Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . d forthe English to make them-selves masters of the wholecity. During the fightingflames broke out in severalquarters of the town, somethink set purposely by theassailants, which was de-nied by Morgan. Howevercaused, the fires raged fordays, were still smolderingwhen the buccaneers leftthree weeks later, and con-sumed nearly all except themasonry edifices in the balks at theeftort to conceive the wretched plight of the 30,000people of this city, subjected for three weeks to thecruelty, cupidity and lust of the experienced andancie
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . d forthe English to make them-selves masters of the wholecity. During the fightingflames broke out in severalquarters of the town, somethink set purposely by theassailants, which was de-nied by Morgan. Howevercaused, the fires raged fordays, were still smolderingwhen the buccaneers leftthree weeks later, and con-sumed nearly all except themasonry edifices in the balks at theeftort to conceive the wretched plight of the 30,000people of this city, subjected for three weeks to thecruelty, cupidity and lust of the experienced andancient pyrates and the cutthroats of all nation-alities that made up the command of Morgan. Littlemore than athousand of theraiders couldhave remainedalive, but allthe fightingmen of thecity were slain,wounded orcowed into un-manly subjec-tion. After thefirst riotousorgy of drunk-enness andrapine—thoughindeed Morganshrewdly stroveto keep his mensober by spread-ing the reportthat all thewine had beenpoisoned — thebusiness of loot-ing was taken. A WOMAN OF OLD PANAMA THE PIRATES ORGY OF PLUNDER 95 up seriously. First the churches and governmenthouses had to be ransacked for precious orna-ments and treasure, and herein the robbers metwith their first serious disappointment, for on thenews of their coming much of the plate had beenput on ships and sent out to sea. A brig agroundin the harbor was seized by Morgan and sent inpursuit, but the delights of the Island of Taboga, From ceremonial plate to the seamstresss thimble;from the glittering necklace to the wedding ring,everything was raked together into the great commonstore of plunder. What was easily found was notenough. Wells were searched, floors torn up, wallsripped open and, after all other devices had beenemployed, prisoners were put to the torture to makethem reveal the hiding places of their own and
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