. 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 . full of white cliffs. This morning, in common discourse, ourprisoners acknowledged they had destroyed one of our littlebarks, which we lost in our way to the Island of stood away, as it appeared by their information, for theGoat Key, thinking to find us there, as having heard CaptainSawkins say that he would go thither. On their way theyhappened to fall in with the Island of Gall
. 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 . full of white cliffs. This morning, in common discourse, ourprisoners acknowledged they had destroyed one of our littlebarks, which we lost in our way to the Island of stood away, as it appeared by their information, for theGoat Key, thinking to find us there, as having heard CaptainSawkins say that he would go thither. On their way theyhappened to fall in with the Island of Gallo, and understandingits weakness by their Indian pilot, they ventured on shore, andlook the place, carryingaway three white women in their com-pany. But after a small time of cruising, they returned againto the afore-mentioned island, where they staid the space oftwo or three days ; after which they went to sea again. Withinthree or four days they came to a little key four leagues distantfrom this isle. But while they had been out and in thus, sev-eral times, one of their prisoners made his escape to the main,and brought off from thence fifty men with fire-arms. These 224 THE BUCCANEERS OF THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA. > 225 placing themselves in ambuscade, at the first volley of theirshot, killed six of the seven men that belonged to the other man that was left took quarter of the enemy ; andhe it was that discovered our design upon the town of Guay-aquil. By an observation which was made this day, we foundourselves to be in the latitude of 3° 50 S. At this time, ourprisoners told us, there was an embargo laid on all the Span-ish ships, commanding them not to stir out of the ports, forfear of falling into our hands. Saturday, August 28. This morning we took out all thewater, and most part of the flour, that was in Captain Coxsvessel: having done this, we made a hole in the vessel, and lefther to sink, with a small old canoe at her stern. To leewardof Manta,
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