. The history of the buccaneers of America; containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters; chiefly along the Spanish main, in the great South sea, succeeding the civil wars in England . ut the difference of a league to windward of the town. Wewere about six leagues from the town when we left the ship,whereby we were forced to row all night, that we might reachbefore day the place of our landing. Towards morning, the ca-noes left the launch, which they had all night in a tow, andwherein I was, and made all the speed they possibly could forthe shore, with design to land befor
. The history of the buccaneers of America; containing detailed accounts of those bold and daring freebooters; chiefly along the Spanish main, in the great South sea, succeeding the civil wars in England . ut the difference of a league to windward of the town. Wewere about six leagues from the town when we left the ship,whereby we were forced to row all night, that we might reachbefore day the place of our landing. Towards morning, the ca-noes left the launch, which they had all night in a tow, andwherein I was, and made all the speed they possibly could forthe shore, with design to land before the launch could being come near the place we designed to land at, we found,to our great disappointment, we were discovered; and that, allalong the shore, and through the country, they had certainnews of our arrival. Notwithstanding we would have landed,if we could by any means have found a place to do it in. Butthe sea ran so high, and with such a force against the rocks,that our boats must needs havevbeen staved in a thousand pieces,and we in great danger of wetting our arms, if we should ven-ture ashore. The bay all around was possessed by several par- THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. 235. 236 THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. ties of horse, and likewise the tops of the hills; which seemedto be gathered there, by a general alarm, through the wholecountry, and that they waited only for our landing, with a de-sign to make a strong opposition against us. They fired a gunat us, but we made them no answer^ returning to our ship, tilla fairer opportunity. The hill of Arica is very white, oc-casioned by the dung of the abundance of fowls that build theirnests in the hollow thereof. To leeward of the said hill lies asmall island, at about a mile from the shore. About half aleague from that island, we could perceive six ships at anchor ;four of which had their yards taken down from their masts, butthe other two seemed ready to sail. We asked our pilot con-cerning these ships, and he
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