather been ufed to the Jamaica difcipline, than a well regulated private fhip of war. D 3 None 3 8 A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. None therefore but a man void of truth and fliame could impute, as Shelvocke does, all his innovations and wilful mifmanage- ments to the mutinies of his men ; when any fix of his cabin officers, having the fmall arms always in our own cuftody, would have drove the rafcals over the fore- caftie, without deferving to be recorded as heroes. In fine, new regulations and articles were made and introduced by Stewart, allowing an additional perquiftt to Sbefoocke himfelf of 5 per cent, upon the whole capture to be madej which, after his example, we all Jign'd. To give the better countenance to this proceding, Shefoocke asked us officers of his mefs, whom we would chufe for our agent } to this not one of them even dared to fay a word, waiting his own dire&ion to point out the man : At laft I faid, that fmce the whole fhip's company, except our felves, had vefted fuqh a power in Mr. Stew- arty I could fee no realon why he might, not make one trouble of it, and pay us all our refpeftive (hares.; To this he. anf- Wer'd with a menacing fneer, ay by god, I fuppofe A VOYAGE round the WORLD. fuppofe you want that preferment your felf. I replyd, I was ib well fatisfyd with my own fhares, and the imployment given me by the Gentlemen at home, that I never co veted or thought of any other. This too gave a great deal of offenfe. However Shel- and therefore beg leave to remind you, that thofe gentlemen who gave you your com- miflion in this fhip , made me alfo their agent for all fuch captures as (he fliould make: for which Hendrie got no fatisfac- tion, but SbcliMckss adding with an oath that if he did not accept a purfer, he fhould neither be one nor the other. Whereupon Mr. Hendrie demanded, in his own right, to have a council of the officers calid who fliould hear and determine the cafe; which being abfolutely refufed,. Hendrie drew up a proteft againft the captain's arbitrary pro- cedings, a copy of which he gave into his own hand, and deliverd one to each officer of his mefs : which is a proof of Hendrie's honeft fpirit, and that he was worthy of the port the gentlemen gave him. My reader may poffibly queflion how fo much craft, fo much treachery, fuch an abufe of power, could meet together in the perfon of one man : but I here folemn- ly aver every circumftance of this affair to be true j and appeal to all perfons concernd therein, bcfides the depofitions aforefaid. 3 Nor A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 41 Nor is it fo much to be wonder'd at, if we confider a commander of a fhip in a far diftant latitude, with unlimited power, 'bad views, ill nature and ill principles all con curring. - 1 fay, it's not to be wondered at whatever fuch a Man does, for he is paft ail reftraint. A late inftance of this kind is captain Jayne^ofBriftolwho, in a moft extraordinary lingering manner, cruelly ftarved and tor tured his cabin boy to death ; nor could his whole (hip's company hinder it, tho' it was long a doing : however, when afhore, the men were freed from that tyrannical power, and were bold enough to fpeak the truth, which hanged him. But to return. Thus was Shelvockes great eftate to be got fuddenly, without any one in the fhip to be a check upon him, or even, a witnefs of the quantum or quomodo, how or how much > for now 'tis evident all muft pafs through his own and his two creatures hands; Shelvocke being agent for the owners, his kinfman for us of the cabin, and Stew art agent for the petty officers and men. Nor did he flop here $ for he alfo pro- pofed to reduce me from captain of ma rines 42 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. rines to lieutenant, and the two lieutenants of marines to petty officers : but- 1 having a letter from Edward Hugkes y Efq; directed to captain Mitchel, then the commanding officer of the Speedwel, to receive me and my fervant on board, and to enter me on the roll of equipage, as captain of marines, which I produced, he defifted, and I heard no more of it : but this I remember, that in two days time my pocket-book was ftole from me, wherein I kept the faid letter, and fome memorandums of our captain's very fine procedings. Inftead of coming into this harbour of St. Catharines, it's plain Shclvocke's duty was to make the beft of his way to the fouth- ward, that he might be early with the ene my the Spaniard-, for Clipperton, about this time, was a&ually in the great South -Sea- But our commander found it more comfor table to pafs the winter away near that glorious luminary the fun, than at the ha zard of lofing his liquors to follow his or ders and his commodore into the frozen ftraits of Magellan, where Clipperton and his men fuffer'd extreme hardfhips, being quite deftitute of thofe fupports which we fuper-aboundecl with. To A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 45 To palliate thefe mifmanagements. Shel- been a fair mer- 4 chandize 48 A Vo YAG E round the WORLD. chandize, as Shefoocke relates it, p. 1 6. how comes he here to call it mifmanagement, and cautioufly to fend Hatley with a com plement to vindicate himfelf ? A Creolian Spaniard, fervant to one of captain Jonquieres lieutenants, hav ing robb'd his Mafter of a hundred qua druples, each of which is four piftoles, ab- fconded in the woods, defigning to take his paffage with us round Cape Home, to his own country again. La Jonquiere and the lieutenant applied to Shelvocke, defiring, that in cafe the fervant (hould be found, and the money upon him, he would fecure him and take it from him; giving Shehocke diredions how to remit the money to France , on his arrival in Europe, all which he faithfully promifed to perform. As foon as the Ruby fail'd, the fellow ap- pear'd to our men at the watering place, with one rnoiety of the money in his poc ket, defigning, I fuppofe, to pay for his paf fage with it : but Shehocke not content with that, order'd him to be feiz'd to the jears, where he was whipp'd and pickled, which was repeated every Munday for a month : but the fellow, who had run the 4 rifque A Vo Y AG E round the Wo R LD. 49 rifque of hanging for it, and knew the value of money as well as the captain, flood the lafh without confeffing he had any more : fo he remained on board and had his paf- fage. Thus was $betvocke y with his whole- fome fcverities, teaching the Spaniard the heinoufnefs of defrauding his matter ; when we all very well knew Shelvocke deferved the fame difcipline himfelf: which brings to my mind an excellent diftich of Dr, Garth. But little villains muftfiibmittofate, That great ones may injoy the world inflated This ftory I mention, becaufe he hasbeea cunning enough to skip it over, and only- fays, p. 3 1. " 'twas well for him he had " fome money from one of the Rubfs pco- " pic," which muft be the faid lieutenant's fervant. I think it needs explanation, how fuch friendfhip could exift between two warlike fliips of nations already declared enemies, efpeciaily fince Sbel-vccke has faid nothing Of it ; fancying the world might afcribe it to his own wife conduft, or rafher his E gafco- 50 A Yo TAG E round the Wo RLD. gafconading Monjieur into that complaifant temper. I muft therefore acquaint the reader that Lajonqtiiere had on board his (hip a good fum of the King's money, and near twenty fathers 5 fome of which had been many yecrs in *Peru, CHli and ^Paraguay miffio- naries de propaganda fide* and had well fiird their purfes, the gofpel there proving very great gain : befides many other wealthy paflengers from thofe parts. Thefe pacific gentry did by no means like the noife of great guns, or changing the pleafures of this world for the uncertainties of immor tality: and Monfieur, no doubt, had found how to turn that difpofition of theirs into a good article in his accounts. Befides, to my knowledge he had not at his firft com ing in, above fixty well men, tho' he had near 400 aboard, paflengers included 5 which ill date of his people was chiefly occafi- oiVd by his paffing Cape Home in the win ter with indifferent provifion, which the Spaniards in America know not how to cure or pack up. Before we fail'd, there arrived a French merchant fiiip from St. Mak> commanded by A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 5 1 by Monfieur ^umaln Gtrard, bound fot Chili ; who meeting La Jonquiere at fea, had got an order on Shehocke to pay him the money : But Shelvocke refuVd it, faying he would remit it, on his return to England* to the lieutenant, whofe money it was; which, if he has done, is Very extraordinary, being contrary to his dealings in other cafes, with thofe who have had his acquain tance in this voyage. At length we fai I'd from St. Catharine's, but faw no more (hips to try the projeft of the Emperor's colours with : fo that no thing to my prefent purpofe happens, till we got round Cape Home. Where, as we approach the enemy, Shehocke fearing fome of us might be (pies upon his a&ions, thought it the wileft way to get rid of thofe whom he had hitherto obferved uneafy at his procedings ; and fets his fon George and Adams his kinfman, to tell us, in a formal manner j That fuch of us, as did not like to ferve under captain Shefoocke, flhould foon be found with other imbarkations* And this was often tepeated. Let the reader then be pleafed to ob- ferve, that he has placed this affair p. 62, E z before 52 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. before we got to Cape Home: but this is another proof that he kept no regular jour- nal,for all this happened when we were in the great South-Sea, and liquors began to grow fcarce. He begins, p. 60 : where he fays, as we advanced to the fouthward, the men's fto- machs increafed with the (harpnefs of the air. Here he fays I grew a champion for the officers, and wanted a greater allow ance at his table : which is intirely a falfe infmuation, for no one was better pleaied with the allowance, and To were the peo ple : and having ferved as an officer feveral years in the navy, I muft needs know that any man, in fuch an expedition, guilty of what Shelvocke lays to my charge, well de- ferved to be fliot through the head. After wards he aggravates this ftory, by faying Be- tagh had a voracious appetite, and eat more than came to his fhare. I need not won der at any thing Shelvocke fays on this head ; for he being a very fmall eater himfelf, fan cied all other people gluttons : J verily be lieve he never eat above two ounces in a that a letter was expected, I e'en writ five - or fix lines in as handiome a manner as I could, but not that long forg'd letter, p. 26, fram'd and con trived juft to ferve his own pnrpofe, by making him appear innocent and me guil ty : the original of which, if he can pro duce of my hand writing, I here promife to own all the reft of his book to be true. And doubtlefs, if I ever wrote liich a let- t^r, Shelvocke would be wife enough to prefcrve it, not only for his own credit, but to put me to confufion. Wherefore I here dare hiai to it : and whatever I did write, the reader may eafily fee that the nature of my circumftances extorted it. As for the additional allowance, which he fpeaks of p. 62. 'tis inferred there on ptirpofe to make that inference, p. 74, \vhcre he fays he could not precede direft- Jy to the northward, becaufe the fupernume- rary allowance aforementioned had wafted our wood and water 3 and fo truly Shefcocke fays he was. obliged to go to Narbrougtis ifland to recruit thcfe two articles. A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 5 7 Sure this man has the grcattft (hare of hypocrify that I ever met with. This ftory is a mere vile fidion made here at home, to excufe himfelf to the Owners, who have all been inraged at his condud. Shehocke was ftill fearful of meeting his confort ; and goes to Narbrough's ifland, for nothing but to loiter time away, and avoid any pro bable chance of feeing Clipperton .* befides no private (hips have any bufinefs to touch to the fouthward, there being nothing at all to be got 5 and by his own account you fee it was a foolifh attempt, for he came back as he went, and narrowly cfcaped lofmg his (hip. While he is going round Cape Home, he gravely tells us, p. 73. how melancholy it was to be without his confort. " I muft tc own (fays he) that this navigation is " truly melancholy, and wa$ the more fo to us, who were by our felves, without a " companion, which would have fomewhat " diverted our thoughts from the reflexion of " being in fuch a remote part of the world, tc and as it were, feparated from the reft t of mankind, to ftruggle with the dan- ^ gers of a ftormy climate/' ~p poor fbel- vocke ! " 5 s A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. oockel Now this is all fiich a jeft, that it makes the reader laugh : for after all your whining, 'tis plain it better fated your fcheme to be without captain Clipper- ton^ who having no {lore of wine or brandy, muft needs be very melancholy in this wretched climate 5 and therefore thefc reflections of yours would feem much more natural from Chpperton, who wanted your company more than you did his. Still to confirm this, as we came into the parallel of the illand of Chiloe, on the continent, latitude 40 South, Shelvocke would go in there, and all the arguments we could ufe to the contrary, fignified no- thing : for late as it was, if we had gone to Fernandes, there were fome hopes of meeting captain CUpperton, that being the laft place of rendezvous, and where only all private fliips do firft touch for wood and water, without going to any part of the continent for fear of alarming the coaft : befides, he well knew that no Brittfo>French y or any other (hip ever touch'd there ; nor hath ;my chart ever defcribed it : yet he would Venture in, where we almoft miraculoufly fcaped with our lives 5 and all this, like the round the WORLD. 59 the reft of his (ch ernes, to avoid joining captain Clipperton. We were no fooner enter'd, but we found our felvcs furrounded with terrible breakers; for fuch is the uncertainty and rapidity of the feveral tides or currents meet ing there, that 'twould at once aftonifh and baffle the moft judicious mariner to de- fcribe it. We were firft taken under the bow with a current fetting from the lee of one ifland : (there being feveral) then immediately un der the quarter with another, fo that the fhip could not anfwer her helm. At laft the moft powerful of thefe currents horfed her away on the weft fhore, into three fa thom and a half, where the torrent ran with fuch impetuofity, and the ground was fo foul, that the fand appeared on the furface from the bottom : all which together af forded us a difmal profpeft. However the anchor brought her up, which if we had not let go when we did, every man of us muft inevitably have perifh'd : for had flic touched the bottom there, (he muft in ^ moment have gone to pieces, or overfet by the ftrength of the Current. Accord? 60 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. According to this defcription, the reader, tho' unacquainted with feamanfhip, will eafily conceive that every foul of us was in the utmoft danger by the unwarrantable procedings of this one obftinate man : Tho f to do juftice to my enemy, I muft allow captain Shelvocke to be as able a feaman and artift as perhaps any whatever, which ftili makes his guilt in this affair the more enormous. To confirm what I have already faid, the {hip, while riding here, kept continually on the fheer, till the cable was fo rubb'd and gaul'd by the rocks, that it wasftranded, and then it parted: But Shehocke will have it, p. SQ. that the great ftrain it then bore, was occafiqn'd by the wind blowing frejh : whereas if it had blown more than a mo derate gale, we could not have kept our topiails loofe; which very providentially faved all our lives : for asfoon as we found her adrift, we back'd her off to the eaft- ward, the tide being chang'd 5 but had fhe caft with her head to the weftward, our voyage muft infallibly have terminated there with our lives. A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD^ 61 As to the reafons he gives for going to this place, they are all invented and made at home. He fays, p. 77- La Fontaine, the Frenchman we had out of the Ruby* gave him great hopes and ideas of the place, for that he had been there *, but I am fure that (hip never touch'd to the fouthward, farther than Conception: and then he fays that Frenchman's affurances prevailed upon us all unanimoufly to go to this ifland : whereas, as I laid before, we all too well knew the danger and vanity of it, (to call it no worfe) and labour'd in vain to difiuade him from it. I have given the reader many fpecimens of Shelvocke's hypocrify and bafenefs; here follows an inftance of his ill manners. At our arrival in the harbour of Chiloe, Shel- and the Speedwel he calls the St. Rofe y in which the faid Le Breton had made feveral voy ages in thefe Seas. Here he puts in praftice the ftrangeft dilcipline that ever I heard of. As foon as we were in the harbour, the night ap- 3 preaching, 6z A VOYAGE raundthe proaching, our captain orders the watch upon deck to divide into three parties: on the forecaftle, a midfhips, and on the quar terdeck; and to call out every five minutes to lookout well afore there, look out well abaft there, each party in their turn an- fwering aloud, Ay, *-Ay. and this to be con tinued every night. This hollowing and hooping (o terrified the people afliore, that they never dared to appear by day 5 and had nothing .to do all night, but drive theif cattle into the woods too far for us to fol low them, and fecure their beft effeds as well as they could. Add to this the terri ble Icarecrow figures we made by day in our grenadiers caps, which he made us all put on to fright the enemy, and which were at lead two and twenty inches high, So that the people aboard the canoe, which firft came to us, and carried Shelvocke's firft letter to the governcr, were fo feared at us,, that they never had courage enough to re- turn with an anfwer : but ereded a pole with a white flag of peace, in the night time> and ^t the foot of it left a letter from the governer, with a prefent of twelve large hams for our captain. A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 6 5 By this letter, p. 84. it was great condef- cenfion in the governer to take that notice of us : for tho' we indeavour'd to pafs for the (hip above mentioned, yet by this odnefs of difcipline, and monftrous kind of caps, I rather think they took us for fome wild creatures from a country yet unknown. Now if Shelvocke had at heart the intereft of his owners, he would have improved this difpofition of the governer, who had, as it were kindly broke the ice, by making the firft prefent : For all the governers for his Spanish Majefty are ftriclly forbid to deal in any wile; but particularly ordered to oppofe all nations having any provifions whatever, as being moft jealous of that clandeftine way of trade. The governer, no doubt, expeded fome fort of return for his prefent : at leaft a gen tleman like one : for none of the gover ners in this part of the world come to take the air, but to make their fortunes. But our Janis Le Breton returns about a pound and half of butter, at leaft eighteen months in fait ; a pound of black pepper, and two 'Dutch cheefes about the bignefs of ninepin bowls. Now any one may imagine 64- A Vo VAG E round the Wo RU>. imagine how ftupidly ridiculous this appear ed to a gentleman, governer of a province flowing indeed with milk and honey. How ever, in his next letter he thanks our cap^ tain in terms as civil as the former. ItShefoocke had fent the governer ahand- fome piece of filk of the Cape Fr/^acquifition, for his lady, it would have been a genteel return, and futable to the gaiety of the American Spaniards. I make no doubt we fhould have had fat beeves and hogs, as many as we wanted : but the whimfical duty which our commander order'd us to perform, together with his own auk- ward behaviour, made us really appear both frightful and ridiculous: and if he had aded as he ought, what pretext could remain for his loitering here, and not going immedi ately to the place of rendezvous? But his coming in and all he did here, was in* tirely vain amufement, idly wafting five or fix weeks, ordering us every day afhore, in our fcxols caps, in the perfuit of game or (hooting the wild boar. So that what we were chiefly fupplied with, was the produce of two fmall iflands on the ftarboard-lide going in j for "which we A V p YAG E round the Wo RLD^ <5 J \^ere indebted to lieutenant Brooks goo4 management, who at our firft com ing fecured all the fmall imbarkations he found in the bay, which hindered the in habitants carrying off their cattle. I come now to the ftory, p. 98. relating to my felf, which he has drefl up with filly falfities only to expofe me. In fhort, Shei- vocke order'd me and lieutenant ^Doddj with as many marines as the pinnace could- carry, to go afhore at the flag place, to exercife only j whereas he falfly fays it was to get fupplies from the Sfaniards. I who had never learu- cd, feeing the reft of our officers had taken it in their heads to learn, thought it would appear fingular, if I did not learn too : fo we exercifed about half a dozen times mak ing but one line of about fifteen men (tho* he talks of ranks) and went {trait aboard. The real defign of this was quite otherwife than he would have the world believe : for the fccond or third day after our arrival, two canoes approached us to form fome judgment of our defigns; and for thatrca- fon we were order' d to exercife afhore, ia this manner, to appear as formidable as we could : but it was in hopes the Spaniards} F taking 66 A Vo VAG E round the WORLD. taking it for a formal landing to plunder them, would knock us on the head, which was eafily enough to be done ; for Shel- vocke when he fent us, faid there was no need of any powder or (hot, tho' we cau- tioufly took fome unknown to him : befides, had it been only to exercife, it might have been done aboard, or at the watering place the other fide the bay, where there was none but our own people. There was no reafon to fend us in the very mouths of the Spaniards, with fo few men, unfurnifh'd (as he thought) with am munition, to a place where only danger could be expected, if it was not with fe- cret hopes to have us cut off: For *Dodd and I being two of thofe who were a check upon him, he did not want above half his number of men to carry on his feparate views and bafe defigns. And tho' he fays Hatley commanded the boat, I ferioufly aver that Hatley was not among us : but it was the pinnace, and no foul with us but the marines, who rowed her aftiore and off again, by eleven a clock the fame morn ing, tho' he fays I was left all night. But A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 07 But fully to prove that Shefoocke never kept any journal at all ; I do own that about five weeks after this time, I being aftiore on one of the two iflands on the other fide the bay to keep a guard at the watering. place, where was no body but our own men 5 captain Hatley came in the evening for a longboat load of wood and water, when it began to blowfrefh, and a great fwell to tum ble in, which obliged him to hawl the long* boat further out to her grapling, to prevent her thumping againft the rocks j fo that the men were forced to wade middle high to carry in their burthens of wood : the fwell ftill increafing, I did not care to be fowfed over head and ears, and defired captain Hatley to go off without me, which he did j and lieutenant Brook came in an hour's time afterwards and carried me and my guard off. This is the plain fliort truth: and the reader by this time may ghefs what a fine life we had of it, under the arbitrary di rection of a captain, who had neither prin ciples to ad honeftly> nor confcience to fpeak wuth. At 6 $ A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. At the clofe of this tale he endeavours to be witty, by faying that the men refufed to carry me to the boat ; for that they would not load themfelves with the weight of one who was neither feaman nor foldier. Whe ther they faid fo, or no, I (hall not inquire, for wit and truth may be as far diftant as the poles. It's the only place in all his book where he aims to be witty, and the fingularity of it makes me take this notice of it : though I can fee no reafon for his giving it that turn here 5 becaufe bringing a boat off fliore could not require a man to be much of a foldier or failor: but if he means want of courage or condud, I allow he has Always been witty enough not to tell me fo fince we came home. J^/wrfe" 'flufhed with his imaginary fuc- eefs at this ifland of Chiloe, now affefts the Statefman , and offers to the public a fcheme of the advantages which might ac crue to Great Britain) by taking that ifland, p. 113, 1143 with hopes, no doubt, of be ing at the head of fuch an undertaking : but one may eafily forefee, without pre judging the man, that he who has behaved fo ill in this expedition, will never be truft- cd A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 6$ ed with any command in another: and 'tis well enough known, without his medling, that no people can make fettlements in the Spanish Weft -Indies, with fo much eafe and fafety, as the Englifh if they pleafe ; as having skill and power to do any thing .# fea, if they have good commanders. But it muft appear very abfurd to the go vernment, to whom he fubmirs this notiori of his, that a mariner who has circumnavi gated the globe, can difcover no better place than Chiloe for his Britannic bAz)dky'$ fubje&s to poffefs themfelves of, from the great dangers, of which he owns all of us to be but providentially cfcaped : for ac cording to his own, and my defcriptipn of it (who have been very particular) it appears immediate deftru&ion for any one to at tempt the going in. He owns rje 10ft his anchor at his ,firft coming too 5 and gives a mod terrible account of the chanel,him- felf: and yet has the folly and prefurpption to incourage his own countrymen to fettle here. What can this be, but a defign a- gainft the lives of his Majcfty's good fub- jeds ? In my humble opinion 'tis malice prepcnfe, and defervcs exemplary punifh- nient. F 3 And 7O A VOYAGE round the WORLD. And as for the additional ftock of pro- vifion he boafts of, p. 100, he has much magnified it in his book : and whatever it might be, it was not worth our going there to alarm the coaft, and thereby fruftrate the very defign of our coming out. A ftranger would rather believe he had been bribed before he left London, ,by this counter me thod to defeat the whole enterprize. Captain Cliff erton by this time might rea- fonably be fuppofed gone from Fernandes : ' fo away we fail from Chiloe to our own fa- tisfadion, as well as the great joy of the King of Spain's fubjefts, whom we had plagued all round that bay, tho* to little purpofe. But inftead of Fernandes, he is quickly furniflied with another excufe from hold ing his courfe thither 5 which he fays, p. xi 5, was the perfuafions of his people to the contrary : <4 for they had notions, which " the Frenchman had infpired them with, of " vaft advantages by going firft to the port *' of Conception? This too is all a fidion, forged at home to palliate his own male practice; for we were all againft medling with the continent, and wanted to feek out r A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 7 1 out our confort and try our fortune at fea; which 'tis well known has always been, and muft be the practice of privatiers, who mean to fuccede in their undertaking. But if any doubt had arifen, why did he not, in this emergence, call a council of his officers according to his own inflec tions, which obliged him particularly to follow that method obferved by captain Ro- gers y printed at large in his voyage, and where there are examples enough of this kind ? But Shefoocke's reafon for not doing it now, andjfor never once doing it at all, is a manifeft proof that the faults he imputes to his officers, are forgeries of his own, made to excufe his vices at the expenfe of their credit. However, Shelvocke goes into Concept ion y where he took two (hips ; the one waiting for her loading, and worth little ; the other was worth to us about 1 500 / : one moiety of which was laid afide for the owners 5 but when he loft his fhip, they divided that and all among them, as he fays, p. 227 ; tho' he has thought fit not to mention any thing of his own fix fharcs. Here he flays about a fortnight, under pretenfe of receiv- F-4- ing 7i * Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. ing ranfom for the two fliips 5 tho' he knew very well that the governers in thofe parts never will, or dare differ that pradice, fince thereby privatiers might make a tolerable hand on't, tho' even the whole coaft were alarm'd: for it's not only lofs of fhip and cargo to the ranfomer, but likcwife confif- cation of all his goods and chattels : and what is yet to them more dreadful, the anathema or curfes of the church. Neverthelefs the governer of Conception defires he may treat with one of our cap tain's officers : fo I was order'd on that im portant negotiation > but all my intreaties could not prevail with Shelvocke to let my fervant go in his hat : he muft wear one of the forementioiVd tall grenadier caps two foot high. The fellow being of a fquat fize looked more like a burlesk figure in a droll, than a fervant to an ambaffador. So I pro- ceded, and was attended to the governer by all the mob in the town, and had much ado to look grave at fo much farce. Shel- wocke fays, p. 142, " the man's cap gate tc great offenfe, as if intended to ridicule " the mitre : " which I can't deny j for the churchmen had good reafon to take umbrage Ut the extreme height of it. P. 123. A Vo YAG E round the Wo :RU>. 7 3 P. 123, He has a falfity too flagrant to be believed at all. " I could perceive, fays " he, with my perfpedive an enemies boat " pafs within piftol fhot of my pinnace, " but captain Hat ley , who commanded, " never offered once to follow her, or " bring her to : Hat ley truly faid he did " not mind her, tho' his boat's crew all a- " greed that fhe was full of men :" This he exults upon mighty captain-like ; but I af firm that Hatley did chacc her immediately, and we were all well enough diverted with it j he following her quite crofs the bdy till he came within reach of the enemies guns on the platform 5 from whence they fired twice at him, and fo well aimed, that in all probability the third would have furvk him, or rnade him the head '(hotter, the fhot being eighteen pounders. This I am fure was in the fight of ten thoufand peb- pie round the bay-; for all that part -'of Chili was alarrn'd, and whofoever was fit to bear arms appeared here to fee the of our exploits. Shelvocke having taken here, juft coming into the port, a fmall 'prize bound 'from Lima, found by letters ; (he brought from 74 A VOYAGE round the WORLD. from the merchants there, that the coaft was alarm'd to norward by one of Clippertoris prizes retaken by the Spaniards : but this he keeps a fecret from us, andrefolves now to get rid of his men as faft as he can; there fore fends away lieutenant Randal, and an officer of marines, with about twenty five men, in a fmall bark which we took in the bay, to attack a little veffel that was hawl'd tip almoft dry, in a creek about fix or feven miles from us : Shefoocke muft needs have known that there could be nothing in her, fince it was no fecret to the Spaniards that we were an English privatier. The vanity of this attempt wants no explanation of -mine, fince he hath fufficiently defcribed .the folly and misfortune of it himfelf, p. 125, which is worth reading : there he loft five of his men, rifquing their lives to take an empty veffel : and the only incourage- ment he had of fuccefs from this under taking, was from the boatfwain of a fmall Spanijh prize which he took a day or two before, who was already grown fo very fin- cere a friend, and fo heartily in our intereft as to give us prodigious informations : and upon the credit of this man, Shchocke A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 75 pretends he fent the poor fellows to make this new experiment 5 which I may venture to fay has proved our captain to be no po litician. After this he tells you, p. 127. the men murmur'd and grew very uneafy, damning the South- Seas as well they might, be ing thus order'd upon fools errands, with out any hopes of making a good voyage for themfelves; deftined as it were for mere tools to carry on his own felfifh ignorant proje&s. And yet Shelvocke, with a bold face and harden'd heart, fays, even this too was their own fault. In fhort his confci- ence is an original 5 his book is an original, and he is an original ; but I hope in God neither of 'em will ever be copied. Captain Clipferton perfued his voyage di- reftly from the Cape Verd iflands, and I do think it fomewhat extraordinary, and well deferving the reader's remark, that the Sue- cefs arrived at the entrance into the {freights of Magellan on the 3oth of May- 1719, be ing 5 2 and 30 fouth latitude. But Shetoocke could not find his way to St. Catharine's, in latitude 27 : 30 fouth r till the 2oth of June following, by his own account, p. 17. 4 I fliali 7 6 AVo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. I ffiall tranfcribe captain Clipptrtoris pro- cedings as minuted down in Mr. Taylor's journal. Succefs, May 29. " This day at noon I C make my courfe from the weftermoft ** point of the ifland Fogo, one of the " Cape Verd iflands, latitude 14:40 N. " to Cafe Virgin Mary, the north point of *' the entrance into the ftreights of Magel- " lan y in latitude 52:15 S. to be S. 29 : oo " W. the diftance 1580 leagues, mer. dift. * c 36:04 W. longitude 44:18 W. May the ?oth. " Frefh gales and fqually " for thefirft part thefe twenty four hours, " but fairer towards the latter end. This '** afternoon we anchored in the ftreights of Magellan, in ten fathom water. The " fouth point of the entrance call'd Queen " Cathartne'sForelandibzzima then S. S. W. June the ?th. " Frefh gales and fair wea- " ther the firft part, but the later much " fnow. At two this afternoon anchor'd in " forty fathom water, the northmoft point of Elizabeth's IQand bore S. W. one (f league, St. Bartholomew's ifland E. by S. " two leagues : the yawl was fent afliore to gather greens. This place affords great " quantity of a fort of wild fellary, which " very much refrefhed our men, and is good " falading enough. June the isth. " Thefc twenty four <<: hours fqually with fnow. We find here " a good watering-place. Here is a fine rc wood, moft hazel, with fome tall beach " trees, feveral of which are fit for mafts. 14. " Sent our launch afhore with cc our empty casks : captain Clipperton and cc the carpenter went this morning afhore ^ to look for a good flick fora mizen-mafl:, "and 78 A Vo Y AG found the Wo RLD . " and find a good one ready feird. At noon " the captain returned with fome wildfoul. " Our men gather mufcles and limpets in *' great plenty. Here we begin forely to " feel the want of our wine and brandy: *< and our men by frequent eating flicll- " fifti to help out with their allowance, arc * much troubled with the fcurvy. 20. " Cloudy weather with much fleet " and rain. Our launch brought on board " her loading of wood, which we flowed < e away among the cask: at five this morn- " ing clear'd the haufe and brought the 46 fmall- bower on board : hoifted the launch "in , at eleven our pinnace brought on " board a mizen and mizen-top-fail-yard, " with a new ftuddinfail-boom, and got " ready to fail. 21. " Weighed this forenoon at eleven. " The tide being fpent, flood into a fmall bay, but could find no ground with fe- " venty fathom line 3 fo were obliged to " run to leeward again. Winds from S.W. " to N. W. 22. " Ffefh gales and fqually: at one " this afternoon anchored in a fine bay in ;" fifteen fathom, fhingly ground : the north- " moft A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 79 " moft point of Tort Famine N. by W. five " leagues, and the fouthmoft point of the fmall bay, which we chriften'd no Bottom " Bay* S. by E. four mile. At feven we " weighed again plying to the fouthward 5 " we had this day a good amplitude, and " find the variation to be 14 : 15' norther- " ly. All the trees along ftiore are very tall; " their tops covered with fhow; the land " prodigious high, fo that we have ftrong " flaws of wind almoft continually : frefti " water to be found in every bay. 29. " A canoe with four Indians came " on board us, being two men a womaa " and a boy : they are of a middle ftature, dark " complexion, a broad round vifage, low fore- " heads, black hair, very lank and ftiort, with no cloathing but a skin to cover the middle : they had a fmall ftreak round the " skin of their wrifts, of a fine azure blue : " they would not fuffer the woman to " come on board : captain Clipperton order- " for we have not a drop of either to chcar " the languiftiing fpirits of our fick men : " and we that at prefent, through the pro- " vidence of the Almighty, injoy our health, " cannot help .being dcjefted to think how " foon it may come to our turns to be " taken with ficknefs. 14. " Uncertain weather with rain. This " day our boats bring eighteen goats aboard : " fent afhore for fome fait our men hav- " ing found here a good quantity ready " made, which was left by fome of the " French fhips who often touch here. 28. " We continue to get our wood u and water aboard, and our fhip in a pof- a turefor failing. Off. 6. " Moderate gales of wind and " fine weather. Captain Mitchel with fome " more A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. g 9 " more of our officers go in the pinnace " to the eaft part of the ifland to look four " of our men, who have abfented a fort-. " night : two of which men they found ia " the cuftody of our goat hunters, having met " with them when in periiut of their game, " faying they had greater difficulty in fc- c curing thefe fellows, than in killing dou- " ble the number of goats : for at firft they " were forced to fire feveral times at them " before they would furrender. They told " our men that for the firft five days they Certainly Clip- ferton deferved better from a man to whofe wilful mifmanagement all his misfortunes are juftly imputed : and 'tis no wonder, if he took to drinking, after having mifcarryed In three voyages to the South-Seas : the two firft by circumvention of the Spaniards, and this laft by the treachery of one who (hould Jiave been his confort and friend : 'tis what we fee daily in people undone by the bafe- nefs of men and the frowns of fortune. As to the humanity of our two comman ders, there is certainly this difference be tween them ^ Shehocke took care on all occafions, to rifque the lives of his men that A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 9$ that few might remain witneffes of his falfr hood, and the dividends of thofe who did furvive might rife in greater proportion : for out of his io<5 men carry ed from 'Ply mouth, he brought only 2 5 to Chinas where as Clipperton brought moft of his thither $ and behaved with generofity and good tem per, witnefs his concern for his men, who were run away with in the prize lately men tioned, and his good treatment of the enemy; fince he did not care how foon the Spaniards went afliore to give what account they thought fit of him. The contrivance by which the Spaniards got their fhip again, was thus, The Spanish captain feeing by the number of prizes then in the cuftody of captain Clipperton that he could not fpare many of his hands to put aboard the pink, which already had above a dozen paflengers, befides the {hip's com pany : the mafter of the Rofary privately bid the paflengers hide themfelves in the hold with the countermafter or boatfwain who was a Frenchman, ordering them upon a fignal agreed on, to feize as many of the Englishmen, asfhould happen to go into the hold 5 and this plot they believed would fuccede 96 A VOYAGE round the WORLD. fuccede as the lieutenant drew nearer and nearer to board them 5 for Serjeant (on had but feven or eight men with him. The lieutenant upon his boarding the prize, or- defed all that appeared to him, fuch as In dians , Nigros and feamen to go into the great cabin, except the captain and pilot, and then placed a centinel at the door. When he thought he had effeftually fecnr'd his prifoners, he gave orders to hoift the topfails and ftand for the commodore : then apprehending no danger, the men hcedlefly went down to fee what there was aboard. The paffengers who were fecrctly in the hold furpri-zcd the men, knocking fome of them down with billets of wood : the prifoners in the cabin immediately mfhed on the cen tinel and difarmed him. The matter or pi. lot, according to the fign , coming at the fame time behind Serjeantfon knocked him down likewife, and ordered them all to be bound 5 tho' none were killed as Serjeant- fen informed me, whom I afterwards found a prifoner at Lima:. The Spaniard thus regained the pofTeffion of his (hip 5 but did not long injoy her ; for eagerly running her afliore, he loft her on the A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 7 the rocks, and narrowly efcaped with his life : then fetting the Englishmen free from their bonds, they all got afhore as well as they could , the Spaniards taking them pri- foners the neareft way to Litna. The viceroy of and thus he runs off two A Vo VAG E round the Wo RLD. $9 two pages of mere fcandal, as if I only was uneafy, whereas all bur officers had con vincing proofs of his bad principles as well as I. I might have faid in common talk a- mong our felves, that I always thought wear ing apparel found in chefts between decks, fhould be deemed fair plunder : and may be it is fo. Is it juft therefore, that what a man delivers as private opinion only, (hall afterwards be reap'd up and call'd mutiny 5 efpecialiy by one who has made every thing plunder, and ruin'd and deftroy'd near a huiv* dred men in the voyage > But this man is perpetually blaming every body but himfelf to fcreen his own villanies. Jan. 1 7f. We arrive at Fernandez, where Mr. Bfook being the firft officer that landed, immediately faw Captain John and fP Magee cut in the tree- bark as aforefaid : upon the news of which every body feemed to re- Joyce, but our worthy captain, who would have it an invention of Brock's, for which he ufed him fcurvily before all the donu pany, telling him 'twas a lie. It's very ftrange a man can't believe his own eyes, or would feign a thing of this nature, which any one going alhore might be convinced of in a H z moment; i do A Vo YAG E round the Wo moment : but Shefoocke hated the mention of it, and feared the truth of it, left his whole company would be impatient, and perfuade him without delay to go to lee ward and joyn his confort. Brook had hi therto been a great favourite with Shelvocke, but for this unwelcome difcovery he is now put upon the black lift, as by the fequel will appear. I (hall quote our author's own words, p. 1 60. " Some of my men accidentally " faw the word Magee , which was the a name of Clippertoris furgeon, and captain " John cut out under it upon a tree , but " no directions left, as was agreed on by < c him in his inftrudions to me. His a&ions " being thus grofly repugnant to his in- " ftruftions, it was evident that he never " meant I fhould keep him company, or " ever joyn with him again ." Now this is fo notorious a falfehood, that every ftep of captain Clipperton fhews the contrary , and proves you the greateft inv poftor that can be : your very wording of it, (hews to what mean ftiifts you are re duced. Why muft it be, accidentally faw the word 'Magee? Was it a meteor that vaniihed after A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. i o i after the firft appearance \ or if the men did fee it by chance, are you fo fimple to per- fuade us it was cut in the tree by chance ? And then to fay Magee was firft, and the captains name under it, is not the contrary more probable? Befides, we all faw the captain's name firft : and this is only a ftu- pid indeavour to degrade him. As for the directions agreed upon, they were buryed in the ground, and difcovered to the viceroy who fent for them as I faid before ; and tho' Shefoocke was ignorant of this at Fernandes i yet, at the writing of his book, he well knew it : and therefore the coarfe language he gives CUpferton as above, makes himfelf appear a worfe wretch than I expeded. After this, inftead of going direftly to leeward to meet with the Succefs, he muft needs have another touch with the Chore $ and accordingly fleers away to Arica, fend ing the Mercury along fhore before him, which took a bark laden with cormorants dung (ufed there as manure) the ownejr of which came on board us in the night, and informed us that one of Clippertoris prizes had alarmed the whole coaft, and that $wo Sfanijh men of war were fitted out H $ * from ioz A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. from Lima in queft of us : and this is what we believed Shefaocke knew before, by let ters taken in the St. Ftrmin. Here he puts four quarter deck guns into the Mercury, and bawling her pretty near the (bore, gets in to her, with my felf, Mr. Stewart, three more officers, and a few men : then bring ing the Speedwel zn& Mercury' s broadfide to bear on the town, he begins Qtiixet like to canonade it 5 which really had no other ef~ fed than to fcare away the women and children : for the men contrary to our ex- pedation affcmbled on the naked beach, and fuddenly ereded a good breaftwork of Hones and what rubbifh they could find, gallantly {landing our fire : but the fwell giving us fome motion, we could not bring our guns to bear fo as to diflodge any of them. Shetoocke being tired with deftroy- ing his munition, fends an Indian prifoner under a flag of truce to demand of the town What they would pleafe to give to be rid of us 4 and tho' he fays nothing of this, p. 1 67, the Indian leap'd out of the boat, fwiming through the terrible breakers, which made landing there impoffible , delivers his mef- fage, and returns faithfully the fame way to A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. i o 3 to the boat with anfwer , That they car'd not a fig for any fuch borracho , that is drunkard, the moft contemptuous name they make ufe of. Upon which our captain called for his pinnace, and taking Stewart with him , goes aboard in a pet ; but left the reft of us to unmoor the Mercury, and carry her out into the road. At his getting into the boat , not as he fays at his depar ture, the inhabitants gave us a regular hedge fire, and three huzzas, or horfe laughs. To confirm what I faid about the ftrift prohibi tion of ranfoming 5 the owner of the dung bark was forced to do it by ftratagem, com ing in the night with his money, being 1 300 dollars, and pray'd us to carry her three or four mile out, and then turn her adrift, that the bargain might be a fecret, or look as if flic was not worth our keeping. Shelvocke's averfion to journal-keeping was fo great, that I cannot help inferring the following memorandum to confirm it. One Mr. Hamilton our enfign, a gentleman of a good family in Scotland, had a mind, tho' he was no feaman, to keep a journal for his amufement 5 and upon taking this bark Jic enters it thus in his book, H 4 104 A Vo YAGE round the Wo RLD. Feb. 5th. 1720, " This geud day we a " taen a fma vafhellodded wi turd." This humour caufingfome laughter in the ftcerage, Sbelvofke lent his Ton George to inquire the meaning of that uproar. Upon George's re port, the captain came down and asked Ha milton what bufinefs he had to keep a jour nal ? adding that he was a iawcy fellow, and there fhould be no pen and ink work aboard his fhip : fo that he was oblig'd ever after, like Shelvocke, to keep his account by dint of memory. From Arica we fail down along fhore, and now Shefaocke enters vigoroufly upon his own projed ; which was effectually to rid himfelf of his officers, having been of ten heard to fay, he hated fo many captains. He knew by Rogers his journal, that all the merchantmen in thofe feas are man'd with Indians or Nigros $ with which he could eafily fupply any lofs of his own men ; and which, far from demanding any fhare of prize money , would fell for money in another part of the world. Whereupon he fends away fifteen of us in the Mercury, feven of which were officers, juft in the pouch of thg enemy, in the very track of their 'A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 105 their ftiips ; and with a moral certainty of being taken, if not deftroyed, for cruifing on their own coaft, and in one of their own bottoms. It is very remarkable that one of this ill fated company fhould be the boatfwain, who is always look'd on as the moft neceflary officer to be left in a fliip $ the good order of the men depending as much upon him, as the captain himfelf : gtnd a boatfwain was never fent a cruifing in this world before. His name was Nicho las Laming, a good man , and a good offi cer. After we were taken prifoners, he died on the road with the great fatigue of his journey* To put this man's wickednefs yet in a clearer light 7 give me leave thus fairly to defcribe the Mercury. She was really no thing but a lighter $ was built and always imploy'd as fuch ; tho* not quite fo heavy or ftrong as thofe in the Thames : for as the Spaniards have no wharves, cranes, or carts to load their veffels with in that coun try ; fo (he differ'd from our lighters, only by being a fmall matter (lighter and fliallower, the better to run into flioal water $ where the and Indians do the office of cranes i o6 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. and horfes, by wading deep in the water to load her. He built a deck upon her as high as the gunnel, fix'd a maft in her, and then put a gang of his (hips oars into her : one of which I meafur'd, finding it thirty three foot in length, and fo heavy that no lefs than three men could row with one of them : beckets having been fix'd to the looms for the eafier managing of them. Now I appeal to any impartial judge of a (hip or bark, how it was poflible for the men, if ftanding, to row with fuch an oar in fuch a veflel : for they muft at each ftroke indanger their knuckles againft the deck be fore the blade could be raifed out of the water : and if fitting, 'tis ftill worfe, becaufe there's no foot- hold; moreover the man at the handle could not extend his arms to fetch a ftroke. Then if we confider her as to her failing, (he would go well enough right afore it, provided it blew ftrong e- pough : but upon a wind, the meaneft ca pacity may imagine what (he could do, as having no gripp of the water. In this notable imbarkation were we fent to feek our fortunes $ and I believe ours to be the firft company that ever was order'd to 'A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 07 to cruife in a lighter. This being the laft time he was likely to have the pleafureof ufing me ill, he refolved to do it in a man ner peculiar to himfelf : all the reft having the favour of knowing their orders an hour or two before. Immediately upon my re ceiving the mefifage, that I muft go in the Mercury , I went down to lafh my ham- mack in the Speedwel : then taking my money bag out of my cheft, I feal'd and delivered it to Mr. Hendrie then our purfer, telling him I expeded no account of it, till it pleafed God we met in England. Shel- and I believe when he met with her, fhe had 350 men aboard , but fuch a mixt crew of ignorant creatures, that I am cer tain twenty expert feamen would do more execution than all they together. As for the commander of her, whom Shefoocke calls 1 1 o A Vb YAG E round the Wo RLD. calls an admiral, he was a Creolian, a mere frefli waterman, who never faw any aftion before : and as for the people aboard him, they were compofed of Nigros, Meftizos and Indians > befides which there were not above a dozen white faces in all : for this fhip was purpoiely defign'd to carry the late viceroy prince Santo Bueno , his family and retinue to Acapulco $ but in the mean time order'd a fhort cruife on the coaft. She fail'd fo heavy that the Spaniards never ex- peded (lie would be of any ufe againft the English privatiers : and for that reafon, put all their good able men aboard the other three cruifers, the Zelerin> Brilliant and San Francifco, which were light (hips and good failers. The ^Peregrine was fo unable and unwilling too, that if (he had not found the Speedwel in harbour, fhe would never have follow'd her to fca 5 for we were told at Tayta, that the firft fire from the Speed- we/ terrify 'd the enemy fo very much, that they could not tell whether they were really dead or alive. They all immediately ran from their quarters, and the very fteerfman who had the helm, quitted it : fo that the ihip which was then clofe hawl'd ftanding in, A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLIX; 1 1 i in, came with her head fails in the wind, and muzzled her felf 5 that is, (he lay bob bing up and down, with her fails flapping againft the maft : and how could it be o- therwife, where there was only a few good officers among a mere mob of black pco* pie fcar'd out of their wits. The comman der and his officers did what they could to bring them to their duty : they beat them, fwore at them , and prick'd them in the buttocks, but all would not do 5 for the poor devils were refolved to be frighted : moft of them run quite down in the hold, while others were upon their knees pray ing the faints for deliverance. The Speed- wel did not fire above eight or nine guns ; and as they were found fufficient, Shefoocke had no reafon to wafte his powder : but 'tis plain the ^Peregrine might eafily have run him aboard, if there had been but a few good feamen to ftand by the bowlines and braces. However, this panic of theirs gave Shelvocke a fair opportunity to get his men aboard, cut his cable, and go away right afore the wind. This is the plain truth of the matter, which every body was. agreed in : for I heard of it at feveral places 5 3 tho' i t z A Vo YAG E round the Wo the/ Shelvocke has cook'd up a formal ftory' of a defperate ingagement to deceive thofe who knew him not, into a wondrous opi nion of his conduct. He talks of his fhip being greatly fhatter'd in the fight, and fe- veral of the enemy kill'd j but 'tis all blufter : there was not a drop of blood fpilt : for if the 'Peregrine did fire a few guns, their confufion prevented them doing any mif- chief. And Shefoocke's killing fome of the enemy is Very unlikely, when fo many of them run down and hid themfelves. Tis impoffible for words to exprefs the bafenefsof captain Shel-vocke in puting to gether fo much reproachful language utter ly void of truth and reafon, as there is from p. 176 to 1 80. All the malice of his book is here fum'd up in a body. He fays I mu tinied about going into the Mercury, and insinuates that I threatened his life. This is a very poor charge of his, after contriving fo plaufible a fcheme to deftroy us. But I remember I anfwer'd thefe words p. 53', when we had juft doubled cape Horne. As for his accufation of mutiny, 'tis as weak as the other : for tho' 'tis evident we were deliver'd up as a prey, yet Shehocke 3 had 4 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 1 j had gone fuch lengths with us, that he would call even a wry face mutiny: and my whole account of his tranfadions is full of anfwer to this fort of calumny. Then he fays I prevail'd on Hatley to run away with the prize, plying him with liquor for that purpofe : and runs on a long formal ftory of the wickednefs of this thing, when I have made it plain fhe had no money, or any thing valuable aboard. Does, not Shel* could not have known the places of ren* dezvous, without the help of Mr. Taylor's journal The reafon of my being us'd re- J fpedfully 1 1 4 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. fpe&fully is this. T>on Tedro Midranda, the admiral who took us, had a perfonai efteem for Sir Charles Wager ^ and I have reafon to believe was formerly his prifoner. The Spanijh admiral had been treated with great candour andgcnerofity by Sir Charles: and upon examination, finding that I gave a good account of Sir Charles, he was pleas'd to (hew us great favours for his fake. It was owing to this, that I and all but captain Hatley met with kind treatment : for my own part, I had the honour to eat at his table all the time we were aboard j where he felcJom fail'd to toad Sir Charles Wager? at every meal. Then it's plain the aforefaid guilt of Hatley 's made that dif ference between him and the reft. He fays I was made an officer, and that I defired of my new captain, if we had the gook luck to take Shehocke? I might have the honour of boarding him firft. After fuch vile procedings, by my troth I believe no body would think it an honour to board captain Shelvocke : but I deny that I ever faid fo, and whatever any of us faid, he can only ghefs at it. Tis certain we we had reafon to think and fpeak ill enough of A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 1 1 5 of him > fince it was evident he got rid of us to ferve a turn. However, as we were now treated much civiler than it was in Shelvc/ckes nature to allow of j I frankly own there was not a man among us, but would gladly have feen him fall into the fame admiral's hands: for in a very few days after this, Shelvocke rids himfelf of eleven more of his men, whom he lent under James Hopkins-, one of his mates, aboard an empty bark not worth a groat, which he calls the St. TJavid, p. r 80, leav ing them to fhift for themfelvcs, with no more than a week's provifion : after which they were compelled to furrender among the Indians: and one of thm,,jf0hn Gun- dy y born at Plymouth dock, had his throat cut for not dripping immediately^ the reft I faw prifoners with us at Lima. Shelvocke is modeftly filent upon this article, faying only, p. 187, that he was oblig'd to leave the St. 'David to cruife off *Payta : but not a word of the mate and his ten men. As to my being an officer in the king of Spain's fervice, 'tis mere fcandal and non- ienfe ; for if I had afted in that fbtion in a time of war between the two crowns, I 2 'tis ii6 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. *tis very improbable I would venture home fo foon, being the firft of the prifoners who appear'd in England. Indeed we all, except Hat ley y had our paffage to Cales in a Spanish advice- boat, call'd the Ffying-fijb. Mr. Treffick our furgeon's mate, afted as fur- geon in her, receiving wages, and fo did all our men, being releas'd from prifon to help navigate the veffel home. For my part, as I was well treated, I would not eat the bread of idlenefs, but kept my watch as other officers did 5 and pray where' s the harm of all this; tho' Shehocke and his blunderbufs of a fon, have had the ftupidity to call it treafon? And it muft appear a very malici ous charge, as well as an ignorant one, that after a man has been driven amongft the enemy, he muft be call'd a traytor for be ing us'd kindly and accepting his paffage back again $ that becaufe I was not mur dered there, I ought to be executed at home. This is Shelvocke's great chriftianity and good confcience. Laftly, he accufes me of being of a na tion and religion which the Spaniards are fond of. A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 1 1 7 In the firft place, captain Shel-vacke is very ill bred, to make any national reflexions at all ; and then very ignorant not to know they are never allow'd as argument. If he means I am an Iriftman^ I am well enough pleafed to own it : not forgeting that his Majefty has many loyal fubjeds of that king dom, in the ftate, church, nav^^nd army. If by the other reflexion he means my reli gion to be of the Romijh church ; I fhall make this anfwer to it. That it certainly is the religion my parents defign'd I fliould be of: but when I came to riper years and better underftanding, I made ufe of that liberty which God has given all mankind, to make fuch confeffion of faith as is moft agreeable to holy fcripture and right reafon. Thus determined, I took the oaths above" twenty years ago 5 by which I quitted the Romijh faith, andabjur'd all papal authority in thefc kingdoms : I did all that is required in thofc cafes, and therefore 'tis needlefs to fay more. Confequent to this I had the imployment of a purler in the navy, which I held fome years 5 having before that ferved in feveral other inferiour capacities. I have I 3 con- us A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. continued ever fince a lawful member of the church of England > What pretenfe then can Shelvocke have to perfecute me in this unjuft public manner, and charge me with the popifh religion , especially after he has cruelly forc'd me among the moft rigid pro- feffors of it > But if he means by this accufation to niake me appear as a difaffe&ed perfon, I hope he will be miftaken : for I never drank the Tretendefs health, tho' Shelvocke made a conftant pradice of it, and every tenth of June propofed it in an open manner > containing fome to do it, and ufmg others ill who had (pint enough to refufe it. In what light then (hall I place this Shelvocke, to make his infamy truly appear ? A man who hath folemnly taken the oaths of alle giance, abjuration and fupremacy, with king George's commiflion in his pocket, com mander of above a hundred men, to whom he fhould appear an example of goodnefs and loyalty, and in a public time of war to drink the 'Pretender's health, and com mand his men to do the fame, is an inftance of fuch perjur'd villainy, as can never be ex- ceded! Confidering I am a fcafaring man, 4 'tis A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 119 'tis for my credit that Shelvocke will allow me to be of any religion : and I am really forry I cannot return him the complement j but he has made fuch an abandoned wretch of himfelf, that I am perfuaded mankind will fay 'tis better to have fome religion than none at all. For after a man has broke thro' oaths, which I call facred ingagements, and violated all moral virtues, by which he was bound to promote the intereft of us and our owners j what idea can we have of him? when thus he ftands guilty of treachery, cruelty, perjury, ill-nature and ill- manners 5 you cannot call him a chriftian^ and he is far fliort of a Mahometan both in faith and practice. Here I take leave of my noble captain Shelvocke, being quite feparated from him, as he intended; and now forced tofubmit to the Spaniard, which however prov'd the fairer enemy of the two. Henceforth therefore, I muft trace him by the help of Taylors journal, and the concurring evi dence of thofe whofe hard lot it was to re main under his command : while I go back to captain Ctipperton, whom I (hall, in as brief a manner as poffible, bring to the I 4 end 1 2 o A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. end of his voyage, which alfo ended his life. He ftaid his month for Shelvocke at Fernandas, as I obferved before: the ac count of his progrefs and adions after that, I will impartially tranfcribe from Taylor's journal, as I find it. SECT. A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. 121 C SECTION II. SuccefsOff. 20, 1719- tc it HIS day a paper was fixt upon, " the main-maft, declaring what " fhould and fhould not be deemed plunder. " The man who firft fpys a fail, proving a prize, to have five dollars for every hundred ton the prize meafures. " Every man aboard a prize found drunk ' or in any indecent aft with a white or black woman, to be punifhed according to the nature of his offenfe. " ^Every man, of whatfoever degree, con cealing any money, or other thing above the value of half a dollar, fhall forfeit his fliare of fuch prize, and twenty dol lars out of his fhare in the next that (hall be taken. The variation by an amplitude taken this day in latitude 15 39 S. is 9": 20 N. E. We 122 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 25. " We this day arrive in the latitude " of Lima, our cruifing ftation 5 where we brought to, and lay under our topfails " till four in the morning : then made fail, C and at feven chafed a fmall veffel, which " we came up with at eleven, being a fnow " of about forty ton, laden with fand and " rubbifti for manure. She was navigated " by feven Indians and two Nigros: her " mafter was left fick afhore. They would " not give us any intelligence. We found " nothing aboard her worth the trouble of " carrying away, except two jarrs of eggs, ** two of moloffes, and a couple of dollars. 28. " At one afternoon make a faiJ. t At two are a long- fide of her, being a " fhip of about 150 ton, call'd the St. " Vincent, with wood from Guiaquil. There " are two fryars, fixteen Indians and four " Nigros aboard. 30. "At four afternoon made a good " fail, which we came not up with till ele- " ven at night : fhe is a pretty large (hip, of " at Icaft 400 ton, from ^Panama for Li- " ma, having a good many paffengers a. fhe has on board the " eountefs of Laguna, and feverai other " paffengers, a good deal of ready money, " and at leaft 400 jars of wine and bran- " dy, being two articles we much wanted. " Our captain asks the lady whether fhe * c will come aboard the Succefs, or remain " in the prize. She chufes the later. He " fends a marine officer with a guard to " take care fhc be not molefted by any " of our men, and that none enter her ca- " bin but her own domeftics, or fuch as (he " allows of. Mr. Godfrey, our agent, went " aboard the prizes, carrying to each a cou- " pie of jars of wine and brandy, which " was a very acceptable prefent. 18. " At feven this morning we faw " a fail : at eleven fhe became our prize, " proving to be a London built pink of " about 200 ton from Panama for Lima, " with wood, of little value : but they " tell us of two rich (hips from Lima com- " ing this way 5 and that there are two " Spanifh men of war of fifty and thirty " guns, fitted out inqucft of us. This 124 ^VOYAGE round the WORLD. This being the prize that was run away with by ftratagem Nov. 20, I need not repeat it. Turn back to p. 9 1 and 9 5 . 24. " This afternoon we took a prize " caird the Cayetan, of about 200 tons, " laden with wood from 'Panama for Li" " ma: flic has aboard forty Nigros and " thirty Spaniards y moft of them paffengers. 27. c( Anchor at the ifle of T/atewith our ce three prizes. Our captain being now un- t der fome apprehenfions of the enemy's " men of war, which we know are clean, " and fitted out on purpofe to deftroy or " bring us in 5 begins to think that his " cruifing without a fecond, will turn but to " littk account : refolves therefore to make " the moft of what he has got 5 which con- " fiftcth chiefly of European goods found in C the prizes already taken. And being " well affured the Spaniards dare not pur- " chafe them by rcafon of a ftrift pro- " hibition from the king of Spain, he " puts a handfome cargo of ten thou- " fand pound or upwards, aboard the " lady's bark now call'd the Chichtyi and << appoints captain Mitchel commander of " her, and to difpofe of them to the beft " advan- A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. 125 cc advantage on the coaft of Brafil. He " mounts her with eight guns, puts aboard " thirteen Englishmen and ten Nigros, with cc what provifion and other neccffaries he " can fpare him. Captain Mttchel at part- " ing gave us three cheers, which was an- " fwer'd by the Succefs. Here our captain " difcharges the other two prizes after rum- " maging them of all we wanted, and gave them to the Spaniards \ rcferving the < c Nigros, and the captain of one of them " for our pilot. We ply to windward a- C gain to come into our ftation. 'Decemb. 1 2th. 1 7 1 9. " We faw a fail about " five in the evening, and at feven took " her. She is called the Rofe, bound from " Cberipe for 'Panama, laden with provi- " fions. Our launch and pinnace were all te day imploy'd in bringing on board the " flower, and other provifions in order to " difcharge her. Having got as much flower " out of her as we could well flow away, fc we cut her mainmaft by the board, left " fhe ihould overfet, and fo let her ga " Thefe prifoncrs inform us, that our men ( who were taken by the Spaniards were ^ fent to Lima by land. Here we conti- ^ " nuc " 1 2 6 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD . " nue to cruife, (landing off all day, and ** towards the fhore at night : but nothing " happens till 27th. " Anchor in Guanchaco Bay in nine fathom clay ground, and find two fhips at anchor. We fire a fhot at each : but they make no return : fend our boats aboard : but found them abandoned, and could difcover that all the loading had juft been taken our, and nothing left aboard, except fome bread, and a few jars of wa ter. We hung out a flag of truce, and fired two guns at half an hour's interval, " hoping they would come aboard to ran- " fom their fhips. They anfwer'd us from " fhore; but feeing no boat coming to us, we fired again, and remain here till next day, when feeing it was in vain to wait any longer, and that they would neither " ranfom nor beg their fhips, we pull'd " down the flag, and fet the fhips a fire. " At eight forenoon, the church of Guan- " chaco bore E. 3 leagues, from whence I " take my departure, latitude 8: 10 S. de- " figning for the Gallipagos. The currents *' here fet much to the northward. January A VOYAGE round the WORLD; 127 January 9th. 1720. " Arrive at duke " of fork's ifland being one of the Gallipa- " gos. Here we fcrub and clean our (hip, " and refrelh our (elves with tortoife : af- " ter vifiting fome more of thefe iflands, " we fleer away to the northward. 21. Made aTail: fent our pinnace a head " to keep fight of the chafe, by making " falfe fires : at eleven at night came up " with her, and on our firing a gun flic " brought to, being a fhip from 'Panama, " having on board the marquifs de Villa " Roche prefident at Tanama, and his fa- " mily bound for Lima, called the Trince K " but IBO A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RI,D. " but told our captain, that their alcalde " or governer could not allow us to trade " with him. They give us an account of " captain Mitckel, who put in here to wa- " ter, and fay that his men (hot fome of " their young bulls : but that 200 of the " inhabitants appearing under arms, he " thought it beft to go away. We doubt " not of his being here, becaufe we have " feen fome fhirts and wearables of Mit- 4C chefs men. The next day the marquifs " writes letters afhore privately, to ftir up < the people to furprize our men at the wa- " tering, and fecure the boats. Thefe with " other mifchievous letters wrote to Lima " were ftopp'd by Mr. Godfrey our owners " agent, who finding them in an Indian's " hand afhore , fent them to captain Clip- " perton, who now debars the marquifs the " ufe of pen and paper, and ufes him but " roughly. The Indians who were yefterday " aboard, and to whom our captain made " a few prefents for themfelves, the church cc and the goyerner, return this morning " with fome good frefh beef. After this, " captain Cliff erton treats with themarquifs < about ranfoming the prize 5 but not agree- A Vo y AG E round the Wo RLD. 131 " ing, he orders the timber with which flic " was laden to be thrown overboard, faving <4 as much for firing as we could flow : af- *< ter which we rummage the cabin, taking " away all the clothes and equipage. March 2oth. " The marquifs and his " lady dine aboard the Succefs : after which " they go afliore for recreation, leaving their " only child aboard as a pledge, They fend " off a good bull, and fome fowl : there " being no oxen on this continent. On the " 26th, the governer fends us two bulls " more, and on the. sift, the marquifs " fends a prefcnt of fruit to his child, to " bring which there are feven Indians a " horfeback : they left two letters hanging " on a flick in the fand a Nothing hap- the marquifs remaining with " us till the performance of articles, which " were, figned. The governer has a quan- " tity of indigo delivered him, and he fends " us a handfom prefent of beef, which we " are all very glad of. We weighd $ lea- " ving the prize to the Spanish captain, and " are now plying to windward with mo- " derate gales till April zoth. (C We anchor in the gulph " of Amapala in 1 7 fathom : fend the pin- c nace to find a watering : the Spaniards " oppofe their landing, but fufFer them to <* put on fhore a Spaniard and Indian be- " longing to the marquifs , who are going ic to Rio Lexos to fetch the ranfom mo- " iley : but it is my opinion we arc all bit. " Not being able to get water at Amapala> " the pinnace is fent to the ifle of Tigris $ " where they find very good water, and the " Indian who guided them is rewarded with " fome clothes. Our men meet with a- " bundanceof game on the ifland, killing a ^ c good A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 3 3 " good number of deer. Here is alfo a " great plenty of boobys, which are bet- ter eating than thofe catch'd at fea. Here " we flay till the ipth of May, much longer " than we intended, in expedation of the " ranfom money 5 but having little reafon " to believe the Spaniards will be pundual " and faithful, we unbent our Iheet anchor " and ftow'd it, taking ourdeparture from " hence, latitude 12 : 36. N. May 20th. " This day, the books, in- " ftruments and clothes of lieutenant Ser- " jeantfon were fold at the maft : being run " afhore in the Rofary pink with his men " as aforefaid. Here I find a ftrong current " to the N. About this time the cloathing, " linen and other neceflfaries taken in our " prizes were diftributed, being deem'd fair " plunder. June 4th. " We arrive next at Gorgona, " latitude 2 : 3 5 N. The current fcts to " the caftward. Here is wood and water, " and ;great plenty of fifh ; but they wont " take the hook , and we have no feine. " From hence we ply to vvindward , and " nothing happens till July 25th. " We fpy a fail, and came K 3 up 1 34 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLO. tc up with her : (he ftruck to us, being the " St. Vincent which we took once before, tc now commanded by Don Clement de " Andrado^ laden with timber and cocoa " nuts from Guiaquil for Lima. We keep " to windward with our prize, and Augiift 1 1 th. Anchor at Lobos la man: *' the diftance from this ifland, and Lobos tc la tterra is 10 leagues. Our chief 1m- * f ployment here is : to catch feal for the " company. Our men have tents on fhore, --' working in their feveral ftations. Here " we fcrtib a-nd clean our fhip, taking out of *' the priie what is moft valuable. Our f c men, tho* fatigued with work-live well f and look well, and -are now ready for an~ " other cruife, Nothing happens till . Septi 6th, tc A plot is difcovcred among ( the men ? wherein the confprrators had " formal a defign to feize the captain and < officers, and run ^way with the fhip: all v who were fecured, to be put afhore at " the fmall defolatc ifle of Lobos? but the * ( oppofers to be (hot. After difcovcry, " the two principa-1 alors, Jafefh Majnard *' was drove afhore and funk. We cicar K 4 " the n f -^ Vo YAGE round the Wo RLP. * the fiftiing boat, and fend her away with " 38 Spanijh prifoners : after which we " weigh again and ply to windward, being " in latitude 7 : QO S. Here the currents and 4 forced to fly their men of war , remem- " bring our miftakcs at Conception) and that - we muft now abandon thefe coafts with * c fhqrt provifions, and no hopes of cap- " tai'a A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 141 " tain Shel-vocke, we begin to be much de- " jeded. However we keep jogging on the " northward, and 14. " Make the ifle of St. Gal/an, whofe " latitude 1 find 13 : 42 S. On the i5th. " flood into the road of Tifco -, but finding " nothing, we flood out again, holding to ' the northward. 1 6. " See a fail and give chafe. She < c hoifted Spanijh colours and fired a gun ; " and finding that (he could wrong us, flic " hawld up her courfes, and took in all of whom news was brought to Lima, that he had a day or two before taken the Jcfu Maria out of Tifco, leaving the Spaniards the bark he built at Fernandes. fifco be- ing but a little to windward ofCal/ao, they were in hopes of catching Shetoocke as he went to leeward : and the Flying Fijh ha ving a very confiderable treafure aboard, the captain was ftridly order'd to forbear attack ing, or fpeaking with any imbarkation, ex cept Shehocke. On the other hand, Clip- perton may well befuppofed willing enough to decline ingaging with a (hip juft come out of harbour with 200 frefli men aboard; at a time when his people were in a very low condition and diipiritcd, as appears by the A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD~ 145 the journal : neither had he half the num ber of men. So that I am of opinion if the dollars had been left alhore, the Flying Fifh would have been able to carry Clipper- ton into Callao. For Fitzgerald, who was a St. Malo man, had aboard him a hun dred townfmen, flout fellows $ and the reft were the beft hands he could pick out of all the fhips at Callao for this occafion. November i8th. " Malt eft one of the " Guara iflands bore N. E. one league 5 from " whence I take my departure in latitude " ii : 10 S. Being fine weather we heel'd " and fcrubb'd both fides of our (hip. We " where we hope certainly to get fifh, fowl> " and cocoj^nuts $ our people being very " fick and weak* 7th and 8th. " We had feveral iflands where we build and that he was not allow'd " to A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 1 49 " to take any account of the treafure for " the owners. At eight captain Shehocke '* came aboard being fent for by our cap- " tain and agent to give an account of his " tranfaftions. The boat brought Mr. *Dod " their lieutenant of marines to continue " with us ; he having. been ufed very ill " for (landing up for the owners intereft. 28. " Came aboard from captain Shel- " vocke, fix chefts of pitch and dammer, and C two barrels of tar, with fix flabs of cop- " per. Captain Cliff erf on fpares him twenty- " four quarterdeck guns, fome great and c< fmall (hot, a compafs, and a few other " neceffaries. His people have laid out a " great deal of money with us for clothes, " (hoes, hats, &c. Captain Shefaocke goes . -* we fent more powder and (hot : upon ." which we immediately weighd , flaying '< for no anfwer by Mr. Godfrey or Mr. " 'Pritty. Sent the pinnace ahead to found* *' and made the beft of our way to the fhip " in the harbour. The people afhore had f* raifed a battery during this fham treaty, " from whence they began to fire at our " pinnace > which being returned gave ac- i* count that what channel they found, was " within piftol fhot of the fhore. At fix " aftempon, in making up to the fhip, we " run aground, they Having carry ? d her in- " to fhoal water : fo that now we fuftain <* two fires together, one from the battery " over our heads, and another from the but in ten minutes we run " aground again : at feven carry out the of whom we could onlyundef- " ftand> that Canton was to S, W. of us j sc fo we parted, and had the land from N* " E. to W. of us: foundings from 22 to "13 fathom. 3. " We gain nothing to windward: " but are further to leeward of Macao " than we expefted. We can get no pilot, " and fo bear away for Amoy : at fix af- " ternoon made the white rock lying near - 488 16 OS and furgeon, &c.' > Taylor not having here , or at leaving China, mentioned any thing of what became of Clipperton, or the gentlemens money, I think proper to infert that account as I had it from one of our owners and feveral of the Sttccefs's people. The owners moiety confifting of dollars , wrought filver, gold and jewels amounted to upwards of 6000 /. fterling, and was put aboard a Tortuguefe Eaft- India man, called the Queen of Angels, *Don Francifco la Vero commander, which was unfortunately burnt at Rio Janeiro on the coaftof Brafll> June 6th 1722 5 of which effeds no more came to hand than isoo/. As for captain Clipperton, he having fold the Succefs in China, took his paflage in her to Batavia > and from thence in a Ttutch M 3 India, 1 66 A Vo YAG E round the WORLD. India man he came to Holland. He ftay'd there a few weeks upon his own affairs, and went dire&ly to his family at Galway in Ireland, where he died two days after his arrival, in theyear 22 : being an EngliJIoman born at great Tarmouth in the county of Norfolk. But more of this in another place. I precede to the journal. Sept. 25th. " Weighed out of Amoy " harbour. Our arms, ammunition, and fails. " came aboard : it being a practice with " the Chinefejoi their fecurity,to take thefe iC afhore from all ftrangers. 30. " Weighed and run out of the gulf, he muft go and ask the captain. To con firm this, feveral of his people have made affidavit, that it blew no wind at all, that every foul of them got commodioufly a- ftiore, and that it's their belief he loft the fhip on purpofe : and its remarkable, he made not one tryal to prevent it. Soon as the cable parted, Mr. Laport his third lieutenant feeing immediate mine > cry'd out, Set the forefail 5 hoping thereby to do fome good : and while Edmund Thi- tif* 'A Vo YAG E rotiM the Wo RLD. 175 lips and others were actually upon the yard, Shelvocke haftily ordcr'd them down, and taking the helm in his hand, faid, Ne're mind it boys ^ ftand^all faff, i'll lay her on a feather bed : which, as it proved a plaguy hard one, (hews his great indifference as to the event of the fhip. Page 26. He brags of his being thirty years an officer in the navy : what then muft we fay to a man of fuch experience, who will lavifhly deftroy two or three (hips, and fave not an anchor and cable for a time of need ? There's nothing can excufe it, but owning what I have been proving. Either way it's very bad : his judgment and his honcfty being both in great danger. Another circumftance comes in here When we met La Jonquiere at St. Cathe rine's, Shel-vocke procur'd of him a pair of fmith's bellows and forge, p. 29, which at that time we could fee no manner of oc- cafion for : but without them, 'tis now evi dent, he could never have made bolts, fpikes, nails and other iron work for a barque able to carry fifty or fixty men to fea , and in fhorc, without the bellows, he could never have begun fuch a piece of work at alh I am . i 7 6 ^ Vo ? AG E fwsW /^ Wo am fure none of us miftrufted then , that the Speedwel was to be loft 5 tho' our cap tain had a greater forefight, and provided accordingly. Sometimes indeed, large bur- denfome (hips that ftrain and labour much in a grown fea, and often fnap their bolts and chainplates, may want fuch a thing 5 but a lively handy veffel like ours of 170 ton, had no more occafion for a pair of fmith's bellows than a great cathedral organ, I offer not thefe things as clear demon- ftrations, but circurnftances only $ foritisin> poffiblein this cafe to go farther : and there's no room for any other fort of proof in a fad where a man has no confpirators, but keeps all thedefign in his own bread. In fhort the {hip ftruck fcveral times and bulg'd. The captain and his men all got afiiore : he fays one was loft \ but it is utterly falfe : and how wretched fo ever he has paint ed their lives and converfation, the reader will but little regard what he writes: for it is certain he faved all that was moft valua ble ; particularly fugar and powder, both which are damaged as foon any thing. He fav'd but little provifion ; bccaufe that is always ftow'd in the hold: but he remern- 2 bcr'd A Vo Y AG E round the Wo R LD. 1 77 bcrd to get out his com mi (lion , with all the plate and money. What eife could he expeft? He ufed to fay it was eafy living at Fernandes, but now 'tis to ferve another turn, he fays quite other things. Here they put themfelves under the Ja maica difcipline; and divided among them every {hilling of the money laid by before for the Owncrr, and all our {hares left in the (hips by us who were taken prifoners: and the only reafon Shefoocke gives for this, is the old ftory, his men would have it fo : but I that have moft reafon of any man liv ing to know him bcft, (hall prove that Shel- ss before, till the tenth of June came about. The men knowing what affedion N 2 the 1 8o A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. the captain had for that anniverfary, fome of them begd to have the fmall arms to celebrate the day in the moft dutiful man ner they could : upon which Shehocke rea dily confented , and thofe who did not care to aflift at it, diverted themfelves about the ifland, not knowing but a civil war might be the confequence. So, a bonfire was made ftecple high, the loyal fubjects wear ing artificial rofes of linen rags and paper, while fevcral cordial vollies and huzzas were let off; Shehocke himfelf being captain of the mob, and his fon George the skinker to fill out the liquor. But, what fowcr'd the feftival was, they had nothing to drink the Chevalier's health in, but vinegre, water and fugar, being the bed punch they could get. At the clofe of this rcjoycrhg, the cap- tain demanded their muskets ; but the men were wife enough to keep them, the fchemc having been chiefly laid for that purpofe. In fnort, on the fifth of Qftober 1720, the bark is completed, launched, and calld the Recovery. And thus by giving her a new name, captain Shehocke has the new fafhiond affurance to tell mankind that the Owners title is quite funk, as if there never A Vo Y AG E round the WORLD. 1 8 1 never had been any fuch thing : tho' he (till preceded with the king's commiillon, being the property of the Owners; and is the fame which he afterwards producd at Chi- na y as a protection for his own perfon, and a fecurity for all that he had rapacioufly got together. And whereas, p. 216, he affectedly fays, that the men in a body thank'd him for giving them a profped of deliverance 5 I think it very improbable that the men would be fo courtly, when above twenty of them chofe to remain upon the ifland. And whereas again, ^ p. 242, he infinuates that they who ftay'd behind were afraid to ven ture in the new bark ; I think it much more natural to fuppofe, they had rather flay up on that ifland and truft to the mercies of providence, than be made the certain tools of Shelvocke's tyranny and fclf intereft. My captain's firft enterprize was with the Margarita, p. 262, he calls her a forty gun fhip 5 which at that rate could not burthen lefs than 400 ton. In this I can confront him of my own authority : for I was aboard this fliip afterwards at Callao, and foe ne ver carried above 200 ton and eighteen N 3 1 8 2 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD> guns : but Sbelvocke wifely magnifys her force, becaufe her geting clear might bring no other (lur upon his captainfhip : where as flic certainly efcaped thro* his own fear : for after his gunner was kill'd he took the helm in his hand from Chriftopher Haw kins, and puting it hard down, fheer'd off from her. P.. 279, he fays, he heard the captain and three of the Margarita's men were killd in the action ; which is fo far from truth, that they had none kili'd, and only a Nigro wounded in the cheek. They had not above a dozen cartridges of powder aboard, and two or three fmall arms belong ing to the paffcngers, with only floncs or ballad for ihot. The commander of her was a Frenchman, who told it me all at Callao: befide which, captain Qpie in the Carteret brought from Buenos Aires one of the Margaritas paffcngers, who told the ftory to fifty gentlemen about town. 'David Griffith, who went with Shelvockc to China, confirms all the above particu lars. He has been with me ftnce his arri val in London, and fays that captain Morel^ who was afterwards taken aboard the Con ception, declared there \vas 3 man in the A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 8 3 Margarita, who flood ready by the colours immediately to ftrike, if captain Shelvocke could have taken courage to board her. 'David further allures me, that Shelvocke s whole account of that ftory is to excufe his own faint heart : for whereas he talks of his animating the men, and their backward- nefs to fight, it is a mean pitiful forgery 5 for the men were unanimous for boarding the enemy 5 and Shelvocke fhamefully re- fufed it 5 took the helm and fheerd off. His next feat is plundering the village of Iquique ; where he got a good quanti ty of provifion, wine and brandy : imme diately after which- he meets with and at tacks the FrancifcoTalacio a large merchant fhip : and Shelvocke by this time being fomewhat potvaliant, I believe he did his indeavour to carry her 5 but fhe provd too big for his bark. However his main pur- pofe being to change his new baptized vef- jfel, as foon as he could, he quickly met with an opportunity that fucceded. Stand ing into the road of^Pifco, they difcover a good fhip : whereupon Shelvocke iummons his people, who came to a reiblution to board her at once $ which they luckily per- N 4 formd 1 8 4 A Vc YAG E round the Wo RLD. forrnd without refinance. This prize was calld Jefu Maria of 200 ton , laden with pitch, tar and copper : fo that our freeboo ters decently quit their flight new tene ment for a good, clean, weatherproof habi tation. It fcems the Spaniard offerd 15000 dollars for her again : but Sbelvockes peo ple were certainly in the right to keep the prize ; for confidering their circum- ftance, no money at that time could be an equivalent. A way he fails to *Payta in the Jefu Ma ria, where the mod important thing I find, is the reflexion he makes upon thecondud of captain Clipperton, who he fays refufed a booty of 400,000 dollars, king's money, which lay there in the governor's hands. Here Shelvocke gives another great ex ample of his ignorance; for to my experi ence, who was firft let there alhore, after being a prifoner 5 I know very well that the place is poor and without a governer, having no trade whereby any duties, worth mentioning, can arife to his Catholic Ma- jcfty: There is indeed a head man (as there is in all places) called Teniente, who makes a hard fhift to live by exacting port charges A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 185 charges and other frnall fees from the vef- fels that touch there only for refreihments, and to put their pedlars afhore. Clipper- ton knew this very well, and was too pru dent to make a frefh broil upon the coaft for nothing at all, and that's the realbn he never touchd there $ tho' Shelvocke has magnified himfelf fo much upon it, and has abfurdly connected two fads together, which happend at a year's diftance : For the firft time the Sticcefs was in the paral lel of Tayta, was Nov. 17195 and the fecond time Nov. 1710, as appears plainly by Taylor's journal : and yet this ignorant book- writer p. 188 and 288, has mention'd Clippertons puting prifoners afhore there in Nov. 1719, being the firft: time: whereas the prifoners he defignd to put alhore was in Nov. 1720, a twelve month afterwards; which however he did not ; but landed them at Cafe Helen-, as fpecifyd in the journal the zd. feftion of this voyage. He is very right to affert that which no one can doubt of, when he fays CUpperton might have taken 'Payta as eafily as he did 5 and fo might any veffel, fending afhore fix arm ed men, for there's no fuch thing as fire arms, i S 6 A Vo YAG E round the WORLD. arms, being a naked village of defencelefs Indians. But it is endlefs for me to fet the public right in every fad of Shefoocke's hiftory; for as the whole is divided into voluntary falfhood and plain ignorance, his book may more juftly be calld a romantic libel than a journal. His next arrival is at the ifland ofQuibo, p. 303 5 where he talks of a terrible fort of hogs with their navels upon their backs; for iny part I don't eafily believe fuch out of the way things ; but refer our captain Qui to to difputc it with the phyficians and ana- tomifls. In their pafiage hither he fays his men frequently got drunk and quareld , and that he went in danger of his life, and ufed to have his clothes tore from his back, if he endeavourd to part them. This too may be a very important difcovery to the reft of his readers, but I my felf know him fo well that it is no news to me : for Shel- and yet fo irrational, that SheL Seas , I come now to the laft time of their meeting, which was in March 1721. oKofAcapulco? whereas the journal mentions, it was thought rnoft ad- vifeable to joyn both companies, and at tempt the great Manilla (hip. As to the remarks that Shelvocke has made upon this tranfa&ion, and the pains he has taken to reprefent Clifperton a monftrous creature, 'tis not to be minded. The journal fays, the propofai to Shehocke was this, That if he and his crew would refund all the money ihared among themfelves contrary to the Owners articles, and put it in a joint ftock j then all faults fhould be forgot, both com panies would unite and precede to cruife for the Acapiilco fhip : The very next arti cle A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 191 cle in the journal is, that not hearing from captain Shelvocke , and the time for the A- capulco fhip letting out for Manilla being feveral days paft j Refolved in council to make our beft dilpatch for Eaft India. Here is the plain true account of the affair, and how the treaty broke off: but Shefoocke has labourd hard to pervert the truth of this fad, as he has done all the reft, think ing to gain pity from mankind, by telling what he fufferd through the deceit of Clip- pert on, never expecting that thefe things would be refuted and clear'd up. Befides, there may be other reafons affignd for Clippertoris fudden feparation , tho* not enterd in the journal : for he knew , be fore he left England-, that the Spanijh fleet was all taken and deftroyd by admiral J9^;2 ; and therefore a peace wasprobablyconcluded, being two years paft : and therefore Shel- vecke, who had not made his fortune while the war lafted , and had really ruind the projeft, ought of the two to be the futFerer. Tis very likely, Clipperton for thefe reafons did not care to imbarrafs his (hip juft upon the point of his leaving the South- Sea , but on fecond thoughts, concluded it was bet ter 192 A VOYAGE round the WORLD.' ter to keep what he had got. Thefe, I fay, are very fair conjedures : but the reafon mentiond in the journal above is fufficient of it fcif ; for Shelvocke thought the con ditions propofed by Ctipperton were too ftrift : He did not care to refund what he had unlawfully fliarcd, which doubtlefs he ought to have done ; and for the negleft of which, 'tis evident the whole affair ended. P. 521, Shefoocke talks of articles which he demanded of Clipperton and Godfrey : That in cafe they took this rich prize, he and his people fhould be intitled to their proper lharcs, according to their firft agree ment with the Owners : This in my hum ble opinion is a great weaknefs in Shel- *vocke to publifli, tho' he palTes for a cun ning fellow : for why (hould he infifl: upon a repetition or confirmation of the firft ar ticles with the gentlemen Owners, if he was not confcious of his having, fome how or other, forfeited his right by a notorious mifmanagement and breach of truft? P. 327. He concludes this long invective with a (mart reflexion upon Clippcrton, that . it was his fear to ingage the Manilla fliip, which made him recede from the propofal. For A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 193 For my part, I really thiak he had reafon to fear it, having twice narrowly efcaped the men of war already : and fince SheL vocke refufed to put his plunder money in the common ftock, why fhould Cliff erton risk all he had, to mend another man's fortune \ Shelvocke molt certainly would have been glad of fo great an addition to his capture, as the Acafulco fliip muft have afforded 5 and I doubt not he would have run away with a very handfome fhare of it, as he has done with all he took both be fore and after : and now he is bitterly vext with Cliff ert on , becaufe the bite did not take. Shelvocke's next exploit is at Sanfonate^ where finding a ihip at anchor call'd the Holy Family he attacks her, and after fome refiftance takes her : She proved no great prize : but being a better failer, he thought fit to fhift the cargo of the Jefu Maria, and change fhips with the Spaniard. Shelvocke fays p. 331, that this fliip was fitted out and commiffion'd on purpofe to take him ; and would have us believe he has performed wonders in the ingagement. I own I am at a lofs to account for this O man's 1 94 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. man's extravagant affurance, when he and I, and every body knows the viceroy never grants commiflions to merchantmen. There were three men of war out already 5 and had this been a commiffion fhip, there would have been officers and failors aboard making a regular force of 150 men at leaft; who would never have fubmitted, efpecially in the condition they found Shelvocke. He owns himfelf it was a merchantman , and yet ftupidly fays they were commiffion'd to take him. Juft as he was going to fea, he re ceives a. letter from the governer with no tice that there was a truce between England and Spain \ wherein he demanded reftitu- tion of the fhip and cargo ; on refufal of which he fhould be declared a pyrate. Tho' Shehocke did not depend upon this for truth j yet being greatly reduced and want ing all neceffaries of life, he was willing in fome meafure to treat about it. He fends afhore lieutenant Brook his next officer with five men under a flag of truce 5 who were immediately made prifoners. Thus he gets rid of fix more of his peo ple, under the fhow of a treaty with the governer, A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 195 governor, for they were never lince heard of. L don't cxpeft the world will judge of this affair as I do, becaufe thofe who are ignorant of the circumftances of thefe things, and unacquainted with Shefoocke's perfonal behaviour, cannot make a proper cenfure. When a man dies in a courfe of phyfic, who knows whether 'tis chance, or defign in the dodor ? the patient is gone by legal prefcription. So here a gentleman is fairly orderd afhore into an enemy's hand: and !if he never returns, who can fay it is a de fign or accident? Thus much is certain, they went without a hoftage, tho' Shel- vocke always had ftrong notions of the Spa niards refentment, and their manner of re venge 5 efpecially in Mexico, where the Indians are the cruelefl people alive. And while he was fpcaking of Mitchell ftory, we find him quick enough to leave it paft doubt, that he and his men perifhd in fome obfcure manner : and yet he muft now fend a young gentleman afhore into the clutches of this enemy, at a time when he knew the whole coaft was exafperated, and him- felf deftitute of all common neceffaries, with a very indifferent force, and coafequently O z not 196 A Vo YAGE round the Wo RLD.' not able to refent any affront , much lefs to avenge himfelf on the governer, in cafe he detaind Brook and his men. Shehocke immediately before and after this afted in a hoftile manner on that coaft $ and even in their view he took this (hip called the Holy Family, where the countermafter loft his life : fo that if poor Brook and his men were facrific'd by way of atonement, 'tis no fevere fuppofition. For my own part , I know he hated Brook, for adhering to the conftitution of his country 5 and becaufe he could not digeft the Jacobite healths, that Shehocke usd to drink : I have obferved be fore, how he abufed him for difcovering C/ipperton's name on the tree, when we firft touchd at fernandes ; and Shefaocke him felf explains the jealoufy he had of him, when they were there the fecond time : all which being confiderd, I leave thofe to make inferences, who have been long in the world, and ftudyd mankind. There's another gentleman this author has made free with, Randal by name, Brooks brother in law, who having gone round the world with Shefoocke was arrefted by the Owners at his landing, as were feveral o- thers, A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 1 97 thers, and fecurcd in the King's bench pri- Ton, where he died. This lieutenant Ran- dal has not efcaped the malice of his pen; but in many places of the book, is very ill treated. And I cannot help obferving that a great part of captain Shefaockes voyage is libelling the dead : fuch as Cliff ert on y 'Davifon, Randal, and others. This way of accufing is infamous, and abhorrd by all civilized nations 5 which I hope is fome ex- cufe, for my appearing in their defenfe: and tho' I can but poorly perform the of fice, yet what I do offer, is founded upon certain knowledge and truth. Before I leave this prize calld the Holy Family, I muft inform the reader, that Shel- *uocke> far from having any merit in taking her, ought to have loft the command of his own {hip for deferting his poft upon the quarter deck. After two or three of his men were wounded , Shelvocke expecting warm work, fculkd with his fon behind the boat which lay upon the main deck ; and left *David Griffith alone to ply the gun upon quarter deck : for which defcrtion, Griffith ought in juftice to have fucceded as captain of the (hip. Moreover, when- O 3 IP 8 A VOYAGE round the WORLD. ever Shefaocke ventured from the faid barri cade and judged a (hot was coming, he would skilfully plant himfelf behind the main maft, leaving 'David by himfelf to fight the *Phi- liftines. But to return. Shehecke iinable to get provifion at San- fonate, retires with frefli apprehenfions that he muft be forced to furrender whe ther peace or wat $ and chofe therefore to go to 'Panama , where he hoped for tolera ble ufage, there being an Englifl) factory : And what excufe can he invent for not going there before the lofs of thefe fix men ? Confcious of his guilt, he frames a long proteft againft the governer's procedings, which doubtlefs is a thing all invented fince, and no original, Accordingly he fleers a- way for the gulf ofAmapala, where among the iflands he hoped for a recruit of water 5 but found none : and being now indeedr4n a deplorable condition, forced to drink the fea water or their own urine $ they agree, weak as they are, to bear away again for Quito to get water. In their way to this place, they providentially met with a fmall fupply at the ifle of Cane, with the appa rent hazard of Randal's life. For Shelvocke* 4 tho' A Vo FAG E round the Wo RLD. 199 tho' he was fo liberal with the lives of o- ther men , took care of his fon, tall boy George, and his minion Stewart, keeping them fafe aboard $ and never orderd either of them afhore when there was any appear ance of danger ; nor is there one inftance of it in all his book. At laft with mife- rable difficulties they reach QuibOy where they wood and water at leifure ; thinking however ftill to furrender at 'Panama , if fortune did not throw fome agreeable prize in their way, which happend very foon : For a few days after they left Quibo , a fmall bark laden with beef and pork fell accidentally into their hands, taking them for Spaniards : Tho' fhe proved a lucky prize to Shehoche, at a time when his peo ple were near ftarving, and had not provifion enough to hold them to China, yet he tells us p. 266, that they were all fo tired of the fea, and paft hopes of making a confidera- ble dividend of money, that they chofe ra ther to go afhore at any rate and furrender. While things were in this doubtful (late, and nothing material happend for three days 5 but it was really expeded a period mult be put to Shelvocke's privatiering, a O 4 fail 2oo A VOYAGE round the WORLD] fail prefentcd her felf ftanding along fliorc to 'Panama , which he immediately gave chafe to, leaving the bark which he had in tow , with four of his men and five Ni- gros to take care of her. He made all the fail he could 'till night, when fearing the chafe would give him the flip, he advifed,as he fays, bringing to, that the bark might come up again $ but having otherwife re- folved, they continued their fail all night. Early the next morning, being the 2Oth of May y he came up with the chafe, and after a fmall difpute carryd her. I muft not omit that when they returnd to the bark , they found her quite deferred, and the decks co- verd with blood : fo that he has now four more of his men deftroyd, and leaves it paft queftion that they were murderd. After which he would patch the ftory up with an idle fuppofition , that the Spanifh crew he left in the bark all jumpd into the fea and drownd themfelves : Is it not as eafy to imagine they faw a boat coming by before they afted the murder ? or if not, 'tis com mon for the natives of that part of the world to fwim feveral leagues. All people naturally fecure their method of efcape be- 4 fore "A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 201 fore they commit a violence of this na ture : and I am fure 'tis a more rational con- je&ure, than to think they would deftroy the Engltjb firft, and murder themfelves af terwards. Shelvocke crys out it was a cruel return for his civilities, having lent them thefe four men to affift them, p. 374. Sure this cannot be captain Shefoocke himfelf, but his fon Georgy who talks of fending men aboard a prize out of civility. This is fuch a fort of complaifance, as when an officer takes the defendents goods in exe cution, and out of pure good nature fends a man into the houfe to keep poffeffion. Such fluff as this is worth reading for the great rarity of it 5 but who would ever expeft to meet with it in a book calld A voyage round the world. He goes on and fays, " It feemd ftrange to me, that our " men fhould fuffer themfelves or run the " leaft hazard of expofing themfelves to be " thus burcherd." Indeed, captain, I be lieve they could not help it 5 otherwife it would have been fomewhat ftrange : and I am apt to fancy no man alive can help it when he is ovcrpowerd. But what fort of language is this, to run the leaft ha- " zard 202 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. " zard of expofing themfelves to be thus " Did you ever hear of peo ples voluntary expofing themfelves to have their throats cut ? Did not he hazard and cxpofe the men who left them there with out an officer > Shefoockf* reafon why this feemd ftrange is as good as the reft ; for fays he, they were four in number ! a mighty number indeed againft a fhip's crew. He owns they were five Spaniards, and there might be ten for any thing we know : it was certainly, for his purpofe to lefien the number : and why might not the five Ni- gros joyn in the maffacre upon certain views and promifes \ I have as much reafon to fup- pofe the one as the other. But the whole ftory is fuch a piece of dull thinking and poor lan guage, that 'tis time I have done with it. THIS being the great crifis of captain Shelvocke's voyage, I fliall be more particu lar in relating the affair of this laft prize, which will open the moft notorious fcene of villany and deceit that has appeard yet. p. 371. The {hip was called the Conception, *Don Stephen de Recova commander bound from Callao to 'Panama having on board feveral perfons of diftin&ion, particularly the r A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 205 the Conde de la Rofa a Spanijh nobleman who had been fometime govcrner of Tifco and was now going home to Spain: " laden not owning any thing of this prize, which he had unlawfully fhared, and every thing elfe among three and thirty of them. In- ftead of compromising the matter, the gen tleman read him my letter, fecured him, and the fame day had him confined in Wood- Jlreet counter. A few days after his pupil Stewart arrives at 'Dover, and was feized by the honeft warden of the caftle according to directions $ who faithfully fecuredhis book of accounts and brought it with the prifo- ner ^o the Owners, from whom I had the book and copyd the dividend, which is as follows. Names, A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 205 Names. Qualify Number Dollars. Englfh Money. of Shares. George Shelvocke Commander 6 11325 2642, 10 oo Samuel Randal _ 2340 i 6 oo which being added to the \ 98604^ or 23007 15 06 makes ---- 108636^ . or _ 25348 n 06 All which money Shefoocke has the pro digious modefty to conceal ; and only fays the prize was laden with flower, fugar, fruit, &c. Stewart's book mentions the 62^7 doubloons, but not a word how they were divided. So that we muft imagine them to be funk among both the Shelvockes and Stewart : perhaps Adams came in for a lit tle. For as Stewart was agent, cafliier and paymafter, it was an eafy matter to hide a bag of gold from the public, and difpofe of it afterwards in a committee of two or three. When A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD] 207 When Shefoocke orderd me upon that expedition in the lighter, as I gave my fortune over for loft, fo 1 judged my per- fon to be in a very precarious condition : and thinking my money fafer in the Speed- wel, I deliverd it to Mr. Hendrie the for mer agent, being about 350 dollars: for I little dreamd of the fcheme that Shefoocke had formd, to lofe the fhip and feize all for himfelf 5 but that if my money came to England r 'I fhould have it fome time or other. However, all thefe effeds were fliared ztFernandes, as afore mentioned. So among other things I left a wig with John Theobald the barber on the lift, who fold it af terwards to Coldfea the mafter for ten dol lars : but as foon as Theobald found me out in London, he honeftly came and paid me the money, and told me his (hare of this prize was as it ftands in the account : but he knew nothing of the fccond dividend. By the above account it's plain Shefoocke's dividend of the filver taken in the Concep tion de Recova came to 2642!. los. of which he afterwards made thirty per cent. in China, reckoning at a medium, for fome- times it is there at forty, but never under twenty 208 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. twenty five. The gold he doubtlefs brought home, being there lefs than value. He fold the (hip for about 650 pound 5 but fays, p. 457. he paid twice that fum^for port charges: and therefore I don't place it to account , tho' I know very well he had wit enough to make all his people contribute. And, as there is no minding what he fays, it was certainly for his purpofe when he writ the book, to leffen that money he fold his lhip for, and to fwell the fum he paid for anchorage. For why fliould he pay 2166 pound port charges, and Cliff erton but 396, asTaylor's journal mentions, when we all know Shehockes was but a merchant fhip, and C///>/T0#'s a warlike fhip, carrying forty guns and above three times the num ber of hands ! This great difparity, and the reafon I juft nowmentiond, makes my cap tain ftrongly fufpeded : but however, as I am nat certain, I (hall reckon nothing for it. Add to this the amount of the St. Fermin and other prizes taken on the coaft of Chili, which was at leaft 2000 pound, all fhared as before, tho' not fet down. Then laftly, the {hip's cargo is unaccounted for, which he gently flips over, and forgets he ownd, p. A Vo YAG E round the Wo RL>. 209 p. 313, it was a valuable one. This is in- tirely his own perquifit and pocket-money ; for as no foul but himfelf can now tell what that value was, or what he made of it : I can only remain an unhappy, ignorant, in jured fufferer ; and wonder that fo much bafenefs and treachery can appear, and yet live unpuniflu. From all which particulars it is evident captain Shelvocke has fecured to himfelf and brought to England a great fum of money, being neither his merit, nor his due : and tho' he is probably poffeft of much more than we can make out, yet even Stewart himfelf affured me, that Sfafoocke could not be lefs thaft feveri rhoufand pound gainer by the voyage. P. 371, he fays this was the fecond of thoft warlike merchant fhips that was fitted out in an extraordinary manrrer and com- miffiond to take him. This is another in- ftance of his vain-glory and abfurdity, and is fufficiently anfwerd by referring to what I faid about the other (hip calld The Holy Family, which he alfo faid was commif- ftdnd to take him. But how particularly filly it appears in this cafe, let any one P Judge z i o A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. judge that reads it. Can it be believed or imagined that the Conde de la Rofa, whofe property this money chiefly was, would ven ture fo great a fum aboard a (hip that was commiffiond to take a privatier? I never heard, nor the oldeft man alive, that a fhip fitted out for warlike enterprize, was ftored with money inftead of ammunition. Sup- pofe two or three honeft fellows were equipt to. take a highwayman that had long infefted the roads and plagued the country 5 can any one believe they would furnifti their pockets with half crowns inftead of a pair of piftols? Sure Shefoocke muft take his reader for an Ignoramus 5 and having loft all morals himfelf, thinks other people have loft their fenfes. After this, I think, I need not be very ftudious to prove captain Shelvocke a fad fel low. I have hitherto labourd diligently but now I believe his and my readers will come eafily on my fide. This fad is too flagrant to be denyd : 'tis felf-evident and known to every body. All the anteceding circumftances of his voyage are mean dif- honeft aftions, tending to this one perfidious end : and whoever reads his preface after feeing A Vo Y AG E round the Wo R LD. 211 feeing this account, muft read it with indig nation. What prctcnfe has he there to talk of reputation, truth and integrity > P. 31, he councils all thofe who may hereaf ter fubfcribe for another cruifmg expedition., to regulate well their articles 5 and look out for a commander of ftrict honour and ho ne fly : which advice from captain Shefoocke can be of no other ufe, than that it certain ly excludes him for life. And how black foever he appears, he may thank himfelf : for tho' his tranfaftions were never fo foul ,and tinjuft, I ftiould perhaps have lived and died a private fufferer 5 and not given my felf the exceffive trouble of being public defcndent, had not Shefoocke turnd public author, and added folly to his villainy, by putting it in print. But it's high time to difabufe mankind, when an author not content with doing private injuries, tfliall print and publirti whatever his wicked heart can invent, and thus indeavour to make his poifon univerfal. P. 378, he fays, " he took out of the " Conception twelve months provifion of " bread, flower, fugar and fweatmeats j with " a like proportion for the Succefs, which P 2 "he 212 A Vo YAG E round tke Wo RLD. " he expefted to find at Tres Marias, being " then a ftranger to Ctippert on's faithlefs " deiertion. " Not to mention the falfhood of his expeding to meet Clippenon, who never promifcd to meet him, 'tis a piece of barefaced hypocrify to fay he put up any pro- vifion for the Succefs. Shehocke knew bet ter what to do with his money and time, than to venture the lofs of both to look for a man whom he aKvays fhuad and hated for having the chief Command : befides he fpeaks immediately of going to AJia ; for being well fupplyd with money and necefiaries, their thoughts of furrendering were laid a 1 - fide , and all their defpair Vanifhd. He twice calls it a hazardous experiment going over to Afia ; and gives us forrie trifling reaibns, but the others he fays he will keep a fecrct, being needlefs there to mention, p. 380 : one of which I have lately unfold ed for him; which was really a fear left he and all his money fhould be fcized at China. Any one acquainted with the ftory may difcover all his thin difguifes, and eafily per ceive that every word he lays frdm p. 3 8 1 to 385 makes plainly againft him. He talks of A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 2 1 3 of cakes of virgin filver found in the prize, moulded into marmalade boxes to defraud the king of Spain of his fifths ; while he, at the fame time, appears much more guilty to defraud the gentlemen Owners, and us pri- foners, and impofing now this notorious (ham upon his difinterefted readers. Does fo much fruit, marmalade and paffengers aboard, prove that the fhip was commif- fiond to take him? or why does Shel- which I believe to be mighty true, becaufe it is the genuine account which I copyd from his own fteward's book , tho' Shehocke tfyen little thought that Betagh would have it here to produce againft him. He com plains he had no more than fix {hares. I have proved already at the beginning of this fedion, that fix, According to his laft arbitrary fcheme, are mush better than fixty by the firft articles with the Owners. But P 3 how 214 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. how in the name of fenfe could Shefaocke expect fixty out of two and fifty > for it's plain by the account there are no more- Thou art a very nnconfcionable fellow in deed to have more than your due, and yet complain you have not more than all. This is neither Scotch, Englifh, nor Irifh : Tis the devil ! and if Shelvocke can make fixty out of two and fifty, he muft be more than a devil. The next page or two he is very fearful of falling into the hands of the Spaniards, tho' he tailed of nothing but furrendering juft before this prize happcnd. This may look odd to a reader, who thinks he has nothing to lofebefide flower and fruit 5 but after this difcovcry of the money it feems natural enough to be afraid to lofe it. And ^ why does he by way of caution fpeak of a rich prize that was formerly retaken from captain Clipperton by venturing too near the fhore, if the circumftances were not fimilar and parallel to his own cafe ? But I need not trouble my felf any longer to cxpofe the wretched fhifts he makes to cover his guilt. Tis like a fchdolboy who has been tardy and robbd an orchard : he firft A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 2 1 5 firft tells a lye to hide the roguery, and then invents twenty more to patch that up. Shehocke having now done his bufinefs, fleers away for California, in order to wood and water and clean his fhip, that he might haften to China and make a good market of his filver : for the natives there are fo fond of it, that by changing any fpecies of filver into gold, a man may make 30 or 40 per cent. Accordingly in Auguft 1721, he arrives at California 5 and gives his readers a de- fcription of the natives in the comical ftile, thinking to make amends for the reft of his ftupid incoherent romance. He would fain give us great ideas of the good breeding and gentility of thofe falvages, tho' they have no intercourfe with any other part of the world : but as I don't take Shefoocke to be a judge of good manners, I look upon what he fays as a fable. He has the vanity to dwell upon that idle ftory of the king of the Indians delivering him his fceptre, which he fays was done in a very handibme manner; but he immediately returnd it, and doubtlefs with much grace and majefty: P 4 and % 1 6 dVo Y AG E round the Wo RLB.' qnd yet he fays he could not tell whether he was a king or no, only he had a black flick in his hand ; which as it was the bed thing the poor creature had, he gives it to Sh&Vtffe* expeding no doubt a fpoon or knife for it, which they are always glad of. And Shefoocke will have it that this fellow was a king, and this black (lick was a fccptre ; which as he deliverd, it is pity Shelvocke did not keep it, and make himfelf king of the country : for it's plain the Indian re- fignd his fovereignty by parting with the flick. There's none can forbear laughing who reads his daily manner of feafting thefe Ca lif ornian gentry with vaft quantities of hafty- pudding : or his grave way of telling how refpe&fully and ceremonioufly they returnd his civilities, keeping a conftant equipage for the captain and his men, whenever they came afhore. In fhort, after all the country rung of Shelvocke's fame and came in daily tp view him , he concludes this ridiculous farce by telling ye the manner of his tak ing leave. Page 398. When he loofed his top fails, paving a mind to appear awful, he faluted} ' v the 'A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 2 1 7 the king and court with five guns , which mightily frighted them : but when they underftood he was going away, the men were fadly caft down, and the women all fell a crying $ which was a fure proof of their being in love, tho' Shefoocke i modeft and dos't own it. His faying he had a mind to appear very awful at parting, agrees well with the ado ration whi word for word the Their manner of living amicably an4 in 2i8 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. in common, is a tranfcript from the fame author. Their bows and arrows, and their wonderful manner of diving is all the fame. Shelvocke fays, p. 408, A late navigator reprefents the Californians as idle, lazy and jealous of their women $ and that he never could have a fight of any but fuch as were old. Which Shelvocke indeavours to be merry upon, by faying, " he could not tell " how that gentleman treated them, but " that he himfclf fucceded fo well in his " addrefTcs as to have them by hundreds 4t every day young and old." And after the frumety kettle had been boyling for them all day, it's no wonder if fome of them gave him their company all night : for he often fays they were very civil and complaifant, and ufcd to be concernd at the inens taking fnufffor fear it fhould kill them. The navigator here meant is the aforefaid author; v/hofe accounts being univerfally commended, there's no room to admit Shel- V&cke's impertinence : but after a man has iTOde himfclf fo. notorious a plagiary as I have jtift now proved him, 'tis a very ftupid der in him to find fault with that only which A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 219? which fignifies nothing. Rogers his words are p. 316. " They appear to be very idle, " and feem to look after no more than a " prefent fubfiftence." This is cpnfirmd of all Indians who having no traffic, or know ledge but what is natural , muft needs be indolent and idle : therefore I fee no occa- fion there was to contradid this, when he had ftole all the reft 5 except his ill breeding isfo natural to him, that he can't forbear it. As for his being freer with the women, I don't difpute that 5 neither is it for any man's honour to confute him : only I can't help remarking Shefoocke's words at the clofe of this page 408. " I may venture to fay, quoth " he, that we ingaged them fo far by trifling " prefents and entertainments, that no body " upon thofe terms need want their affift- " ance for the future/' The plain English of which is, that any plan may lye with the women for a rufty knife, or a porringer of thick milk. Captain Rogers has given us a handfome concife defcription of the people and the coaft : and if a mariner who comes after can make no additional difcoveries, he is a thief to print for his own another man's obfer- A Vo YAG E round the WORLD.' ohfervations, and a blockhead to trouble the world with his own fchoolboy remarks; fuc.h as his conceited notions of a king and fceptre ; he and his dirty crew having ado- xation paid them, and his foolifli tales of ceremonious equipage and hafiy pudding. Captain George Shelvocke having here fi- niflid his wife observations, prepares to crofs the vj/eftern ocean from Mexico to China 5 ^i\d with a hypocritical figh laments the ab- fence of Cliff erf on , whom he partly came hither to meet with : but fays he had the Juward comfort of having added this in- of his indeavqurs to the advantage of expedition in general, p. 433- Now I leave the reader to judge whether tis likely he came here to feek Clipperton, or was ferry for the difappointnient, after having fo long fhund him, blinded the would with a falfe relation p,f his acqui- fiuon, ^bnceaid ail the money, and divided it among three and thirty of them \ and, yet this man has the calm affurance to i&lk of his indeavours for the advantage of the expedition ! la two or three days fail he fays he dif- covcr4 land, which he takes the liberty of naming A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLix 1 2 i framing Sbehockjs ifland. Vain creature! doft thou expeft any one after reading this narrative of your aftions lhall mention the word Shefaocke without ridicule? much lefs (hall an ifland where you never fet foot afhore be calld after your unworthy name* Had you been there facrificed for your ava* rice and tyranny, as *Peter Baldivia was at the place which bears his name, yoii might ever remain, like him,unrivald in yout title 5 and your fon George might have wrote your epitaph. In Shehocke's paflage oVer to Guam no thing material happens but the ddath of fe* ven or eight more of his men 5 forrie of whofe (hares, I have reafon td belieVe, be^ came his perquifit : for two of their Wi dows have affured me, that after much pain ful application they could get no relief. On his arrival at Guam he niakes this cun ning observation, that he found it one hun dred leagues fliort of captain Rogets his ac* count : but I don't wonder at that ; becaufe this later kept a public regular journal, and has printed each day's run 5 which book Shefoocke would never let his people look into, or keep a true reckoning rhemfelves, Pags 222 A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD 1 Page 438. Here he fays he fhould have been very glad of refrelhments ; but the ill ftate of his people was an objedion againft his flaying, left the governer fhould take an advantage of their weaknefs and fur- prize him. When they were upon the point of perifhing, as he calls it, one would think it was a very proper time to get refrefhments. But this is another inftance of his falfehood 5 for the true reafon is conceald, namely, his fear of lofing the hundred and twenty thoufand dollars, &c. which he had aboard. In November he gets to China, and meets with fome of Cliff erf on s people at Macao ; from whofe intelligence he gives us that part only of Clippertoris condud which is blameable. I own I can't find out the plea- fure of triumphing over a dead man's cha- rader , efpecially in thofe private defeds which can do the defamer no fervice or credit. By my tranfcript of Taylors journal, Shel- vocke may fee I have not omitted thofe fads which related to Clipperton, and I am glad to give him this proof of my impartiality : but where he has perverted the ftory, I am obliged to oppofc him : for Shefaocke fays that? A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 225 that Clipperton was orderd into cuftody at Macao , for filly reafons which he gives, and not worth my reciting, becaufe there'* nothing in them. If the reader pleafe to return to the laft page or two of the jour nal, he will find that Clipperton honeftly withftood dividing his capture as long as he could, till an order from the Mandarin, and a guard came aboard the (hip to oblige him : this Shefoocke has the malice to call taking into cuftody 5 tho' he knew the ftory as well as I can tell him. And whereas he fays they fleeced Clipperton and let him go 5 'tis quite wrong 5 for Clipperton paid s but 1700 dollars for anchorage, as by the .journal , which is not 400 pound : and Shefaocke owns he paid above 2000 pound, p. 457 : therefore 'tis manifeft the latter was fleeced, not the former. . Immediately after which he has thefe words, " I thought it proper to make this " digrefllon for the information of fuch of " the Gentlemen owners who have thought " Clipperton blamelefs, that they might pafs dete& A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 225 deted his many wilful forgeries in others. I have difcoverd nothing of his wickednefs out of its proper place with defign to pre- pofTefs mankind 5 well knowing that where truth is to be found, art, is needlefs. Upon the whole the reader may per ceive that he lays all the mifchiefs of his voyage to the obftinacy of his men, always taking care to fliift off the guilt from him- felf : And to prepare his readers the better, has the groundlefs affurance to fay in the fourth page, that they had aftually formd a defign of returning with the fhip to England, 2. At St. Catherines he fays they forced him to figa the new articles, or elfe they would have run away with the (hip. 3 . Going in to Chiloe he fays was the mens fault 5 where we fo narrowly efcaped a iliipwreck. 4. At going in to Conception a little to leeward, he fays the fame. 5. AtFernandes, he fays they forced him to divide the Owners money, and enter upon the new Jamaica difcipline. 6. Upon meeting Clipperton, he fays, 'twas his men demanded a confirmation of the firft articles with the Owners, after they ( had 226 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. had twice made new ones for them felves. 7. When he left the four men aboard the bark where they were murdcrd, he fays his people would not let him bring to till lhe came up.* 8. Twas his men alfo gave him an ifland, and obftinately calld it after his name : the vanity and inconfiftency of all which I have fufficiently expofed. But I would fain know what forced him to conceal that great fum of money taken aboard the Conception ? Or who obliged him to play the hypocrite and keep it a fecret when he publifhd his book? I could ask him many more queftions that would ftagger him: particularly, who forced him to dedicate his volume of fcandal and forgery to the lords of the admiralty? who flatterd him into a belief, that their lord- ihips would patronize the author of fo much treachery and cruelty ? and whom he has had the unpardonable boldnefs to deceive in the firft line of his dedication 3 by tell ing them , that having before had the ho nour to prefent them the original minutes> of his tranfadions, he now has laid before them a more perfeft account of his proced- ings : when at the fame time he never kept a A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 227 a journal, tho' he fays he loft one at Fer- mandeSy p. 417, which place I (hall quote for the particularity of it. " When I was tho' the captain is faid to have had the afliftance of his fon, and his fon the affif- tance of the learned. Page 1 96. Mightily difabled. 207. Saved the (hip not coming to pieces. Q2 257. To 228 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 257. To hear the filence of the night de- ftroyd. 278. With a refolute defpatr. 418. In general have not been particular. 307. Shall now continue my narration of our future .procedings. 265. We had not an hours hopes of li ving a minute longer, fyc> &c, &c. Soon as captain Shefaocke returnd to Lon don, he waited on the fame gentleman I have often mentiond, who framed and di- reded this expedition 5 where being felf- convifted of his paft wicked adions, he hoped by a genteel donation to pacify the refentment he expe&ed to meet with : but the faid gentleman to whom he thusapplyd, was rather fhockt at the vifit ; and in. Head of hearkening to any terms, charged a conftable with him, and carryd him to the Cockpit. The fecretary of ftate being abfent, he was there advifed to take out an aftion againft him at "Doctors commons, and ano ther at Common law at the Owners fuit 5 with feveral procefles againft fome of his people, who came home in the India fhips with their ill gotten wealth. So that cap tain Shefaocke was himfclf that day confined in A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 229 in Wood-ftreet Counter^ and a few days af ter about a dozen of his crew, being all that yet appeard, were arrefted alfo and coiifmed. After this the faid owner applyd to the court of Admiralty for a warrant to keep Shelvocke in cuftody of the madhal, in order to be tryd for a pyracy on the Tor. tuguefe ; for robberies on the king of Spam's fubjefts fince the ceffation of arms ; and laftly for defrauding his owners and people, affidavits having been made of thefe feveral fafts by two of his own officers and others. But the court refufed him a warrant, becaufe it was not fwora that the witnefles faw the moydors taken out of the Tortuguefe captain's fcritore; tho' they fwore they were taken out of his poffefllon and brought from the fhip. This greatly difappointed the owners, and involved them in the tedious law fuit which followd : for they found it difficult to lay the aftion at T)offors commons, be ing under the difcouragement of the judge of that court: and the preceding at Com mon law was fo intricate and doubtful, that they were forced to feek relief in the cowrt of Chancery. Upon fetting ( forth ^VOYAGE round the WORLD. . forththe cafe, the Lord chancellor grants ed a writ of Ne exeat regnum againft the faid Shefoocke, markt 8000 /, and fome of I his men in lefler firms : but Sbehocke get ting bail to the aftion at common law, contrived fo with the marfhal of the king's bench prifon> that he escaped on a Sunday^ and prevented the faid writ in chancery being ferved upon him ; and has ever fince abfconded. Mean time the bill in chancery -Was carryd on, to which Shelvocke refuting to put in anfwer 5 a writ of rebellion was iffued out : but a brother in law of Shel- uocke's applyd to two of the owners, being complainants named in the bill, and fo pre vailed with them, that they pretended they were about a compofition with the defendent : fo that a fudden flop was made to the profecution 5 except other of the owners would exhibit a frefh bill, and fpend more money, having already laid out above 400 pound : which however was defignd more to punifh his unpatalleld wickednefs, than for any real profpeft of advantage. Now let mankind judge what a check this muft be to all future aid and affiftance to A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 231 to the crown j when at any time a prince upon a declaration of war, (hall require his loving fubjeds to fit out private fhips to cruife upon and annoy the enemy ! Is it not a temptation to the crew of any other fhip who carry only money aboard, to run away with the vefiel, come home in the face of their imployers, and go to law with their own matters money? Is it not to give fuch men hopes of proteion from the laws of their o\vn country, which furely are made to punifh, not defend the cruel and the wicked \ Here's an example, where a writ granted by the higheft officer in the kingdom has not been able to fecure an offender, who has found means by corrupt practices to prevent the execution of it. But yet more aftonifhing is this man's af- ftirance to impofe a fcandalousnarrativeupon the world for truth, to glofs over his cru elties and robberies by the innocent name of A voyage round the worlds and after all, dedicate this libel to the lords of the ad miralty 5 wherein he courts them for fa vours, while there are repeated letters from the king of Spain to demand fatisfadion for depredations upon his fubjeds, committed Q.4 by 232 A Vo YAG E round the Wo by this very man 5 and he ftill braving it with impunity. Tis proper therefore to infert here, that complaint was made to one of the princi pal fecretaries of ftate by the marquifs de yozz.o Bueno ambaflador from the king of Spain, while his Britannic majefty was at Hanover 5 " That on the nth of April " 1721, in the road of Sanfonate on the " coaft of Mexico, George Shelvocke com- " mander of an Englifh privatier did then " and there wake prize a flip calld the Holy C( Family, 'value one hundred thoufand dol- " tars, belonging to Don Lewis Carillo of Lima in Peru ; altho'- the f aid Shelvocke had notice given him of a cejjation of arms agreed upon in the year 1720, be tween the crowns of England and Spain, " and publifhd in thofe feas before the f aid cc capture. " I have feen a copy of this memorial, being writ in French, and fent to one of our Owners j and here is now, or was a Spanijh agent in London to folicit the bufinefs. It is hard to know how this affair will be determined, now Great Bri tain and Spain are at fuch variance 5 but if the court ofr Madrid comes quickly into terms., A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD^ 2 3 .$. terms, which looks not improbable, the government may ftill lay hold on Shel tho* courts of juftice either want the inclination or power to punifh him. Here follows a diftinft lift of the num ber of men, loft and deftroyd according to the will and pleafure of captain Shefoocke 5 only 3 3 remaining out of 106 to divide the whole profits of the cruife: and it is obfer- vablethat of all his people only two died a natural death and two by cafualty. Turnd aihore at St. Jago and St. Ca.-\ tbarine's before we got into the South- Seas, nine, Andrew Redder chief mate, Henry Chapman third mate, Charles Turner gunner, Henry Hudfon boat- fwain, William Tarfons and William Coon boatfwain's mates, George Hint and Charles Terry feamcn. Commanded afliore near Conception^ in Chili where they were murderd, | three, Jahn Eady midfhipman, John \ "Daley and George Aboigne marines. 3 Sent 234 -^ Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. brought over iz Sent a cruifing to be taken prifoners/T fifteen , Simon Hatley fecond captain of the Sfeedwel, William Betagh cap tain of marines, Gilbert Hamilton en- fign, John Sprake fecond mate, Nico las Laming boatfwain, Chriflopher Vref- jick furgeon's firft mate , Robert Cobs * ferjeant of marines, Matthew Applet on, Martin Hay den, Richard Bond, Ri chard Gloyns, John Tanther feamen, John Wilfon, John Nicolfon y and Tho. Barnet, marines. j Orderd on a cruife in a bark with one week's provifion, and obliged then to furrender on the coafl, eleven, James Hopkins third mate, Robert Rawlins xnidftiipman, William 'Dobfbn, Thomas \>n Wilkinfon, Edward Oafling, John Bone Charles Weatherly, William Kitchen, Richard Crofs, John Guathar Gundy feamen. Left on Fernandes eleven, befides^ thirteen Indians, John Wifdom, Jofeph Monero y William Blew, John Riddle- clay, Edmund Hyves, 'Daniel Harvey >>i William Giddy, John Robjohn, Tho-\ mas A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 235 brought over 49 mas Hawkesy James Row and Jacobl Bow den fcamen. j Left in a prize and murderd four! John Giles ferjeant of marines, Johni Emlin feaman, John Williams marine, i George Chappel a lad. J j Sent afhore into the hands of the"* enemy without a hoftage, and never fmce heard of, fix, Edward Brook firft lieute nant, William Tamly midfhipman, Fre- dric Macenzie, Robert Boivman^Richard philips and John Toulton feamen. Begd their paffage with Clipper ton,* to be freed from Shefoocke's tyranny, three, James Hendrie agent for the Owners, Thomas 'Dod lieutenant of marines, and William Morphew mid fhipman. Died four, Richard Arfcot in the"* ! Speedwel, and Edmond'Philips \i\Sh el- vocke's bark, William Campbell drownd going round Cape Home, and Richard* Hannah drownd going to the wreck from Fernandes ifland. Deferred at St. Catharine's three, Abraham c Dutour> Anthony Wood, and William Leveret. Ex- ^ Vo YAG E round the Wo brought over 69 Stayd on board the Ruby at St. Gz_ therines two, William Mariner fail maker, and Lawrence Lancette of the| carpenter's crew. Left aftiore at . who cruelly treated his own people, deferred the other (hip till the Avar was over j aded feparately, and ma naged every thing arbitrarily : tho' our orders were ftridly to copy captain Ro gers his method, and in all attempts and difficulties to ad by a council of our own officers. So that if Shelvocke had early rcjoynd the Succefs and concurrd with Clipperton, ac cording to the faid precedent, We who are extreme fufferers had not only profited there by 7 but the advantages might have been national. The charge of our expedition was upwards of fourteen thoufand pound, and I believe the 'Duke and 'Duchefs did not ftand the Briftol gentlemen in fo much. z And A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD! 239 And tho' Rogers had aboard him fome trou- blefom fpirits, who oppofed his better views, yet it's well known he brought home a capture of a hundred ai%d feventy thou- f and pound value. We were certainly as well fitted out as they : and thus having precedents and examples, what might we not have done, if conduced, as they were, with prudence, care and integrity ! SECT. 2 40 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLB. SECTION IV. Containing obfervations on the SpanifJi America in general, and the re marks / made while I was confin ed in Peru. CHAP. I. BOUT the middle of March 1720, when Shehocke Cent Hal- ley and the reft of us to feek our fortunes in the lighter, calld the Mercury y he himfelf in the Speedwel went to plunder the village of 'fayta, which was juft under our lee, and where we might eafily have joind him, had he imparted his de- Jign to us : however we had not cruifed long in fight of Cape Blanco, when we took a Xmall bark with a good parcel of chocolate and flower. There was an elderly gentle woman aboard, and a thin old fryer, whom 2 we r A Vo Y AG E round the Wo it Ux 24 f kept two or three days; and after taking out what we wanted, we difcharged the bark and them together. Soon after this we took the pink which Shelvocke calls the rich prize : She had no jealoufy of our being an enemy, but kept her way to the fouth ward, till feeing the Mercury ftanding towards her (he began to fiifpeft us. About noon fhe*puts the helm hard a weather, and crowded all the fail flie could afore the wind : and being in her ballaft this was the beft of her failing, which alfo proved the greateft advantage they could give us ; for had fhe held her Wind, we in our flat bottom could have had no fhare in her. About ten at night^ with rowing and hard failing, we got with in (hot of the chafe and brought her to, being pretty near the fhore : they were about feventy perfons aboard, thirty of which were Nigros. Hat/ey, I remember, upon going aboard left me and 'Prejfick with four more hands in the Mercury ; where we continued two or three days, till a heavy fhower of rain (hardly ever known upon that coaft, and which Shelvocke takes notice of p. 185) fpoild all our bread and other dry R, provifion^ 24 2 A Vo TAG E round the Wo RL&. provifion 5 it was then time for us to get a : board the prize, which we did 5 fending three hands afterwards to take care of the Mercury. We flood off and on the faid cape feven or eight days expeding to meet with the Speedwell and there we fet afhorethe Spanish captain, the padre, and fome gentlemen pa fengers. At lift we fpyd a fail about five leagues diftance, plying to windward: not doubting it was the Speedwel or Success, we flood towards her, while {he kept edging towards us. About ten in the morning we were got near enough to difcover it was a warlike {hip, as (he proved ; tho' nei ther of thofe we wiihd for. The mafter of our prize had before informd us, that he met the Brilliant man of war cruifing for our privatiers ; which till now we intirely difregarded. Hereupon captain Hatley advifing with me what to ^ we concluded that fome advantage might be made of the informa tion given us by the Spaniard: that as the Brilliant had fpoke fo lately with the pink, probably there would not be manyqueilions asked now. Upon which Hatley and I dreft Jtf Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 245 dreft our felves like Spaniards, and hoiftcd Spanijh colours : we confined our prifoners in the great cabin, fuffering none of them but the Indians and Nigros to appeaf upon deck, that the pink might look as file did before 5 in which contrivance we had fuc- ceded, but for the obftinacy ofjdhn Sprake? whom we could riot keep off the deck. As the Admiral came up he fired a gim to leeward : hereupon we lowerd our top- fails, making eafy fail till we got along fide of him. Their firft qucftion was, if we had heard any thing of the EngltjK privatier* we anfwerd, No. The next was, how it happend we were got no farther in our way to Lima ? We anfwerd, by reafon i)f the currents. They askd us two or three more queftions, which we (till anfwerd iri Spanish. They feemd thoroughly farisfyd 5 and were juft getting theif tacks abbara in order to leave us, when the faid Sprake and two more of ouf men appeard on the triain deck : a Frenchman aboard the admiral look ing out at the maft-head fpyd their long trowfers, by which knowing them to be Englijh he ctyd cut, pat T>ieu Monfieur, Us font Anglois, they ^re Englishmen. Upod R 3s 2-44 'A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLB. this they immediately fired a broad fide m^ to us with round and partridge fhot , by one of which Hatley was flightly wounded in the head. After we had furrenderd they took all the Englifh aboard them, and put a couple of their own officers into the prize. The admiral then bore down to the Mercury a- bout two leagues to leeward, and tho' they fired at leaft twenty five guns into her, the .three men efcaped unhurt ; and the veflel tho' full of water had not weight enough to carry her to the bottom* After taking in the three men, our commander *Don Tedro Midranda went in to Tayta carrying the pink with him, where he fet us afhore. He orderd me to Tiura about forty mile up the country ; and did me the favour to let Vref- Jick the furgeon and Cobs a marine ferjeant go with me : but captain Hatley and the reft he fent under a guard , with mules to carry them to Lima, which is above four hundred miles further on the coaft 5 the rea- fon of which I have partly given at the clofe of my fecond fection : for the cape Frio ftory being blown, and the moydors found upon Hatley, they had a mind the thing fiiould A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 245 fliould be fifted and the guilty punifhd. The admiral having taken in water and refrefli- ments, quickly put to Tea again in queft of the British privatiers, defigning to take us up to Lima as he came back. The weather in this latitude being too hot, the euftom is to travel from fix in the evening till eight in the morning. My Indian guide fet me on the bed mule he had, which not earing to follow company, I led my fellow travellers the way till ten a clock. While day-light lafted, lobferved the country one open plain, with Indian plantations regularly enough cantond out on each fide of us. This level is from 39 to ico mile broad, and extends 300 mile a- long fliore 5 for I am now going to the fouthward, having the Cordileer mountains on the left hand, and the great ocean on the right. If this land was well waterd, as the foil is pleafant and fertile, it might be as fine a country as any : but travellers are here obliged to carry water for their mules as well as themfelves. At the approach of night we were puzzled in the way : I of ten found my felf ftopt by great hills of fand, and my jimle as often indeavourd to 3 34 A Vo YAG E round the Wo pull the reins out of my hand, which pro ving troublefome, the Indian advifed me to throw the reins on the mule's neck 5 and as foqn as that was done the creature eafily hit the way. Thefe fands are often fhifted by from place to place, which I take to be pccafiond by the ftrpng eddies of wind re verberated from the mountains. At night we reftcd a little at an old empty houfe in a coppice about half way, which the guide told us was built by the inhabitants of Tiura, for the accommodation of the prince St. Bueno viceroy of Terit, where they met him in formality and regaled him. At fcyen in the morning we arrived at 'phtra, being a regular handfom town fcitu- atc on the banks of the river Collan. The Indian conduced us to the houfe of a good Sfanijb, gentleman and his wife, who having received his charge 3 the guide returnd to 9$f&. In a quarter of an hour's time the towns people flockd in to fee the rary fhovv j and inftead of being ufed like prisoners at difcretion, we were entertaind with refpeft and civility, which we were not fure to meetj, With. Our landlord, 1 ihould lay keeper's na:v,e was 'Don Jeronimo Baldmiefo. He had 'A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 2 47 had five daughters, upon the fight of which and their candid way of receiving us, ,we hoped our time would flide eafily away, and our captivity prove agreeable. I began now to be fenfible of the admiral's favour in or dering us to this place ; for he had fuch intereft in all the kingdom of Tern, that for his fake we found good genteel treatment. Soon as we had refreflid ourfclves, ac cording to the cuftom of the place, with chocolate, biskets and water; we were di verted with the found of a Welch harp in fome inner apartment : the artift had good command of it; for I heard parts of feve- ral famous Italian, as well as English com- pofitions; and upon inquiry, was informd that all the Spaniards daughters had learnd niufic, and fung orplayd upon fome inftru- ment or other. Tho' at firft this feemd a little unaccountable to us, yet I afterwards found that mufic was common in Teru: for the Italian party having a few years before prc- vaild at the court of Madrid., the faid vice roy prince St. Bueno who was an Itali an, had brought a great many muficians of that country along with him $ which has R. 4 now 2 4 8 -^ Vo Y AG E round the Wo RIJX now ; fpread mufic every where, and is a good in Tent as in old Spain. This I thought proper to mention, be- caufe by means of mufic and an inoffenfive carriage, we lived in good harmony with thofe who had a right to treat us as enemies. It was a practice here every day for the neighbours to come and view us 5 at which I was well enough diverted : for Cobs be ing my ferjeant, we haci exercifed the brown n^usket together 5 fo that we turnd readily about to (hew our felves: but Mr. TreJJick hung down his head., and grew melan choly. fayta being the; place, as I faid afore, where the pedlars or walking merchants* are fet afhore, they make fPiura their firft ftage to Ltima^ difpofing of their goods and lef- fening their burthens as they go along: jfome take the road through Caxamarcai others through Truxillo along fhore. From O> C3 Lima they take their paffage back to ^Panfr wta by fca; and perhaps carry a little pur- chafe of brandy with them. At 'Panama, they again ftock themfelves with European goods, returning by fea to fayta, where they are fct down: there they hire mules and load r A Vo y AG E round the Wo RLD. 249 load them ; the Indians going with them, in order to bring them back: and fo thefe traders keep in a continual round till they have got enough to live on. Their travel ing expcnfes are next to nothing $ for the/w- dians are brought under fuch fubjedion, that they find lodging for them, and provender for their mules. This every white face may com mand, being a homage the poor Indians are long accuftomd to pay ; and fome think they have an honour done them into the bargain, except out of generofity they now and then meet with a fmallrecompenfe. In the Bri- tife and French nation a pedlar is defpifed, and his imployment lookd upon as a mean fhift to get a living : but it is otherwife here, where the quick return of money is a fufficient excufe for the manner of getting it. And there are many gentlemen in Old Spain, who, when their circumftances in life are declining, fend their fons to the/* dies to retrieve their fortune this very way. Our lodging was in an outhoufe purpofe- ly kept for thefe traveling merchants. Ac cording to the Spanifh cuftom, we had our dinner- fent to table under cover, where Jeronimo and we eat together 5 while the d Vc Y AG E round the Wo RLIX the good lady of the houfe and her daugh ters fat together in another room : this is the practice at all meals, and if any ftrong liquors are drank, it is then. In all our con- dud: I think the good Spaniard was never difoblig-ed, except once when he faw me drinking a drarn with the doftor at a little victualing houfe. As nothing is more dif* agreeable to the Spaniards than drunken- iiefs, I had much ado to make amends for this ftcp towards it, tho' they eafily admit vith them, in order to fecure them a quiet pofleillon ,of the fruit of theii labour. To evade this path, another peribn under-hand procures a parcel of European goods and eliipcries ,them among the Indians, who, tho' they want none of them, muft buy them at 3 or 400 per cent, more than prime coft 5 a time being pofitivcly fixt for the money. Theiq T A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 265 Thefc hardfhips arc pad retrieving , be- caufe every magiftrate knows his reign to be but fhort, and if he don't make a for tune he is laught at : So that they wink at one another j and the great diftance between *Peru and Spain is a reafon the king's or ders are feldom regarded, being two years going backward and forward : whence a- rife many clandeftine doings. For accord ing to law, the kingfhould have a twentieth part of all gold, and a fifth part of all fil- ver j but there are vaft quantities that never pay duty carryd privately over the conti nent the north way, as well as the fouth way by trading (hips. And tho' there are prodigious fumsallowd for militia, garifons, aud repairs of fortifications : yet it is not one half applyd. From all which it is eafy to imagine what immenfe revenues would come to the treafury at Madrid , if his Catholic majefty was but faithfully ferved. The country in Tent is naturally fubjcct to earthquakes : and I have heard that the Englifh plantations in the north of Ame rica have felt them. At Lima they had two great ones about fifty years ago, which ovcrturnd houfcs, churches and convents : and 266 AVo YAG E round the Wo and in the reign of Charles the late king of Spain, there was an earthquake near the equinoctial line that lifted up whole fields, and carryd them feveral miles off. Small fliocks are often felt without doing any harm ; and I have been two or three times calld out of bed when fuch a thing has hap- pend, tho' we have heard no more of it : but upon thefe occafions the bells always toll to prayers. Notwithftanding this country, efpecially nigh the coaft, has fufferd much by earth quakes; yet their churches are lofty enough, ^ and neatly built. That part of their archi tecture which requires moft ftrength is ge nerally finifht with burnt bricks 5 but their houfes are all built with bambo canes and bricks dryd only by the weather, which are durable enough becaufe it never rains. The covering is a matting with afhes upon it to keep out the dews, which is all the wet they have. The fmall river of Lima is moftly fnow \vatcr dcfccnding from the neighbouring mountains, which are coverd all the year with fnow ; but partly diffolved in the fum- nier feafon, which is from September to March. 'A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 267 March. One would exped it much hotter thereabouts than it is, there being no pro portion between the heat of, this climate in America and the fame degree of latitude in Africa 5 for which there are two rea- fons : one is the cool temper of the air pro- ceding from the congealed fnow on the mountains, which diffufes it felf every way: the other is, the humidity of the vapours which hang over the plains, and which are fo frequent, that when 1 came firft to Lima, I often expeded it would rain. Thefe va pours are not fo coarfe, low and humble as our fogs, nor feparated above like our fummer clouds 5 but an exhalation between both, being fpread all round, as when we fay the day is ovcrcaft. So that fometimes a fine dew is felt upon the outward garments and difcernd by the eye upon the nap of the cloth. This is a happy convenience at Lima., the people being thus fcreend one half of the day from the fun 5 and tho' the afternoon be funfhine, 'tis very tolerable be ing mixt with the fea breezes, and not near fo hot as at Lisbon, and fome parts of Spain in Europe which arc thirty degrees further from the equator;. The A Vo YAG E round the Wo The want of rain in this part of the con tinent obliged the poor, I fliould fay happy Indians, before the conqueft, to make dreins and canals for bringing down water from among the diftant mountains : which they have done with fuch great labour and skill that the vallies are kindly refrefht, producing grafs, corn, and variety of fruits : to which the aforefaid dews may alfo a little contri bute. Zarate the Spam]h hiftorian has given us the natural catife of this perpetual drought. He obferves that the fouth-wcft winds blow upon the 'Peruvian coaft all the year round ; and the ocean is therefore calld pacific, be- caufe the winds never difturb the waters. Theie eafy gales always bear away the va pours from' the plains before they can rife and form a body fuffi'cient to dcfcend in a ihowcr : but when they are carryd farther and higher, they grow more compact and at length fall by their own weight into rain. This is fo fair and rational an account, that 1 wonder Monfieur Fre&ier has affeded to contradict it. 'Tis convincing to a ftranger; and to moft gentlemen there who are cu rious T A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 269 rious enough to think about It. Any one who reads Frezier's voyage may fee he has not only miftaken the Spaniard, but given us long conjectures of his own, very confufed and improbable. They have plenty of cattle ? fowl and fifh ; and all provifion common to us ex cept butter 5 inftead of which they always ufe lard. They have oyl, wine and brandy enough, tho' not fo good as in Europe. They drink much of the jefuits herb ca- mini brought from ^Paraguay by land 5 for all Eaft-India tea is forbid. They make a decoftion of it, and fuck it through a pipe or quill. It is generally here calld mattea> being the name of the bowl out of which they drink it. Chocolate is their ufual break- faft and a grace-cup after dinner : Some times they drink a glafs of brandy for di- geftion, but fcarcc any wine at all. In the kingdom of Chili they make a little butter, fuch as it is 5 and their way of doing it is remarkable. The cream is put into a iheep- skin ftript off whole, and kept on purpofe : after tying the ends faft, two women lay it on a table , and fhake it and fowfe it be tween them 'till it comes. i Tho' 270 A Vo YAG E romd the Wo RLD.' Tho' the Spaniards are no friends to the bottle, yet gallantry and intrigue are here brought to perfection, for they devote fo much of their time to the fervice of the fair fex, that Venus feems here to keep her court. It is unmannerly not to have a mif- trefs, and fcandalous not to keep her well. As for the women they have many accom- plifliments both natural and acquired $ their converfation is free and fprightly, their mo tion graceful, their looks winning, and their words ingaging : they, have all a delicate fliape, not injured with ftiff bodyd ftays, but left to the beauty of nature 5 fo that there's no fuch thing as a crooked body a- mong them. Their eyes and teeth are par ticularly excellent, and their hair being ge nerally of a dark poliflit hue is finely combd, and platted ortyd behind with ribands, but never difguifed with powder : for the bright- nefs of their skin round the temples appears very well (haded thro' the hair like light thro* a landskip. Tho' thefe amours are univerfal at Lima, yet the men are careful enough to hide them j for no indecent word or aftion is allowd in public. They have two ufual times for thefe jf Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD^ 27 1 thefe entertainments : one is at thcjie/la or- afternoons nap, which is commonly with the miftrefs 5 the other is in the evening crofs the water in calafhes, or at the great fquare in the town where the calafhes meet in great numbers towards the dusk : thefe are flung like our coaches, but fmaller 3 and many of them fit only for two fitting oppofite. They are always drawn by one mule with the nigro driver upon his back : and it is ufual among thefe calafhes to obferve fe- veral of them with the windows clofe up, {landing ftill for half an hour together. In thefe paftimes they have feveral cuftoms peculiar to themfelves. After evening prayers the gentleman changes his drefs, from a cloak into a montero or jocky coat, with a linen laced cap and a hankerchief about his neck inftead of a wig. If he wears his hair itmuft be tuckt under a cap, and that flapt all down : fo that it is a univerfal fafhion to be difguifed fome way or other ; for thofe who have no tniftrefs are afhamed to be thought ftridly virtuous, and muft be in fome mask or o- ther to countenance the way of the world. But as all this is night work, they have an eftablilht rule to prevent quarels, which is i never 272 A Vo TAG E round the Wo RLD. never to fpeak or take notice of one ano ther; whether they are going in queft of amorous game, or vifiting their ladies : fo that in (hort the forepart of the night is a maiquerade all the year round. Among that rank of people who don't keep calafhes there are feveral points to be obfcrved. Particularly when they take the evening air, one couple never walks clofe up on the heels of another ; but to prevent the publifhing any fecret whifpers, each couple walks at the diftance of twelve yards at leaft : and if any lady drops a fan or any thing by accident, a gentleman may civilly take it up 5 but he muft not give it to the lady, but the gentleman who is with her ; for (he may be the fifter or wife of him that takes it up : and as the women are all veiid, thefe wife laws areinftituted to prevent any impertinent difcoveries. A freedom of that kind is lookt upon as the highcft affront in all gallantry, and merits a drawn fword thro' the liver. They are fo careful in thefe rules, that if a man fees his intimate friend any where with a girl, he muft in no wife take notice of him, or fpeak of it afterwards : Thefe A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 273 Thcfe things are all done with the greateft gravity imaginable 5 and thus the pradice of love becomes decent^ fafe and eafy : fo that a man may poflefs his miftrefs without any vifible inconvenience, and fpend all the money he has in the world without fear of brawls, duels, or a roundhoufe : not like the rude hectoring blades and prentices of a certain northern metropolis who are continually affronting the female fex, with fhocking words or fcandalous adions. Altho' the commerce of love is here fo regularly fettled , yet there are fome jea- loufies now and then fubfifting, which fome times have ended fatally. There was a ftory of this fort pretty freih when I was at Lima. A young lady had for fome time, as fhe thought, been fovereign miftrefs of her lo ver's heart ; but by cruel chance fhe found him in company with another woman, and perhaps a handfome one. As Shakefpeaf fays, Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations Jtrong :, fo fhe waited for no further proof of his infidelity, nor any ex- cufe for the wrong done her 5 but fuddenly drew his dagger and difpatchd him. She was foon confined and brought to tryal ; T 2 74 A Vo y AG E round the Wo RLIX and when every one expeded (he would be caft for her life, her judges gave it this turn, that it was not malice fore-thought^ but excefs of love that prompted her to the rafli deed. Whereupon (lie was acquitted : but the nice cafuifts thought fhe fhould in honour have hangd her felf. This inftance fhews how facred a thing love is there judged to be, tho* in a ftate of concubinage only, And the moral good or evil of fome adions are hard to be determined, while different governments have different cufloms. How agreeable foever thefe pradices are to the Creole Spaniards , yet they caufe a great inconvenience to fociety : for the men are fo ferioufly taken up with their delica cies, that the women ingrofs nioft of thek time, and fpoil all public converfation. FOE this reafon there are no taverns or coffee- houfes, fo that the men arc only to be met with at their offices or at church. They have a fort of playhoufe where the young gentlemen and ftudents divert thenifelves af ter their fafliion : for what performances they have in the dramatical way are fo mean,that they are hardly worth mentioning, being fcripture ftories interwoven with ro- liaance and obfcenity.. k A Vo y AG E round the Wo R Lt>. 275 It was at this theatre that two Englifo failors of monfieur Martinet's fquadron fought a prize a little before I came to Lima. They firft obtaind leave of the viceroy to cxerciie at the ufual weapons 5 and after the fhew-day was fixt, mod of the preced ing time was taken up with preparatory ce remonies to bring a good houfc. They each traverfed the town by beat of drum in their holland fhirts and ribands, faluting the fpe&ators at their windows with a learned flourifh of the fword 5 fo that by the extraordinary novelty and manner of the thing, the whole city came to fee the tryal of skill : fome gave gold, but few lefs than a dollar. When the company male and female was clofe packt up together, the matters mounted the ft age : and after the ufual compliment peculiar to the Englijb nation of fhaking hands before they qua- rel, they retired in great order and flood upon their guard. Several bouts were playd without much wrath or damage : but the defign of this meeting being m6re to get money than cuts or credit, one of the ma- ftcrs had the feafonable fortune to received fmall harm on the bread, wbkh having T 2 blooded 276 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. blooded his fhirt began to make the com bat look terrible : whereupon the company fearing from fnch a dreadful beginning that the zele of the champions might wax too intemperate 5 and till they were reconciled, no man in the houfe was fafe, unanimoufly cryd QMtbafta, bafta y which fignifys enough, enough > and fo the houfe broke up. The failors finding this a better prize than any they ever made at fea, humbly befought his excellency for another trial of skill : but the viceroy and people were all againft it, from a religious objection which could ne ver be got over; and that was, left the fellows fhould kill one another, die with out abfolution and be damnd. While I was at Lima, I grew acquainted with one monjieitr T hay let, a gentleman whofe effefts were feifed by Martinet's fqua- dron, as an interloper from St. Malo : after \vhich he remaind in *PerH, where he was imployd by the government, he having been formerly commander of feveral good (hips. The firft fervice he had, was to fetch the bottle with inftrudions for Shelvocke, bu ry d by Clipperton at Fernandes , p. 97 of this book. On his return with the faid in- ftru&ions A VOYAGE round the WORLD. ftruftions and the two men who deferted there, the viceroy willing to incourage him, thought of another fhort expedition for him in the fame vefielj .being an Englifh ketch of about fixty ton, and had ferved captain Martinet as a tender. The viceroy having lately had certain notice by a Spanijh (hip, that they accidentally made an ifland in the South- Seas till then unknown to them, tho* markt in feveral drafts by the name of Solomon's ifland 5 it made his excellency cu rious to perfue the difcovery. He there upon orderd the ketch to be fitted out for two months under Thay let's command 5 who accordingly faild into ten degrees fouth, in which latitude the ifland was faid to lye. He cruifed thereabout till his provifion was nigh expended 5 and returnd without fuo cefs. However as the fame account came by two different (hips who touchd there, the Spaniards verily believe there is fuch a place 5 for the men reported, that the na tives, as to their perfons and behaviour, were much like the Indians on the continent 5 that they had many gold and filver things among them, but that their language was new and unintelligible. The reafon why T 3 27 s ^VOYAGE r^^ f&* Wo RLD. Mr. Thaylet could not meet with Solomon's ifland, might be from the uncertainty of the latitude , and his inability of making further fcarch, being provided for only two months : for I have been informd in Lon don that the faid ifland or illands lye more foutherly in the ^Pacific ocean than where they are laid down in the T^ittch maps. And the two Spaniards who had been there, \vere only fmall trading veifels carry d thither by irregular currents ; and could give no certain account of the latitude, becaufe they kept no reckoning, To Turn up this chapter, I (hall only ob- lerve that the Spanijh ^Peruvians are better feated for the happinefs of this world, than any people I know. If they are indolent, their great affluence makes them fo. If they are delicate, the kind ferenity of the climate contributes greatly to it. Much husbandry and labor is needlefs, where the whole year is a fruitful fpring. Indeed the Nigros and Indians do all the work $ for a white face is exemption enough from all labor and care. In our unequal gloomy regions, many cuftoms would be condemnd, which are there the pure effects -of nature ; for A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. 279 for the night and day make a happy me dium between cold and heat. Therefore, if the general bent of human nature be for conftant happinefs and freedom from pain, the man of pleafure muft go to *Peru, and make Lima his temporal paradife. CHAP. III. Of the mines of Chili and Peru 5 and the method of working out the gold and filvcrfrom the mafs. CHILI being the fouthermoft divifion of the continent of America, is there fore cooler than Vent , and perhaps would fute an Englijh conftitution better. It is divided from ^Peru at the tropic of Capri- corn $ and is remarkable for that vaft chain of mountains known by the name of Cor- diker, which coaft along from Magellan ftreights up to the iftmus of c Darien> being about 4000 mile. It is governd by a lieu tenant general, (tiled president of Chili > be- caufe he is at the head of all civil affairs as well as military : nevcrthelefs he receives orders from the viceroy of *Peru. The ca- T 4 pital ago A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. pital city is St. Jago $ it was founded in 1541, and is a copy of Lima. I {hall here entertain the reader chiefly \vith an extrad from Freziers voyage rela ting to the mines, and the manner of fepa- rating the mineral from the earth. He un dertook the South- Sea voyage by permiffion of king Lewis the XIV th , and was there a- bout fix years before us, on purpofe to make fuch difcoveries, plans and observations as he thought fit. His account, as it is good and intirely new , will without doubt be agreeable to the curious reader : In Chili, the mines which at prefent yiejd moft gold, are about the towns of Concep tion and Copiapo ; and the villages of Tiltil and Lampanqtii near J^alparaifo ; tho' the vhole mountains are more or lefs impreg- jnated with it. The filver mines of "Peru are at Lipes, Guaico, Iqitic and St. Antkonj : gold ones being very icarce in that part of the continent, foto/ih&s originally afforded fuch furprifing quantities of filver, that it has been proverbial for its treafure : the town Hands at the bottom of the famous mountain where the mines lye, and is very populous. The country is obliged by the king'* A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. king's order to fend a great number of In dians yearly to work in thofe mines 5 for all white faces are excufed from fervitude, and the Nigrqs are not able to work ia them becaufe the cold will kill them : but they are imployd in all other bufmefson the furface 5 fo that the native Indians are only deftined to this labour. The Corregidors or magiftrates who over look thofe Indians appointed to work ia the mines, fummon them to fet out all to gether on a certain day. They general!/ take their wives and children with them, who, with tears in their eyes, leave theic native homes, and travel unwillingly on to the houfe of bondage. Many indeed for get their habitation, and after the years end fettle at T?otoji, which is the chief rea- fon that town is fo populous, and almoft equals the city of Lima as to its number of inhabitants. Tho* the mines here are far diminifbt in their produce, yet the quantity of ore that has been already wrought, and lain many years upon the furface, is thought capable to yield a fecond crop $ and when I was at Lima, they were actually turning it up, and 2 s 2 -^ Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. and new milling it with great fuccefs : which is a proof that thefe minerals generate in the earth like all other inanimate things. And it is likewift certain from all accounts of the Spaniards., that gold and filver, as well as other metals, are continually grow ing and forming themfelves in the earth. This opinion is verifyd by experience in the mountain ofPotofi, where feveral mines have fallen in and buryd the workmen with their tools. After fome years they have dug the fame place, and difcoverd many bones and pieces of wood with veins of iilver actually running through them. Thefc mines belong to him who firft dif- covers them. He immediately prefents a .petition to the magiftrates to have fuch a -piece of earth for his own 5 which is no iboner done than granted. They meafure .eighty Spanife yards in length and forty over, which is about two hundred foot in length and one hundred in breadth, and yield it to the difcoverer 5 who chufes what fpace he thinks fit, and does what he pleafes \vkh it. Then they meafure juft the fame quantity for the king, which is fold td the beft A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 283 bed bidder; there being many who are wil ling to purchafe a treafure which may prove; incftimable. If any other perfon has a mind to work part of the mine himfelf, he bar gains with the proprietor for a particular vein : Ail that fuch a one digs out is his .own, paying the king's duty, which is for gold a 20th part, and for filver a 5th : And fome landlords are fo well fatisfyd with letting out their ground and their mills, that they live upon the profit. The mill for grinding and feparating the gold from the ore is made after the manner of our cyder mills. There is firft a round Hone ciftern about ten foot diameter, with a deep orbicular chanel at the bottom. This ftone ciftern is bored in the middle tp let thro* the long axil-tree of a horizontal wheel placed under it, and wider than the ciftern: 'the wheel is fet round with half pitchers, that it may j:urn as the water falls upon them. This wheel turning the axil, caufes a milftone to roll along edgeways by another fpindle in the chanel of the ciftern above, which grinds the hard ore put in it. When the fluff is a little broken, they jut quick-filver to it, which immediately clings 284 ^VOYAGE round the WORLD. clings to the gold, and leaves the drofs : then they let fall a ftream of water, the force of which diflblvesthe earth, and drives It out at a notch made for that purpofe. The gold with the mercury lyes at the bottom by its own weight 5 which, after they have done work, they gather up and put into a li nen bag to fqueefe out the quick filver as well as they can : then they lay it to the fire, that the remainder may evaporate. This is what they call pinna gold, being clung together like a pine apple 5 and when this is once melted, it needs no more refining : fo that a gold miner has a great advantage of a fil ver one ; for the mercury, adhering fo na turally to the gold, leaves all the drofs im mediately, and the workman knows every day what he gets : whereas the filver miner can't know till a month or two after. The filver ore is ground as the gold a- forementiond, or foretimes broke with iron pounders of 200 weight to fall by a ma chine. But milling being the ufual way, they grind the ore with water, which makes nrft a thin mud that runs out of the ciftern into a receiver: whenas 'tis dry pounded, it muft be fteept in water and moulded with A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 285; with the feet, which occafions much more trouble. The mud is difpofed in fquare parcels of a hundred weight a piece, upon a fmooth floor made on purpofe. On each of thefc they throw a great quantity of fait, and mix it all together for two or three days ; then they fprinkle it equally with quick- ftiver, on each mafs perhaps about fifteen pound } for the richer it is, the more mer cury it requires. An Indian moulds each of thefe Squares feven or eight times a day,' that the mercury may incorporate. Some times the ore is greafy, and then they put lime to it : wherein they are cautious 5 for it is very remarkatxle, that fometimes it is fo burnt with heat, that the mercury and filver are both loft. Now and then they intermix a little lead to help the operation of the quickfilver, which is but flow in cold weather. So that at Lifes and Totoji they are a matter of fix weeks kneading the ore : and at Tuna particularly , they lay a brick pavement upon arches, under which they make fires to help the works : but in other countries they do it in eight or ten days. When A VOYAGE round the WORLD. When the workman thinks the mercury has attraded all the fiiver ? he takes out a little bit, and waflies it in a bafin. If the mercury looks dark, the ore is too much heated $ to remedy which, they add more fait, which makes the quickfilver evaporate. If the mercury is white, they fqueeze a drop of it under the thumb : the filver flicks to the skin, and the mercury flips away. This they find will do ; fo that when all the fil ver is gatherd up by the mercury, they give the ore three different wafhings : and when all the drofs is gone, they put the filver in a woollen bag, which they prefs between boards, to get the quickfilver out. After 'tis hung up, draind ami preft as much as they can, they put it into a wooden mould, generally the form of a fugar loaf, with thin copper plates at the bottom full of holes. After taking all the moulds, thefe pieces are GZ\\&p#&as, which are fet upon a frame over an earthen veffel full of water coverd with a cap, which they furround with lighted coals. When the mafs grows very hot, the quickfilver that ftill remains will come out in fmoke, which having no paffage, cir- A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 287 circulates between the mafs and the cap, till defcending to the water, it thickens and finks to the bottom. Thus the mer cury lofes but little, and will ferve feveral limes, tho* there muft be a new fupply be- caufe it grows' weak with ufing. According to Acofta, they ufe to fpend 7000 hundred weight tt.*Potoftm a year: by which one may judge what vaft loads of filver they got. When the mercury is quite evaporated, the filver remains a fpongey hollow lump : and this is calld virgin filver; being pure and unadulterated. All this according to law muft be carryd to the mint, and pay the fifth part to his majefty. There the fil ver is caft into ingots or bars of different weight, about a foot long or more. Thefe bars which have paid the duty can have no fraud in them, but it may be otherwife with the pinnas uncaft : for the maker of ten intermixes iron or lead ; therefore they fhould all be opend, and tryd by fire, which would difcover another cheat of wetting them, to make them heavy : for their weight may be increafed near a third part by dip ping them in water, when they are very * 8 8 A Vo YAG E r0//#df f * WORLD. hot. There are alfo different degrees of finenefs in the fame piece, which might be found out : but the Spaniards not ha ving convenient places to difcover thefe frauds, and not caring for it, they e'en let them go. There are many forts of filvei 4 ore* ac cording to the different confidence of the earth. Some is blackifli mixt with iron, calld nignllo : another greenifli of a cop per mixture, calld cobrijjo : fome white with leal filver veins, calld flat a blanca 5 and fometimes the ore is black with lead parti cles, this is calld flomo ronco, and is com monly the beft : becaufe inftead of knead ing it with quickfilver, it may be melted in a fornace, and cafily parted from the lead. The old Indians not having, or knowing the ufe of mercury, got all their filver from thefe fort of mines ; and having but little wood, ufcd to heat their fornaces with the leaves of plants, and the dung of their fheep : they made their fornaces upon the moun tains, that the wind might pafs thro' and keep the fire ftrong. There is another brown ore like this laft mentiond, where the filver is not feen at all j but if wetted and rubd 2 againft "A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 28 9 againft iron, it turns ruddy, calid rofaler, and yields the fined of all filver. There is another fort calld z,aroche which fhines like ifinglafs $ and the paco foft and clayifh, but neither of them valuable. Laftly, there is a very choice ore found in one of the mines of Totofi containing many threads of pure filver, wound up like lumps of burnt lace : this is calld arana-, or fpider, being fome- thing like a cobweb. At Copiapo there are gold mines juft be hind the town, and all about the 'country, which have brought many purchafers and workmen thither, to the great damage of the Indians : for the Spanifh magiftrates take away not only their lands, but their horfes, which they fell to the new proprietors, under pretence of ferving the king and improving the fettiement. Here is a great deal of Magnet and Lapis lazuli which the In dians know not the value of : and forne leagues in the country there is plenty of faltpctre, which often lies an inch thick on the ground. About 100 mile eaft upon the Cordileer mountains, there is a vein of ful- phur two foot wide, fo fine and pure that it needs no cleaning. This part of the coun try is fall of all forts of mines 5 but in other U refpeds 290 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD* refpeds is fo barren, that the natives fetch all their fubfiftence from Coquimbo and that way, being a mere defert for 300 mile to gether : and the earth abounds fo much with fait and fulphur that the mules often perifh for want of grafs and fweet water. There is but one river in 200 mile, which the Indians call Ancalulac, or hypocrite, be- caufe it runs only from fun-rife to fun-fet This is occafiond by the great quantity of fnow melted from the Cordikers in the day time, which freezes again at night 5 where the cold is often fo great, that people's fea. tures are quite diftorted. Hence Chili takes its name, Chile fignifying cold in the Indian language : and we are certainly informd by the Spanish hiftorians, that fome of their countrymen and others, who firft traded this way, died ftiff with cold upon their mules : for which reafon the road is now always lower along the coaft. The mine countries are all fo cold and barren that the inhabitants get moft of their provifion from the coaft : this is caufed by the faltsand fulphurs exhaled from the earth, which deftroy the feed of all vegetables. The Spaniards who live thereabout find them fo ftifling, that they drink often of A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 291 of the matte a to moiften their mouths. The mules that trip it nimbly over the mountains, are forced to walk gently about the mines and flop often to fetch breath. If thofe va pours arefo ftrong without, what muftthey be within the mine it felf, where if a frefli man goes, heis fuddenly benumbd with pain ? and this is the cafe of many a one ; but the diftemper feldom lafts above a day ; and they are not fo affeded the fecond time : But vapours have often burft out fo furioufly, that workmen have been killdon the fpot: fo that one way or other, multitudes of In dians die in their calling. To fortify them- felves againft the aforefaid fleams, they are continually chewing coca, a herb which is their common prefervative. An obfervation occurs here to my me mory ; that upon the road to *Piura, the night when we lay down to fleep, our mules went eagerly to fearch for a certain root not unlike a parfnip, tho' much bigger 5 which affords a great deal of juice, and in fuch a fandy plain often ferves inftead of water : but when the mules are very thirfty, and they can't eafily rake up the root with their feet, they will ftand over it and bray till the Indians come to their affiftance. U 2 Tho' A Vo YAG E .found the Wo RLD. Tho' the gold mines are more peculiar to Chili, yet there are one or two wafhing places for gold in the fotuh of Teru near Chili y which I fhall now Ipeak of, being the next thing remarkable. About theyear 1709 there were two furpriftng large lumps of virgin gold found in one of thofe places > one of which weighd thirty two pound complete, and was purchafed by the count de Moncloa then viceroy of *Peru and pre- fented to the king of Spain. The other wasfhapedibmewhat like an oxe's heart. It weighd twenty two pound and a half, and was bought by the conegidor of Ulrica. To find thefe lavaderos or wafhing places, they dig in the corners of a little brook, where by certain tokens they judge the grains of gold to lye. To help carry away the mud , they let a frelh ftream into it, and keep turning it up, that the current may fend it along. When they are come to the golden fand, they turn off the ftream another way, and dig with mattocks ^ and this earth they carry upon mules to certain bafins joynd together by fmall chanels. In to thefc they let a fmart ftream of water to loofen the earth, and carry all the grofs part A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 293 part away, the Indians (landing in the ba- fins and throwing out all the ftones. The gold at bottom is ftill mixt with a black land, and hardly to be feen till it is far ther cleard and feparated, which is eafily done. But thefe wafhing places differ, for in fome there are gold grains as big as bird fhot : and in one belonging to the priefls near Valparatfo y fome were found from two or three ounces to a pound and half weight. This way of getting gold is much better than from the mines : here is no need of iron crows, mills, or quickfilver ; fo that both the trouble and expenfe are much lefs. The Creolians are not fo curious in wafhing their gold as the people in Europe: but great plenty makes them carelefs in that and many other articles, There are abundance of iron mines in Tent and Chili -^ befides lead, tin and cop per, which the Spaniards intirely negledt, as not worth their while to work them. Copper ferves for a little kitchin furniture > but moft of their utenfils are of filver, even thofe for.vurlgar ufes. About the town of Coquimbo there is plenty of gold found in the ftreams that U 3 come 294- A Vo YAG E round the WORLD. come down from the mountains after the rain fhowcrs. Thefe (bowers are only at certain times of the year : but if they came oftner, they would undoubtedly always have the fame effeft. And now I fpeak of Co- quimbo, it would be a fault not to mention the charms of its fcituation. It lies in the 30th degree fouth, a fhort mile from the fca. It ftands on a green rifing ground about ten yards high, which nature has re gularly fornad like a terras north and fouth in a direct line of more than half a mile, turning at -each end to the eaftward. The firft ftreet.makds a delightful walk, having the profpetl of the country round it, and the bay;before it. A 11 this is fweetly placed in a valley ever green, and waterd with a river, which having taken its rife from among the mountains, flows through the vales and meadows in a winding ftream to the fea. Baldivia, who built this town in the year 1 544, to ferve as a refting place between Chili and feru, pleaded with the beauty of the fcituation, and the happinefs of the cli mate, caild it la Serena ; Signifying tranquil lity and mildnefs 5 which name it deferved more A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 295 more than any place in the world. The whole country puts one in mind of the poets golden age : there the (harp north winds never blow ; and the heats are fand with refrefhing gales; fo that the revolving year is only fpring and autumn joind to gether. Conception lies fix degrees higher in a part of the country abounding, like Serena, with all the comforts of life, as well as in- cftimable mines of gold. At the king's fta- tion a little to eaft ward they have a wafliing- place, where they have got fefitas or gold grains of four pound weight : and thefe fort of wafhes are innumerable, but remain as it were undifcovered thro 1 negligence and in- curiofity. The Cordileer mountains abound with hardly any thing elfe but minerals : this is true of thofe which have been ppend, and very likely all the reft are fo. About 3 oo miles inwards from Conception, there's one hill yields copper fo remarkable, that Me- lendes who difcovered it, found lumps weigh ing a hundred quintals a piece, each quin tal being a hundred weight. Mr. Frezier fays he faw one of forty quintals making into fix field pieces, fix pounders each. Some U 4 296 AVo YAG E round the Wo are part copper and part ftone, which the inhabitants affirm do all in time breed and grow intirely to copper. There is ano ther hill adjoyning which is fcarce any thing but loadftone : and many of them af ford fulphur and fait : About the town it felf there is pit-coal a few foot under ground. In the year 1510, many mines were found near the Cordileer mountains, affording at once gold, filver, copper, iron, lead and tin : which deftroys the notion, that different metals are never formd together in one mine. Abo^t twenty mile to the eaftward of Serena are the waffling places of Andacol, whofe gold is twenty three carats fine : and the inhabitants all affirm that after feventy or eighty years they find them recruited with gold as plentifully as at firfL And the governer of Coquimbo as well as others have afiured, that on the mountains the gold mines are fb nume rous that forty or fifty thoufand men might eaftly be imployd : but for want of hands, the king of Spain mult content him- jfclf without the trcaiuie. Spain A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 297 Spain in America bad two defgns ; To plant the gofpel and to Jet fe the mines : for where there is no real f apply of wealth Metis fouls are never worth the charge of health. And had the kings of that new world been poor, No Spainard twice had landed on their Jhore ""Twas gold the Pope's religion there that planted, Which, if they had been poor t theyftill had wanted. CHAP. IV. Some account of the origin of Metals, 'with various opinions concerning their forma tion in the earth. TH E old Creolian Spaniards, and fome others imagine that this plenty of gold in Chili wasoccafiond by Noah's flood, which threw down the mountains, and broke up the mines, and waflid away the gold into the lower grounds where it now continues. But, befides the great probability that that deluge was only upon the land of *Paleftine, jM?/?/shiftory on which this fancy is found ed, rather contradicts it j and tells us that the deluge made very little alteration in the furface of the earth, Befides, by all the late difcoveries ia America, we are con vinced 98 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. vinced that the mountains yield more gold than the rivers. Common rains may fend the gold to the lower parts : for in Chili the fliowers that fall from May to Septem- ter, are daily making new gutters upon the hills, which bring down the golden grains with them. Without doubt earthquakes have made great alterations in this part of the world ; fome of which, according to feveral hifto- rians,have changd the fcituation of moun tains, and turnd rivers into lakes : and fome authors have fuppofed that thefe fub- verfions have preceded from an inward fer mentation, which has burft open the hills, and forced the minerals, before they were duly formd, into the water chanels where they are fo often found. Tho' this does Bot at all anfwer how rnetals are formd, yet great commotions have often happend in the bowels of the earth, and put many things out of their natural pofition 5 parti cularly fhells, which in moft countries have been found, fo mutinies in heaps, and far enough frana the fea where they were firft forrad, The A Vo YAG E -round the Wo RLD. 299 The native Indians believe that gold and filver breed in the earth without any ori ginal vein 5 becaufe after certain years the mines and wafhing-places have afforded a perfect new fupply,- feveral inftances of which I have before mentiond. And it is undeniable, that in Chili thefe lavaderos are common in the low grounds, where infinite treafure lies conceald for want of labourers : for the Spaniards apply chiefly where the profit is moft obvious; and when any new mine is fprung, they all flock thither. I have been inforind at Lima, that fe- vcral Frenchmen, -whofe effects were confif- cated by his Spanijh mayfly's order for carrying on an interloping trade between France and Chili ^ have thought it better to ftay in the country at any rate than return home : and fo made fhift to purchafe a Nigro or two, whom they irnployd to fifli for gold in fome of thefe waihing places, which turnd to fo good a profit that they were inablcd to fettle in Chili. I fpokc with two of them at Conception. They told me they had but little trouble in do ing of it : that they us'd to watch for the fnowersj 300 A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. fhowers, and then carry only a few lievesto refine the earth. Thefe places were chiefly at the fmallcatarads and water-falls, where they told me they had often taken up con- fiderable grains of gold with their hands : but the corregidors always take care they fhall not grow too rich. As for metals being formd by the fun , 'tis a weak notion and Efficiently explod ed. About forty years ago a violent^ light ing fell on the IlUmanni mountain, which is between Chili and Tern. Great pieces and fplinters thereof were found fcatterd about the country, and they were all plen tifully veind with gold, tho' the mountain is ever known to be coverd with fnow. Therefore that heat which is not ftrong enough to thaw the fnow, can never be able to generate and form gold in the mountain under it. But as thofe opinions are moft rational, \vhich are grounded on real difcoverks,one may find out a better way to account for this thing, than any before mentiond : and from what has been faid, fairly conclude, that all metals are made and formd by fub* terraneous fires, which bum as it were in a kiln, A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD. 301 a kiln, conveying their heat far and near through all the paffages of the earth, as well as the folid .mafs itfelf. Thefe fires are known to be in all the mine countries of America^ and may well be fuppofed to dwell in other parts yet un known. This inteftine heat gives motion to the falts and fulphurs, being the chief principles of metals. And tho' their ope ration is incomprehenfibly different from all that we know or praftife, yet may we form a notion, that thefe fpirituous vapours are forced by fire into the pores of ftone $ where being condenfed they infmuate them- felves like veins, extend and grow up wards to the furface. I Shall now colleft fome authorities to confirm the opinion that there are a race of men in the world calld giants. 'Don *Pedro Molina governer of Chiloe and feveral other eye-witnefles have affirmd that in the country behind the Cordileer mountains, there is a nation of Indians calld Caucahues, of an uncommon fize, being near four varas or Sfanifh yards high? which is ten foot Englijh. Thefe 2 are A VOYAGE rmmd the WOULD. are the people antient travelers fpeak of calld Tatagonians, who live on the eaftern fide, about 50 degrees fouth latitude. I know this has been taken as a fable, be- caufe many fhips going down that way, have not chanced to fee them; the men who appear on the Tatagonian coaft and in Magellan (traits being generally of the common ftature : and this is what deceived Froger in his account of *Degennes voyage $ for fome fhips have fcen both forts at once. In 1704, captain Harringtons men belong ing to a fhip of St. Mafay faw feven of thcfe giants in Gregory's bay. The crew of the St. Teter, a fliip of Marfeiles faw fix of the fame, among whom there was one diftinguifht from the reft by a net- work cap that he wore made of birds entrails ftuck round with feathers. Their garments were skins with the hair in wards; and they all had bows with cafes of arrows: they helpd the failors with their boat afhore, and gave them fome of their darts : the men offerd them bread, brandy and wine ; but they refufed them all. The next day 200 of them appeard in a body. Thefe men they believed were more fenfible of the cold, tho* A Vo YAG E round the Wo RLD~ 303 tho' larger than others : for the ordinary lize people along that coaft had only a fin- gle skin thrown over their fhoulders, where as the others were cloathed. The following are Mr. FrezierV words tranjlated. " What I here deliver on the teftimony " of creditable perfons, is fo agreeable ta " what I read in many good voyages 5 that " 'tis my opinion there is much truth in it : " and a man may believe there is a nation of " people in the fouthermoft part ot America, " much exceding the common proportion, eft of his way home. About this time many fathers and other rich paffengers were got together at the town of Conception, intending when this fquadron came by, to take their paffage to Europe: for they knew that all {hips bound by Cape Home muft touch at Conception, or thereabouts, for provifion. Herein Jon- quiere got the whip hand of his commodore having now the advantage of fo many good paffengers in his fhip 5 for as the king of Spain has no officers at Conception to ro- gifter the n^oney fhipt there, fo it's unknown what great fums thefe paffengers and miflto- naries put on board the Ruby. The rea, fon why there are no fuch officers, is be- caufe 'tis not worth while, all the money going the north way to come home in the Fiota. By this opportunity the padres and others gaind two great advantages j firft they were 3 1 for by this time Martinet's fquadron was all come away. The Solomons good fuc- cefs gave them fuch incouragcment that they immediately fitted out fourteen fail toge ther, all which arrived in the South-Sea beginning the year 1721 : three of whofc commanders having the beft acquaintance among 526 A Vo YAG E round the WORLD. among the Greelians<> quickly fold their eair- gos and returnd home. About this time the people of Lima judged the English privatiers were gone off the coaft, at leaft that no more hoftilities would be committed, becaufe of the truce made between the two crowns. Whereupon the three Spanijh men of war fitted out chiefly to cruife on us, were orderd againft thefe frefh interlopers. I was on board the Ad vice boat calld the Flying Fifh in company with the faid three men of war, when they came up with the eleven fail of St. Mak men altogether on the coaft of Chili $ and inftead of firing upon them, the Spaniards joynd them like friends. The French ex- pefting to be attackt, kept all together in a line and dared the men of war to begin- This to me feemd new, that three fuch (hips purpofely fitted for this cruife, fhould on their own coaft decline doing their duty : for had they proved too weak they had ports of their own under their lee. In fhort> the men of war contented themfelves to watch the others motion, keeping them al ways in fight : and when any of the French fhips fteerd to the fhore, the Spaniards fent their A Vo y AG E round the Wo RLD.' 3 2 r frheir pinnace or long boat with the Spanijb flag hoifted 5 the fight of which effectually deterrd the Creoles from treating or trading with the French. Thus they made fliift to hinder all thefe fliips difpofing of their goods : except they were met by chance at fea and fold fome clandestinely. At length, being tired out, the Frenchmen got leave to take in provifion, and went home with at leaft half their goods unfold. Notwith- ftanding all this and the fevere edidts againft it in France, I know they ftill continue the trade, tho' privately : nor is it proba ble they will ever leave off fo fweet a com merce, except fome other power prevent it. With thefe remarks I fhall bring this book to a conclufion 5 having indeavourd through the whole, to make all the fubjefts agree- able : even the controverfial part of it, as it was unavoidable , I hope is inoflfenfive. After all my difficulties and fufferings, my per fonal pain and anxiety of mind, I have one pleafure remaining 5 which is gratefully to thank thofe gentlemen who ufed me and my fhip-mates with great kindnefs and ge- nerofity while it was our fate to be con- fined in fo remote a part of the world. A Vo Y AG E round the Wo RLD. Tedro Midranda the admiral who took us, ufed us with great humanity, and permitted me to eat with him while aboard. Monjieur de Grange his fecond captain who gave me a whole fute of apparel as foon as w^were taken, having been ftript by the foldiers that firft boarded us. "Don Jeronimo Baldeviefo and 'Don An tonio Chierofe, who handfomly entertaind three of us at *Piura at the admiral's re- queft, before we were fent to Lima. Captain Nicholas Fitzgerald who pafsd his word for me at Lima-, entertaind me in his houfe ; gave me money and all neceffa- ries during the eleven months I was there, and afterwards gave me and twenty more our paflage to Cafes, and wages to thofe who workd. *Don Juan Baptifta Talacio a worthy Spaniard of B if cay, knight of the order of liV. James, who came weekly to the pri- fon at Ltma y and gave money to all our men as well as ClippertSiis, according to their degree. To captain John Evers of the Britan nia, who gave me his table and my paffage to London. Add A Vo r AG E round the Wo RLE*. 313 And to the following pcrfons of honour and worth who prefented me ten guineas each upon my appearance in London, as a token of thejr concern for my hardfhips. The right honorable Henry earl of Lincoln. Edward Hughes ^ William Sloper C E fquir es. Alexander Strahanj Samuel Winder Beake Winder K , , Henry Neal Merchants. John Barnes Thus have I led my reader through the voyage. When I firft thought of this work, I intended only to clear my felf from the infamous reflexions of captain Shehocke ; but being authorifed by men of worth and diftin&ioa, I determined not only to ju- ftify my felf and fellow-fufferers, but to give this full account of the whole expedi tion : for Shel'vockfs is no account of the voyage at all, but a libel invented to give a glofs to all his evil adions, and blind thofe who knew nothing of the ftory. And Y z tho' A Vo YAG E round the Wo RL&. tho* the undertaking proved abortive , 'tis fit mankind fhould know the true reafon of it, and not be deceived with bafe accounts to palliate bafe aftions. Neither do I think it (hould beany difcouragement to a future fubfcription of this kind 5 for the miftakes in this voyage may be of great ufe to others, tho' they have ruind fome of us, and been injurious to all. 'An 3*5 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS fettlement m the province of Pa raguay in fouth America, (tran- flated from the French.) HO* many of the European powers have planted colonies in America fince the Sfanifh conqueft, yet there never was in any country one fo remarkable, as the fettlement of the }tfa\tsm'Paragtiay: The beginning of it was only about fifty fa milies of Indians, which thefe fathers col- lefted together, and fcated in the middle of the country : fince which it has multiplyd fo fait, that there are now 300,000 fami lies 5 which at the ufual computation is two million of fouls. Thefe poflefs fome of the fined land on all the continent, lying along the river ^Paraguay, between twenty and Y 3 thirty 326 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS thirty degrees fouth latitude 5 600 mile north of Buenos Ayres > as much to the fouth of the *Portuguefe 'Pau/ifts, and 400 from the province of Tuaman : being fe- parated from Chili by the Cordileer moun tains. The jefuits have not been able yet to carry their million farther among the Indians for want of more fathers : otherwife they could take in 5 or 600 mile of as good pafturage as the world affords. But the country they now podefs is as fruitful as any, and as well \vaterd; having their meadows full of fheep and black cattle. They have alfo (lock enough of timber, corn, indigo, flax, cot ton, fugar, pulfe and fruit : and what ex cels all this, they have mines of gold and fiiver tho' the good fathers won't own it : however, there have been fo many proofs of it, that it is now indiiputable. The natives are good humourd, tra&able and laborious ; and by management of the jefuits learn all ufeful trades. They are di vided into forty two parifhes, which like towns lye five, ten and twenty mile afunder. Every parifn has a Tadre for their fovereign, who is obeyd with exact fear and refpect. He Settlement in PARAGUAY. 327 He puniflies every crime as he thinks fit : fo that he is both their abfolute prieft and king. The common discipline is a certain num ber of ftripes with a whip, according to the nature of the tranfgreflion. The magiftrates whom they put in under them, are not excufed from the fame punifhment : but which is very particular, he that is foundly flogd comes humbly and kifles the father's fleeve, owns his fault and thanks him for the chaftifement. And this is the way one man governs feven or eight thoufand fami lies : fo that there never was a more com plete dominion, or a more paffive, obedient people. The fame method is not only obferved in all the parifhes, but is alfo attended with perfeft fatisfadlion of mind. The Indians are content with food and rayment 5 and happy in their condition, tho' the jefuits in- tirely reap the fruit of all their labour. They are taught to expeft the felicities of another life, and ftedfaftly believe the reverend fa thers have the diftribution of that happinefs. There are warehoufes in each parifh, where the people carry all their manufacture, goods and provifion : for they muft not eat a chicken y 4 of 28 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS of their own, without it comes in their daily allowance. Next let it be confiderd what vaft profit thefe fovereign ecclefiaftics make of the work of fuch a multitude of hands. If i f is only allowd that each family brings them clear three pound a year : the total produce of 300,000 families will be nine hundred thoufand pound per annum. Then confidcr the trade they have to all Chili, Tent and Mexico for the herb Camini , or Taraguay tea ; where a prodigious quantity is drank, and at a moderate computation brings them 200,000 pound 3 year, (all Eaft- India tea being there prohibited. ) Their other commodities muft be likewife fold to good advantage j and the gold duft which the In dians gather up from the wa(hes, when the river waters have left them, is an un known revenue. Neverthelefs , thefe fa thers will tell ye, their gofpel million coils them a great deal of money and pains, and that their income is inconfiderable : but the jefuits gold and ftlver coind and uncoind ? which comes every now and then into Eu rope , the fhining magnificence of their Churches, and their commerce, which is known Settlement in PARAGUAY.' 329 known to all the Spaniards as well as others, are demonftrations to the ccmtrary. Tis not amifs here to describe the church and habitation of one of thofe fathers, as it was related by two Frenchmen belong ing to a fhip of Nants commanded by monjieur d'Efcafeau. When -that fhip let fail from the port of Maldonad defigning for France, the faid two Frenchmen happend to be afhore 5 and at fo great a diftance, that when they came down the boat was gone off without them* One of thefe was captain of the fmali arms, and the other a ferjeant. Being at a lofs what to do on a delert coaft, they refolved to advance up the country, and live upon what their muskets would bring them. la three days they met Indians with beads round their necks, who kindly received them 5 and, underftanding they were French., made many figns of refpeft : for they are taught to love that nation and diftinguifii them from all others. They led them up to thcMrfl/oti, feveral days journey from the place where they met 5 and in their way lived upon wild cows^ jyhich the Indians c^tch when they plcafe, 330 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS by throwing a noofe at ten or fifteen yards diftance fo cleverly round their horns, that they eafily come to : which done , they hamftring them and cut their throats. The Frenchmen being arrived at the Mif- fan y were handfomly entertaind by the je- fuit, lord of that parifh ; at whofe apart ment they ftayd four months without going once abroad. After this they returnd to Buenos Ayres under a guard of Indians. The account they gave is as follows. That Father's parifh church is long and fpa- cious, enterd by a portico of feveral hand- fome fteps 5 and fupported by eight columns of a good order and well wrought. Over the door within is a gallery for the mufic in divine fervice, which confifts of fixty per- fons, voices and instruments. There are feats in the church, where the men are placed according to their feniority and of fice : the women fitting in a neat gallery by themfelves. The great altar is defended by a balluftrade of India wood curioufly turnd. The military officers are placed on the right, and the Caciques or civil magi- ftrates, on the left. The Settlement in PARAGUAY. 331 The back of the altar is very richly co- verd. In the middle are three large paint ings, framed with folid gold and filver. A- bove thefe are feveral gravings, and bafe relieves in gold. The top is finifht with wood-work richly wrought and gilt up to the roof. On either fide the altar is a wooden pedeftal, plated at top with gold, upon which ftand two faints of folid filver. The tabernacle is gilt with gold ; and the fyx wherein the hoft is kept is of folid gold , fet round with emeralds and other coftly ftones. The ends and foot of the altar are hung with brocades fringed with gold. In fhort, the candlefticks and other veffels of plate, with which the altar is dreft in fer- vice time amidft a great number of wax- lights, make a fplendor beyond expreflion. There are two fmall altars, on the right and left of the church, adornd in propor tion to the other : and in the middle to wards the balluftrade, is a large filver candle- flick of thirty gilt branches, hanging from the roof by a filver chain. By all which a man may form fome idea of the riches of that fettlement, if the other parifhesare like this, which is very rational to believe. The -Sj-3 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS The presbytery ot father's dwelling confifts offeveral rooms and a hall furnifht with images and pidures, where the Indians wait the good father's levee till he comes forth to give audience. Thefe lodgings are fur- rounded with green walks, gardens, and out-houfes for fervants. The whole with the church making a large noble fquare and walld in. The forty two jefuits are independent of each others government 5 and are anfwerable to no power on earth, but the principal of the convent of Cordova in Tucuman ; who makes a general vifitation once a yearthrough the Mijfion, attended by a numerous guard of horfe. When he arrives at the pariih, the Indians are to fhew all refpeft and joy. The magiftrates approach him with fear, and a down caft head 3 while the common people kneel, and crofs their hands as he paffes along. While he ftays in the Mif- (ion> every parifh makes up the laft year's account of their whole expenfe and income. All their merchandizes are carryd by wa ter to Santa Fe, which being their great magazine, they keep there a general faftor, From thence they are carryd to Buenes Settlement in PARAGUAY.' us Ayres by land ; where they appoint another faftor. From thefe chief towns they difpofe of their goods to the chapmen of Tent, Chili, and the three provinces of Taraguay, Buenos Ayres and Tucuman. And we may juftly conclude, that this Mifflon of jefuits carries on more trade than the three provinces together. The bufinefs of the civil officers is to write down the number of families, vifit their houfes, overlook their work, and de liver the jefuits orders. And as kifling the father's fleeve is counted an earned of their future immortal happinefs, this welcome kifs is promifed them as a reward in this life for doing their duty and minding their work. There are other task- matters for the .country, to whom they ftridly declare the produce of every thing, even to an egg ; and are obliged, under certain penalties, to carry all into the proper ftore-houfes. Servants alfo are appointed to parcel out to each fa mily twice a week their allowance of pro- vifion : which is done with furprizing order in the lather's prefence. And tho' thefe priefts are fufficiently paid for their care and Vigilance $ yet, to their praife it muft be ownd, 334 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS ownd, they are indefatigable in their la bor, to prevent the people murmuring ot mifimploying their time. Formerly two je- fuits were in each parifh ; but fince their great increafe there is only one, till they get more from Europe. The Indians are not fufferd to drink wine, or any fpirituous liquor. Herein the good priefts copy the law of Mahomet, who Jikewife forbid his difciples the ufe of wine * left being fpirited up, they fhould rebel, fliake off their yoke, and overturn the em pire he had founded. The jefuits marry their men and women young , to fulfil perhaps the firft command ment given to Adam, Increafe and multiply r , or for other wife ends. The firft precepts the children learn, are to fear God and the jefuit ; to be humble and patient, and not in love with this world. As the civil government is well orderd, fo is the military. Every parifh according to its power, is obliged to maintain fome regiments of horfe and foot. Each regiment hath fix companies of fifty men with proper officers, and an adjutant who cxercifes them every funday evening. Thofe officers arc traind Settlement in PARAGUAY. 335 traind up from father to fon 5 fo that the military difciplinc becomes natural, and their forces march in great order. For this reafon the pariflies have all an eafy com munication, that their army may foon be formd under their proper commanders, of whom one of the jefuits is generaliflimo. Their fmall arms are fwords, muskets and flings 5 which laft being natural to them, they can throw heavy ftones; and hit a mark at a great diftance. The whole Mijfion can draw together 60,000 men in a week's time. Their pre- tenfe for keeping up fo great a number is, becaufe the Tortuguefe Taulifts fometimes make excurfions and take away their people : but the Spaniards laugh at this, well know ing that the jefuits keep thefe ftanding forces to prevent any foreign power giving diftur- bance to their colony. Their omitting to teach the Indians the Spanish tongue, and forbiding them to con- verfe at all with that nation when they are fometimes fent to work in the towns for the king of Spain's fervice, is plain they mean to keep their government to themfelves. For when any ftranger, as thefe two French-. 3 men. ~36 An ACCOUNT of the JESUITS men, are driven there by accident, they arc fhut up while they ftay. And when the Spa niards themfelves parting up the river 'Pa raguay have occafion to touch upon their fettlement, they dare not go beyond their church walls : and when they beg leave to fee the town, the jefui't is fure to walk with them, and all the Indians are taught to keep in, and fhut their doors. They have other precautions, one of which is, to fend out good detachments of troops to clear their frontiers from St. Gabriel's ides to the Mai- donad hills, and hinder all communication with their country , for the fake of their gold and filver mines ; of which we (hall give two inftances. The Falmouth of St. Malo being loft in 1706 near the Flares iflands, fome of thefe troops plunderd part of her cargo 5 which they afterwards re- ftored by the interpofition of the governer of Buenos Ayres. Two years after this, the Atlas was caft away at the Caftiks, and the crew having faved fome of their beft effefts, were marching over the country to the Maldonades, thinking to get home again by fea > but were met by the Indians ', who took all from them. However, they had A VOYAGE found the WORLD. 337 hadluckily buryd their ftlver upon the coaftj to the value of feveral thoufand dollars^ which they afterwards took along with them. At the foot of the Maldonad mountains are good mines, which were difcoverd by facheco, who lived at Buenos Ayre$ and was formerly miner oiTotoJi'm Teru : they are about feventy mile from the port, and forty from Montevide. The governer of Buenos Ayres being acquainted with it, ferit workmen with 'Pacbeto, who dug up the place and returnd with a good quantity of gold ore. But Valdes Inelau the governec being bribed by the father of the Miffion^ gave out that he had made trial of the ore* and it wpuld not anfwer the charge and trouble, l|iowever *Pacheco kept what he had got, ^nd faw it was only a trick of thcj jefuits, tc* prevent any new fettlement near their dominions. Setae of the faid ore was lately tfyd Iti France, but yielded little, being taken frotti neat the furface. But *PachecOj who is knowri to be as good a miner as any, fays* there is no richer earth in America than that plaee affords: and doubts not the rivers Z 3 3 S A VOYAGE round the WORLD. thereaway are fertile of gold duft, as thofe near the ^Paulifts. The young Indians in the parifli of St. 'Dominic y have feveral times brought gold to Buenos Ayres, which they got privately from the MiJJlon 5 from whence we may infer there is a good deal of it. In the year 1706, the aforefaid 'D'Efca- featiy being in MaJdwad port, met with fome of thefe Indians^ who came in a fmall detachment to drive fome cattle up to the MiJJion. He talkd with them, and made them a prefent. In return, they told him if he would go up the country to a place they pointed at, he might get filver enough. The priefts have all along been jealous, left the Spaniards fhould find any of thefe mines, becaufe a fettlement of that kind might be of dangerous confequence : and they have taken care to clear the country on that fide of all cattle andprovifion whatfoever. From the foregoing particulars, 'tis evi dent that the jeluits affed fovereignty and arbitrary rule ; and the three chief objefts of their defire are power, fplendor and riches. Their method of educating and governing their people, from whgfe induftry arifes A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 319 arifes all they enjoy, allowing them the bare neceflaries of life 5 their care to pre vent any communication with the Spani ards 5 their caution when any ftranger cornes to their Mijfion by accident 5 their (landing forces, and fcowring their borders to pre vent any new fettlement near their limits > are all manifeft arguments that they defign to continue independent : and not only conceal what revenues they have, but many other advantages they are not yet quite pof- feft of. Some cafuifts will fay, that all thcfe na tions round Paraguay belong to his Spanish majefty as king of the Indies $ ^Paraguay it felf being poffeft by the Spaniards in 1540, and governd by the viceroy of Peru. Ac cording to thefe gentlemen, the true divine right is the right of conqueft : fo that all thefe Indians are his natural born fubjefts, and fhould obey him alone. They ought freely to parcel out their land, and difpofe of their own crop, and otherwife injoy the fruit of their labor, whether in the mines or manufactures : this would make it a re- gular colony , and caufe a general circula tion of trade and money. Doubtlefs the Z 2 poor 340 A VOYAGE round the WORLD. poor Indians would be glad of all this : but the wife fathers argue a different way, That fince they have got them under fub- jedion, and brought them into great rule and order, they have at prefent a fair title to their allegiance : efpecially fmce all this is done without cruelty or force of arms. f Tis true, the Indians can call nothing their property, but give up all as the inheritance of two and forty ecclefiaftical kings ruling two million of good natured loyal fob- refts.. We fiiall give one inftance of the great authority of thefe fathers, and the duty of their people/When the governer of Buenos Ayres was orderd to befiege St. Gabriel be longing to the Tortugtiefe, a body of 4000 jefuit Indians came to aflift him. After ly ing a fhort time before the town, the faid governer orderd the attack at four in the morning. The Indians not receiving their orders from their own commander, refufed to obey 5 and threatend to revolt : where- c tipon the right reverend general was ac quainted with it, who not being yet come from his tent, made hafte to the army, and put himfelf at the head of his forces : when the Indians A VOYAGE round the WORLD. 341 Indians immediately formd themfelves, and executed his commands. The jefuits ought to pay the king a yearly fubfidy of 16 much a head for every Indian through their iertlcment, according to the capitation tax. But this, if paid, is fuffi- ciently returnd by the wages the Indians re ceive, when they work for the king,, who at the year's end is often made debtor to the Mijfion. For, in the firft place, the je fuits dont give in the number of half their families to be taxt. Then the governer of Buenos Ayres y who ought once in five years to vifit all their Mijfion, and take an exaft lift, is ftopt in his journey, and gratifyd for his trouble : fo that he finds it better to take their own lift. And laftly, when 500 Indians are imployd in the king's fervice, the good fathers charge him i ooo. Thus is his Catholic majcfty ferved, not only in the fouth Indies, but in all other parts of America $ where his revenues are half funk in feignd imployments and ima ginary applications. As for the fettlement of the jefuits, I (hall only make this obfer- vation upon it, That all people are more naturally led than driven : and the fame po- Z 3 licy A VOYAGE round the WORLD. licy that founded this government will pro bably maintain it, if the fathers keep a fuc- ceffion out of their own fociety. If ever they make a prefent of this colony to a foreign power, it muft be that of France : for the Spaniards and Tortuguefe are hated by all the Americans for their tyranny and pride : and no other Romijh power except France, would be able to defend and fup- port its title. MEMORANDUM. THE circumftance of captain Shetoocke'* lofing fazSfeedwelztFernandes, and his building a bark out of the wreck, has been received by fome people as a moft in genious wonderful performance : and has been the chief motive of fuch as never heard the like before, to buy the book for the fake of that ftory. Therefore I thought it proper here to mention, two particular fads of the fame kind, tho' far fuperior to that of Shelvocke. The one is of John Ozenham ofPfymouth, in queen Elizabeth's reign. When Sir Fran cis 'Drake had made himfelf greatly famous for his exploits againft the Spaniards in A- merica, the affair at {hat time being new, all people were fpeaking of ^Drake's glory and acquifuions. Mr. Oxenham being a fprightly man, and emulous of doing fome- thing very extraordinary, fet on foot 3 fub- fcription at Plymouth to fit out a fhip with feventy men to land at the iftmus of TDarien ; hide the fhip and leave her there till he re- turnd j build another veflel and crofs the Z 4 land MEMORANDUM. land by a river thereabouts, and fo get at once into the South Sea and furprize the enemy : for he knew that to go by cape Home was very hazardous,tedious and charge able, efpecially in thofe days. This, tho' it might feem a ftrange projed and like a wild chimera, yet 'tis certain he performd it : he left the (hip a ground at ^Darien ; poverd her with trees 5 went inland to a river which leads into the fouth ocean j built a bark there 45 foot by the keel, and faild into the South Sea, where he made fcveral rich prizes. However he afterwards loft them all with his life by the artifices of a lady whom he took prifbner. If the reader is curious, he may find it at length in Hao- liiit. Sir Richard Hawkins alfo has it in his South Sea journal. The other is an example in the reign of king Charles I. After feverai experiments were made to find a northweft paffage to the Eaft -indies, captain James a very skil ful navigator was fent alfo upon the fame prrand : and difcoverd more land which he called new South Wales. He wanderd up and down thofc feas in vain > and then win- tred MEMORANDUM. terd at a place called by him Charleton ifland, in 52 degrees. His (hip having all this time received great damage, he there built a pin nace out of the faid fhip ; and he with his people returnd in it to England. See the journal printed by the king's command 1633. If thefe fads are examined together, be, fides many that I could mention done by the buccaniers, pyrates and others, captain Shel- vocke will appear to have done nothing at all to boaft of: neither can his perfor mance hardly bear a comparifon. FINIS. I